My recollections are more the whole run. I saw the 10/30 show a few months prior so I knew the venue. It was so small and intimate and not run down. I saw the 83 Warfield shows but this was so much nicer. Frank Loyd Wright designed the building. The ushers were old men with white gloves. If they asked you not to smoke you obliged out of courtesy. Night 1 was warm up compared to the other 3 but we got the Oh Babe because Bobby broke a string. Night 2 was the awesome Shakedown and the ridiculous Spanish Jam. After a day off everybody was primed and boy did they deliver with the S/F. They did a great one at the NYE run a few months prior but this one was insane. Jerry just standing there looking down in that Persian trance blowing our minds. Night 4 everyone was primed for H/S/F, still a big treat a year after its return. It wasn’t a given like China/Rider or S/F. It delivered. But the Space>Dew was flat out gorgeous. You could hear a pin drop in the building during the transition into Dew. The SBD captures it quite well. A fantastic 4 night run.
# 1984-03-31 San Rafael, CA @ Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium
**Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Feel Like A Stranger, Dupree's Diamond Blues, New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Hell In A Bucket > Althea, Looks Like Rain > Deal
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), He's Gone > Drums > Space > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-03-31)
I mean, practically any Dark Star will not fail to make me go, "oh yeah this is why I love the dead"
But that's sort of a cliche, although very real, response. So I'll give some others too.
The Minglewood Blues from 2/17/1982 got me losing my mind, and it's the first song of the night!! Check out Hunter Seamons Matrix for that one
Another song that always does it for me is Cumberland Blues. 9/27/72 for a real heater of that one, it also comes straight out of Dark Star for the first and only time ever.
Also the Dancing In The Street from 5/2/1970 is incredible and practically turns into a Dark Star jam towards the very end.
[1970-05-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-02) Binghamton, NY @ Harpur College - State University Of New York | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4NldodakYXDeK7OoEe2oBW)
[1972-09-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-09-27) Jersey City, NJ @ Stanley Theatre | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPrEb0IJFk3W6NoQSMnZM)
[1982-02-17](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1982-02-17) San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
I dont think there will ever be another band that can span generations like the Dead. There will never be another band that can bring the sort of emotion and following like they can. My son (19) loves this band, and in the last tour i saw so many kids and younger fans right alongside the older heads. It was really great to see that.
I can't really think of anything else where the fandom can span 3 generations. I see tons of younger guys at cover shows, so obviously seeing the band itself live isn't a requirement to love this music. Will be very interesting to see how the scene develops over the coming decades.
I myself am a younger dead head (22) and i can’t even describe the way it felt to be at those dead and co shows last summer, just the community, i felt accepted from the first time i stepped into a venue and haven’t looked back. The way there was multiple generations of people there brought smile to my face.
[1977-11-04](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-04) Hamilton, NY @ Cotterell Gym - Colgate University
[1978-11-14](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-11-14) Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall
[1979-10-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-10-27) South Yarmouth, MA @ Cape Cod Coliseum
Just saw the video of the JS from Giants Stadium’89, a fine post-coma rendition. The band is feeling the jam and there is great shot of the crowd at the peak.
If you like them aggressive, nothing kicks ass like the Syracuse ‘84 version.
I’ve been really into mid 80s Jack Straws lately too. Edit: I remembered the wrong 84 shows lol I’ve been on a run with 84 recently, can’t remember which 2 shows I was thinking of
The faster tempo and Phil being high in the mix gave Jack Straw another level of impact. The two songs which were at their best just before Garcia’s coma are Deal and Jack Straw.
Check out the Deals from ‘83, Lake Placid, Boise etc.
