My top show ever in my home town DC. It was a surreal day for sure from nearly getting busted in the parking lot and being saved by people I didnt even know. I was splitting some shrooms for my friends when I was suddenly faced with five or six men in shorts and black tee shirts asking me what is in your hand, i dropped the shrooms in my pocket and was preparing to run when a scruffy hippie in a skirt came dancing over and got between me and them, he was talking crazy till he leaned in and whispered walk away and I did just that. As i came out from the line of parked cars a VW van rolled by real slow, door open an they said get in I wasted no time and jumped in and we rolled away. I didnt know them all they ever said was that was a close one brother we were watching and we won this round you better get going and dropped me near the venues doors. I ate all my shrooms and dosed and was so freaking high. Heady days on the tour of a lifetime then Brent died and the band was never the same .
+jonathan holland That's a pretty awesome story. I'm pretty sure I was at that show too, but nothing nearly as notable happened. Thanks for the recollection.
That's funny....our buddy Carmen got busted in Atlanta in the lot smoking..missed the show salted away in jail....his girlfriend had to raise bail money to get him out ...other buddy Ed was quicker on his feet and took refuge in someone's vw bus and avoided capture. That night they played the 'Weight'....'I saw Carmen and the devil walking side by side' ...we burned him him a copy of the show. Poor dude spent about three days in jail for getting stoned.
Spring '90! Still blessed to hear such magical moments ringing LOUD in my ears! Fall '89 thru summer 1990 such great tours. Always consistent and building intensity night after night at every venue. IMPRESSIVE. What a treat.
Never listened to this with earbuds until this morning ...up close and personal...BRENT is so good. As are the rest of the boys...god love em, brought me a lot of joy over the years. What else is there to say about it.
Start to finish one of the most smokin' shows I have ever seen or heard. It stands out even in the midst of a much celebrated Spring 1990 tour to follow.Top 5 all time show for me. Absolutely blistering. Top of their game, knowing it, and having fun.
watching this repeatedly, you can really see and feel how much Jerry was definitely Bringing It! for his greatest musical partner's 50th birthday. He's all about doing it PROPER!!
That whole three days was pretty magical. Loose Lucy got busted out the night before. In my mind the whole run of shows blends together into one long show. There was an area of hotels near the Capitol Center which just got overrun with deadheads. The weather for that March weekend was really nice and these shows were like the first real breath of spring. I remember leaving Buffalo on an Amtrack and by the time we got to DC there were about 30 of us going to the shows. Great times I wish I could go back to again.
This was the apex of my touring experience. This and the next night. The final night i got booted to the hall, but it didn't matter. I have never before or to this day seen even the people working there at the concessions dancing and slapping time with all of us during Sugar Magnolia. I still go Dead and Co. to this day, but THIS was the zenith.
this is one of my very favorite shows.....OMFG ......I can hardly believe just how great these guys were ..I am SO GRATEFUL that I was wise enough to go see them live 3 times in my life.......all 3 were times when Brent was at the keys.......and he was the BEST .......I never NEVER get tired of hearing these shows over and over and over again.....it keeps me sane......it keeps me alive.....it really takes my mind to a really good space, and I can recall all the same beautiful feelings that being at the shows gave to me......THX JERRY and all the rest , for giving us some of the most beautiful moments in our lives......
Being a lifetime Deadhead, but born in 1980, I *just* missed them. I had plans to go tour once out of high school. Well, that didn't work out, but I found Dick's Pick's, then later a whole community of tapers on DAT then FLAC, thank god the music was preserved, I'm moved beyond belief even tho I never stepped foot into an original pre-'95 "grateful dead" show. I won't mention what my feelings about JM stepping in for Jerry or Phil not being on board with it. But you can probably put them together...But honestly "the music never stopped" trumps all that BS. No matter how upset I was. The man can play guitar is all i'll say, but I just don't like his stage presence, weird faces during solos that feel fake sometimes and the fact he hasn't learned enough songs yet for my (Now super high) ticket price. But for nostalgia, I cannot condemn any fan for going to see dead and co. The fact is if they play close to me within an hour, i'd probably buy a lawn ticket just to see bob and mickey and bill. Phil's bands haven't impressed me too much either, I remember the weird days of trichromes, ratdog, and phil and phriends.. At least things are better now/ Head for life o/
I was seeing shows at that time, very young in fact, and the sound was amazing. Huge presence and it sounds better than any recording. There was always an excitement and Jerry was commanding. His melodies were so reassuring and hopeful of beauty as a predominate force in the world. After sadness day, I saw the first reunion and it took three lead guitars to make up for the one monumental creative soul, the hard driven child of gods.
You said that so beautifully. I totally agree!!! You said something really important and should be more well known: “His melodies were so reassuring and hopeful of beauty as a predominate force in the world.” Truer words have not been spoken. Happy Birthday Jerry!! 8-01-2020
89 and 90 were my favorite years they were on fire 🔥,and also I could quit my job and have another one in a few days. I was 22 years old in 1990 so glade I did what I did got to see the last shows of Brent. I lived in Cleveland then so I seen the first few shows after that , fall tour it just wasn’t the same I like Bruce
They sure loved dropping surprises in Landover - Ripple, Ruben & Cherise, Loose Lucy, Black Throated Wind, etc.. Even a song like Might As Well that disappeared for a few years showed up again in Landover. They just loved giving us little gifts at the Cap.
