"By 1990, China/Rider had been in the Dead's repertoire for more than 20 years, since they were first joined in the Fall of 1969. A consistently played combination until 1995 (aside from a brief hiatus 1975-1978, with one performance during that span on 12/29/77), this was most commonly a second set opener in the later years, usually going into a Weir song. This sequence is from Brent's final tour with the Grateful Dead." - David Lemieux
I'm kind of tripping over the word "consistently", which is only true if you don't count the late 70's, when China Cat/Rider was very rare. In fact, between 10-20-74 and 2-3-79, the combination was played exactly one time.
@@auggieeast Uh, read a bit more closely.... they mentioned that,.... "(aside from a brief hiatus 1975-1978, with one performance during that span on 12/29/77)"
People like to be dramatic. I’m a true dead fan and I remember Jerry always playing effortlessly. He may of forgotten some lyrics towards the end but shows were always magical.
There are bad shows, good shows, and great shows. They span across all the years the Grateful Dead played. I only saw shows in late 80s and 90's, there were great shows in the 90s but it was hit or miss, IMO. I think early on after Brent died it took a while to integrate Vince and even when he was integrated it was a different sound than the Brent years.
@Mark Green It's important to know the difference between a great show and a shitty show. There were both and in betweens too. Anybody that thinks that all shows were great, either isn't discriminating enough or didn't go to enough shows or listen to enough live GD to know the difference.
I love listening to all the Greatful Dead. Reminds me that just because things are crap all around the world and in my day to day life, it wasn't always so. The music reminds me of better times so long ago now....
Things can always get better if you stick around, and as you say even if your life is crap at the moment ther is always the music to get you through.. sending big love and happiness ❤️🇬🇧
Jerry in shorts. So chilled and in a mello groove. It's addictive. My foot taps constantly, can't stop. My coffin will have GD music playing inside with me forever.
Everyone at my funeral is getting locked in for an hour of Grateful Dead 💀 just so I can annoy them all one last time 🔥🤨 to bad I’ll be late to it Can see my coffin shining from my black Classic XL Remember to Always Hammer Down! The world was a much better place when Jerry Garcia and Allen Collins where in it!
I was getting ready to start 7th grade when this show happened. It was 2 years after I graduated high school before I knew who the grateful dead was, and I have been hooked since that day. The GD has done so much for music even to this day. It is a self sufficient community that thrives. Even with dead & CO. And all the other Jam band groups, that spirit is progressive and will always thrive. Thank you GD.
Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead was on July 23, 1990 at the World Music Theater, in Tinley Park, Illinois. The last song he sang that day was "The Weight." His portion concluded with the words, "I gotta go, but my friend can stick around."
Chris Leaton burning up hot and the police arrested like 1300 people that day. My first show as well and I left for Parris Island about two weeks later.
I always, always get a kick out of Bob's short shorts. Man. The funny thing is that it's 2019 and short shorts for dudes are back "in." I actually live right across from a house of undergrads and the guys wear shorts shorter than I'd wear to the gym, much less to class or around town. Not a fan of clam digger-length shorts, but upper man thigh is something nobody needs to see. Funny that it has even caught on in NCAA basketball. I thought my eyes were deceiving me last March Madness...then there was a newspaper article all about players finding more freedom in them. Oh really? You mean wearing "shorts" to your ankles is a hassle? Go figure. Oh well, style is personal.
This was my first Grateful Dead show! I stopped by a friend's house early that day (we live in Huntsville, AL) and he was looking for someone with a car that could make it to Louisville. I didn't even like the band at the time, but he was providing the gas and the grass so off we went! We made it to the lot just as Bruce Hornsby's opening act was finishing, got our tickets and scored some acid. I ate a couple of tabs outside, but wasn't feeling it so I ate two more that I bought inside. Then the first two kicked in and I was out of my mind! The show was awesome and I will forever be a fan of this amazing musical community. There's also a little over an hour of this show included as bonus material on the DVD "Grateful Dead View From the Vault Volume 1".
Down from Chicago. I remember some chick getting hauled out in cuffs buck naked, from the smile in her eyes she had what you did. Scored a wad of black hash at this show and sat 10th row center , fun times.
My first show as well, i have been a die-hard listener ever since. Seen a lot of concerts in my life, very few were life changing experiences, however this was one of them.
