{"id":18221,"date":"2021-07-09T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18221"},"modified":"2021-07-10T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T17:24:10","slug":"25-years-ago-today-final-grateful-dead-concert-7-9-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/25-years-ago-today-final-grateful-dead-concert-7-9-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Years Ago Today: Final Grateful Dead Concert 7-9-1995"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this day, 25 years ago, the Grateful Dead played their final concert at Soldier Field, Chicago. A month later, Jerry Garcia would be gone from the stage forever, as the other members struggled to keep the music flowing thru the Space &amp; Drums portion of the band&#8217;s long history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"441\" data-attachment-id=\"18225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/07\/25-years-ago-today-final-grateful-dead-concert-7-9-1995\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?fit=2400%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?fit=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?fit=980%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=980%2C441&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=1536%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=210%2C95&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/screenshot_20210710-131649_youtube7795567176071094534.jpg?resize=1960%2C882&amp;ssl=1 1960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead played their final show 25 years ago today, 7\/9\/95, but The Music  Never Stopped.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Music Never Stopped, as Bobby, Phil, Billy, Mickey, and all of their amazingly improvisational friends, have kept moving the Dead&#8217;s music moving Further on, Truckin&#8217; through the Lilly Fields on the Bus to never-ever land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I still miss Jerry&#8217;s soulful plucks and crackly croons, and watching the last show can be hard. Still. 25 years later. But if you&#8217;re so inclined, YouTube of the show is below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen\/Watch to the whole show on YouTube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grateful Dead Final Concert 7-9-1995\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Df9-lp2QQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, 25 years ago, the Grateful Dead played their final concert at Soldier Field, Chicago. A month later, Jerry Garcia would be gone from the stage forever, as the other members struggled to keep the music flowing thru the Space &amp; Drums portion of the band&#8217;s long history. 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