After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania’s national colours. They went on to win bronze.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
Before joining the Grateful Dead, Donna Jean Godchaux was a backup singer for multiple artists, including Elvis Presley.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
Brent had this thing that he was never able to shake, which was that thing of being the new guy. And he wasn’t the new guy; I mean, he was with us for ten years! That’s longer than most bands even last. And we didn’t treat him like the new guy. We never did that to him. - Jerry Garcia3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
Mickey Hart lifting spirits at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. June 2012.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
Jerry Garcia with Francis Ford Coppola, best known as the six-time Academy Award-winning director of such epic films as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
On this date in 1977, The Grateful Dead play The Palladium, and arguably, the best ever version of Peggy-O.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead
“To Lay Me Down” is just 1 of 3 amazing songs composed in a single afternoon in 1970 in London. The other two were “Ripple” and “Brokedown Palace.” Robert Hunter was surely tapped in on that day.3yr ⋅ To-Lay-Me-Down ⋅ r/gratefuldead