I love the Grateful Dead so much. Their music means the world to me. I really wish I got to see them back in the day, but i was born in 1998. Did get to see dead and company. It was a great show. My one friend whom is a deadhead too, tried to get me in to Dead and company and the Grateful Dead in high school, but I didn’t really care for it back then.
Great for Bobby...just realized he played the iconic melody on this song...learn something new everyday..:)....he puts that nice feather in his cap .:)
Except nobody would miss me when I’m gone ..This band was legendary, breathtakingly forward thinking and nostalgic at the same time..There will never be another! Live in the moment , don’t hesitate and enjoy the ride 🌹💀
'Spring of '90 was awesome, a resurgence, if you will. Dozin at the Knick is one of my favs. Brent was in top form, only to fall a few weeks after this show.. very tragic and untimely in the band's evolution.
@@randypotter7442 Agreed, a full TWO weeks after Spring. Apologies for the gross oversight amigo. My statement, however, still remains perfectly valid.
@@williambrawner861 Spring tour '90 was quite excellent, but summer tour'90 was excellent as well. I was lucky enough to have a front row seat for Louisville, although security was adamant that there was absolutely NO SMOKING. Que sera sera !
Awesome transition!!! Jerry, Bobby, Phil, Brent, Billy and Mickey, in musical sync! That headlight would be shinning right through that cool Colorado rain.
I'm sure it might be the same with other folks but Ive long found GD music filling my head almost constantly, when I'm walking my dog, hiking in the woods, doing all sorts of things. No other music does that.
Fantastic show - one of the best of a great tour. Garcia was running a bit of a Mike Holmgren look. Looked great. They are knocking this out like it's no big deal. They were so good at this point.
I WAS THERE! THIS specific China/Rider was a peak moment in my youth bc I was dancing in the back of the field at this very moment in what may be hard to believe was.....a set of showers to cool off under while dancing on astroturf. They were fenced off on the field, though not in the shot in this vid. The ultimate magik occured when Jerry sung the line "water fall all over my back" .... I turned around so the shower water dripped down my back! Believe it, or not! Anyone else there who can back me up on this?
I can't say they were the best times even though they were amazing but those times were the definitely the simplest of my life. "Do I have a ticket to the next show" was about as deep as life needed to be.
The vids are great, though being down in there was indescribably great. So much fun, pure bliss. Being at the shows healed me, and I really could use it again. Miss those days.
Old run down baseball stadium, reminds me of the Silver Stadium shows in '87 and '88. Enjoyed the smaller summer venues as opposed to the mammoth stadiums they often played in.
Great summer tour, I met Jack Herer in the parking lot of RFK stadium, pretty cool invite onto bus to partake in the joys of his kindness... That was an insane show with band waiting for storm to get to its peak and with a huge bolt of lightening Jerry came out into the lights and struck a sick cord awakening the entire world with light, sound, and crazy energy & into an amazing " Get in the groove and let the good times roll"
Just think that only a month later - Brent Myland was gone with an overdose and was the end of the good ole Grateful Dead as we knew it, as Jerry took it hard and got off the wagon as he was relatively sober during this 87-90 Era and got back into the heroin and his slow decay began for his final 4/5 Years leading to Garcia’s Death in 1995 ..
SILVER AIRPLANES.... Yeah... u know what I'm talkin' about ;) So hot they turned the althetic showers on. My 1st show....just graduated....one of the best days of my life! Miss u Jerry and Brent and The Grateful Dead!
Camped out to get tickets. My brother and I bought our limit 10 each. Went with 20 of our best friends. We got Philzone side 35 rows from the stage. Had a blast!
In the early 1970’s went to so many Dead shows, RFK stadium, Roosevelt Stadium, Watkins Glen.... walked thru thousands of people to get a gallon jug of water for my friend Rick W. and I.... by the time I got back to the front of the stage with the water, there was hardly a tablespoon left from so many folks asking ‘ hey man, can I have a hit’. WTF, it was the Grateful Dead.... would do it again in a heartbeat
A very hot show! Summer tour was cooking and it was so hot here, the bathrooms at the back of the field looked like old horse stalls with troughs set up on the walls with water flowing through them, it was hot and steamy LOL. luckily they had water sprayers set up right next to the stalls and you can wash and cool your self off!
