Video: The Dead - "Sugar Magnolia" on Letterman 4/23/09 (TheAudioPerv.com)

A founding member of the GLONO posse is stoked to don a tie-dye and dig the geriatric headliners of this year's Rothbury Fest in Western Michigan.

[ The Dead on Letterman, April 23, 2009 ] It was almost exactly fifteen years since we last taped the Grateful Dead at Nassau Coliseum in March of 1994 , and more than 30 years since our first Dead show at Nassau in January of 1979 . After the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, all of the various incarnations of this band have always felt somewhat empty and hollow. The 2009 version of the band was fueled initially by a benefit concert for Barack Obama at Penn State University. [...]

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Here they are doing "Sugar Magnolia" last night. Bobby's voice seems strained, but the band is definitely tight.

The Dead - Sugar Magnolia (Live on Letterman)