My final show. Best three years and thirty two shows of my life. Grateful to catch the tail end of something much larger than I could possibly imagine. Love and light my brothers and sisters!
My last show. As sick as Jerry obviously was he still makes my soul soar listening to him play.... On another note the "So Many Roads from the next night is phenomenal and heartbreaking. I miss Jerry
Visions of Johanna was the best part of 7/8 for me. Possibly Drums/Space too, but those were less distinct memories and more "in the moment " and tend to melt together without having lyrics to set boundaries.
This was my first and only with Jerry. I was 15, a friend 14 and we hitchhiked from plattsburgh ny to highgate with 50 bucks n a dream. Still so surreal that this occurred over 20 yrs ago. Anyone who says this show sucked is a spoiled dead bitch or never got to see them. I am so grateful for every moment life and luck gave us through this escapade. I am foever grateful!
My first show was 7/8/90 and this was my last 7/8/95 it took me years before I realized it while looking at my ticket stubs. Saw a few in between, good music lots of fun....best memory from this show, Visions of Johanna, I think it may have been the only song Jerry got all the words correct.
That's the only tune that I clearly recall on 7/8 without looking at a setlist. I remember our larger group getting together and joking a little and renaming US Blues to US Snooze because of all the missed lyrics. I sensed death, saw something like a vortex open in St. Louis, but I didn't really notice Jerry's condition nor did I believe that he wouldn't out pace death again. I felt as though something needed another "band member" to feed it. The vortex was a few feet above the stage between Jerry and Vince and I remember "arguing" with it and trying to convince myself or whatever the reasons why it couldn't take any of the guys.
95 shows... tragic, sad, glorious, magical, disastrous, horrid, beautiful, ugly, and blissful...usually all in one song. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but it was hard to see Jerry dying before our eyes and it makes me even sadder watching it now. Great memories though.
W Ww Also.. miss Vince. Met him several times and was the sweetest, kindest, genuine guy I have met in the business. He was truly happy to just be along for the ride. Like so many of us, he had demons and I am sad they got the best of him as well.
I feel ya, dying is part of living. All grate things must come to an end, but so alive in memory. We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine... 😢
For Jer Bear to have come out of the coma remembering not much of anything, the quality of his guitar style and technical ability is phenomenal here. He is a LEGEND and a GOD to a few of us.
my one and old GD show with Jerry. I had my head so far up grunge's ass, I didn't even know what I was seeing (shame) ...I come here from time to time to remind myself :)
Tampa '95... None of knew we were that close to the end of an era. I remember hearing the news which felt like just a few days after the show and my hubby and I just stared at eachother in disbelief. "We JUST saw him. There's no way..." I'm so grateful we were able to make that show and we both still talk about it frequently, 23 years later. Looking back at the video now, it seems apparent that he wasn't feeling 100%.
I'm so sick of all the critics of late era Dead. On his worst day, struggling with health problems and addiction, Jerry stood and delivered like a fucking road warrior. Yes there are a lot of mistakes but they always made mistakes. So please don't be put off by the negative know-it-alls and judge for yourself. Is it perfect? No, but it's still soulful AF, and at times still very beautiful.
Well honest critics would admit that these performances were awful. Even the band has admitted that. Jerry should never have toured in 1995 at all. They all needed a break. And I don't go to see live bands make as you wrote, "a lot of mistakes". Since when did we lower the bar that low that you are saying acceptable? If you look back toward the end, the Dead were having trouble selling out some shows because it got out that the shows were awful. Don't be sick of late era Dead critics, be angry at jerry or his disease. He provided the listless, jumbled, mumbling, confused music that was 1995.
Yeah, I totally agree with you I just couldn't be bothered to argue with that troll who obviously isn't a real head. I'm a huge fan of the sound the Dead were cultivating between '93-'95. I love the entire GD and JGB history but if I had to put a desert Island collection together, this era would be well represented. This clown using words like "awful" and 'lowering the bar" just prove he has NO IDEA what he's talking about. Grateful Dead were on a level so high above all other bands and WITHOUT A NET... no one comes close in musicality and bravery!
never sad to see jerry. first show in 75 or this one in 95. the magic of jerry never shapes boundaries of sadness. life is ever fleeting. no one gets out alive. and how many 10s of thousands of moons did Jerry give us all he had? every show every state every venue every country every album, w/the band w/ his own band, collabs w/kahn,grissman other musical geniuses... those that write negative opins about jerry probably expected too much out of the man. and he never wanted or liked fans worshiping him. ♤ CAPTAIN TRIPS LIVES ON IN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART HE LEFT US♤😎
I remember calling Jack Straw about 5 seconds before they actually started playing. After the first line, the guy next to me said "I'm impressed!" I said "don't be -- I've seen them over 140 times." He said "Now I'm really impressed!!" I still miss Jerry everyday!Peace!