"By 1990, China/Rider had been in the Dead's repertoire for more than 20 years, since they were first joined in the Fall of 1969. A consistently played combination until 1995 (aside from a brief hiatus 1975-1978, with one performance during that span on 12/29/77), this was most commonly a second set opener in the later years, usually going into a Weir song. This sequence is from Brent's final tour with the Grateful Dead." - David Lemieux
I'm kind of tripping over the word "consistently", which is only true if you don't count the late 70's, when China Cat/Rider was very rare. In fact, between 10-20-74 and 2-3-79, the combination was played exactly one time.
Grateful Dead is there an audio (Cd) available for this show?
@@auggieeast Uh, read a bit more closely.... they mentioned that,.... "(aside from a brief hiatus 1975-1978, with one performance during that span on 12/29/77)"
Deer Creek. 84...89.. 91..94
@Jeff Rogers imm
i don’t understand why people are so critical about what years are good and so called bad. i love it all.
Well to be honest, and yes i love them all, the 90s were a hard year for Jerry in his addiction.
People like to be dramatic. I’m a true dead fan and I remember Jerry always playing effortlessly.
He may of forgotten some lyrics towards the end but shows were always magical.
Steve Parish said it is all just opinions, they worked hard every show, that is why it was so good, they never stopped.
There are bad shows, good shows, and great shows. They span across all the years the Grateful Dead played. I only saw shows in late 80s and 90's, there were great shows in the 90s but it was hit or miss, IMO. I think early on after Brent died it took a while to integrate Vince and even when he was integrated it was a different sound than the Brent years.
@Mark Green It's important to know the difference between a great show and a shitty show. There were both and in betweens too. Anybody that thinks that all shows were great, either isn't discriminating enough or didn't go to enough shows or listen to enough live GD to know the difference.
Happy Happy Happy..thank you Grateful Dead for bringing a smile to my face
Phil's dorky 80s dad aesthetic always gets me.
Socks with sandals
And Bob looks like Katelyn Jenner. He may have started that trend
compared to weir he looks like a 70's biker outaw.
Looks like he's ready to mow the lawn...
Lesh is more😁
Brent was and is still so underrated for his contribution.. RIP brother
I cried when he died 💦
Brent+ Jerry+89/90 was magic.
My opinion their best years were when Brent was there!!
³
he sure sounded great on this song
I love listening to all the Greatful Dead. Reminds me that just because things are crap all around the world and in my day to day life, it wasn't always so. The music reminds me of better times so long ago now....
Things can always get better if you stick around, and as you say even if your life is crap at the moment ther is always the music to get you through.. sending big love and happiness ❤️🇬🇧
That grin. The most infectious grin ever! ..... Miss you Uncle Jerry
Best Dead show I ever saw. And I saw a bunch.
Is this louisville 1990?
If so I saw a bunch too and AGREE
Been looking for video. Have multiple tapes and digital but recognized over hang.
Jerry in shorts. So chilled and in a mello groove. It's addictive. My foot taps constantly, can't stop. My coffin will have GD music playing inside with me forever.
😎😎😎
Yes not to often to c Jerry n shorts what LEGS! LOL🙏🌹
Everyone at my funeral is getting locked in for an hour of Grateful Dead 💀 just so I can annoy them all one last time 🔥🤨 to bad I’ll be late to it
Can see my coffin shining from my black Classic XL
Remember to Always Hammer Down!
The world was a much better place when Jerry Garcia and Allen Collins where in it!
@@johnconroy8323 10/4 to that John!! Be safe brother. ✌
He looks so slick. 😂 sly grins miss that
I was getting ready to start 7th grade when this show happened. It was 2 years after I graduated high school before I knew who the grateful dead was, and I have been hooked since that day. The GD has done so much for music even to this day. It is a self sufficient community that thrives. Even with dead & CO. And all the other Jam band groups, that spirit is progressive and will always thrive. Thank you GD.
RIP Brent... gone so soon after this.
second that emotion.
Not only was I there but I can catch a glimpse of a much younger me
Im always watchin past videos to do the same. Congrats!
Okay @Chuck Beal, now you are going to have to give us an approximate time stamp on this video, so we can pick you out of thousands of people! : )
My dream is to stumble upon a video where I can see my Dad during his Dead Days
I keep looking for me!
