This has been my favorite song of all time for at least 5 years now. I'm currently 15. Discovering Grateful Dead in a place where no one's ever heard of this band is the best experience I've had with music so far.
I was spotlight number six, above the stage, for two of the three nights they were there. Alpine Valley locked out the union years before, and Gerry's mom was a union leader. The Dead always use union crews. I just happened to be available when a classmate was looking for people to be on the crew. Free food all day, lots of hard work, and working the spotlight on Lesh for one of his solos. Coolest thing I ever did. It was so much fun.
I love “the moment” between Jerry and Brent. Brent noticed Jerry starting to fall behind a bit and threw a tasty riff to pull him back on time. Then Jerry gives him the look and Brent just tears a hole in the sky with the solo Jerry gives up to him out of gratitude.
@@schwoschwoberg584 if I saw an apple as blue and you saw it as red, we'd both be seeing the same apple someone else might call green. Whatever the hue, it's definitely there for everyone to notice.
Does it get any better?!?! Jerry and Brent exchanging those looks. What a special time. As they say, "The Grateful Dead weren't the best at what they did, they were the only ones to do it!" Hope everyone is doing well and sharin' in the groove :)
THREE GUITARS , TWO DRUMMERS AND ONE ORGAN ... 3, 2, 1, AND GO ... WHATS NOT TO LIKE ?! I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THE "DEAD" EXIST SO THAT SOME OF US CAN LIVE , AND ENJOY THIER MUSIC !... THANK YOU JERRY AND ALL OF YOU GREAT MUSICIANS THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US JUST SO WE COULD LISTEN ..!🎻🎹🎶🎵🎼📼🎧
What is awesome is that towards the end of his first solo, Jerry changes keys to an obscure minor chord and then resolves and dove tails it into the harmony........ I was there, I think I lost my mind a 100 times during this show.
I absolutely love the back & forth between JERRY & BRENT THEY LET IT GROW TO WERE ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND ONE OR THE OTHER TOOK OVER.
IMHO, Bob Weir is underrated and under appreciated. It is his pulsating rhythmic chords that provide the backing for Jerry Garcia to soar into the heavens. And let's not forget Phil Lesh's beautiful bass guitar playing. Now I, as many others do, idolize Jerry Garcia. He is my hero and one of the best guitar players to ever pick up the instrument but his virtuosity has firm underpinnings in the background set by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. And Bill Kreutzman, too.
Bobby’s rhythm guitar gets shafted in a lot of recordings. Which is a damn shame, bc when his rhythm guitar is present in the mix, it adds an entire new dimension to the experience bc his playing is so unothrodox for someone in a rhythm guitarist position...
+bart man (bartman420) I get it so hard. Only saw Jerry once when I was 10 but the music has been in my life forever. This is my hands down favorite version of GDTRFB
I'm with you absolutely. But I just wish he played more grand piano than keyboards with Midi back then...Keith played mainly the grand piano and I just loved that sound.
This is one of the best live rock/blues/boogie performances in existence. If were teleported to this show and didn't absolutely get the funk down then you must have no soul! Jerr and the boys absolutely cooking with oil, love the lil' rhythmic spotlight bobby gets...before his tone turned into a Line 6 starter pack amp preset.
So nice to see Jerry having fun onstage instead of staring at the patterns on the rug like he did in the post-Brent years..was so painfully obvious to see how much he missed playing with him 😔
@@timothy3732 So in the 90s, Jerry was using 'rat,' or smokable heroin. 'Stoned' or 'high' doesn't really get it--more like he was on the nod--and at least the shows that I saw then, he just looked tired.
One of their peaks for sure... 89 was a great year for the dead. I love the '72 and '74 shows too, Pigpen will always have his place in my heart, some songs just weren't the same without him, and '74 is one of my favorite Keith years personally, even though he did a lot with them even back in 72 he really came into his own by 74 in my opinion.. And yet there are so many other good years too... So much good music, so much good lovin' :)
i know its been 7 years and all, but i have to say they took most of pigpens songs out of rotation in the years after his passing. you really can not replace the soul and suffering of a voice like pens, especially on the same songs
The only one I can think of that they ended up bringing back was “Turn On Your Lovelight,” which I don’t think was played often, at all. I guess they also added “Good Lovin,” back as well, but that was a cover in the first place (even tho Pigpen made the song his)...
