I start crying when I hear their music. My dad loved them so much he past away a couple years ago. I just started to listen to their music and honestly I thought I’d never end up listing but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH may they all Rest In Peace. So yeah
@Steven Pigpen was a lot more than just a 'past keyboard member'. He was there from the beginning and was the main vocalist and harmonica player, pretty much the front man for the band in the early years. Keith, Brent and Vince were all important parts of the sound and considered full members, not just sidemen. Every one of them were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of the Dead. Molly is right on; may they all Rest in Peace.
I'm 64 year's old and never got into the dead. My son always loved them. He passed away in 2019 and knew he was dying and followed them for a few shows. My daughter loves them to do we are going to see them in Raleigh this June. We played broke down palace at his funeral and I listen to it all the time just to feel like I'm closer to him.
august 9th 1995, i was born 1:37 pm, jerry. im happy i got to dance to you in my mothers belly, closing my eyes and listening to the music i can sometimes imagine im really there back then. i cant imagine what my mother went through that morning. Woke up, her best friend called and turned on the news, she immediately started having contractions, and i was already 18 days late... im glad i could bring light to her in such a dark day. grateful dead was her life, and im glad to share that love with her even though i never saw jerry.
@@Faebaeeee perhaps it's like Dances w/ Wolves when Wind in his hair told John Dunbar he thought Stands with a fist's husband went away (died) because he knew Dunbar was coming. You are John Dunbar metaphorically speaking. I'm sure your mom had enough love for both you & Jerry, alas He's Gone but I'm sure glad YOU are here. Your birthday & testimony gives all deadheads reason to celebrate you (and your mother for sure) but also to demonstrate all the life lessons that the band, their music and the examples set forth will live forever amongst our community and radiating outward to the washed masses. This I believe was/is Jerry's greatest legacy. Thanks for letting your love light shine , MiaBlossom.
When I see Jerry laugh & smile in interviews, I get the biggest smile on my face & am so happy. I miss you Jerry ! Thank you for the music, all the good times on tour, and for giving us all the opportunity to get together and be part of the magic. After 17 years on tour and 679 shows, I have enough cool memories to last a lifetime !✌️🌸💜🧡💛💚💙🧝♀️
How do you even know that you attended 679 shows? I'm just asking,did you save all your ticket stubs ,did you write down all the dates? How did you keep track of how many?
Music is not about keeping score. Thats what kinda sorta started to detract from the magic for more than a few. And Honestly, I have problems remembering the details of any show I properly journied to. 😶🤯
Our minds remember the inspirational and outstanding my first show a Jerry show at the Orpheum in Boston where he played Tangled up in Blue, Jack straw the first song o ever heard the Grateful Dead play and Samson that same night at the Boston Garden weather report suite in providence ashes ashes in the Syracuse Dome etc just the moments that will never be forgotten…. Like the number of shows just special nights in their life you just know what you know wild flower seed the sand and wind
Phil Lesh once talked about what it was like meeting Dead Heads. He said the number one thing they would say to him, was "Thank you. You changed my life." That's the truest explanation of what it means to be a Dead Head 🐻⚡🌹
When I hear Jerry play music, whether he's just playing in the pocket or he's divinely inspired and playing in the presence of a higher power, every time I hear him speak, whether he's describing with the poetic beauty of the truly passionionate and inspired or mocking the thought of himself as a leader, Spiritual, band, or otherwise and laughing at the absurdity that is the existence of the Grateful Dead, every time I see a picture of him, whether his eyes are smiling joyfully or glazing over in a 1000 yard stare as he drifts off into monumental Sugaree from '78 - he raises my level of consciousness. Jerry is a signpost to a new space.
agreed. and i never even got to see him live. my mom likes to think we high fived on his way into the "other side/world/new life" (whatever that is) as i was entering the world. i dont think of that much but its funny to think of it, im just glad i could bring some light to them during the day of his death. weird how i was born 18 days late.my mom lived in a deadhead house with about 10+ ppl lol when i was born. jerry will always mean so so much to me
You know if you want your head to be dead, maybe you should try trepanation first. No offense intended but this band was part of the manufactured flower power era, and at the very least Bob Weir was or is a member of the Bohemian Club. That's nice if this is nostalgia to some, makes them feel happy, but before anyone comes with some angry attack, read this entire article and go from there. www.gnosticmedia.com/manufacturing-the-deadhead-a-product-of-social-engineering-by-joe-atwill-and-jan-irvin/
A creative conceptual definition of America. The ragged glory. The inventive free thinking. The rural and urban musical representation of our history and folklore. A business enterprise that keeps its promises to its customers and works for their best interests. A visualization of the true idea of personal freedom. Whether you like their music or not, and I feel there is something for everyone in the Dead, if you are an American this band is about as American as there can be.