How about what they pulled out in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. First show with Keith, debut performances of Brown Eyed Women, Ramble on Rose, One More Saturday Night, Comes a Time, Mexicali Blues, Jack Straw and Tennessee Jed. As well as Jerry’s debut performance with a MIDI. Fortunately, I saw it all.
Jerry was on fire 89 & 90! That was the bulk of the shows I was blessed enough to make it to. Thank you Universe and thank you Grateful Dead!!! 💀🎸🎶🎵🧠💕💖💛🌌
Nothing better than listening to an entire show like this out loud at work. Most guys can handle the "regular" tunes. But it's when deep into drumz/space that I get the biggest smile on my face as the inevitable shouts of "what the he'll are you listening too?" Or my fav..."was that a xylophone?!?!"... Yes, a xylophone, absolutely. Grinning ear to ear with memories like this.
Good Lord, were they HOT in 89-90. I play some guitar and keys and I wet my pants every time at 1:14:00 through that verse intro. Brent and Jerry (and everyone else) were pure MAGIC!
Yes just awesome saw them 6 times in89 in Wisconsin 2 Mecca arena shows 3 Alpine valley plus jgb and weir and Wasserman in 90 had to see Brents last show plus 2other shows at Tinley Park world music theatre
It was awesome to be living in Albany New York during the 80's and 90's.....S.P.A.C. and The Knickerbocker. And oh yeah MSG and The Nassau Collisium...Sends shivers down my spine. THANK YOU FOR THE POST...PEACE LOVE AND BEING FOREVER GRATEFUL....:-):-):-)
We stayed at the Duncan family campground on this run and it was so great on so many levels for so many reasons. Best time I ever had camping. All three shows were great. Phils fiftieth bday...very special. The jam before drums is beautiful....such a wonderful tour. They were killing it.
I'm so grateful, so proud that I played a small role in the Grateful Dead's contribution to Americana. They will be remembered for 100's of year just like the Old West, Route 66, bootleggers, baseball, Mark Twain, the Marx Brothers and so on....
The Grateful Dead ARE Americana. I wrote a lot on the topic previously and Weir needs to win the Americana award here real soon with Barlow and Songwriters hall of fame award. They should get that, too. You guys do it. Send a long, detailed, researched letter with links to audio and video. why not? someone needs to make the point of nominating them. They will tell you that you cant nominate someone because you are not on the board or a voter. but just tell them you nominate them anyway and send a nice letter. go for it if you know so much about how it will be remembered, then you decide. I agree with you. I hope others hear what you said. you could say that in front of Weir if you want to. Ask to give a speech. you wrote the thing. Go for it. you seem like smart ambitious deadheads. I only work for Hunter/Garcia and I think they fired me
the 3-26-90 knickerbocker show has a super black throated wind in it. you could just talk about that one song, that one performance and get those guys those awards. that's beautiful. i'd for sure mention more but I would add that in comparison to a typical original lyric black throated and alternate lyric black throated. that's 3 versions now. they are all good. please don't make me do it. call your friends. weir should win really soon okay?
Althea, China/Rider, and especially Wharf Rat(turn it up on this one), stand out as some of the best, if not The best of that era. Remember it like it was yesterday. Great to see it again!
ahh..spring of 90. I was soon to take a job who frowned on "indulging" and a wife who was somewhat tolerant. so I INDULGED and I was rewarded with a great spring.
Thanks for this. This was my first time seeing the Dead, I was 14. I have been surprised over the years to hear the concert again on Without a Net (portion) and the complete show on the Terrapin Station set. Amazing now to see the video footage to go with the incredible music. Really brought back memories of that concert for me.
Good Stuff. Lucky to be there. I feel it everyday. No shit. This is it. I felt compelled to continue on this quest. Best band ever. These were good times, let's keep em going.
Remembering Jerry today, I can't help but watch him and grin. He and the boys so on command here. Still checking out Dead and Co. to this day, but this and the next night were the zenith of my touring experience.
This was one of my favorite nights of my whole life! Got kicked out before the show even started (for smoking a bowl - with a current D1 head 20+ win hoops coach fwiw) and used a stub from the night before to get back in). Such a great, great show. My tentacles are all in a knot.
Only seen about ten or 12 shows. 5 of them were in a row on the east coast and all of them were with all the boys except pig pen of course. As i scroll thru u tube looking for the vibe of the night its gems like this that really stand out and the energy is right on que compared to others that i would call just 1 of many. I miss the unity i miss the parking lot i miss the positive vibes.
Was there and I thought so at the time. That set of cap center shows were some of the best I attended for sure! I did the whole tour and every show was above average.
I remember it. It is the only thing I remember about the show so it made a lasting impression on my stoned brain that stuck in there for like what 30 years....
Greg we were probably standing pretty close to each other cause I was there as well and whenever I went to a show I would always, always ,always be where Jerry was right there in front of him and Brent. They knew and they knew me. Didn't matter if it was in CA at Henry J. Kiser or Landover, MD. Hell we may have smoked one together cause it was being passed around as usual. I even remember when Bob forgot the lyrics during Jack Straw. Great show. Damn I miss them after Jerry died i never saw the Dead again , want to remember the Dead as the way I saw them from 76-95. Lots of shows boarder to boarder and cost to cost. what a time it was.
I was there that night. The whole show just flowed. Miss those days, even when Bobby forgot words in Jackstraw. Great night and great to listen and remember.