I saw highgate earlier that summer. I was driving out to Chicago (from Massachusetts) to see these shows … picked up a girl from New Jersey , at a carnival , on the way . got in a car crash …started hitchhiking… girl got picked up by police , because she was under 18… finally got a ride …. To myrtle beach South Carolina… went back to college .
Just an hour ago i was talking with a younger girl at a gas station down the road from me, i had a JGB shirt i bought years ago on and we struck up a convo out side and smoked a cig as she asked if i was a fan and I told her about being at this show It was my first show i was 22 . I basicly no showed at my job and drove my 1984 Oldsmoble Delta 88 coupe with 170+k miles from Cambridge ma to Highgate VT. Getting to see Dylan and Dead was a moment ill never ever forget
My 1 n only show. Just got back from 710 in SF 16 years old. I wish i knew then what i know now. Missed what turned out being the final show due to just pure lag. Miracled someone in the process so it wasn't a total loss.
They closed the campgrounds (parking lot, lol!) after the show. Thousands of tripping hippies took to the highhhhhhh ways. ONWARD,, to Orlando, Space Mountain on the blot. What a trip.
My first and only GD Show, was 18 and had been to more Phish shows then dead. Worked on Further Fest 97vending . Went from a stolen suburu to working inside and met Bob a few times that summer and was lucky anuff to be invited to a west coast homecoming party for everyone working on tour in Portland Oregon at a bar and Moe. Was house band and Bob smoked my joint and then jammed w them for a set. I have a great pic of Bob with a guitar w a moe. Sticker on it must have been chuck or als
A lot of people not happy with the final years....but listening to the soulful groove and clear as day guitar playing on “Sugaree” is simply ear candy. Forget any negatives...just sit back and enjoy the music.
I was 15 years old, walking around the parking lot, random dude asked if I wanted to be a guinea pig, no idea what he was talking about.. I said what? .. He rolled his eyes & asked if I wanted to trip for free.. I was like ofcourse I do.. He put three hits of acid on my tongue & then just stared at me asking what did I taste .. for a minute I was like wtf did I just do 😂Then I proceeded to trip my fucking balls off. That was a fucking lifetime ago..
watching jerry struggle through one last live version was fucking sad but still amazing I hear there is a recording of him doing catfish John b4 the show that day but cannot find it
For all the critics or those posts talking about a "shitty show," not sure exactly where you were or what you were on but I was here, too, and jammed beginning to end! Shitty? Good grief people, listen to Phil during this show then reevaluate!!! To boot, was there EVER a "bad" show? Some may be better than others, depending on opinion, but bad? I hit 156 with Jerry and around 40+ afterward and simply cannot remember a "bad" or "shitty" one! Have a Grateful day and keep jammin'!
One more thing.... Anyone know how hard it is to go out there and spill your blood night after night? Most of us couldn't do what he did ESPECIALLY IN 1995!!! He was as tough and real as they come
I ground scored a 2nd row floor for this show (miracled by those who are not of this realm) my seat was a bit to the right of Garcia but of course I pulled up right in front of him for as long as I could..lasted a couple songs if my memory serves me right. The visions of Johanah was absolutely perfect with Jerry doing a full whirl with his chubby arm and a fist pump. Funny too cuz there's a gazillion lyrics to visions and he got em all or close to it but he couldn't remember the lyrics to anything else especially 1st set. Totally botched Althea but ask me if I care.....nope. I didn’t get to see enough shows(9) to complain about any of them. Plus as 17 yr old I was a deadhead to the core but I didn't yet at that time in my life realize just how much my appreciation and love for the dead and Jerry would continue to grow so much so that you just can't foresee it when your young wild and dumb.. I was always into them for the music im a guitar player who you could say was steeped in the ways of the grateful dead since I was 14 but its crazy my love for the band and there influence on me only seems to grow stronger daily. They are and always will be a permanent part of my life. They were there in my past and in my childhood and they will be with me on the day I move on to the fattest trip of them all at the great gig in the sky! You all know exactly what im saying! Its the GD affect. .not all of us are part of the gd affect but those who are know it. Its in our very being our DNA and under our fingernails! Lol long live the grateful fucking dead
I hadn't seen them since the previous October, and can remember being legit startled at how much Jerry had aged in that 8 months or so. His hair looked stone white in person that day, and you could tell he had put on some weight. And he just didn't seem to be having his typical great time on stage. You could tell it was a struggle for him. It was an odd show, but still a hell of an experience.