Mark that's awesome, couldn't have said it better. another aspect of their uniquely AMERICANA character is how imperfect yet adventurous and persevering they are. But their tragic heroism also goes to something global, beyond America, as they carry a primal burden that resembles Ancient Greek themes. Really they have a universal feel that is expressed in their lives and story as well as their Universal language of music and the smile; including biblical stories alongside American regional references, with G.D. we see self discovery and a sense of humor run deep. Grateful Dead have actually created a niche in our world that otherwise never would have been.
Agree. But there are some who would offer a proper argument for the corporatization of the whole scene from 87 on. And Does anyone remember the yuppie dead? Or the disco dead?
..when a song can still take you away..put that smile on your face..when you start singin & wiggin away..and know, just KNOW that the person beside you just doesn't "get it"..you truly are a deadhead. I miss Jerry..the music..the band..but man oh man do I miss the gatherings & good times & meeting some pretty cool people. Thanks for this.
Was feeling nostalgic and bumped into this.....and what do you know MY BUS made it in! 23:39 my '73 pumpkin orange hard top California conversion slips past in line to get in the lot. The bent rear bumper was earned on the west coast at Cal Expo by a bus that popped out of gear and rolled into it. Probably the slowest fender bender Ive ever seen. The sheer comedy kept me laughing all day and all through the show.
@@OsborneMcclintic it's stories like this I miss. The connections. The bumper on bumper crime. The full (club) frontal absurdity. The wit, wisdom chaos and confusion of it all. Humanity connecting closer than a mosh pit more like conjoined twins. The Great Old Grateful Dead!!!
The Band and the Man had a profound effect on my life and continues to help me through each day on this great planet! Thank you Jerry Garica, and The Grateful Dead!
Though I did not get on the bus until the mid 1970s, this documentary was a nice trip down the memory lane of much of my life; some of the best parts, too. To say the Dead, Jerry Garcia and Old and in the Way had a strong impact upon my life would be a gross understatement. I miss him and the experience deeply.
As a musician and sound engineer, I would have killed to be the guy who worked the soundboard during the DEADS heyday! nothing beats that for me.. This documentary is a preety mainstream look into the guys, although I really enjoyed the segment where Mickey Hart gives the old people at the clinic a different instrument to play with and also him uncovering 1,000 of hours of tribal musc as well, its a beautiful way to share the power of music.. but I think nothing does justice for someone who's trying to get into the Dead unless you have the patience to actually watch a live performance.. the payoff for those who stick around is lifechanging! These guys are beautiful super talented souls who can bring out the best in anyone who's willing to listen, there music transcends time and space!
Well Anthony there is always at least one ignorant person the real idiot! I agree totally most people have a made up opinion especially about the Dead without ever hearing them live.
In 1965, I was 15 and my family lived in Palo Alto. A friend of mine who was much into the Bay Area music scene would organize 4 of us and we would go to a pizza place in Menlo Park because they had some good bands coming through. One night in May, we heard a band that called themselves the Warlocks. My friend really liked them when we heard them, and we ended up going back to listen to them a few times. They played 1/week and I think we saw them 3 times. I frankly do not remember them very well but my friend, a couple of years later, let us know with a lot of bravado that the band had changed their name to the Grateful Dead. We went up to the Haight to listen to them and one of my favorite bands of the time, Quicksilver Messenger, over the next couple of years. We all ended up getting an apartment just out of the Haight on Fulton Street about a half-block north from the Airplane's house. We did this while going to San Francisco State College, which later became a university. Sweet time. I can remember Stephen Gaskin and the hippies loaded up those psychedelic buses and headed to The Farm in Tennessee. This video really sent me reeling through the years. I'm 74 now, how in the hell did I make it this long!!
I was late actually getting into the Grateful Dead but the whole spirit and attitude of the band as well as their improv when playing is exactly what I've in part attempted to do all my life..as well as other things...It's refreshing to see something like this a kond of happening!Not to mention the attachment of Joseph Campbell to the myths...
My dads favorite band I remember watching this documentary with my dad before he past away. Jerry Garcia always seemed so happy and just seemed like such a great person
My dad died a year ago and he was the biggest fan of the Grateful Dead. Growing up, it was blasting through the house all weekend every weekend. I got 11 years of going to shows and am as into them as ever. Greatest band ever. I watched The Grateful Dead Movie on you tube the other day which my dad watched on VHS when I was a kid. Made me cry. But like a positive kind of cry.