We were at this run...they were on fire in the spring of 90. Stayed at the Duncan family campground and it was a great three days. It was a wide open scene if there ever was one in a campground. The shows were so good....Phils 50th birthday. The cap center wasn't known for its hospitality security wise but we saw some really great shows there.
I was there, great show. Great audience tape, you can really hear the individual instruments especially Phil, this is often not the case with audience tapes, you can really feel the energy. Keep up the great work! I even enjoyed Don’t Ease Me In which is not a favorite of mine.
Thank you Voodoo! This show has it all. Great set list, great tempo and energy, Phil dropping big blobs all over, all of them hitting all of their marks, a great haircut on Jerry, and a stunning Charlie Miller audio. If this was your first show, that was it, your life took a turn, and you are still on the bus wherever you are.
Great show. I watch them all on youtube now because i was two years old when this show happened. But i finally got to experience the real thing, at least in its current form. I went to Alpine last week for dead and co. and now i have some perspective and memories in watching these old shows. The jam before drums was real cool, whole band just seemed locked in. Jerry looked/sounded stoned as hell during revolution lol but that one surprised me as an encore... i don't look at setlists before i watch. Awesome china cat--> rider and terrapin jam just went on and on. I've always been a big mydland fan and i dig easy to love you, some sweet chord changes in that song. Thanks, peace and love to voodoo... if it weren't for your channel, i'd never get to experience all of this. Also want to say the interaction and good vibes among this fanbase is really inspiring... i met some great people last week and am still talking about the Alpine shows on facebook with some folks, the music is outstanding but sharing it with other fans is the best part. I'll see y'all down the road!
I cant thank you enough for this one. 23 years wow that went fast seems like Im still there when I was listening tonight. amazing quality.. bless you for this and all the wonderful selections you have offered.
The seguay from Brent's solo to Jerry's on Easy to Love You is tremendous, such prowess! Am forever grateful to have been there, night before and after as well!
my goodness what a show! Jerry is SO on and 'present'......play this for any of those "experts" that claim is was over by the 90's....outta shut em right up!
Some thoughtful soul made up stickers that said "Phifty!" on them and everybody in the lot was getting decorated with them. Great buzz in the crowd after the Loose Lucy bust out the night before. So much energy, with the boys delving into the catalog over the past year. Great fun! Revolution was a treat, but the Terrapin was a standout obviously. Feels like just yesterday.
The Jerry guitar horns are jumping out at me more than ever. The sound was during many of my shows but if you go back it was free and far between. That 90-92 sound on those special days. Best of the best fun
I was there. Plus the other nights too. Capital Centre shows were good however the outdoor venues were always my fav. Merriweather Post Pavilion was awesome and a bit more intimate than RFK Stadium shows. Least favorite venue was Baltimore Civic Center. Still those were most excellent too dude.
Thank you for this whoever posted the dead make me love the living please forget u knew my name my darling Sugaree shake It Shake it the future is always happening love this version of easy to love you amazing
I was at this show. I remember the second set China Rider but not much else. I was going to school in Boston and went to visit my girlfriend in DC.. I had alterior motives (the shows :))
The East Coast shows from 1985 and up were stellar rising. JACK STRAW, BLACK PETER, tunes from that genre and all tunes, took on a new quality. I never heard GARCIA sing anyone of them the same from the East Coast shows. The audio on SUGAREE is clear and distinct. The drums are through and LESHS' bass is clearly audible.
I read in one of the many band biographies that this Terrapin was a shocker for the entire band, except maybe Jerry. They had become accustomed to a certain number of repeats on the ending riff and then the drummers would rise up and head into their portion of the show. Imagine their gleeful surprise when Jer decided to ad lib for another 5-6 minutes creating some of the most inspiring call and response improv in the band's history. An old dog sure can teach the younger dogs new tricks. Thank you all for helping to create the world of sound and inspiration. Camera ops, lighting design, sound crew, band, and of course audience; you are all the most important organs in this living organism we know as Grateful Dead.
Did the whole Spring Tour, wasn't a bad show all Spring, But Landover, Hartford&Albany Stick out as my favorites. Thanks for letting me re-live Brighter Days! Love &Light my brother!!❤✌😎💯
newmania4242 I missed the Branford show because I had an exam the morning of 3/30. It was a Friday, I did make it from Boston for the show that night. The place was buzzing BIGTIME due to the first appearance of Branford with the Dead.
spring tour 90 is like Europe 72 or spring 77. the magic all compounded or whatever but "Garcia's guitar playing was sharp enough to cut a diamond in half this whole tour" is exactly right. what a great comment Dennis Campbell.
My new favorite past time is to break out my coloring book and put a Dead show on UA-cam and color away. I just finished a page as Throwing Stones came on. The last show I saw was 7/7/89 in Philly. I look at Bret playing his ass off knowing it would soon be over for him....Sad. I also just realized it's 3/14/2017 and tomorrow will be the 27th anniversary of this show.
Grateful Dead Merchandising sold this show as a 3-cd set w/ proceeds going towards the "Terrapin Station music project". Of course, I bought a couple copies...A well-intended pipe dream! Excerpt below from MTV in 1998: Grateful-Deadheads may have to wait longer than they thought for the grand opening of the ambitious Terrapin Station museum project, dedicated specifically to their favorite hippie-band and its legions of rabid disciples. Nearly a year after the announcement of plans to build a $40 million multimedia-shrine to the defunct, San Francisco-based psychedelic-rock group, a location is still not secured and a tentative ground-breaking date is not yet penciled in. As it now stands, the project -- which was originally expected to be completed by the end of December 1999 -- might not even get underway before the new millennium, according to Gary Lambert, editor of the Grateful Dead Almanac, the band's official newsletter.
