The Last Grateful Dead Show. What a Long, Strange Trip.

Tonight's Grateful Dead Show at Soldier's Field Stadium in Chicago will bring an end to a rock legend. I've watched the last two nights at a friend's house and the shows have been just spectacular.

The band performing Cumberland Blues

I won't go into a long winded review or offer a setlist. You can find that elsewhere. I'll just say that if you miss the finale tonight and you've never been to see the Grateful Dead, you'll have missed out on an essential piece of the American spirit. The Grateful Dead are the American dream: a bunch of dead-end kids who joined together to create something much greater than the sum of their individual parts and then go on to spread that richness to others, far and wide.

And to part, I leave you with Little Red Rooster from last night's show.