Wow, Jane. 35 years of archival footage and interviews and everything else. The names Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann never crossed your lips. Let alone a single keyboard player.
"Do you think you'll still be playing when you're 50 Mickey?" Hahaha, 73 and he just destroyed a groove heavy dance version of drums a few nights back at Wrigley.
therevolutionwill23 Every time I walked out of a Grateful Dead show I felt chilled, de-stressed, like I had been on a great vacation for a week or two. That music absolutely healed me. Miss those those days being there with the band and the heads.
These docs always focus on the ‘hardcore’ fans who travel around with them and gyrate and wear the uniform. Doesn’t encapsulate the vast majority of us who went when we could and just absolutely loved what they could do. Musically. We weren’t all part of that scene but we’re listening to our favourite shows and eras and changing our minds constantly over which are the best on a daily basis
This is definitely a sweet trip down memory lane! First saw the JGB band on Broadway in '87 I believe it was..and from there on out I was happily a Deadhead. Wish I got to tour around with them but at least I saw them around NY, Jersey and Long Island about 25 times or so. And many more post Jerry shows between Furthur, The other ones, The Dead, Phil and friends, and am so thankful they're back out since last year as Dead and company. I wish Phil was there but Oteil does an incredible job and Mayer Def has exceeded my expectations.I don't understand how some old heads refuse to see them but that's on them. They're still the most fun, happiest concert you could ever see! Deadhead for life!!!
"Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell, Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul." -GD, Brokedown Palace (American Beauty, Sept. 1970)
"Because they make me happier than anything else in the whole world." Well said. My thoughts exactly. I don't know what it is? A secret frequency that they tapped into? Notes are notes... or are they? Love the Dead. Miss Jerry and Pig.
You are exactly right. I truly believe that they were channeling higher dimensional consciousness which sent, and still sends an enormous ripple out to us and the entire universe.
what a shame he passed away...a real shame...he deserved to live a long happy life...it is our loss...sorry that heroin took control of him...thats a horrible prison to be locked in...RIP JG...man the 1989 summer tour was brilliant...at giants stadium their are moments they reached musical nirvana...so did we...
I wasn’t lucky enough to see them with jerry as I was 5 when he passed. But I’ve been lucky enough to see the other versions of the dead. I still love watching videos of their tours in the 80s. Just brilliant. Literally gives me chills.
You do sound very depressed, there is no shame or prison , He gave all He had till" He had no more and He went away Hope you feel better 7 yrs later . . .. . . .
First show was April 7, 1991 Orlando. So never got to see Brent but Bruce Hornsby killed it. What a blessing he was during his year + touring with the boys.
I would live nothing more than ole Johnny boy Mayor keeping this train chugging - even after the original members are long gone. The spirit is never gonna die, imo.
20 years from now when John Mayer is playing with new guys, and 20 years after that when those guys are playing with new guys, the music the dead mined out of the ether, will continue to be expressed and grow into this world, meaning many things to many people, and they will look back and say "were they ever actually here at all?"
If you can remember the Haight and 710 Ashbury in '66 you weren't there. I ought to know. I was there, 14 years old, and I can't remember a thing. I do recall vaguely living with my folks at 24th and Capp and being a freshman at Mission High. And boy weren't we all. RIP Jerry
+4th Knight huh, everyone i ever went to shows with were sober....and most of the older people at the shows were as well...it was just the kids fucked up....same as it is with young fans of any band......how many GDshows have you seen? you seem to kno more than people that went to hundreds of shows.......or are you just talkin outa the asshole under your nose/
4th Knight funny I don't remember you even being there. Jerry died in rehab from heart failure which surely was exacerbated by IV drug use. Capt. Trips was hardly unaware of what he was doing and the risks invoved. And that is what personal freedom is. The ability to choose for better or worse for yourself. RIP Jerry. Long live the Grateful Dead.
***** you are exactly right and I apologize for not being more exact in my statement. Jerry was afraid of needles and just like little Nicky Gannon at 710 Ashbury there was a mistaken idea that if you weren't a hype you couldn't be an addict. we all know how stupid that idea was. I was merely trying to relate how hard drug use may have hastened his death. he dealt with obesity, hypertension and was on the way to insulin dependent diabetes. For most of us there from 66 to 70 in the Haight we were opposed to hard drug use. we smoked pot, drank wine and used psychedelics. there were handmade signs all over the neighborhood declaring speed kills. I find it amazing how so many people who weren't there or even born yet can know so much about what transpired back then. I was physically present and I can't remember most of it myself. you know what they say: if you remember the Haight in 1967 you probably were not there. All the best and sorry about my confusing statement. cheers.
