A little Garcia & Grisman pickin’ on “Friend of the Devil” on this day in 1993. Grisman famously came in to record the original mandolin part on American Beauty. | Grateful Dead

"One of the few songs in the Dead's repertoire that underwent a dramatic rearrangement during its lifetime, similar to ‘Friend Of The Devil’ and ‘Loose Lucy.’ In 1973, ‘They Love Each Other’ appeared in a peppy arrangement, with a very cool bridge. It was then dropped, only to return in 1976 in a much slower arrangement, without the bridge. " - David Lemieux Watch the Dead’s performance of “They Love Each Other” at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium on 12/27/83, available on the Grateful Dead Yo

Watch Counting Crows cover Grateful Dead's “Friend of the Devil” during their 2008 visit to Howard’s studio and tune into Howard 101 Friday to hear the band's frontman Adam Duritz LIVE on the Wrap Up Show! | The Howard Stern Show