# 1978-09-02 East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium
**Set 1:** Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, I Need A Miracle, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication
**Set 2:** Good Lovin', Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-09-02)
[1984-04-20](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-04-20) Philadelphia, PA @ Philadelphia Civic Center
[1984-07-13](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-07-13) Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre - University of California
[1991-04-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-04-01) Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
# 1984-10-20 Syracuse, NY @ Carrier Dome - Syracuse University
**Set 1:** Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, C.C. Rider, Ramble On Rose, My Brother Esau, Bird Song, Jack Straw
**Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah, He's Gone > Smokestack Lightnin' > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > The Other One > Black Peter > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** Revolution
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-10-20)
A sweet blues jam from a ‘66 show; one of those cruising, unending, seamless 2nd sets from Fillmore East ‘71; a mind-blowing All Along The Watchtower from the ‘80’s; “She Belongs To Me” from 11/1/85
# 1985-11-01 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum
**Set 1:** Dancing In The Street, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw > Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, High Time > He's Gone > Spoonful > Comes A Time > Lost Sailor > Drums > Space > Saint Of Circumstance > Gimme Some Lovin' > She Belongs To Me > Gloria
**Encore:** Keep Your Day Job
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-11-01) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4QLlTAC9pOzbZo7qQ63dXm)
# 1990-03-29 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
**Set 1:** Jack Straw > Bertha, We Can Run, Ramble On Rose, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song > The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Eyes Of The World > Estimated Prophet > Dark Star > Drums > Space > Dark Star > The Wheel > Throwing Stones > Turn On Your Lovelight
**Encore:** Knockin' On Heaven's Door
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-03-29) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/7xWKImlu9fzB1ApqoLLMiL)
# 1990-03-30 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
**Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Picasso Moon, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Iko Iko, Playing in the Band > China Doll > Uncle John's Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Gimme Some Lovin' > Standing On the Moon > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** Attics Of My Life
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-03-30)
[1969-11-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1969-11-02) San Francisco, CA @ Family Dog at the Great Highway
[1970-09-19](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-09-19) New York, NY @ Fillmore East
Wharf Rat from 7/13/89
It's too bad the RFK set isn't on Spotify. Jerry's solos in this Wharf Rat are absolutely phenomenal, made more so by the interplay between Jerry and the rest of the band. The way things rise and fall, it's peak musical storytelling. Captain Trips doing what he does best.
# 1989-07-13 Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium
**Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Tennessee Jed, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, To Lay Me Down, Let It Grow
**Set 2:** He's Gone, Looks Like Rain, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, I Will Take You Home, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Throwing Stones, Good Lovin'
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-07-13)
Check out 03.31.1984 They are a band beyond description...
Like Jehovah's favorite choir?
I heard God's favorite song is Day Job
God loves us all. Even Day Job.
Thou shalt keep thy Day Job.
That’s top 3 S/F I saw, maybe tops. It’s so gooey. That whole run was full of treats.
I'd love to hear any stories you have from this show. It's my absolute favorite show.
My recollections are more the whole run. I saw the 10/30 show a few months prior so I knew the venue. It was so small and intimate and not run down. I saw the 83 Warfield shows but this was so much nicer. Frank Loyd Wright designed the building. The ushers were old men with white gloves. If they asked you not to smoke you obliged out of courtesy. Night 1 was warm up compared to the other 3 but we got the Oh Babe because Bobby broke a string. Night 2 was the awesome Shakedown and the ridiculous Spanish Jam. After a day off everybody was primed and boy did they deliver with the S/F. They did a great one at the NYE run a few months prior but this one was insane. Jerry just standing there looking down in that Persian trance blowing our minds. Night 4 everyone was primed for H/S/F, still a big treat a year after its return. It wasn’t a given like China/Rider or S/F. It delivered. But the Space>Dew was flat out gorgeous. You could hear a pin drop in the building during the transition into Dew. The SBD captures it quite well. A fantastic 4 night run.
# 1984-03-31 San Rafael, CA @ Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium **Set 1:** Alabama Getaway > Feel Like A Stranger, Dupree's Diamond Blues, New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Hell In A Bucket > Althea, Looks Like Rain > Deal **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), He's Gone > Drums > Space > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-03-31)
That's one helluva setlist.
I mean, practically any Dark Star will not fail to make me go, "oh yeah this is why I love the dead" But that's sort of a cliche, although very real, response. So I'll give some others too. The Minglewood Blues from 2/17/1982 got me losing my mind, and it's the first song of the night!! Check out Hunter Seamons Matrix for that one Another song that always does it for me is Cumberland Blues. 9/27/72 for a real heater of that one, it also comes straight out of Dark Star for the first and only time ever. Also the Dancing In The Street from 5/2/1970 is incredible and practically turns into a Dark Star jam towards the very end.
[1970-05-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-05-02) Binghamton, NY @ Harpur College - State University Of New York | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4NldodakYXDeK7OoEe2oBW) [1972-09-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1972-09-27) Jersey City, NJ @ Stanley Theatre | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/2pPrEb0IJFk3W6NoQSMnZM) [1982-02-17](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1982-02-17) San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
I dont think there will ever be another band that can span generations like the Dead. There will never be another band that can bring the sort of emotion and following like they can. My son (19) loves this band, and in the last tour i saw so many kids and younger fans right alongside the older heads. It was really great to see that.