I still use the "What about Jerry Garcia" test if I'm short on time (or patience) to separate the wheat from the chaff so to speak, in regards to whether I may have some common ground with a new acquaintance. Always articulate, open, friendly and intellect forward... what's not to like?!?
Many of us that are still around know the old saying, there ain't nothing like the Grateful Dead. And that's no joke. And anyone that's out there, bless your hide
RIP Jerry. I’m so glad the music is still here. I imagine you’re still having a good time with Pigpen and Neal and Brent. I’m 47 now and I’ve thought for over 40 of those that Gene Shalitt always creeped me out.
The dates given are the dates of the NBC broadcasts, not the date of the performances. The clips in the 1983 piece appear to be from Ventura CA 7/30/83
My mail order tickets for fall tour 95 ceme in right after he died. 3 nights in Philly. Fall tour was going to be 4 cities. Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto. Alas I'm still bummed out about it.
I start crying when I hear their music. My dad loved them so much he past away a couple years ago. I just started to listen to their music and honestly I thought I’d never end up listing but I LOVE THEM SO MUCH may they all Rest In Peace. So yeah
@Steven
What about Owsley!!
@Steven Pigpen was a lot more than just a 'past keyboard member'. He was there from the beginning and was the main vocalist and harmonica player, pretty much the front man for the band in the early years. Keith, Brent and Vince were all important parts of the sound and considered full members, not just sidemen. Every one of them were also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as members of the Dead. Molly is right on; may they all Rest in Peace.
I used to love hanging out with guys like your dad still do. Hearing the old stories. Sorry for your loss.. sounds like he was a real cool guy
I'm sorry for your loss, sister.
I'm 64 year's old and never got into the dead. My son always loved them. He passed away in 2019 and knew he was dying and followed them for a few shows. My daughter loves them to do we are going to see them in Raleigh this June. We played broke down palace at his funeral and I listen to it all the time just to feel like I'm closer to him.
august 9th 1995, i was born 1:37 pm, jerry. im happy i got to dance to you in my mothers belly, closing my eyes and listening to the music i can sometimes imagine im really there back then. i cant imagine what my mother went through that morning. Woke up, her best friend called and turned on the news, she immediately started having contractions, and i was already 18 days late... im glad i could bring light to her in such a dark day. grateful dead was her life, and im glad to share that love with her even though i never saw jerry.
You’re his reincarnation
@@MunchTheRabbit haha def not 😂 i’m not nearly as talented as he was 💘 but i wish i could have heard his voice live i miss him everyday!
@@Faebaeeee He reincarnated as a hot blonde, that’s every rock star’s dream.
Be proud of it 💕
@@Faebaeeee perhaps it's like Dances w/ Wolves when Wind in his hair told John Dunbar he thought Stands with a fist's husband went away (died) because he knew Dunbar was coming. You are John Dunbar metaphorically speaking. I'm sure your mom had enough love for both you & Jerry, alas He's Gone but I'm sure glad YOU are here. Your birthday & testimony gives all deadheads reason to celebrate you (and your mother for sure) but also to demonstrate all the life lessons that the band, their music and the examples set forth will live forever amongst our community and radiating outward to the washed masses. This I believe was/is Jerry's greatest legacy. Thanks for letting your love light shine , MiaBlossom.
One more thing. We all know where we were on the day you entered the world. Not many folk have a similar experience. 🌹✴️⚡
Jerry is a comfort like baked mac & cheese or sitting next to a hot wood stove on a cold winter day lol love him so much
When I see Jerry laugh & smile in interviews, I get the biggest smile on my face & am so happy. I miss you Jerry ! Thank you for the music, all the good times on tour, and for giving us all the opportunity to get together and be part of the magic. After 17 years on tour and 679 shows, I have enough cool memories to last a lifetime !✌️🌸💜🧡💛💚💙🧝♀️
How do you even know that you attended 679 shows? I'm just asking,did you save all your ticket stubs ,did you write down all the dates? How did you keep track of how many?