Every few years I pop on some 94 and 95 shows.... and just not happening. The flow just disappeared in the shows. When Drums n Space are the high lights of the shows, you know things arnt good. Theres some decent shows from these 2 years but overall its "Lacking in some direction". I do have to say I love from the spring 95 Knick show the H>S>F, that some out there shit and for 95 was beyond their means of the usual night. But it just makes me sad to watch. I followed Ratdog around and Phil and I occasionally would catch Billy and Mickey. Other Ones came and went and then we got the Dead and that was a quick cash grab imho. But Ratdog (2005-2009) and Phil had some great shows. Phil still has great shows and performs with some of my favorite musicians, most recently Stu Allen went out with him on East Coast tour and that made my day. But to me Dead n Co was a continuation of the bad part of 95 Grateful Dead. All of a sudden these bigger shows attracted a younger crowd and less of a good vibe all over again. I felt like an outsider the past few times I went to see Dead n Co and I walked away depressed like in 94 and 95. Because the musics quality was just not there and the tempo and energy were so far from there. I know im just suppose to be happy they are still playing. I am in one way, but id rather see them do it in another way. At least DnC is over, but Phil kept it real and hes doing something unique and with energy every night he plays. Since Jerrys passing id always followed Bobby and that changed in the past 10 years. But I love the Grateful Dead, but just like DnC is hard for me to watch/hear, so is this. Id rather remember Jerry and listen to jerry from 93 or before ;-) That will leave you with a smile on your face and I think thats what Jerry would want, not the sadness that flowed thru the crowd and stages during these final 2 years. Peace.
hehe self taught musician using garcia from 93-95 as inspiration for 8 years, these comments crack me up when do u hear a string of notes with the tone quality garcia shows here haha the answer is never. ted greene maybe haha lenny breau so few and far between in the popular public eye.
I noticed Jerry forgot a lot of the words the last couple years before he died and his playing suffered. But when I mentioned it to other fans, it was out of concern for his well being, not criticism. I hated It when people criticised him and he gave it his all and didn't want to let fans down. But it WAS a fact that his playing and health suffered towards the end, an objective truth I think, not subjective. I think people could have been nicer about that though, maybe more compassionate. The man was on his way to having a heart attack...no one could predicted that, of course. But he should have taken some time off. Good Lord. Long live fat man.😢😢💗💗
If reincarnation is true and we get to start our next life at any point in time in history, I want to be born in 1947 so that I am 18 in 1965. From there, I follow the Grateful Dead in various Westfalia's with a crew I meet along the way all the way through until 1995. Then eject, go back, and repeat again and again and again.
His guitar playing all through the set is very on point.... The truth that people can't seem to wrap their head around about their sound during this time is that the weak link in it is generally Bob Weir's tone and the fact that Phil's Bass tone is mixed in a much more subdued way, and it seems like his playing style is a little bit more subdued during this time as well, but I can't tell because you just don't hear him as much... The strong points of 1995, and why I feel like overall it is a better year than 94, is Jerry's tone is better than it's been in years, and Vince is playing awesome pretty much all the time and has much better sound presets that he did when he started. Like night and day much better. Also his playing is very tasteful during this time.... also, I think the drums and the drum sets are mixed much much better during these final tours, before all you can hear is hi-hat washing around but you can hear the times and the upper parts of the symbols way better Mickey turns to percussion rather than trap more often. Look, I understand the knee-jerk Panic oh my God I can't believe Jerry is about to die reaction that people have with this late are a dead, but honestly you just have to listen a little more and you are rewarded with all the great stuff that is going on, and you also realize that these guys were still pushing and evolving their sound just like always.
Part of what is upsetting is that I was at this show and my friend and I watched a very coherent and happy jerry walking around with his wife, not backstage, but behind the stage area at solider Field. Then forty minutes later he is listless on stage. It's a shame because you could tell what he did just before going on stage to start the first and the second sets.
It hurts to see Jerry so visibly sick and clearly not wanting to be there. I went to both of these shows and outside of Johanna on 7/8 and So Many Roads on 7/9, he bungled the lyrics on virtually everything else. His bags were packed to leave this mortal coil. It was pretty clear. I still miss him though.
How you can look at Jerry and then decide that he didn't want to be there is some pretty amazing telepathic shit. Especially considering all facts point to the obvious. In other words, his personal trainers and anyone else advising him told him to watch his health and take time off, or when Phil wanted to pack his bags and quit the rest of the tour after the death threat before Deer Creek and Jerry famously said no way. All facts point to that he wanted to only be there, AND listen to his playing on Tennessee Jed and Vince, Bob and him digging in HARD on eternity, that's musical evidence right there that he definitely wanted to be there, jamming in front of his fans with his musical brothers...... I swear, people make the most laziest and stereotypical comments about 1995, and really the Vince era in general. I can tell they never really dug in past the surface knee-jerk reaction they had to a very small amount of it.... yeah yeah yeah, "but in 1990" "but in 1974".... People who can't listen to Grateful Dead without comparing it to some version or some ideal imagined version of what they think it's SUPPOSED to sound like obviously learned nothing from the whole point of Grateful Dead music which is to be in the moment and not expect or use your ego as a filter to listen to it.
@@PaulFormentos isn't this just the first set? Lol, they played "Samson"? Maybe actually listen before you comment because all I hear is Jerry tearing up just about every solo and sounding great.
Post 91 shows were pretty bad at points and ok at others. If it's all someone saw, they probably hold those shows in pretty high standing. If you like it listen, if you don't , don't listen. Beyond that, all of the "jerry would like this" "hate this" etc etc is pure goofiness. Even if you met the guy, did you really know him? Much less know his likes and dislikes from the grave.
