Let It Grow

Hard pass.

The supplication Let It Grow, which follows, is yet another high point in a run that has been full of them.

But it could have been so much more.

Bob has a case of premature interjection and, well, let's go to the tour book for the supplication jam into Let It Grow to end the set.

Supplication jam.

The Grateful Dead locate an escape route in the form of a supplication jam that flows smoothly and softly throughout the Coliseum, washing away 899,999 tons of whatever that was.

Phil is the smooth round stone in the middle, diverting the waters equally on both sides, perfect for sunbathing.

The drummers lay down kind rhythms to ensure safe passage.

Oh-

Oh-Let It Grow soared in 1985.

That's a tough song to play, and it's a tough song to play when you up the tempo of it.

And in '85, they really upped the tempo of Let It Grow, and they nailed it.

[upbeat music]

We'll throw in one more quote from Jerry Garcia's interview with Frets a few months earlier.