September 8th in Jam Band History

It's an all-Dead show today, with a tip of the hat to birthday boy Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who would have turned 68 today.

Grateful Dead; Next Time You See Me; Ladies & Gentlemen … Fillmore East April 1971 (2000 Arista) 

Grateful Dead; It Hurts Me Too; Three from the Vault (2007 Rhino) 

Grateful Dead: China Cat Sunflower > I Know Your Rider; Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (9/8/73)

Grateful Dead; Terrapin Station; Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Morrison, CO (9/8/83)

Grateful Dead; jam; Coliseum, Richfield, OH (9/8/90)

Grateful Dead; Hell in a Bucket; Civic Center, Providence, RI (9/8/87)

Grateful Dead; Fire on the Mountain; Civic Center, Providence, RI (9/8/87)