Thanks for posting this, it was my first show I remember several years ago when GDM released this show I was super stoked, now I get to experience it again visually. Also very cool I am pretty sure the Walkin blues and Althea are the versions on Without a net.
i remember this show. post show i discovered somebody had ripped the antenna off my v.w. (probably one of the newschoolers in need of a crackpipe). i had such a transformative experience at the show that i couldn't be bothered to give a crap!!! we went to a campsite after wards (interesting drive to say the least) and grooved till the sun came up. precious memories care of the dead!!!!
My top show ever in my home town DC. It was a surreal day for sure from nearly getting busted in the parking lot and being saved by people I didnt even know. I was splitting some shrooms for my friends when I was suddenly faced with five or six men in shorts and black tee shirts asking me what is in your hand, i dropped the shrooms in my pocket and was preparing to run when a scruffy hippie in a skirt came dancing over and got between me and them, he was talking crazy till he leaned in and whispered walk away and I did just that. As i came out from the line of parked cars a VW van rolled by real slow, door open an they said get in I wasted no time and jumped in and we rolled away. I didnt know them all they ever said was that was a close one brother we were watching and we won this round you better get going and dropped me near the venues doors. I ate all my shrooms and dosed and was so freaking high. Heady days on the tour of a lifetime then Brent died and the band was never the same .
+jonathan holland That's a pretty awesome story. I'm pretty sure I was at that show too, but nothing nearly as notable happened. Thanks for the recollection.
That's funny....our buddy Carmen got busted in Atlanta in the lot smoking..missed the show salted away in jail....his girlfriend had to raise bail money to get him out ...other buddy Ed was quicker on his feet and took refuge in someone's vw bus and avoided capture. That night they played the 'Weight'....'I saw Carmen and the devil walking side by side' ...we burned him him a copy of the show. Poor dude spent about three days in jail for getting stoned.
jonathan holland thats one grAte story brother ;)
Jonathan Holland? Is that you?!
Yup it's me.
When Jerry pushes his glasses back up you know shits about to get real
The version of Althea at 29:08 is my favorite song ever made on this earth. It's perfect. Rest in peace Jerry!
This Althea version is the one that is included on the live album Without A Net. It smokes.
Ditto. the China>Rider.
he fingerpicked the end of Althea here
Absof-inglutely sublime. Anyone else loving Brent's sweet down low in the mix? These boys were well-rehearsed and sparkling that night.
After John Mayer heard Althea, he ddnt want to listen to anyhting but the Dead. Now he's playing in the band!
What a f-ing Amazing Show! I was here!!!
I'm 51 and these years where my grateful Dead Hey Days! Thank you for bringing me back to the good old days!
DITTO! East coast 89-95 some real gems in those early days. Loved every minute.
Me and my girl where there too. Awesome show!
Spring '90! Still blessed to hear such magical moments ringing LOUD in my ears!
Fall '89 thru summer 1990 such great tours. Always consistent and building intensity night after night at every venue.
IMPRESSIVE. What a treat.
Never listened to this with earbuds until this morning ...up close and personal...BRENT is so good. As are the rest of the boys...god love em, brought me a lot of joy over the years. What else is there to say about it.
Start to finish one of the most smokin' shows I have ever seen or heard. It stands out even in the midst of a much celebrated Spring 1990 tour to follow.Top 5 all time show for me. Absolutely blistering. Top of their game, knowing it, and having fun.
watching this repeatedly, you can really see and feel how much Jerry was definitely Bringing It! for his greatest musical partner's 50th birthday. He's all about doing it PROPER!!
That whole three days was pretty magical. Loose Lucy got busted out the night before. In my mind the whole run of shows blends together into one long show. There was an area of hotels near the Capitol Center which just got overrun with deadheads. The weather for that March weekend was really nice and these shows were like the first real breath of spring. I remember leaving Buffalo on an Amtrack and by the time we got to DC there were about 30 of us going to the shows. Great times I wish I could go back to again.
I remember the three shows as one. I stayed in one of the cheap hotels nearby filled with deadheads. We had a blast... I would go back in a flash!
This was the apex of my touring experience. This and the next night. The final night i got booted to the hall, but it didn't matter. I have never before or to this day seen even the people working there at the concessions dancing and slapping time with all of us during Sugar Magnolia. I still go Dead and Co. to this day, but THIS was the zenith.
I went this night, Thursday and had a blast. Beatles encore rocked Saw em again March 20,91 spring tour Capitol Centre
Spring '90, truly a blessing for all who attended and a wonder for all who can still hear such magic ringing in our ears!
The whole run was awesome! I wish I had a time machine!
The scene
The music
The family
Thanks Jerry for the musicly enchanted long strange trip
this is one of my very favorite shows.....OMFG ......I can hardly believe just how great these guys were ..I am SO GRATEFUL that I was wise enough to go see them live 3 times in my life.......all 3 were times when Brent was at the keys.......and he was the BEST .......I never NEVER get tired of hearing these shows over and over and over again.....it keeps me sane......it keeps me alive.....it really takes my mind to a really good space, and I can recall all the same beautiful feelings that being at the shows gave to me......THX JERRY and all the rest , for giving us some of the most beautiful moments in our lives......