For those saying heroin killed Jerry, you're wrong and here's some history. He didn't kill himself with heroin. There were a number of facts shared publicly that contributed to his death, which includes finding it almost impossible to take an extended break because there were many many mouths to feed in the organization, as well as the enormous stress of trying to cope with the idea that people thought he was a god. He also had a poor diet for years - for the most part. Part of his playing problems was that he suffered from carpal tunnel. He also had a touch of nephropathy in his hands from diabetes. I'm not making this up.. It's all out there publicly. To be a lifelong smoker didn't help.
No matter the reason, I miss Jerry every day!...I do wish he would've taken more breaks during the years...I don't think he was God, but I believe he was a gift from God...rest in peace Jer...thank you! 😢
Insanely shitty performance, but some good songs. We accidentally ran over a kid on the highway just before the exit. Crazy thing is that he was one of our own guys!! He's ok now.
Brungers Band you are a fool, his tone is still perfect! Noone played the electric guitar as well before or after. Even this show which is certainly not the best is still sweet to my ears. So take your pretentiousness elsewhere chump it's obvious you aren't listening.
My final show. Best three years and thirty two shows of my life. Grateful to catch the tail end of something much larger than I could possibly imagine. Love and light my brothers and sisters!
Btw I was looking for the greatful dead in Tampa in 95. The only show I've seen. See ya sweet heart 💕
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My last show. As sick as Jerry obviously was he still makes my soul soar listening to him play.... On another note the "So Many Roads from the next night is phenomenal and heartbreaking. I miss Jerry
I knew he was gone.. but he made the night !!!
Visions of Johanna was the best part of 7/8 for me. Possibly Drums/Space too, but those were less distinct memories and more "in the moment " and tend to melt together without having lyrics to set boundaries.
This was my first and only with Jerry. I was 15, a friend 14 and we hitchhiked from plattsburgh ny to highgate with 50 bucks n a dream. Still so surreal that this occurred over 20 yrs ago. Anyone who says this show sucked is a spoiled dead bitch or never got to see them. I am so grateful for every moment life and luck gave us through this escapade. I am foever grateful!
Also my first show
Same fam !! Was there for Boston. 18, maybe 17, first dead show !!
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Not my first. But was so lucky to be there.
I was 20 years old. this was the only show i was inside for. this video is way sharper than my memory, so thanks.
I was 22. Yay, us!
Bad vibes at this one I knew he wasn’t gonna be with us much longer 😥
Was 21 and feeling like things were getting pretty bad.
Thanks, Phish 🙄
I was 18, first and only show I saw- I will never forget the authorities trying to clear the field in the morning...thanks for posting this
I was 18, first and last time i ever took LSD., had the time of my life lol.
My first show was 7/8/90 and this was my last 7/8/95 it took me years before I realized it while looking at my ticket stubs. Saw a few in between, good music lots of fun....best memory from this show, Visions of Johanna, I think it may have been the only song Jerry got all the words correct.
That's the only tune that I clearly recall on 7/8 without looking at a setlist. I remember our larger group getting together and joking a little and renaming US Blues to US Snooze because of all the missed lyrics. I sensed death, saw something like a vortex open in St. Louis, but I didn't really notice Jerry's condition nor did I believe that he wouldn't out pace death again. I felt as though something needed another "band member" to feed it. The vortex was a few feet above the stage between Jerry and Vince and I remember "arguing" with it and trying to convince myself or whatever the reasons why it couldn't take any of the guys.
Visions of Johanna on 03/18/1995 is outstanding and probably the best performance. 7/8/1995 is a close second.
95 shows... tragic, sad, glorious, magical, disastrous, horrid, beautiful, ugly, and blissful...usually all in one song. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, but it was hard to see Jerry dying before our eyes and it makes me even sadder watching it now. Great memories though.
W Ww Also.. miss Vince. Met him several times and was the sweetest, kindest, genuine guy I have met in the business. He was truly happy to just be along for the ride. Like so many of us, he had demons and I am sad they got the best of him as well.
Great and difficult show to attend. Still, wouldn't have missed it.
We did get the first Unbroken Chain in Philly... whoooaooooaat a night.
I feel ya, dying is part of living. All grate things must come to an end, but so alive in memory. We can share what we got of yours cause we done shared all of mine... 😢
There has never been a better guitar player than Jerry. So freaking unique! 23 years later, still the greatest!
i was 20 at my one and only Dead show: this one. had a great time. but this is clearer than my memory. thanks for posting.
For Jer Bear to have come out of the coma remembering not much of anything, the quality of his guitar style and technical ability is phenomenal here.
He is a LEGEND and a GOD to a few of us.
my one and old GD show with Jerry. I had my head so far up grunge's ass, I didn't even know what I was seeing (shame)
...I come here from time to time to remind myself :)
Tampa '95... None of knew we were that close to the end of an era. I remember hearing the news which felt like just a few days after the show and my hubby and I just stared at eachother in disbelief. "We JUST saw him. There's no way..." I'm so grateful we were able to make that show and we both still talk about it frequently, 23 years later.