I was in row 4 upfront great show!! The last Alpine shows, when the boys played”We Bid You Goodnight” that it the fat lady has sung, I knew that was ir for legendary Alpine Valley Music. Great 3 show run in the rain and mud ⚡️
Love the ending riff to this song. So worth it to do it twice, slowing it down the second time easing towards the finale. Perfect. Then clearly they went into "Not Fade Away" but the clip ends...
This is great. '94 or so, its my birthday on a Friday and KFOG is on the work stereo. Mentioned my BD (5/28/57) was the day MLB voted to move The Giants from NY to SF. fan thru the years, handful of games attended. Crummy morning so called the station to thank them for the "This Day In History". Dave asked if i wanted a song played. Wanted "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad" . Skull and Roses is like 9 minutes and change. He couldn't spare the time. I got it.
This was my favorite song to play with my band, Alligator. I was the best drummer the ever had. They were playing one night, so i told the guy in the band i grew up with, (im better than then that guy). One rehearsal, before we played the out, not bad, considering I'd never played a Dead song before!!
Must've been good dope among the cornfields in Lake Geneva this summer because this was the last time that these guy's played this strong for 3 shows in a row. And after brent passed they only played 3 shows total that were good up till jerry checked out. Jerry still loved to play in his band in fact if you wanted to see jerry happy and enjoying himself on stage you had to catch JGB shows. He was just going thru the motions with the dead and it was painfully obvious. It bothers me to say this but ya gotta be honest. I was fortunate to have seen 375 shows from keith and donna day's thru brents day's. The band was pretty weak after brent passed.
I agree, it seemed that after Brent passed Jerry was sort of bored. Sort of like Brent was the one musician that could keep him on his toes - like a dueling banjos type of thing. Sadly, Vince and Bruce combined do not even come close to Brent, in both vocals and playing.
I was at this this show, the final weekend at Alpine Valley. They were banned after this weekend because so many people showed up without tickets. I could not even get into the parking lot. Had to park on the road and walk a 1/2 mile. They should have only allowed people with tickets to enter the parking lot.
Had to park one night in the golf course parking lot with a clutch car. Getting up that hill was horrible in stop and go traffic. Foot was cramping@@susiefairfield7218
Was at several of these Alpine gigs but to relive them here is cool. So at 2:18 to see Jerry raise his eyebrows as a "wink" to Brent...as a "get ready...your up next" then at 2:38 nods and steps back... All the stage eye contact is great to watch here.
This has been my favorite song of all time for at least 5 years now. I'm currently 15. Discovering Grateful Dead in a place where no one's ever heard of this band is the best experience I've had with music so far.
郑智林 come to the United States this year. The Dead and Phish are both on the road for the first time in 24 years. Good times
Good for you! Where are you.
Right on, welcome, been on this train for 40 years now, and it is picking up speed, hang on tight
Long live the Grateful Dead !
Rock on dude
i dont care what anyone says...late 80's dead was incredible'
I couldn't imagine any 'Head disagreeing
Lol.. I get scoffed at for sayin the same thing
Jerry is like pizza, even when not at his best, tastes grateful!
Wasn't sure if I was out there. But ya.
Nve. R made it to a single live one of if. Y.
I was spotlight number six, above the stage, for two of the three nights they were there. Alpine Valley locked out the union years before, and Gerry's mom was a union leader. The Dead always use union crews. I just happened to be available when a classmate was looking for people to be on the crew. Free food all day, lots of hard work, and working the spotlight on Lesh for one of his solos. Coolest thing I ever did. It was so much fun.
Union laberor and proud dead not a fan of randoms😊
There was never a night, that Brent didn't break my heart... I loved this man!!!
I love “the moment” between Jerry and Brent. Brent noticed Jerry starting to fall behind a bit and threw a tasty riff to pull him back on time. Then Jerry gives him the look and Brent just tears a hole in the sky with the solo Jerry gives up to him out of gratitude.
