Listen to Cornell '77 with someone who was there.
Eight legendary Grateful Dead shows. AI commentary anchored to the moment you're hearing. Memories pinned to the song, the verse, the second they happened — by the people who stood there.
The library · 8 shows
more coming weekly- IthacaMay 8, 1977
Barton Hall
5/8/77The Library of Congress show. Mother's Day, 1977.
20 tracks · 30 whisperslisten → - BuffaloMay 9, 1977
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
5/9/77The morning after Cornell. Help > Slip > Franklin's opener.
21 tracks · 12 whisperslisten → - VenetaAugust 27, 1972
Old Renaissance Faire Grounds
8/27/72Sunshine Daydream. Hottest day in Oregon. A 31-minute Dark Star at a benefit picnic.
27 tracks · 15 whisperslisten → - San FranciscoDecember 31, 1978
Winterland Arena
12/31/78The Closing of Winterland. Bill Graham's farewell. NYE 1978, five hours, the Blues Brothers opened.
26 tracks · 15 whisperslisten → - Daly CityDecember 31, 1976
Cow Palace
12/31/76First New Year's Eve back from hiatus. The Dead's NYE tradition begins, full band rebuilding momentum.
23 tracks · 14 whisperslisten → - San BernardinoFebruary 26, 1977
Swing Auditorium
2/26/77Live debut of Terrapin Station. First show of the '77 winter tour. Two months before Cornell.
20 tracks · 16 whisperslisten → - New YorkFebruary 14, 1970
Fillmore East
2/14/70Valentine's Day late show. Pigpen still in the band, electric/acoustic/electric format, Live/Dead-era band at full strength.
25 tracks · 15 whisperslisten → - UniondaleMarch 29, 1990
Nassau Coliseum
3/29/90Wake Up To Find Out. Branford Marsalis sat in. Brent Mydland at his peak — three months before he was gone.
17 tracks · 15 whisperslisten →
Time-synced context
As the show plays, the corpus surfaces what's happening: gear notes, era trivia, why this version is famous. Anchored to the second.
Eyewitness layer
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