Looking back at the video now, it seems apparent that he wasn't feeling 100%.
I'm so sick of all the critics of late era Dead. On his worst day, struggling with health problems and addiction, Jerry stood and delivered like a fucking road warrior. Yes there are a lot of mistakes but they always made mistakes. So please don't be put off by the negative know-it-alls and judge for yourself. Is it perfect? No, but it's still soulful AF, and at times still very beautiful.
Well honest critics would admit that these performances were awful. Even the band has admitted that. Jerry should never have toured in 1995 at all. They all needed a break. And I don't go to see live bands make as you wrote, "a lot of mistakes". Since when did we lower the bar that low that you are saying acceptable?
If you look back toward the end, the Dead were having trouble selling out some shows because it got out that the shows were awful.
Don't be sick of late era Dead critics, be angry at jerry or his disease. He provided the listless, jumbled, mumbling, confused music that was 1995.
Preach!
Yeah, I totally agree with you I just couldn't be bothered to argue with that troll who obviously isn't a real head. I'm a huge fan of the sound the Dead were cultivating between '93-'95. I love the entire GD and JGB history but if I had to put a desert Island collection together, this era would be well represented. This clown using words like "awful" and 'lowering the bar" just prove he has NO IDEA what he's talking about. Grateful Dead were on a level so high above all other bands and WITHOUT A NET... no one comes close in musicality and bravery!
Ticket sales were starting to suffer during the final year. That is also known.
Phils singing makes me sick.
never sad to see jerry. first show in 75 or this one in 95. the magic of jerry never shapes boundaries of sadness.
life is ever fleeting. no one gets out alive. and how many 10s of thousands of moons did Jerry give us all he had? every show every state every venue every country every album, w/the band w/ his own band, collabs w/kahn,grissman other musical geniuses...
those that write negative opins about jerry probably expected too much out of the man. and he never wanted or liked fans worshiping him.
♤ CAPTAIN TRIPS LIVES ON IN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART HE LEFT US♤😎
New on Grateful dead's music. I'm watching this show and feel shocked. What a wonderful music. García was of Spanish ascendents (from Galicia).
Great sound. I love when I can hear a clean and fully enveloping Phil bomb.
Was there! So great to relive it. Thanks for posting
I was there for this one too. This one was special to me and it's great to have it here to see.
God bless!
So many great memories of this day. 20 years old, dragged 2 best friends who had never been to the dead.
Visions of Johanna from this was Phenomenal, time stood still. Thank you for posting this
I was there!! Thank you, Jerry. The only time I saw Shakedown in person. Amazing!
I remember calling Jack Straw about 5 seconds before they actually started playing. After the first line, the guy next to me said "I'm impressed!" I said "don't be -- I've seen them over 140 times." He said "Now I'm really impressed!!" I still miss Jerry everyday!Peace!
I was 12, it changed my life from that point on, Jerry was a warrior infill his last breath, haters are just gonna hate, there not true heads!!!
Been playing guitar 15 years, can't even come close to playing like Jerry even on his last shows
Chris Murphy Take a few lessons. Lol. ✌️
My only 2 Dead shows with Jerry were 94 and 95 Highgate shows. I was 19 and 20 years old for those shoes. I'm so glad I got to see him!
thank you for posting this, I was there and am having such nestalgia watching the show. Live in Jerry
The GRATEFUL DEAD on stage is a beautiful thing NO MATTER WHAT. JERRY on his worst day is better than anyone else on their best day. PERIOD.
And will not be rushed
Totally agree he does look a little tuckered out
Don't be ridiculous
True!!!
I was there and I was 3 years old. Can’t even remember it but incredibly grateful to have gotten to see Jerry
I saw highgate earlier that summer. I was driving out to Chicago (from Massachusetts) to see these shows … picked up a girl from New Jersey , at a carnival , on the way . got in a car crash …started hitchhiking… girl got picked up by police , because she was under 18… finally got a ride …. To myrtle beach South Carolina… went back to college .
I was tripping so hard that day. Jesus Christ acid. It was so hot.
i know the feeling
OMG yup the JC was insane. Balls were tripping hard nice one dude!
Tripped the night before. Happy I was semi coherent for the last night
I remember JC. Was inside at Deer Creek. Amazing AF!!
It was one big picture of JC, not 100 little ones
IWT all i remember is it was very chaotic and discombobulated..but could've been me. Thank You for the verification...hazy after all these years
Just an hour ago i was talking with a younger girl at a gas station down the road from me, i had a JGB shirt i bought years ago on and we struck up a convo out side and smoked a cig as she asked if i was a fan and I told her about being at this show It was my first show i was 22 . I basicly no showed at my job and drove my 1984 Oldsmoble Delta 88 coupe with 170+k miles from Cambridge ma to Highgate VT. Getting to see Dylan and Dead was a moment ill never ever forget
My 1 n only show. Just got back from 710 in SF 16 years old. I wish i knew then what i know now. Missed what turned out being the final show due to just pure lag. Miracled someone in the process so it wasn't a total loss.
