The latest installment in the Grateful Dead‘s All The Years Live archive video series is available now on the band’s YouTube page. This entry highlights the Dead’s performance of “From The Heart Of Me” recorded on New Year’s Eve 1978 at the famous Closing of Winterland show at Bill Graham‘s San Francisco venue.

Coming exactly four months following its debut on August 31st, “From The Heart Of Me” places vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux centerstage with her second original contribution to the Dead’s songbook. The song is by no means a jam vehicle, but it allows Donna to step into the limelight out of her typical corner of the stage as a backup singer. The rest of the band plods along on the serene instrumentation that supports Donna’s singing, which acts as the key instrument in this Shakedown Street track. Jerry Garcia finds some space to offer up idyllic descending patterns but in the end, this is Donna’s moment.

Grateful Dead archivist/legacy manager David Lemieux notes in the video’s description,

The second of Donna’s original contributions to the repertoire, after 1977’s Sunrise, From The Heart Of Me joined the setlist in August 1978, and stuck around until Keith and Donna’s final show on 2/17/79, played a total of 27 times, as well as appearing on Shakedown Street. This is from the famous Closing Of Winterland show.

Watch the Grateful Dead perform “From The Heart Of Me” at Winterland Ballroom on December 31st, 1978.

Grateful Dead – “From The Heart Of Me” – San Francisco, CA – 12/31/78

Previous installments of the Grateful Dead’s All The Years Live video series have included:

“Space” > “Fire On The Mountain” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Ballroom

“Wang Dang Doodle” from 7/2/89 at Sullivan Stadium

“We Can Run” from 7/10/90 at Carter-Finley Stadium

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” from 7/6/90 at Cardinal Stadium

“Bird Song” from 10/30/80 at Radio City Music Hall

“Iko Iko” from 5/11/91 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Man Smart, Woman Smarter” from 7/4/89 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Wharf Rat” from 7/16/90 from Rich Stadium

“It’s All Over Now” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Ballroom

“Bertha” from 12/31/87 at Oakland Alameda County Coliseum

“The Other One” from 10/17/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Morning Dew” from 10/1/88 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Row Jimmy” from 9/30/89 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“All Along The Watchtower” from 5/21/93 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium

“Iko Iko” from 9/30/89 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Loser” from 7/7/89 at JFK Stadium

“Row Jimmy” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium

“It’s All Over Now” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“Stagger Lee” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Ballroom

“Sugaree” from 10/1/88 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Row Jimmy” from 9/16/78 at Giza Sound And Light Theatre

“Not Fade Away” from 7/10/90 at Carter-Finley Stadium

“Terrapin Station” from 7/4/89 at Rich Stadium

“Bird Song” from 7/10/90 at Carter-Finley Stadium 

“Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo” from 7/12/89 at RFK Stadium 

“Wang Dang Doodle” from 5/11/91 at Shoreline Amphitheatre 

“Dark Star” from 10/18/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Ripple” from 10/31/80 at Radio City Music Hall

“Dear Mr. Fantasy” > “Hey Jude” from 7/2/89 at Sullivan Stadium

“Scarlet Begonias” from 10/19/20 at Winterland Ballroom

“Bertha” from 7/4/89 at Rich Stadium

“China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider” from 10/2/87 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“Playing In The Band” from 6/9/1991 at Buckeye Lake

“Sugar Magnolia” > “Scarlet Begonias” from 7/16/1990 at Rich Stadium

“Standing On The Moon” from 7/7/89 at JFK Stadium

“Truckin'” from 6/13/93 at Rich Stadium

“Fire On The Mountain” from 10/31/80 at Radio City Music Hall

“Mississippi Half-Step” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“The Wheel” > “All Along The Watchtower” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake

“Wharf Rat” from 7/6/90 at Cardinal Stadium

“Uncle John’s Band” from 10/19/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Ship of Fools” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“West L.A. Fadeaway” from 7/26/87 at Rich Stadium

“Brown Eyed Women” from 7/1/92 at Buckeye Lake

“When Push Comes To Shove” from 7/24/87 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

“Touch of Grey” from 6/16/90 at Shoreline Amphitheatre 

“Casey Jones” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Ballroom

“Uncle John’s Band” from 6/25/93 at JFK Stadium

“Cumberland Blues” from 7/17/89 at Alpine Valley

“Cassidy” from 6/13/93 from Rich Stadium

“Cold Rain & Snow” from 6/14/91 at RFK Stadium

“Eyes of the World” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake

“Black Peter” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium

“Sugaree” from 10/18/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Foolish Heart” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake

“Uncle John’s Band” from 7/17/89 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre

“Let It Grow” from 6/9/91 at Buckeye Lake

Opening Sequence and “U.S. Blues” from The Grateful Dead Movie

Truckin'” from 10/30/80 at Radio City Music Hall

“Bird Song” from 6/26/93 at RFK Stadium

“Samson And Delilah” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Ballroom

“They Love Each Other” from 12/27/83 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium

“High Time” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“Truckin’” from 10/19/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Feel Like A Stranger” from June 26th, 1993 at RFK Stadium

“Cold Rain And Snow” from 7/4/89 at Rich Stadium

“Let It Grow” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium

“St. Stephen” from New Year’s Eve 1978 at Winterland Ballroom

“Throwing Stones” from New Year’s Eve 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

“Stagger Lee” from 7/1/92 at Buckeye Lake

“Help On The Way > Slipknot > Franklin’s Tower” from 6/14/91 at JFK Stadium

“Weather Report Suite from 10/18/74 at Winterland Ballroom

“Bird Song” From at New Year’s Eve 1987 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

“Way To Go Home” From 6/13/93 at Rich Stadium

“Black-Throated Wind” from 6/14/91 at RFK Stadium

“Heaven Help The Fool” from 10/30/80 at Radio City Music Hall

“China Cat Sunflower” / “I Know You Rider” from 10/17/74 at the Winterland Ballroom

“Let It Grow” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“Loose Lucy” from 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium

“Big Boss Man” from 6/16/90 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

“New Speedway Boogie” from 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium

“Terrapin Station” from 7/26/87 at Anaheim Stadium

“Not Fade Away” from New Year’s Eve 1978 at the Winterland Ballroom

“Cassidy” from 6/17/91 at Giants Stadium

“Stagger Lee” from 7/4/91 at Rich Stadium

“Lazy River Road” from 6/26/93 at RFK Stadium

“Bird Song” from 7/1/92 at Buckeye Lake

“Shakedown Street” from 6/22/91 at Soldier Field

“My Brother Esau” from 7/24/87 at Oakland, CA’s Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

“Blow Away” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium

“Touch of Grey” from 7/4/89 at Rich Stadium

“China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider” from 7/6/90 at Cardinal Stadium

“Estimated Prophet” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium

“Reuben & Cherise” from 6/6/90 at Buckeye Lake

“Morning Dew” from 10/18/74 at the Winterland Ballroom

“Sugar Magnolia”/”Scarlet Begonias”/”Fire On The Mountain” from 12/31/78 at the Winterland Ballroom

“Wang Dang Doodle” from 6/14/91 at RFK Stadium

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