Same.
So bitter sweet that we would lose Brent just 20 days later. RIP
so sad... the band was never the same after that IMO.
Agreed. Even though this was not the band's peak, it definitely was "a" peak for the era. Downhill from here!
Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead was on July 23, 1990 at the World Music Theater, in Tinley Park, Illinois. The last song he sang that day was "The Weight." His portion concluded with the words, "I gotta go, but my friend can stick around."
Love the dude with the binoculars at 10:00. "No sign of Jerry anywhere! Where is he?"
this is America being great.
Jerry as much a genius as Picasso and all those artist dudes. I feel so lucky to have been alive in this time to have heard this
💯
Division has no place here
Brent is killing it! My main man!
Gone from this earth 20 days later. I wish I had an answer, but I don't.
less than three weeks later ...
The 1st 40 seconds of this video put a HUGE smile on my face. Pure joy emulating from the band and the crowd. So killer.
Fantastic. My first show. I was 18. It was soooo hot. I’ll never forget it. Life changing.
Lol.. I saw the show was in Kentucky in july and that was my first thought: man it must have been hot! Thanks for confirming!
Chris Leaton burning up hot and the police arrested like 1300 people that day. My first show as well and I left for Parris Island about two weeks later.
The total combined inseam length of this show was 3 inches
And 2 and a half of those inches is Jerry's shorts lol
LMAO
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I always, always get a kick out of Bob's short shorts. Man. The funny thing is that it's 2019 and short shorts for dudes are back "in." I actually live right across from a house of undergrads and the guys wear shorts shorter than I'd wear to the gym, much less to class or around town.
Not a fan of clam digger-length shorts, but upper man thigh is something nobody needs to see. Funny that it has even caught on in NCAA basketball. I thought my eyes were deceiving me last March Madness...then there was a newspaper article all about players finding more freedom in them. Oh really? You mean wearing "shorts" to your ankles is a hassle? Go figure.
Oh well, style is personal.
nayr497 that was a long post about shorts
Like a crazy quilt star gown through a dream night wind.
Holy shit, been watching the Dead perform this since '77 and had no idea what that line was. That's some fine wordsmithery.
Hunter/Garcia's finest tune imho
They are the greatest rock band of all the times
love jerry taking that second lead guitar run of rapid fire notes during transition jam w/ bob
This was my first Grateful Dead show! I stopped by a friend's house early that day (we live in Huntsville, AL) and he was looking for someone with a car that could make it to Louisville. I didn't even like the band at the time, but he was providing the gas and the grass so off we went! We made it to the lot just as Bruce Hornsby's opening act was finishing, got our tickets and scored some acid. I ate a couple of tabs outside, but wasn't feeling it so I ate two more that I bought inside. Then the first two kicked in and I was out of my mind! The show was awesome and I will forever be a fan of this amazing musical community.
There's also a little over an hour of this show included as bonus material on the DVD "Grateful Dead View From the Vault Volume 1".
Terry Cunningham it was one great show I was right there with ya
We drove up from Decatur
Down from Chicago. I remember some chick getting hauled out in cuffs buck naked, from the smile in her eyes she had what you did. Scored a wad of black hash at this show and sat 10th row center , fun times.
My first show as well, i have been a die-hard listener ever since. Seen a lot of concerts in my life, very few were life changing experiences, however this was one of them.
Drove all the way there from Savannah Ga. My goodness that was a journey , but it was so worth it.
I love the Grateful Dead so much. Their music means the world to me. I really wish I got to see them back in the day, but i was born in 1998. Did get to see dead and company. It was a great show. My one friend whom is a deadhead too, tried to get me in to Dead and company and the Grateful Dead in high school, but I didn’t really care for it back then.
I wish the Dead would get on with it and release this show in it's entirety.
Great for Bobby...just realized he played the iconic melody on this song...learn something new everyday..:)....he puts that nice feather in his cap .:)
Still loving it....I know You Rider.....beautiful day today!
Except nobody would miss me when I’m gone ..This band was legendary, breathtakingly forward thinking and nostalgic at the same time..There will never be another! Live in the moment , don’t hesitate and enjoy the ride 🌹💀
That bass is busier than a cat in heat.
What a brilliant spring run '90 was for the band. Hope that more treasures surface soon. Keep up the top notch work Mr. Lemieux.