Thank you..Great shows all of them.....Compared to whats been out since 95 Jerry never had a bad show..
Never
My first and last show...had a blast!
They closed the campgrounds (parking lot, lol!) after the show. Thousands of tripping hippies took to the highhhhhhh ways. ONWARD,, to Orlando, Space Mountain on the blot. What a trip.
I was there, the Band opened, it was a glorious experience!!! Thanks for posting! So grateful.
Dylan opened.
+Tony Greaves www.dead.net/show/july-8-1995
73bernice Sorry, I was watching High Gate and I left the room, so I guess it cycled to this video.
+Tony Greaves np it was my last show with Jerry so its etched in my brain forever 💜
Sweet, The Band opened for my first show (1984)!
WTF??? Jerry in ‘95 playing a decent Jack Straw solo and they’re showing a fuc*ing train ??? The video’s maker was clueless .
My first and only GD Show, was 18 and had been to more Phish shows then dead. Worked on Further Fest 97vending . Went from a stolen suburu to working inside and met Bob a few times that summer and was lucky anuff to be invited to a west coast homecoming party for everyone working on tour in Portland Oregon at a bar and Moe. Was house band and Bob smoked my joint and then jammed w them for a set. I have a great pic of Bob with a guitar w a moe. Sticker on it must have been chuck or als
I was there man, love all you
A lot of people not happy with the final years....but listening to the soulful groove and clear as day guitar playing on “Sugaree” is simply ear candy. Forget any negatives...just sit back and enjoy the music.
back again to say this is real cool the styles the sounds the crowds all really amazing!
Thank you Jerry.
FYI for all the people sharing your recollection of being at this show: This concert was held at Soldier Field in Chicago...
i remember those pink flamingos in 1990, they got me super wide eyed!!!
I was 15 years old, walking around the parking lot, random dude asked if I wanted to be a guinea pig, no idea what he was talking about.. I said what? .. He rolled his eyes & asked if I wanted to trip for free.. I was like ofcourse I do.. He put three hits of acid on my tongue & then just stared at me asking what did I taste .. for a minute I was like wtf did I just do 😂Then I proceeded to trip my fucking balls off. That was a fucking lifetime ago..
Went to jail on the way to this show pulled over shook down operation dead head bummer long live the dead!
respect.
Oh bummer! I'm sorry man
Took my Dead stickers off my car to avoid this SO SAD
Gone are the days...
Derek Jeskey just don't tell'em you knew me.
Maeve Carpio two different songs...
Craig Parks He knows the difference man... lol...
@@maevecarpio9091 That's what Jerry sings in this final Sugaree AS IF HE KNEW
I was going into 8th grade. My parents brought me and a friend. Still going to shows 23 years later. Lol
watching jerry struggle through one last live version was fucking sad but still amazing I hear there is a recording of him doing catfish John b4 the show that day but cannot find it
live version of sugaree I meant. fuck I'm high and commenting on songs as I listen
Damn, jerry killing that Solo in Tennessee Jed
I was front and center, 3rd row with a red rose, no thorns. Gosh I miss him!
For all the critics or those posts talking about a "shitty show," not sure exactly where you were or what you were on but I was here, too, and jammed beginning to end! Shitty? Good grief people, listen to Phil during this show then reevaluate!!! To boot, was there EVER a "bad" show? Some may be better than others, depending on opinion, but bad? I hit 156 with Jerry and around 40+ afterward and simply cannot remember a "bad" or "shitty" one! Have a Grateful day and keep jammin'!
Sugaree sounds pretty damn good to me Even his voice aint bad
Was there, fence came down towed away by four wheelers threw away my $80 ticket and had the time of my life!
One more thing.... Anyone know how hard it is to go out there and spill your blood night after night? Most of us couldn't do what he did ESPECIALLY IN 1995!!! He was as tough and real as they come
I ground scored a 2nd row floor for this show (miracled by those who are not of this realm) my seat was a bit to the right of Garcia but of course I pulled up right in front of him for as long as I could..lasted a couple songs if my memory serves me right. The visions of Johanah was absolutely perfect with Jerry doing a full whirl with his chubby arm and a fist pump. Funny too cuz there's a gazillion lyrics to visions and he got em all or close to it but he couldn't remember the lyrics to anything else especially 1st set. Totally botched Althea but ask me if I care.....nope. I didn’t get to see enough shows(9) to complain about any of them. Plus as 17 yr old I was a deadhead to the core but I didn't yet at that time in my life realize just how much my appreciation and love for the dead and Jerry would continue to grow so much so that you just can't foresee it when your young wild and dumb.. I was always into them for the music im a guitar player who you could say was steeped in the ways of the grateful dead since I was 14 but its crazy my love for the band and there influence on me only seems to grow stronger daily. They are and always will be a permanent part of my life. They were there in my past and in my childhood and they will be with me on the day I move on to the fattest trip of them all at the great gig in the sky! You all know exactly what im saying! Its the GD affect. .not all of us are part of the gd affect but those who are know it. Its in our very being our DNA and under our fingernails! Lol long live the grateful fucking dead
My 68th and sadly last show. Awesome to end it all in my hometown
Love won't ever die
I hadn't seen them since the previous October, and can remember being legit startled at how much Jerry had aged in that 8 months or so. His hair looked stone white in person that day, and you could tell he had put on some weight.