Being a lifetime Deadhead, but born in 1980, I *just* missed them. I had plans to go tour once out of high school. Well, that didn't work out, but I found Dick's Pick's, then later a whole community of tapers on DAT then FLAC, thank god the music was preserved, I'm moved beyond belief even tho I never stepped foot into an original pre-'95 "grateful dead" show. I won't mention what my feelings about JM stepping in for Jerry or Phil not being on board with it. But you can probably put them together...But honestly "the music never stopped" trumps all that BS. No matter how upset I was. The man can play guitar is all i'll say, but I just don't like his stage presence, weird faces during solos that feel fake sometimes and the fact he hasn't learned enough songs yet for my (Now super high) ticket price. But for nostalgia, I cannot condemn any fan for going to see dead and co. The fact is if they play close to me within an hour, i'd probably buy a lawn ticket just to see bob and mickey and bill. Phil's bands haven't impressed me too much either, I remember the weird days of trichromes, ratdog, and phil and phriends.. At least things are better now/ Head for life o/
You are SO lucky to have been there in person.. what I wouldn't give..!
I was seeing shows at that time, very young in fact, and the sound was amazing. Huge presence and it sounds better than any recording. There was always an excitement and Jerry was commanding. His melodies were so reassuring and hopeful of beauty as a predominate force in the world. After sadness day, I saw the first reunion and it took three lead guitars to make up for the one monumental creative soul, the hard driven child of gods.
You said that so beautifully. I totally agree!!! You said something really important and should be more well known: “His melodies were so reassuring and hopeful of beauty as a predominate force in the world.” Truer words have not been spoken. Happy Birthday Jerry!! 8-01-2020
89 and 90 were my favorite years they were on fire 🔥,and also I could quit my job and have another one in a few days. I was 22 years old in 1990 so glade I did what I did got to see the last shows of Brent. I lived in Cleveland then so I seen the first few shows after that , fall tour it just wasn’t the same I like Bruce
Mine too...great years to tour...I was 21/22. Too.✌🎶🌈
They sure loved dropping surprises in Landover - Ripple, Ruben & Cherise, Loose Lucy, Black Throated Wind, etc..
Even a song like Might As Well that disappeared for a few years showed up again in Landover. They just loved giving us little gifts at the Cap.
How about what they pulled out in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. First show with Keith, debut performances of Brown Eyed Women, Ramble on Rose, One More Saturday Night, Comes a Time, Mexicali Blues, Jack Straw and Tennessee Jed. As well as Jerry’s debut performance with a MIDI. Fortunately, I saw it all.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Loved the shows at the Cap...saw two of the three this run. 🎶✌
Close to CIA headquarters at Langley.........we all try to impress our bosses.......just a theory
@@user-dc1dr9kr8x does your theory explain why playing an old song 20 miles away from Langley would actually impress anyone at the CIA?
These shows were a great start for the east coast run this spring tour 1990. Some real good times
Jerry was on fire 89 & 90!
That was the bulk of the shows I was blessed enough to make it to. Thank you Universe and thank you Grateful Dead!!!
💀🎸🎶🎵🧠💕💖💛🌌
Phil's 50th!!! Someone handed me a slip of paper with were gonna sing Happy Birthday to Phil. It was awesome!!! And that Tom Thumbs Blues!!!---Wow!!!!
Phil is happening too
Nothing better than listening to an entire show like this out loud at work. Most guys can handle the "regular" tunes. But it's when deep into drumz/space that I get the biggest smile on my face as the inevitable shouts of "what the he'll are you listening too?" Or my fav..."was that a xylophone?!?!"...
Yes, a xylophone, absolutely.
Grinning ear to ear with memories like this.
Good Lord, were they HOT in 89-90. I play some guitar and keys and I wet my pants every time at 1:14:00 through that verse intro. Brent and Jerry (and everyone else) were pure MAGIC!
I couldn't agree with ya more man, they were RED hot on their spring 90' run. Definitely a highlight in their wonderful career.
deerhunter34100 Every show on this tour was exceptional.
Brent really added something special in the powerful soulful way he sang....as well as being an outstanding key player..
Yes just awesome saw them 6 times in89 in Wisconsin 2 Mecca arena shows 3 Alpine valley plus jgb and weir and Wasserman in 90 had to see Brents last show plus 2other shows at Tinley Park world music theatre
Yes, a great solo.
i was in a shittay mood, but seeing those strings shine, those fingers dance, and that beautiful tuck made me allllright. god bless jerome.
Happy 50th Birthday Phil! One of their best shows of this era. RIP Phil Lesh
It was awesome to be living in Albany New York during the 80's and 90's.....S.P.A.C. and The Knickerbocker. And oh yeah MSG and The Nassau Collisium...Sends shivers down my spine. THANK YOU FOR THE POST...PEACE LOVE AND BEING FOREVER GRATEFUL....:-):-):-)
We stayed at the Duncan family campground on this run and it was so great on so many levels for so many reasons. Best time I ever had camping. All three shows were great. Phils fiftieth bday...very special. The jam before drums is beautiful....such a wonderful tour. They were killing it.
Good for u Tom u r one of the lucky ones to b there ! I wish I hadn’t stopped but beyond my power !
THANK YOU VOODOONOLA!!!
THANK YOU VOODOONOLA!!!
It is definitely worth mentioning twice.