'Spring of '90 was awesome, a resurgence, if you will. Dozin at the Knick is one of my favs. Brent was in top form, only to fall a few weeks after this show.. very tragic and untimely in the band's evolution.
Louisville was part of the SUMMER TOUR.
@@randypotter7442 Agreed, a full TWO weeks after Spring. Apologies for the gross oversight amigo. My statement, however, still remains perfectly valid.
@@williambrawner861 Spring tour '90 was quite excellent, but summer tour'90 was excellent as well. I was lucky enough to have a front row seat for Louisville, although security was adamant that there was absolutely NO SMOKING. Que sera sera !
So glad you made it!
Where's the LOVE button when ya need it? WOW!
too cute
Oh, but what a night we had on this one.
Always great to see Jerry in shorts, smiling/strumming away & gosh I'll always love the GD!
Bobby and Jerry having a shorts-off!
@Seamus Fallonnow that would be interesting!
I think Jerry brought this one home!
Jerry did it effectively. Nobody should be caught dead outside the house with whatever the fuck Bobby is wearing here.
Awesome transition!!! Jerry, Bobby, Phil, Brent, Billy and Mickey, in musical sync! That headlight would be shinning right through that cool Colorado rain.
The transition jam into IKYR is absolutely sublime!
I Know You Rider. My favorite song of all time.
I'm sure it might be the same with other folks but Ive long found GD music filling my head almost constantly, when I'm walking my dog, hiking in the woods, doing all sorts of things.
No other music does that.
Whoever is handling the editing/uploads, thank you for your service!
I was just 19 and there. summer 90 changed me forever no doubt.
Truly Music for the Soul...This just made my morning brighter... Thank you GD!!
I actually got on the speaker side of the stage for this concert. All received me warmly. Thanks for the post. Great memories.
Praise God, Glory in the Highest - it's the good ol' GRATEFUL DEAD ! Thanks - I needed this.
First show baby. Many years ago. Thank you for the memories🌹🍄🌹🍄
Nice to see a closeup of Bobby playing the China riff
Its an awesome and unique riff
I so much miss these days it was amazing.the greatest band by far in history, talent 2nd to none
Fantastic show - one of the best of a great tour. Garcia was running a bit of a Mike Holmgren look. Looked great. They are knocking this out like it's no big deal. They were so good at this point.
Yes! Thanks for posting. Miss you, Jerry and Brent.
I have always been thrilled and impressed by the point-counterpoint guitar lines on display in Jerry and Bob's introductory riffs for Chinacat.
Ahh, those were the Days... Between.
Absolute fire!!!! It goes toe to toe with any other version from any other era! Word is BORN
GOD BLESS THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!
I WAS THERE! THIS specific China/Rider was a peak moment in my youth bc I was dancing in the back of the field at this very moment in what may be hard to believe was.....a set of showers to cool off under while dancing on astroturf. They were fenced off on the field, though not in the shot in this vid. The ultimate magik occured when Jerry sung the line "water fall all over my back" .... I turned around so the shower water dripped down my back! Believe it, or not! Anyone else there who can back me up on this?
Good L 25 too 😂
Crazy good quality
Geese I was a junior in high school at the time, and I missed out on all this wonderful music
I was at this one (my home town). Still hard to believe it was the last time I saw Brent.
Such a powerful, booming voice. Great!
Goddamn Jerry is so effing great I can't give him enough kudos. I'm nobody. but I know genius and greatness when I hear it. HE IS IT
Thanks Bob Weir the shorts.
I attended the show! Thanks for the video!
It's so crazy to watch a video like this now knowing I was in that sea of people watching this band for the first time...
Yep ... I was there ...
GBNF Ron , Keith , Brent , Jerry
May you all Rest In Peace
Thanks for keeping America Grateful !
Poor Vince....you forgot him!
That band was sooo together at this point in there evolution!....miss it:(
totally badass video.Bob very formidable on rhythm guitar.
Had such a blast at this show. HOT day! Thank you.
Tasty! That's a wild effect Weir's using at the beginning there! Thanks!
They posted this a day before my birthday! So happy to hear this on my b day!!!
Neil Fallon happy birthday 🎈🎉🎂
Stage outfit is ultimate cool! - Love it! - The Dead keeping me live - THX & Hugs for sharing!
