Take a trip with “All Along the Watchtower” performed on this day in 1993 at Shoreline Amphitheatre. “Joining the Grateful Dead's repertoire in June 1987, this Bob Dylan classic was worked up during rehearsals for the July 1987 Dylan & The Dead tour. The Dead, however, played it closer to Jimi Hendrix's more famous version, which is to say it was guitar-driven and fierce. Usually appearing in the post-Space, pre-ballad slot, Watchtower was one of the hardest rocking songs of the night whenever t

The Bob Dylan classic, "All Along the Watchtower," became a part of the Grateful Dead's repertoire in June 1987. However, it was during a performance at Shoreline Amphitheatre 30 years ago this month that the Dead showcased a rendition more closely resembling Jimi Hendrix's famous version of the song. | Grateful Dead