Music is not about keeping score. Thats what kinda sorta started to detract from the magic for more than a few. And Honestly, I have problems remembering the details of any show I properly journied to. 😶🤯
Our minds remember the inspirational and outstanding my first show a Jerry show at the Orpheum in Boston where he played Tangled up in Blue, Jack straw the first song o ever heard the Grateful Dead play and Samson that same night at the Boston Garden weather report suite in providence ashes ashes in the Syracuse Dome etc just the moments that will never be forgotten…. Like the number of shows just special nights in their life you just know what you know wild flower seed the sand and wind
@@dollreemappmmk14 🙌🏻 👏 YES!👏 This has made us a little less uuuuu
Phil Lesh once talked about what it was like meeting Dead Heads. He said the number one thing they would say to him, was "Thank you. You changed my life." That's the truest explanation of what it means to be a Dead Head 🐻⚡🌹
When I hear Jerry play music, whether he's just playing in the pocket or he's divinely inspired and playing in the presence of a higher power, every time I hear him speak, whether he's describing with the poetic beauty of the truly passionionate and inspired or mocking the thought of himself as a leader, Spiritual, band, or otherwise and laughing at the absurdity that is the existence of the Grateful Dead, every time I see a picture of him, whether his eyes are smiling joyfully or glazing over in a 1000 yard stare as he drifts off into monumental Sugaree from '78 - he raises my level of consciousness. Jerry is a signpost to a new space.
agreed. and i never even got to see him live. my mom likes to think we high fived on his way into the "other side/world/new life" (whatever that is) as i was entering the world. i dont think of that much but its funny to think of it, im just glad i could bring some light to them during the day of his death. weird how i was born 18 days late.my mom lived in a deadhead house with about 10+ ppl lol when i was born. jerry will always mean so so much to me
Proud to be a Deadhead, this stuff is eternal and there's not a dang thing you can do about IT! LOVE IS IT:)
I Second that statement evolved into a theory of a tribe called the "DeadHeads" or G.D.F. Gang.
I second that emotion! Thank you for a real good time. The Dead is the only music that you'll continue to hear 50+ years from now...NFA
You know if you want your head to be dead, maybe you should try trepanation first. No offense intended but this band was part of the manufactured flower power era, and at the very least Bob Weir was or is a member of the Bohemian Club.
That's nice if this is nostalgia to some, makes them feel happy, but before anyone comes with some angry attack, read this entire article and go from there. www.gnosticmedia.com/manufacturing-the-deadhead-a-product-of-social-engineering-by-joe-atwill-and-jan-irvin/
Fairhair, cut it dude you're not here! All of our parents were in the military, does that make us all killers?
Don't you mean "Proud and Grateful Deadhead!"
A creative conceptual definition of America. The ragged glory. The inventive free thinking. The rural and urban musical representation of our history and folklore. A business enterprise that keeps its promises to its customers and works for their best interests. A visualization of the true idea of personal freedom. Whether you like their music or not, and I feel there is something for everyone in the Dead, if you are an American this band is about as American as there can be.
We Are Everywhere !
Mark Foster you are correct sir.
Mark that's awesome, couldn't have said it better. another aspect of their uniquely AMERICANA character is how imperfect yet adventurous and persevering they are.
But their tragic heroism also goes to something global, beyond America, as they carry a primal burden that resembles Ancient Greek themes.
Really they have a universal feel that is expressed in their lives and story as well as their Universal language of music and the smile; including biblical stories alongside American regional references, with G.D. we see self discovery and a sense of humor run deep. Grateful Dead have actually created a niche in our world that otherwise never would have been.
Ive always thought the same thing
Agree. But there are some who would offer a proper argument for the corporatization of the whole scene from 87 on. And Does anyone remember the yuppie dead? Or the disco dead?
I just feel so lucky to have seen THE GRATEFUL DEAD!
Reese Taca Whoooooooooooooo!!!
wish that I had seen them . love from Canterbury S. England
..when a song can still take you away..put that smile on your face..when you start singin & wiggin away..and know, just KNOW that the person beside you just doesn't "get it"..you truly are a deadhead.
I miss Jerry..the music..the band..but man oh man do I miss the gatherings & good times & meeting some pretty cool people.
Thanks for this.
Their unstructured, disorganized, and completely improvised style is what made them great.
Mickey getting the elders drumming. Amazing.
Great to sit back watch and listen. The good ol' Grateful Dead.
The wonderful awesome fabulous Grateful Dead . There is nothing like a Dead concert.
@ 6:49
"...because they make me happier than anything else in this whole world."
Was feeling nostalgic and bumped into this.....and what do you know MY BUS made it in! 23:39 my '73 pumpkin orange hard top California conversion slips past in line to get in the lot. The bent rear bumper was earned on the west coast at Cal Expo by a bus that popped out of gear and rolled into it. Probably the slowest fender bender Ive ever seen. The sheer comedy kept me laughing all day and all through the show.
thats great lol!
henry... do you remember me... my green bus was the one that popped out... im sooo sorry that happened... i remember the whole day!!
@@OsborneMcclintic it's stories like this I miss. The connections. The bumper on bumper crime. The full (club) frontal absurdity. The wit, wisdom chaos and confusion of it all. Humanity connecting closer than a mosh pit more like conjoined twins. The Great Old Grateful Dead!!!
The Band and the Man had a profound effect on my life and continues to help me through each day on this great planet! Thank you Jerry Garica, and The Grateful Dead!
My brother pitched me Skeletons when I was in the fourth grade. Changed my life. Forever
We are everywhere!!!
(RN in ICU many years)NY
I'm grateful for the time we had, but I really miss Jerry.
I was 10 yrs old. In 91 , noblesville indiana. Deer creek. June 7th. That one show paved the way for the rest of my life. God bless you jerry.
that drum circle was magic.
Though I did not get on the bus until the mid 1970s, this documentary was a nice trip down the memory lane of much of my life; some of the best parts, too. To say the Dead, Jerry Garcia and Old and in the Way had a strong impact upon my life would be a gross understatement. I miss him and the experience deeply.
Thank you for this! 😊
He was so genuinely funny! Like his sense of humor was witty, wise and hilarious.
As a musician and sound engineer, I would have killed to be the guy who worked the soundboard during the DEADS heyday! nothing beats that for me.. This documentary is a preety mainstream look into the guys, although I really enjoyed the segment where Mickey Hart gives the old people at the clinic a different instrument to play with and also him uncovering 1,000 of hours of tribal musc as well, its a beautiful way to share the power of music.. but I think nothing does justice for someone who's trying to get into the Dead unless you have the patience to actually watch a live performance.. the payoff for those who stick around is lifechanging! These guys are beautiful super talented souls who can bring out the best in anyone who's willing to listen, there music transcends time and space!
Wow you are a real idiot eh? lol.... Drugs? Or just born that way?
Well Anthony there is always at least one ignorant person the real idiot! I agree totally most people have a made up opinion especially about the Dead without ever hearing them live.
42:53 42:53
In 1965, I was 15 and my family lived in Palo Alto. A friend of mine who was much into the Bay Area music scene would organize 4 of us and we would go to a pizza place in Menlo Park because they had some good bands coming through. One night in May, we heard a band that called themselves the Warlocks. My friend really liked them when we heard them, and we ended up going back to listen to them a few times. They played 1/week and I think we saw them 3 times. I frankly do not remember them very well but my friend, a couple of years later, let us know with a lot of bravado that the band had changed their name to the Grateful Dead. We went up to the Haight to listen to them and one of my favorite bands of the time, Quicksilver Messenger, over the next couple of years. We all ended up getting an apartment just out of the Haight on Fulton Street about a half-block north from the Airplane's house. We did this while going to San Francisco State College, which later became a university. Sweet time. I can remember Stephen Gaskin and the hippies loaded up those psychedelic buses and headed to The Farm in Tennessee. This video really sent me reeling through the years. I'm 74 now, how in the hell did I make it this long!!
"I wish you another great 15 years" - Gene Shalat. How interesting, the Grateful Dead existed for exactly 15 more years afterward.
The Gene Shalit segment was in 1981 so the "15 more years" is/was logical.
Happy 75th Jerry. Love you and miss you always.
6:45 old friend from high school Kurt Christy makes it into another dead documentary
RIP Kurt
I was late actually getting into the Grateful Dead but the whole spirit and attitude of the band as well as their improv when playing is exactly what I've in part attempted to do all my life..as well as other things...It's refreshing to see something like this a kond of happening!Not to mention the attachment of Joseph Campbell to the myths...
Jerry is so fucking charming, these women interviewing him seem smitten.
My dads favorite band I remember watching this documentary with my dad before he past away. Jerry Garcia always seemed so happy and just seemed like such a great person
My dad died a year ago and he was the biggest fan of the Grateful Dead. Growing up, it was blasting through the house all weekend every weekend. I got 11 years of going to shows and am as into them as ever. Greatest band ever. I watched The Grateful Dead Movie on you tube the other day which my dad watched on VHS when I was a kid. Made me cry. But like a positive kind of cry.
They are so awesome, I was born in 84 and am a dead head. My daddy was an original lol. Love the hippie that lives in me
i could use a good hippie girl
You mean Love you a good woman, right?!
whatever stuart
Same thing RIGHT NATE??? or have you ever known a "hippie Girl"?
I want to see a pic of you
Jerry could have had his own television show. So much charisma...Elvis, Ronnie Van Zant, Jerry, and maybe a few others.
Jerry will never be "gone"! He, Bobby, Phil, Mickey, Bob K., Pigpen, Brent, etc. are forever part of American history.
Wow, Jane. 35 years of archival footage and interviews and everything else. The names Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann never crossed your lips. Let alone a single keyboard player.
"Do you think you'll still be playing when you're 50 Mickey?" Hahaha, 73 and he just destroyed a groove heavy dance version of drums a few nights back at Wrigley.
The Dead had Initiates, not fans. Its a life long commitment, not some fad. As you pass through the degrees of Deadianity, you become a better soul.
Without love in a dream it will never come true...
So many good memories, love it.
"Music is medicine" - Micky Hart
therevolutionwill23 Every time I walked out of a Grateful Dead show I felt chilled, de-stressed, like I had been on a great vacation for a week or two. That music absolutely healed me. Miss those those days being there with the band and the heads.
Or, as Dr. John once wrote in an autograph he signed for me: "Musick = Magick"!
I saw them at Shoreline with Jerry and it was AMAZING. I am so proud to be a part of the Alembic family of players and musicians.
Thank you, Jerry and co.
These docs always focus on the ‘hardcore’ fans who travel around with them and gyrate and wear the uniform. Doesn’t encapsulate the vast majority of us who went when we could and just absolutely loved what they could do. Musically. We weren’t all part of that scene but we’re listening to our favourite shows and eras and changing our minds constantly over which are the best on a daily basis
This is definitely a sweet trip down memory lane! First saw the JGB band on Broadway in '87 I believe it was..and from there on out I was happily a Deadhead. Wish I got to tour around with them but at least I saw them around NY, Jersey and Long Island about 25 times or so. And many more post Jerry shows between Furthur, The other ones, The Dead, Phil and friends, and am so thankful they're back out since last year as Dead and company. I wish Phil was there but Oteil does an incredible job and Mayer Def has exceeded my expectations.I don't understand how some old heads refuse to see them but that's on them. They're still the most fun, happiest concert you could ever see! Deadhead for life!!!
"Fare you well, fare you well,
I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."
-GD, Brokedown Palace (American Beauty, Sept. 1970)
"Because they make me happier than anything else in the whole world." Well said. My thoughts exactly. I don't know what it is? A secret frequency that they tapped into? Notes are notes... or are they? Love the Dead. Miss Jerry and Pig.
You are exactly right. I truly believe that they were channeling higher dimensional consciousness which sent, and still sends an enormous ripple out to us and the entire universe.
what a shame he passed away...a real shame...he deserved to live a long happy life...it is our loss...sorry that heroin took control of him...thats a horrible prison to be locked in...RIP JG...man the 1989 summer tour was brilliant...at giants stadium their are moments they reached musical nirvana...so did we...
He is in a much better place
It would have been a much more hellish prison to not have had anything to relieve his pain.
I wasn’t lucky enough to see them with jerry as I was 5 when he passed. But I’ve been lucky enough to see the other versions of the dead. I still love watching videos of their tours in the 80s. Just brilliant. Literally gives me chills.
You do sound very depressed, there is no shame or prison , He gave all He had till" He had no more and He went away
Hope you feel better 7 yrs later . . .. . . .
Jane read the script perfectly, as usual, but I wonder how she really feels about Jerry and the Dead.
long live the HEADS!!!
First show was April 7, 1991 Orlando. So never got to see Brent but Bruce Hornsby killed it. What a blessing he was during his year + touring with the boys.
thanks for doing the upgrade and removing the ads!
Thanks as always for posting what you do, very cool.
R.I.H Jerry. 2022 and still missing you!
Quality redux. Bravo!
I would live nothing more than ole Johnny boy Mayor keeping this train chugging - even after the original members are long gone. The spirit is never gonna die, imo.
Wow they were bringing in as many fans per year as a popular MLB team. That is crazy. They were workhorses.
20 years from now when John Mayer is playing with new guys, and 20 years after that when those guys are playing with new guys, the music the dead mined out of the ether, will continue to be expressed and grow into this world, meaning many things to many people, and they will look back and say "were they ever actually here at all?"
Grateful Dead Forever!
Reckoning is an incredible LP. My favorite.
