Dead & Company released video of “Bird Song.” The footage comes from D&C’s August 27 concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
“Bird Song” is a Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter composition that the Grateful Dead began playing in early 1971. Dead & Company debuted the song at their very first show on October 29, 2015 in Albany, New York, as per OtherOnes.net. The 2021 SPAC version came at the end of the first set and saw the band taking the tune deep, clocking in at 21 minutes.
Watch Dead & Company on a 21-minute “Bird Song” below via the JamBase Live Video Archive:
