{"id":30379,"date":"2024-09-17T21:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-releases-live-performance-of-peggy-o-from-friend-of-the-devils-april-1978-box-set\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:03:54","slug":"grateful-dead-releases-live-performance-of-peggy-o-from-friend-of-the-devils-april-1978-box-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/grateful-dead-releases-live-performance-of-peggy-o-from-friend-of-the-devils-april-1978-box-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Grateful Dead releases live performance of \u201cPeggy-O\u201d from ‘Friend of the Devils: April 1978’ box set"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grateful Dead<\/strong> is giving fans another preview of their upcoming <\/span>Friend of the Devils: April 1978 <\/span><\/em>box set ahead of its release on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band has just released a performance of \u201c<\/span>Peggy-O,<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u201d recorded live at Duke University\u2019s Cameron Indoor Stadium on April 12, 1978. It is available now <\/span>via digital outlets<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one could have known that the X-factor would appear in such force at Duke \u201878,\u201d Grateful Dead archivist\u00a0David Lemieux <\/strong>shares. \u201cThe Dead, as everyone in the building that night could hear, were determined to play one of their best shows ever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 19-CD\u00a0<\/span>Friend of the Devils: April 1978\u00a0<\/span><\/em>will be made up of eight previously unreleased complete shows from April 1978, including three Florida shows, as well as two Atlanta shows and single shows from North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The set will be released exclusively at <\/span>Dead.net<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and will be limited to 10,000 individually numbered copies. Plus, the Duke University show will released digitally and as a three-CD or four-LP set.<\/span><\/p>\n

And for fans who want to hear an even bigger preview, on Wednesday Dead.net will be hosting an early listening party\u00a0for the April 16, 1978, show at the Huntington Civic Center in Huntington, West Virginia. On Thursday there will be a viewing party for the Duke University concert on The Dead’s <\/span>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/span><\/a> at 8 p.m. ET.<\/span><\/p>\n

Friend of the Devils: April 1978<\/span><\/em> is <\/span>available for preorder<\/strong><\/span><\/a> now.<\/span><\/p>\n