@Max Eddie You're right max. No one gives a damn.
I don't interpret it the same way as you, but yes, that moment was GOLD.
@@schwoschwoberg584 if I saw an apple as blue and you saw it as red, we'd both be seeing the same apple someone else might call green. Whatever the hue, it's definitely there for everyone to notice.
Totally agree. Brent was amazing
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Anyone who says the grateful deads music is slow or boring bring them here. This shit is bananas. And Jerry just does it effortlessly.
Does it get any better?!?! Jerry and Brent exchanging those looks. What a special time. As they say, "The Grateful Dead weren't the best at what they did, they were the only ones to do it!" Hope everyone is doing well and sharin' in the groove :)
THREE GUITARS , TWO DRUMMERS AND ONE ORGAN ... 3, 2, 1, AND GO ... WHATS NOT TO LIKE ?!
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THE "DEAD" EXIST SO THAT SOME OF US CAN LIVE , AND ENJOY THIER MUSIC !... THANK YOU JERRY AND ALL OF YOU GREAT MUSICIANS THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US JUST SO WE COULD LISTEN ..!🎻🎹🎶🎵🎼📼🎧
Why you pretend to be the teacher in my house when you don't even know how to spell their 🤔 you tryna set someone up 🤔
What is awesome is that towards the end of his first solo, Jerry changes keys to an obscure minor chord and then resolves and dove tails it into the harmony........ I was there, I think I lost my mind a 100 times during this show.
Here’s to hoping you never find it….
I absolutely love the back & forth between JERRY & BRENT THEY LET IT GROW TO WERE ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND ONE OR THE OTHER TOOK OVER.
Going where the water tastes like wine... This is best version I've heard.
IMHO, Bob Weir is underrated and under appreciated. It is his pulsating rhythmic chords that provide the backing for Jerry Garcia to soar into the heavens. And let's not forget Phil Lesh's beautiful bass guitar playing. Now I, as many others do, idolize Jerry Garcia. He is my hero and one of the best guitar players to ever pick up the instrument but his virtuosity has firm underpinnings in the background set by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. And Bill Kreutzman, too.
They all are/were good musician. Bob, Jerry, Bill, Mickey, and the rest.
Bobby’s rhythm guitar gets shafted in a lot of recordings. Which is a damn shame, bc when his rhythm guitar is present in the mix, it adds an entire new dimension to the experience bc his playing is so unothrodox for someone in a rhythm guitarist position...
Get the Fire Extinguisher! Brent!!! Jerry!!! The Band!!! One of the best recordings of this song ever....
God comes in different forms.
thanx
Amen
Beautiful comment
We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.
and one of them is musical genius
There AINT NOTHIN like a Grateful Dead concert !
now that was a real good time. im still grinnin ear to ear all these years after. 2:25 on is just immortal and if you dont get ,you just dont get it.
+bart man (bartman420) Jerry was grinnin too. Priceless!
Great version of this awesome tune!
+bart man (bartman420) I get it so hard. Only saw Jerry once when I was 10 but the music has been in my life forever. This is my hands down favorite version of GDTRFB
greater?
exactly ...got it.
So true. One of the greater string of shows, that.
Brent was so talented! A perfect match for Jerry's solos
YES!! 🤩
Amen
I'm with you absolutely. But I just wish he played more grand piano than keyboards with Midi back then...Keith played mainly the grand piano and I just loved that sound.
i love 1986 to 1991 GD 89 the most
brent and jerry are like the notebook quote..they make my heart beat slower and faster at the same time
Just can't believe how much I miss these guys playin'...what a contribution to music! Thanks Fellas
This is one of the best live rock/blues/boogie performances in existence. If were teleported to this show and didn't absolutely get the funk down then you must have no soul! Jerr and the boys absolutely cooking with oil, love the lil' rhythmic spotlight bobby gets...before his tone turned into a Line 6 starter pack amp preset.
Lesh is just killin' it on boogie bass!
Danvers Fletcher droppin those Phil BOMBS
TY
@@eelstastegood Cakes?