I'm so grateful, so proud that I played a small role in the Grateful Dead's contribution to Americana. They will be remembered for 100's of year just like the Old West, Route 66, bootleggers, baseball, Mark Twain, the Marx Brothers and so on....
MrRichardFader You still live in Fort Lee NJ? :)
The Grateful Dead ARE Americana. I wrote a lot on the topic previously and Weir needs to win the Americana award here real soon with Barlow and Songwriters hall of fame award. They should get that, too. You guys do it. Send a long, detailed, researched letter with links to audio and video. why not? someone needs to make the point of nominating them. They will tell you that you cant nominate someone because you are not on the board or a voter. but just tell them you nominate them anyway and send a nice letter. go for it if you know so much about how it will be remembered, then you decide. I agree with you. I hope others hear what you said. you could say that in front of Weir if you want to. Ask to give a speech. you wrote the thing. Go for it. you seem like smart ambitious deadheads. I only work for Hunter/Garcia and I think they fired me
the 3-26-90 knickerbocker show has a super black throated wind in it. you could just talk about that one song, that one performance and get those guys those awards. that's beautiful. i'd for sure mention more but I would add that in comparison to a typical original lyric black throated and alternate lyric black throated. that's 3 versions now. they are all good. please don't make me do it. call your friends. weir should win really soon okay?
Althea, China/Rider, and especially Wharf Rat(turn it up on this one), stand out as some of the best, if not The best of that era. Remember it like it was yesterday. Great to see it again!
I was at this show! We drove up from Alabama for 3 nights. Phil's B day and everyone was jacked. Solid show and released as an official GD cd.
ahh..spring of 90. I was soon to take a job who frowned on "indulging" and a wife who was somewhat tolerant. so I INDULGED and I was rewarded with a great spring.
Thanks for this. This was my first time seeing the Dead, I was 14. I have been surprised over the years to hear the concert again on Without a Net (portion) and the complete show on the Terrapin Station set. Amazing now to see the video footage to go with the incredible music. Really brought back memories of that concert for me.
Good Stuff. Lucky to be there. I feel it everyday. No shit. This is it. I felt compelled to continue on this quest. Best band ever. These were good times, let's keep em going.
Remembering Jerry today, I can't help but watch him and grin. He and the boys so on command here.
Still checking out Dead and Co. to this day, but this and the next night were the zenith of my touring experience.
I WAS THERE!! PHIL'S 50TH BIRTHDAY!!❤️Love the footage of Phil during" Cassidy👁💨🍄💯❤️⚡️✌💣💣💣💣💣💣💥💥💥
This was one of my favorite nights of my whole life! Got kicked out before the show even started (for smoking a bowl - with a current D1 head 20+ win hoops coach fwiw) and used a stub from the night before to get back in). Such a great, great show. My tentacles are all in a knot.
Thanks for posting this. My favorite Walkin' Blues ever...Holy cow they were on fire this tour...What a show.
Listen to the version on 7.1.85. An interesting version
Only seen about ten or 12 shows. 5 of them were in a row on the east coast and all of them were with all the boys except pig pen of course.
As i scroll thru u tube looking for the vibe of the night its gems like this that really stand out and the energy is right on que compared to others that i would call just 1 of many.
I miss the unity i miss the parking lot i miss the positive vibes.
You gotta keep moving and find those positive folks.......positive for real is so tough lol
My first time on this channel. Straight fire, think im gonna like it here.
23 years ago TODAY on Phils 50th birthday... HAPPY 73rd Phil! Thanks for the many years of awesome music that make my ears smile!
now it's 80
Best Terrapin Ever
Was there and I thought so at the time. That set of cap center shows were some of the best I attended for sure! I did the whole tour and every show was above average.
Today is the first time I'm hearing this China/Rider! This version certainly cooks and sparkles...I bet it was fun being there.
I remember it. It is the only thing I remember about the show so it made a lasting impression on my stoned brain that stuck in there for like what 30 years....
Such a good Easy To Love You band sounds confident and smooth. 1990 spring and summer tours were magic for sure.
am telling you- March 1990. And this is a stunning Althea. like primo Althea. so good
If I had a time machine, first stop spring 1990!
My second stop, first May 77...
Why not go back to the acid tests
Greg we were probably standing pretty close to each other cause I was there as well and whenever I went to a show I would always, always ,always be where Jerry was right there in front of him and Brent. They knew and they knew me. Didn't matter if it was in CA at Henry J. Kiser or Landover, MD. Hell we may have smoked one together cause it was being passed around as usual. I even remember when Bob forgot the lyrics during Jack Straw. Great show. Damn I miss them after Jerry died i never saw the Dead again , want to remember the Dead as the way I saw them from 76-95. Lots of shows boarder to boarder and cost to cost. what a time it was.
Jack Straw right into Sugaree...now that’s a Dead show!
That's Phil's birthday
Brent! What a great run of shows. I was mildly crippled for a bit after this run. I still get goosebumps today on these heaters when listening.
I was there that night. The whole show just flowed. Miss those days, even when Bobby forgot words in Jackstraw. Great night and great to listen and remember.
Happy 76 th Birthday Phil ! My father just turned 76 also ... 10 "Days Between" my pops and Phil.God bless them both
We were at this run...they were on fire in the spring of 90. Stayed at the Duncan family campground and it was a great three days. It was a wide open scene if there ever was one in a campground. The shows were so good....Phils 50th birthday. The cap center wasn't known for its hospitality security wise but we saw some really great shows there.