Awesome documentary. Thanks for this upload
"They're not the best at what they do,
They're the only ones who do what they do"
Bill Graham
So grateful for this video
If you can remember the Haight and 710 Ashbury in '66 you weren't there. I ought to know. I was there, 14 years old, and I can't remember a thing. I do recall vaguely living with my folks at 24th and Capp and being a freshman at Mission High. And boy weren't we all. RIP Jerry
+4th Knight huh, everyone i ever went to shows with were sober....and most of the older people at the shows were as well...it was just the kids fucked up....same as it is with young fans of any band......how many GDshows have you seen? you seem to kno more than people that went to hundreds of shows.......or are you just talkin outa the asshole under your nose/
+4th Knight : Jerry died in rehab from a heart attack, not heroin
4th Knight funny I don't remember you even being there. Jerry died in rehab from heart failure which surely was exacerbated by IV drug use. Capt. Trips was hardly unaware of what he was doing and the risks invoved. And that is what personal freedom is. The ability to choose for better or worse for yourself. RIP Jerry. Long live the Grateful Dead.
+Chris Fryia and snorted
***** you are exactly right and I apologize for not being more exact in my statement. Jerry was afraid of needles and just like little Nicky Gannon at 710 Ashbury there was a mistaken idea that if you weren't a hype you couldn't be an addict. we all know how stupid that idea was. I was merely trying to relate how hard drug use may have hastened his death. he dealt with obesity, hypertension and was on the way to insulin dependent diabetes. For most of us there from 66 to 70 in the Haight we were opposed to hard drug use. we smoked pot, drank wine and used psychedelics. there were handmade signs all over the neighborhood declaring speed kills. I find it amazing how so many people who weren't there or even born yet can know so much about what transpired back then. I was physically present and I can't remember most of it myself. you know what they say: if you remember the Haight in 1967 you probably were not there. All the best and sorry about my confusing statement. cheers.
I still use the "What about Jerry Garcia" test if I'm short on time (or patience) to separate the wheat from the chaff so to speak, in regards to whether I may have some common ground with a new acquaintance. Always articulate, open, friendly and intellect forward... what's not to like?!?
Many of us that are still around know the old saying, there ain't nothing like the Grateful Dead. And that's no joke. And anyone that's out there, bless your hide
We will always be the Grateful Dead. Hello dear sweet brother and sisters. …Tom
miss you, Jerry.
Happy BDay dear ol' Jerry Sir !
this is awesome
I love you Jane Pauley. always have, always will.
No motive, no purpose! Long live the Dead!
They had both it was just expressed imaginatively and uniquely! Especially
Jerry!!
I smiled the entire time I was watching this, expect at the end..
They're a band beyond description, like Jahovas' favorite choir! HSP420 GDF
Thanks.
Wowzer! That national anthem was sweet! 30:47
25:00 is just fantastic!!
+Joe Felice It's beautiful really. What the Dead were all about, and why I love them so much. Thank's for posting this video lolo
Something special❤
35 years and still truckin home
RIP Jerry. I’m so glad the music is still here. I imagine you’re still having a good time with Pigpen and Neal and Brent.
I’m 47 now and I’ve thought for over 40 of those that Gene Shalitt always creeped me out.
The dates given are the dates of the NBC broadcasts, not the date of the performances. The clips in the 1983 piece appear to be from Ventura CA 7/30/83
Mickey is one cool cat!!!
great doc
And then a kid named John showed up one day and the music went on, expanded and brought more into the scene.
We forgot about the time ....🌹🕰️
Never got into them. Ripple is a fantastic track. I can see the appeal... community/family aspect.
the clip starting at 32 mins in is AMAZING! does anyone have the original source?
This is something I'd like to be pray
Bridget Knapek what?
My mail order tickets for fall tour 95 ceme in right after he died. 3 nights in Philly. Fall tour was going to be 4 cities. Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Toronto. Alas I'm still bummed out about it.
Tears in my eyes…God speed Jerry!
August 9th, 1995 does not occur.
Can't just sneak in a Brokedown Palace without warning. I didn't sign up for this feels trip.
around 1991, i was 15, LSD when the grateful dead came through CA, the LSD was phenomenal and plentiful
300 years from now unless ai decides otherwise there will still be bands playing their music--
I love Garcia. Nicest goofball ever.
Band and Company just finished their tour here in sf
Good God, how I miss Jerry
It would have been interesting had he been interviewed by Gene Shalit.
GREAT STUFF!! #Grateful
Gene Shalit wished Jerry "another great 15 years", but there were only 14 more. :-(
I notice in this documentary that Bobby and Mickey participate in the interviews. I wonder why Phil and Billy don`t.