Jerry’s solos just make me so happy. Pure good vibes 🎸
If there's ever a tune that needs to be 20 minutes long......it's this one!
Lmao my favorite part is that last riff by jerry so dang soothing it’s like a lullaby..
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Hard to imagine anyone ever wanting to give this a downvote......love brent and jerry on this one!!!!!)))
Good for you. It seems you know great music when you hear it. That will serve you well without a doubt.
Brent really ripped this song up. Love it.
Sean Lahm what 89/90 show didn’t bent tare up, he was really riding that edge
@@V8trickshot brents the man
I miss Keith G more than anything fuck junkies
Always 👍👍.
You will be amazed by the 1 percent of people who understand how good.
Best summer of my life , saw a whole summer, the best times !
That show was fun, fun, fun...
......and then some more fun!!!!! Great memories, great times!!!!
the dead always remind of past relationships. always cheers me up though..thanks fellas..you really made me a better person.
Brent rocked this whole show...
I miss those Alpine Shows!! Amazing times!!!
the connection between Jerry and Brent in amazing
Still one of the best shows ever. Damn it was so hot.
let's walk along with me, with love. and joy, and also, gratefulness
So nice to see Jerry having fun onstage instead of staring at the patterns on the rug like he did in the post-Brent years..was so painfully obvious to see how much he missed playing with him 😔
It didn't help that Jerry was really, really high for pretty much all of 91-95.
@@stongnyid You got that right. When I see him smile is he really having a good time or stoned out of his gourd or both?
@@timothy3732 So in the 90s, Jerry was using 'rat,' or smokable heroin. 'Stoned' or 'high' doesn't really get it--more like he was on the nod--and at least the shows that I saw then, he just looked tired.
Love how Phil comes through in this mix; just absolutely kills it
I agree. I was totally living life going to these shows omg lol this is everything. Thank you. For a real good time.
This is the show that just keep giving and giving. Damn!
Videos is awesome. But being there up front is magical. I will never forget it.
There's nothing like a GratefulDead concert.
Feeling bad never felt so good.
I love their harmonies!! Great times!
GREAT BASS!
In 89, these guys were spooled up with awesome sauce...
Jerry really loved Brent Mydland.. recommend reading Jerry's Rolling Stone interview.
Jerry looks so happy.
I WAS THERE...! insane 3 days... great time
my favorite all time; love the way they do it, on "the grateful dead movie", from around '74
Brent brought the heat!
One of their peaks for sure... 89 was a great year for the dead. I love the '72 and '74 shows too, Pigpen will always have his place in my heart, some songs just weren't the same without him, and '74 is one of my favorite Keith years personally, even though he did a lot with them even back in 72 he really came into his own by 74 in my opinion.. And yet there are so many other good years too... So much good music, so much good lovin' :)
i know its been 7 years and all, but i have to say they took most of pigpens songs out of rotation in the years after his passing. you really can not replace the soul and suffering of a voice like pens, especially on the same songs
The only one I can think of that they ended up bringing back was “Turn On Your Lovelight,” which I don’t think was played often, at all. I guess they also added “Good Lovin,” back as well, but that was a cover in the first place (even tho Pigpen made the song his)...
Jerry and Brent bringing some energy! Mickey seems grumpy and I think this song is Jer’s attempt to cheer him up.
LMAO dats gonna happin,he ha, Kitimat BC you missed this town.....
Just watching Jerry & Brent interact is amazing!👍
PURE JOY
I was in row 4 upfront great show!! The last Alpine shows, when the boys played”We Bid You Goodnight” that it the fat lady has sung, I knew that was ir for legendary Alpine Valley Music. Great 3 show run in the rain and mud ⚡️
That's why they called it Downhill From Here (sniff 😞) I miss Jerry.
That was an epic three show run and the last time at alpine valley. Rained like hell the last night.
Great way to a start a Sunday mornin!
What a time to be alive
jerry's eyebrows and smile at 2:17 , like both he and brent know what's up
Love the ending riff to this song. So worth it to do it twice, slowing it down the second time easing towards the finale. Perfect. Then clearly they went into "Not Fade Away" but the clip ends...