I was there, great show. Great audience tape, you can really hear the individual instruments especially Phil, this is often not the case with audience tapes, you can really feel the energy. Keep up the great work! I even enjoyed Don’t Ease Me In which is not a favorite of mine.
Phil's 50th birthday! 😎👍
Thank you Voodoo! This show has it all. Great set list, great tempo and energy, Phil dropping big blobs all over, all of them hitting all of their marks, a great haircut on Jerry, and a stunning Charlie Miller audio. If this was your first show, that was it, your life took a turn, and you are still on the bus wherever you are.
My first show was the night before.. Same deal.
Most epic Althea ever. Those triplets Jerry rips off after "this space is getting hot" are like crystal rain drops falling from heaven.
Great show. I watch them all on youtube now because i was two years old when this show happened. But i finally got to experience the real thing, at least in its current form. I went to Alpine last week for dead and co. and now i have some perspective and memories in watching these old shows. The jam before drums was real cool, whole band just seemed locked in. Jerry looked/sounded stoned as hell during revolution lol but that one surprised me as an encore... i don't look at setlists before i watch. Awesome china cat--> rider and terrapin jam just went on and on. I've always been a big mydland fan and i dig easy to love you, some sweet chord changes in that song. Thanks, peace and love to voodoo... if it weren't for your channel, i'd never get to experience all of this. Also want to say the interaction and good vibes among this fanbase is really inspiring... i met some great people last week and am still talking about the Alpine shows on facebook with some folks, the music is outstanding but sharing it with other fans is the best part. I'll see y'all down the road!
I cant thank you enough for this one. 23 years wow that went fast seems like Im still there when I was listening tonight. amazing quality.. bless you for this and all the wonderful selections you have offered.
The seguay from Brent's solo to Jerry's on Easy to Love You is tremendous, such prowess! Am forever grateful to have been there, night before and after as well!
my goodness what a show! Jerry is SO on and 'present'......play this for any of those "experts" that claim is was over by the 90's....outta shut em right up!
Or the Terrapin Station from the end of March that year
Some thoughtful soul made up stickers that said "Phifty!" on them and everybody in the lot was getting decorated with them. Great buzz in the crowd after the Loose Lucy bust out the night before. So much energy, with the boys delving into the catalog over the past year. Great fun! Revolution was a treat, but the Terrapin was a standout obviously. Feels like just yesterday.
Was there great show. One of the best Althea's and Terrapin's I ever saw.
The Jerry guitar horns are jumping out at me more than ever. The sound was during many of my shows but if you go back it was free and far between. That 90-92 sound on those special days. Best of the best fun
I was there. Plus the other nights too. Capital Centre shows were good however the outdoor venues were always my fav. Merriweather Post Pavilion was awesome and a bit more intimate than RFK Stadium shows. Least favorite venue was Baltimore Civic Center. Still those were most excellent too dude.
A bit more intimate? :D
As always, thank you...VOODOONOLA2!
one of my favorite shows I ever attended. I love Jerry's excitement during Althea.
...will not fade away
bop, bop, bop, BOP!
Watching on 3-15-2020, Happy 80th trip around the sun Phil!!
I was there and thought he was old then, now i am that age and still go every chance I get :}
Thank you for this whoever posted the dead make me love the living please forget u knew my name my darling Sugaree shake It Shake it the future is always happening love this version of easy to love you amazing
I was at this show. I remember the second set China Rider but not much else. I was going to school in Boston and went to visit my girlfriend in DC.. I had alterior motives (the shows :))
Thanks Voo keep them coming. I love your shows and have watched a ton of them. Great and thanks asgain
purchased the 2cd set the minute it became available, and always wanted to view the video... thanks again voo!
The East Coast shows from 1985 and up were stellar rising.
JACK STRAW, BLACK PETER, tunes from that genre and all tunes, took on a new quality. I never heard GARCIA sing anyone of them the same from the East Coast shows. The audio on SUGAREE is clear and distinct. The drums are through and LESHS' bass is clearly audible.
I couldn't agree with you more darling
Today is 'Thank a Taper Day' and I am thanking you VooDooNOLA for taping and preserving all these wonderful videos. You rock!!!!
I read in one of the many band biographies that this Terrapin was a shocker for the entire band, except maybe Jerry. They had become accustomed to a certain number of repeats on the ending riff and then the drummers would rise up and head into their portion of the show. Imagine their gleeful surprise when Jer decided to ad lib for another 5-6 minutes creating some of the most inspiring call and response improv in the band's history. An old dog sure can teach the younger dogs new tricks. Thank you all for helping to create the world of sound and inspiration. Camera ops, lighting design, sound crew, band, and of course audience; you are all the most important organs in this living organism we know as Grateful Dead.
Did the whole Spring Tour, wasn't a bad show all Spring, But Landover, Hartford&Albany Stick out as my favorites. Thanks for letting me re-live Brighter Days! Love &Light my brother!!❤✌😎💯
Garcia's guitar playing was sharp enough to cut a daimond in half this whole tour.
