The Dead played their shortest “concert” of the 1972 European tour for the German music program, 'Beat-Club,' in Bremen, West Germany 51 years ago this month. It was later shown in select US theaters for the 2014 'Meet-Up at the Movies.' | Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead "Bertha" Live on Beat-Club, WDR, Bremen, Germany - TV 4/21/1972！ | Rock'n'Roll Relaxin

Let there be songs to fill the air 🌬️🎶 "One of the most-loved Grateful Dead songs, ‘Ripple’ was one of the many standouts on ‘American Beauty.’ It was played 11 times between 1970 & 1971, and then dropped until it returned in 1980, played as the set-closing song every night during the Dead's acoustic sets. It made one final appearance on 9/3/88 in Landover, MD, before being retired for good." - David Lemieux Watch the full performance of the tune from the final night of the Dead’s Radio City M