This is great.
'94 or so, its my birthday on a Friday and KFOG is on the work stereo.
Mentioned my BD (5/28/57) was the day MLB voted to move The Giants from NY to SF.
fan thru the years, handful of games attended.
Crummy morning so called the station to thank them for the "This Day In History".
Dave asked if i wanted a song played. Wanted "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad" .
Skull and Roses is like 9 minutes and change.
He couldn't spare the time. I got it.
Always such a wonderful song to hear.
Always brings me around, good for me
Great for everybody
Why is that last riff by jerry so soothing but so damn electrifying at the same time.. Like a lullaby
He could play this in his sleep he was so good at this song
I was here. Mushrooms, future wife, proud Dead Head, Stayed at Greystone Farms, bed and breakfast~
such a beautiful brent and jerry moment... x 4
I was at thia show, it was a good one
This was my favorite song to play with my band, Alligator. I was the best drummer the ever had. They were playing one night, so i told the guy in the band i grew up with, (im better than then that guy). One rehearsal, before we played the out, not bad, considering I'd never played a Dead song before!!
Hot to the touch!!! Smokin'
My favorite thing about Brent was how much he made Jerry smile. And then there's his B3 playing....
Alpine!! I miss those summer tours 😭
A long time ago... in a place that only exists while this music plays...💀⚡🌹
The man made snow skiing sucked, but the music in the summer was great.
The hills were literally made of piles of garbage.
Must've been good dope among the cornfields in Lake Geneva this summer because this was the last time that these guy's played this strong for 3 shows in a row. And after brent passed they only played 3 shows total that were good up till jerry checked out. Jerry still loved to play in his band in fact if you wanted to see jerry happy and enjoying himself on stage you had to catch JGB shows. He was just going thru the motions with the dead and it was painfully obvious. It bothers me to say this but ya gotta be honest. I was fortunate to have seen 375 shows from keith and donna day's thru brents day's. The band was pretty weak after brent passed.
I agree, it seemed that after Brent passed Jerry was sort of bored. Sort of like Brent was the one musician that could keep him on his toes - like a dueling banjos type of thing. Sadly, Vince and Bruce combined do not even come close to Brent, in both vocals and playing.
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE MUSIC
I was thinking about going to bed because I have a big day tomorrow. That is until I played this track. Now I wanna go out and raise hell.
hotajax lol i was just about to crash and now im lit too. Damnit...time for hes gone i guesd.
haha i've been going between this video and he's gone in Foxboro for weeeeeeks. brent and jerry man...
Look at the smile on Jerry's face :)
true musicians to the core✨💫🌠💥💯
Best ever
I was at this this show, the final weekend at Alpine Valley. They were banned after this weekend because so many people showed up without tickets. I could not even get into the parking lot. Had to park on the road and walk a 1/2 mile. They should have only allowed people with tickets to enter the parking lot.
Was there also....camped on the golf course
Had to park one night in the golf course parking lot with a clutch car. Getting up that hill was horrible in stop and go traffic. Foot was cramping@@susiefairfield7218
Jerry laughing! How I miss that!
Brent is such a ray of fucking sunshine
Was at several of these Alpine gigs but to relive them here is cool. So at 2:18 to see Jerry raise his eyebrows as a "wink" to Brent...as a "get ready...your up next" then at 2:38 nods and steps back... All the stage eye contact is great to watch here.
Haha bobby loves his short shorts
This is where I come when I need a reason to smile
@wsj160 This was my very first show @ age 16.... AWESOME
At the end of this is a hint of I Bid You Goodnight, which they later played.
...and listen to Phil during that last phrase to the song...he's going mad with notes!
man, thanks for this ... needed it (was there)
The Valley of Speed. Love 'em .
going down feeling high
God I miss Jerry...
Love this....but disappointed there wasn't a single second of Phil footage. His bass line was loud and clear and laid the foundation for this track.
1:41 Bobby throwing in that little China Cat tease is perfection
The Brent years were the best and it was never the same after he died. Im just sayin.
I am gettting over it
Brent and Jerry playing cat and mouse , excellent
Was there, awsome shows at Alpine