for a look at night two at Madison Square Garden during the 2019 Fall Fun Run.

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But the "Ramble on Rose" we got was nothing short of magical, the sort of performance that shows what Dead and Company is truly capable of when firing on all cylinders.

The band's three classic Grateful Dead members constructed the core of the song like the sturdiest of houses — singer/guitarist Bob Weir leading the way, with drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann laying a foundation that sounded like it would stand for a thousand years.

Bassist Oteil Burbridge locked in with a steady, grooving march and then singer/guitarist John Mayer took flight with keyboard player Jeff Chimenti, the former's blistering solo flowing seamlesslyinto a show-stealing run from the latter. By the time Weir charged into the "Goodbye, Mama and Papa" climax, the band and the sold out Garden audience were in the stratosphere together.

The night had barely begun.

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The Fall Fun Run launched on Halloween night at the Garden on Thursday, with that show's setlist serving as both a crowd-pleasing highlight reel (greatest hits like "Truckin'," "Uncle John's Band" and "Eyes of the World" all present and accounted for) and an elegiac ode to Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, who died in September.

Friday night, in turn, was bold, expressive and unpredictable throughout. After bringing "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" to an appropriately majestic conclusion, Mayer dug in deep to shine on the