And he just didn't seem to be having his typical great time on stage. You could tell it was a struggle for him. It was an odd show, but still a hell of an experience.
Lol... they actually put the lyrics up on the screens during tennessee jed!
My last show. Was so sad to see how messed up he was but it was a memorable weekend.
Every few years I pop on some 94 and 95 shows.... and just not happening. The flow just disappeared in the shows. When Drums n Space are the high lights of the shows, you know things arnt good. Theres some decent shows from these 2 years but overall its "Lacking in some direction". I do have to say I love from the spring 95 Knick show the H>S>F, that some out there shit and for 95 was beyond their means of the usual night. But it just makes me sad to watch. I followed Ratdog around and Phil and I occasionally would catch Billy and Mickey. Other Ones came and went and then we got the Dead and that was a quick cash grab imho. But Ratdog (2005-2009) and Phil had some great shows. Phil still has great shows and performs with some of my favorite musicians, most recently Stu Allen went out with him on East Coast tour and that made my day. But to me Dead n Co was a continuation of the bad part of 95 Grateful Dead. All of a sudden these bigger shows attracted a younger crowd and less of a good vibe all over again. I felt like an outsider the past few times I went to see Dead n Co and I walked away depressed like in 94 and 95. Because the musics quality was just not there and the tempo and energy were so far from there. I know im just suppose to be happy they are still playing. I am in one way, but id rather see them do it in another way. At least DnC is over, but Phil kept it real and hes doing something unique and with energy every night he plays. Since Jerrys passing id always followed Bobby and that changed in the past 10 years. But I love the Grateful Dead, but just like DnC is hard for me to watch/hear, so is this. Id rather remember Jerry and listen to jerry from 93 or before ;-) That will leave you with a smile on your face and I think thats what Jerry would want, not the sadness that flowed thru the crowd and stages during these final 2 years. Peace.
I was here!
My last show, god damn I still miss them.
my only show dead show i ever went to
my birthday. I turned 20
hehe self taught musician using garcia from 93-95 as inspiration for 8 years, these comments crack me up when do u hear a string of notes with the tone quality garcia shows here haha the answer is never. ted greene maybe haha lenny breau so few and far between in the popular public eye.
I was there.
This was my last show . Was a long bus ride from spring of 78 .
I noticed Jerry forgot a lot of the words the last couple years before he died and his playing suffered. But when I mentioned it to other fans, it was out of concern for his well being, not criticism. I hated It when people criticised him and he gave it his all and didn't want to let fans down. But it WAS a fact that his playing and health suffered towards the end, an objective truth I think, not subjective. I think people could have been nicer about that though, maybe more compassionate. The man was on his way to having a heart attack...no one could predicted that, of course. But he should have taken some time off. Good Lord. Long live fat man.😢😢💗💗
If there is a copy without all the video effects please release. Would be great to see clean version. Thx.
If reincarnation is true and we get to start our next life at any point in time in history, I want to be born in 1947 so that I am 18 in 1965. From there, I follow the Grateful Dead in various Westfalia's with a crew I meet along the way all the way through until 1995. Then eject, go back, and repeat again and again and again.
This was one of better shows on the tour
His guitar playing all through the set is very on point....
The truth that people can't seem to wrap their head around about their sound during this time is that the weak link in it is generally Bob Weir's tone and the fact that Phil's Bass tone is mixed in a much more subdued way, and it seems like his playing style is a little bit more subdued during this time as well, but I can't tell because you just don't hear him as much...
The strong points of 1995, and why I feel like overall it is a better year than 94, is Jerry's tone is better than it's been in years, and Vince is playing awesome pretty much all the time and has much better sound presets that he did when he started. Like night and day much better. Also his playing is very tasteful during this time.... also, I think the drums and the drum sets are mixed much much better during these final tours, before all you can hear is hi-hat washing around but you can hear the times and the upper parts of the symbols way better Mickey turns to percussion rather than trap more often.
Look, I understand the knee-jerk Panic oh my God I can't believe Jerry is about to die reaction that people have with this late are a dead, but honestly you just have to listen a little more and you are rewarded with all the great stuff that is going on, and you also realize that these guys were still pushing and evolving their sound just like always.
i was 15
I didn't exist yet
Part of what is upsetting is that I was at this show and my friend and I watched a very coherent and happy jerry walking around with his wife, not backstage, but behind the stage area at solider Field. Then forty minutes later he is listless on stage. It's a shame because you could tell what he did just before going on stage to start the first and the second sets.