Definitely feel this one flowing through the body especially that transition into Rider
I miss the Fat Man and Little Brother. Best years of my life.
Is that you at about 2:50?
I can't say they were the best times even though they were amazing but those times were the definitely the simplest of my life. "Do I have a ticket to the next show" was about as deep as life needed to be.
mine also brother!!! miss that ride!!!
We all had the world on a string back then.
The vids are great, though being down in there was indescribably great. So much fun, pure bliss. Being at the shows healed me, and I really could use it again. Miss those days.
Old run down baseball stadium, reminds me of the Silver Stadium shows in '87 and '88. Enjoyed the smaller summer venues as opposed to the mammoth stadiums they often played in.
What deadhead wouldn't?
Thanks Mr David. This is friggin killer! #alltheyears is a great project!
Man, Phil was killin' it! RIP
Thank you for a real good time 👍 great memories of this day in my hometown ⚡️⚡️☮️🎶
Thank you GD! Thank you David! Thank you Brent!
Much love.... thanks whoever
Amazing talents, all..
Music that’ll pull you out of any funk.
“Live” Jerry is sorely missed, but luckily vinyl and tape have captured it all.
You know the difference between a dead show and a Dead and Company show is at a Dead Show everybody's dancing TOGETHER ❤
Beautiful version!
China>Rider was always great. Can't help but feel happy whenever I hear it.
Great summer tour, I met Jack Herer in the parking lot of RFK stadium, pretty cool invite onto bus to partake in the joys of his kindness... That was an insane show with band waiting for storm to get to its peak and with a huge bolt of lightening Jerry came out into the lights and struck a sick cord awakening the entire world with light, sound, and crazy energy & into an amazing " Get in the groove and let the good times roll"
Jerry in shorts ..👍🏻👍🏻🕺🕺🕺🕺What a jammin bouncin version..
GOD BLESS THE GRATEFUL DEAD 🙏
Just think that only a month later - Brent Myland was gone with an overdose and was the end of the good ole Grateful Dead as we knew it, as Jerry took it hard and got off the wagon as he was relatively sober during this 87-90 Era and got back into the heroin and his slow decay began for his final 4/5 Years leading to Garcia’s Death in 1995 ..
RIP Brent Mydland
SILVER AIRPLANES....
Yeah... u know what I'm talkin' about ;)
So hot they turned the althetic showers on.
My 1st show....just graduated....one of the best days of my life!
Miss u Jerry and Brent and The Grateful Dead!
Pulling out some really great stuff Dave! Thanks!
Camped out to get tickets. My brother and I bought our limit 10 each. Went with 20 of our best friends. We got Philzone side 35 rows from the stage. Had a blast!
I camped out in Lexington, KY. You?
Richard Leobold Louisville
Thank you Dave! Your picks are always a special treat.
I still maintain this is the best song the Dead ever did live
They have, hands down, _the_ best looking quality equipment I've ever seen. Magnificent.
Donald Miller Yamaha Recording Custom drums - killer. Still to this day the best.
@@Twotontessie And Jerry has THE best looking guitar I've ever seen. Must be the Rolls Royce of guitars.
I’ve always enjoyed a china/rider! My absolute favorite! I miss jerry and Brent and pigpen and everyone involved.
Sad I was born too late too see these shows
Grateful I can see em here 💀⚡🐈
THE GREATEST BAND ON EARTH!
and universe.
So light and delicate
It was SO freaking hot I melted before the show started!
This was always one of my favorites at the shows...
In the early 1970’s went to so many Dead shows, RFK stadium, Roosevelt Stadium, Watkins Glen.... walked thru thousands of people to get a gallon jug of water for my friend Rick W. and I.... by the time I got back to the front of the stage with the water, there was hardly a tablespoon left from so many folks asking ‘ hey man, can I have a hit’. WTF, it was the Grateful Dead.... would do it again in a heartbeat
Really thankful for these releases. Keep up the good work David!
A very hot show! Summer tour was cooking and it was so hot here, the bathrooms at the back of the field looked like old horse stalls with troughs set up on the walls with water flowing through them, it was hot and steamy LOL. luckily they had water sprayers set up right next to the stalls and you can wash and cool your self off!
oh how I enjoy this one