The absolute best lead off song for any concert, any band (if they have a good version)...If I had a band, no brainer. Hard to cover the Dead though...
This is one of great songs. It is not in the end about drugs or any 60s cliches. It’s about joy and being alive and regret and in the end surrendering to both grief and beauty.
The Grateful Dead brought me here. Being a longtime Deadhead, 38 years brought me here. Wanting to hear a great song brought me here. Thanx for posting this.
Listening to this as walls melt away....while walking on a dripping ceiling, my feet wet from washing away the sand from a dry desert.... dancing bears all around of many a color ...as a voice calls out my consciousness from a freight train...