'77 was all well and good but I still believe...'89-'90 was gold and diamond encrusted
Chris Ducat Those were my two busiest years on tour about 35 or 36 shows. Taking frigging midterms when the Dead were in Landover and Nassau.
dennis campbell
Yeah. Take test. Drive to Cap Center. Come home. Sleep 2 hrs. Take test. Drive to Cap Center. Amen.
newmania4242 I missed the Branford show because I had an exam the morning of 3/30. It was a Friday, I did make it from Boston for the show that night. The place was buzzing BIGTIME due to the first appearance of Branford with the Dead.
spring tour 90 is like Europe 72 or spring 77. the magic all compounded or whatever but "Garcia's guitar playing was sharp enough to cut a diamond in half this whole tour" is exactly right. what a great comment Dennis Campbell.
god bless Jerome John Garcia.
My new favorite past time is to break out my coloring book and put a Dead show on UA-cam and color away. I just finished a page as Throwing Stones came on. The last show I saw was 7/7/89 in Philly. I look at Bret playing his ass off knowing it would soon be over for him....Sad. I also just realized it's 3/14/2017 and tomorrow will be the 27th anniversary of this show.
90 Dead....rockin...Easy to love you...nice treat...RIP Brent
The Dead with special guests, the Blue Unicorns!!! Epic shows at the Cap march 1990!
I was there, have tapes of these shows. Met Sean at Jerry's art show in DC that weekend. RIP Sean
"Dreadlocks" Sean from SF and Hawaii
Somehow I don't remember ever hearing this show before, and it is a later-mid era barn burner, IMHO. Cassidy is terrific, as is the whole first set.
25k subscribers and here come the ads but really appreciate you serving up the tunes!
Happy 82nd Birthday Phil! What an amazing show to still be able to experience today. What a trip. Thank you
This was a great show
One of Phil's best performances that year, wish the camera would show him.
This is a top 10 show by the dead in my humble opinion.fu(kin great.
sittin' on Phil side, what a freakin' blast!
Phil's 50th birthday!😎👍
I KNOW where Jerry is now! He was reincarnated as a headlight on a northbound train.
hes standing on the moon
Phew.
Nahhh.
He is still in San Francisco and flowing through in the Ganges water; urging into trillions of souls.
Capt. ❤
I'm so grateful lutely
And we miss you when you're gone. So much!
Grateful Dead Merchandising sold this show as a 3-cd set w/ proceeds going towards the "Terrapin Station music project". Of course, I bought a couple copies...A well-intended pipe dream!
Excerpt below from MTV in 1998:
Grateful-Deadheads may have to wait longer than they thought for the grand opening of the ambitious Terrapin Station museum project, dedicated specifically to their favorite hippie-band and its legions of rabid disciples.
Nearly a year after the announcement of plans to build a $40 million multimedia-shrine to the defunct, San Francisco-based psychedelic-rock group, a location is still not secured and a tentative ground-breaking date is not yet penciled in.
As it now stands, the project -- which was originally expected to be completed by the end of December 1999 -- might not even get underway before the new millennium, according to Gary Lambert, editor of the Grateful Dead Almanac, the band's official newsletter.
Love your memory.....I had the 3CD set..........it was very nice
Set 1:
0:03 Jack Straw 5:30
5:31 Sugaree 15:44
16:46 Easy To Love You 22:06
23:20 Walkin' Blues 28:55
29:29 Althea 36:22
38:02 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 43:26
44:58 Tennessee Jed 52:27
54:15 Cassidy
1:00:27 Don't Ease Me In 1:03:53
Set 2:
1:04:07 China Cat Sunflower >
1:10:16 I Know You Rider 1:16:00
1:17:24 Samson And Delilah 1:24:10
1:24:12 Terrapin Station >
1:38:36 jam >
1:46:54 Drums >
1:54:30 Space ~> 2:08:17
2:08:16 I Will Take You Home 2:12:37
2:12:38 Wharf Rat 2:23:37
2:23:36 Throwing Stones ~> 2:32:32
2:32:33 Not Fade Away 2:38:08
E:
2:41:46 Revolution 2:46:51
The jam out of Terrapin is the best I've encountered in some time. With no live "Alhambra" (that I know of) since 1977-03-18, this will do just fine.
Wow Phil sounds terrific here
then after the space....TAKE YOU HOME is like a rescue..........gently carrying me home across the Stars.....
one of my favorite shows as well. not to boast but we had a very nice booth, with balcony in all so very special! love to all who shared this moment!
this is a great show.
Big Phil's 50th Birthday! 😎👍
WE WANT PHIL!! chants before tom thumb so sick
Awesome show, was on the floor during Terrapin, insane! Ushers were notoriously bad at the Cap Center, this night was no exception.
Thanks for posting this, it was my first show I remember several years ago when GDM released this show I was super stoked, now I get to experience it again visually. Also very cool I am pretty sure the Walkin blues and Althea are the versions on Without a net.
pretty sure too as its posted right in the Info
Great show. Warm late winter day in 80’s and Phil’s 50th birthday
HOT!
i remember this show. post show i discovered somebody had ripped the antenna off my v.w. (probably one of the newschoolers in need of a crackpipe). i had such a transformative experience at the show that i couldn't be bothered to give a crap!!! we went to a campsite after wards (interesting drive to say the least) and grooved till the sun came up. precious memories care of the dead!!!!
Loose with the truth,
baby it's your fire
Baby, I hope you don't get burned
I miss Jerry. I had this show on Maxell XLII back in the day.
i probably duped it for you. welcome
charlie . me too.. thanks
@@charlie.something Ya, you or one of your 2 nd gen people probably sent it to my friend Teekens or his friend Dave Snowden.
This run of shows was absolutely fantastic!
I just started it over to make sure I didn’t miss a thing !