Gotta feed that jones
where was this show?
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What did one Grateful Dead fan say to the other when they ran out of weed?
Eternity>Don't Ease Me In
Get it? Got it.
I feel guilty even watching this..........I LOVE The Grateful Dead !!!
My 20th birthday
It hurts to see Jerry so visibly sick and clearly not wanting to be there. I went to both of these shows and outside of Johanna on 7/8 and So Many Roads on 7/9, he bungled the lyrics on virtually everything else.
His bags were packed to leave this mortal coil. It was pretty clear.
I still miss him though.
Where was the lead guitar on final SAMSON Worst version ever
How you can look at Jerry and then decide that he didn't want to be there is some pretty amazing telepathic shit. Especially considering all facts point to the obvious. In other words, his personal trainers and anyone else advising him told him to watch his health and take time off, or when Phil wanted to pack his bags and quit the rest of the tour after the death threat before Deer Creek and Jerry famously said no way. All facts point to that he wanted to only be there, AND listen to his playing on Tennessee Jed and Vince, Bob and him digging in HARD on eternity, that's musical evidence right there that he definitely wanted to be there, jamming in front of his fans with his musical brothers...... I swear, people make the most laziest and stereotypical comments about 1995, and really the Vince era in general. I can tell they never really dug in past the surface knee-jerk reaction they had to a very small amount of it.... yeah yeah yeah, "but in 1990" "but in 1974"....
People who can't listen to Grateful Dead without comparing it to some version or some ideal imagined version of what they think it's SUPPOSED to sound like obviously learned nothing from the whole point of Grateful Dead music which is to be in the moment and not expect or use your ego as a filter to listen to it.
@@PaulFormentos isn't this just the first set? Lol, they played "Samson"?
Maybe actually listen before you comment because all I hear is Jerry tearing up just about every solo and sounding great.
Post 91 shows were pretty bad at points and ok at others. If it's all someone saw, they probably hold those shows in pretty high standing. If you like it listen, if you don't , don't listen. Beyond that, all of the "jerry would like this" "hate this" etc etc is pure goofiness. Even if you met the guy, did you really know him? Much less know his likes and dislikes from the grave.
unless you saw EVERY show "post 91" keep you're meaningless drivel to yourself
I was 18 My last show front row. Heroin is one hell of a drug. 💊
No, actually not. Don't be foolish.
There was far more to his death.
@@chrisgrabowski2678 diabetes smoking 10 packs a day unhealthy overweight among others.
For those saying heroin killed Jerry, you're wrong and here's some history. He didn't kill himself with heroin. There were a number of facts shared publicly that contributed to his death, which includes finding it almost impossible to take an extended break because there were many many mouths to feed in the organization, as well as the enormous stress of trying to cope with the idea that people thought he was a god. He also had a poor diet for years - for the most part. Part of his playing problems was that he suffered from carpal tunnel. He also had a touch of nephropathy in his hands from diabetes. I'm not making this up.. It's all out there publicly. To be a lifelong smoker didn't help.
No matter the reason, I miss Jerry every day!...I do wish he would've taken more breaks during the years...I don't think he was God, but I believe he was a gift from God...rest in peace Jer...thank you! 😢
Yeah And Hemmineverin didn't kill Keith Moon Cmon man the H did not help
I was there.....and they were not that good. I liked Dylan more than the Dead that day. Jerry was a fucking train wreck!
not the way i remember it.
best althea ever?
7 19 90 DEER CREEK
I was selling nitrous
I first met Erin Hendrickson from Casper WI at this show
Were you selling it a the last show on the 9th
I was at this show..... It sucked..... But it was a great time.
Twas dere
'94
Insanely shitty performance, but some good songs. We accidentally ran over a kid on the highway just before the exit. Crazy thing is that he was one of our own guys!! He's ok now.
mikepiergrossi
Mike.. I remember hearing about that accident.. but he's ok you said.. it's good to hear that now.
was that the kid who jumped over a guard railing and ended up on the highway?
was a great show Bob Dylan was great as well
What show were you at? Dylan wasn't there
God Jer looks awful. This is hard to watch. All love.
He didn't look so hot in 85 either
Weak voice, weak show, weak man. It's a crime a person so clearly in failing health (forgetting lyrics) was on tour and not in a nursing home.
Sad to see Jerry in so much pain , he doesn't even know where he is . RIP Jerry
He knew Lord i been walkin down the road
He is died live in front of everyone bro !!!!! Fucking Sad !!!!!!
Jerry already gone here..I love the Dead but i wont cheer to a corpse.. the last shows were really painful..
Brungers Band you are a fool, his tone is still perfect! Noone played the electric guitar as well before or after. Even this show which is certainly not the best is still sweet to my ears. So take your pretentiousness elsewhere chump it's obvious you aren't listening.
He smoked right b4 going up there.
Do you listen to Who Are You Moon's dead on that one
Damm!! Jerry got a month to live