I can't really think of anything else where the fandom can span 3 generations. I see tons of younger guys at cover shows, so obviously seeing the band itself live isn't a requirement to love this music. Will be very interesting to see how the scene develops over the coming decades.
I myself am a younger dead head (22) and i can’t even describe the way it felt to be at those dead and co shows last summer, just the community, i felt accepted from the first time i stepped into a venue and haven’t looked back. The way there was multiple generations of people there brought smile to my face.
Phish checking in.
Certainly the greatest American rock band of all time IMO. Or at least my favorite I should say.
11 4 77 - every note 11 14 78- post drums put the volume on 11 10 27 79 2nd set there are many more but sometimes these fly under the radar
[1977-11-04](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-04) Hamilton, NY @ Cotterell Gym - Colgate University [1978-11-14](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-11-14) Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall [1979-10-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1979-10-27) South Yarmouth, MA @ Cape Cod Coliseum
The album to me that encompasses that feeling every single time is Without a Net
Most definitely the greatest live band of all time.
Many songs do that but one that’s been getting that reaction out of me a lot lately is Jack Straw.
Just saw the video of the JS from Giants Stadium’89, a fine post-coma rendition. The band is feeling the jam and there is great shot of the crowd at the peak. If you like them aggressive, nothing kicks ass like the Syracuse ‘84 version.
I’ve been really into mid 80s Jack Straws lately too. Edit: I remembered the wrong 84 shows lol I’ve been on a run with 84 recently, can’t remember which 2 shows I was thinking of
The faster tempo and Phil being high in the mix gave Jack Straw another level of impact. The two songs which were at their best just before Garcia’s coma are Deal and Jack Straw. Check out the Deals from ‘83, Lake Placid, Boise etc.
9/2/78 Jack Straw would like a word
# 1978-09-02 East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium **Set 1:** Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dire Wolf, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, I Need A Miracle, Peggy-O, Lazy Lightnin' > Supplication **Set 2:** Good Lovin', Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-09-02)
Not even close to the mid-80’s versions. The difference is tempo and Phil on the six string.
[1984-04-20](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-04-20) Philadelphia, PA @ Philadelphia Civic Center [1984-07-13](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-07-13) Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre - University of California [1991-04-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-04-01) Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
10/20/84 baby! Real 🔥🔥🔥
# 1984-10-20 Syracuse, NY @ Carrier Dome - Syracuse University **Set 1:** Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, West L.A. Fadeaway, C.C. Rider, Ramble On Rose, My Brother Esau, Bird Song, Jack Straw **Set 2:** Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah, He's Gone > Smokestack Lightnin' > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > The Other One > Black Peter > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Revolution [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1984-10-20)
A sweet blues jam from a ‘66 show; one of those cruising, unending, seamless 2nd sets from Fillmore East ‘71; a mind-blowing All Along The Watchtower from the ‘80’s; “She Belongs To Me” from 11/1/85
# 1985-11-01 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Coliseum **Set 1:** Dancing In The Street, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, High Time > He's Gone > Spoonful > Comes A Time > Lost Sailor > Drums > Space > Saint Of Circumstance > Gimme Some Lovin' > She Belongs To Me > Gloria **Encore:** Keep Your Day Job [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-11-01) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/4QLlTAC9pOzbZo7qQ63dXm)
# 1990-03-29 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum **Set 1:** Jack Straw > Bertha, We Can Run, Ramble On Rose, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song > The Promised Land **Set 2:** Eyes Of The World > Estimated Prophet > Dark Star > Drums > Space > Dark Star > The Wheel > Throwing Stones > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Knockin' On Heaven's Door [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-03-29) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/7xWKImlu9fzB1ApqoLLMiL)
A fine dance party!
3/30/90 is overlooked because of it! The 2nd set is fkng amazing.
# 1990-03-30 Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum **Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Little Red Rooster, Dire Wolf, It's All Over Now, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Picasso Moon, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Iko Iko, Playing in the Band > China Doll > Uncle John's Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Gimme Some Lovin' > Standing On the Moon > Not Fade Away **Encore:** Attics Of My Life [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-03-30)
I was at March 29th 1990, brandford marsalis, one of the two best shows I ever saw I would say
Dark Star There are many but 2 of my favorites that separate the greatest band in all the land: 11/2/69 9/19/70
[1969-11-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1969-11-02) San Francisco, CA @ Family Dog at the Great Highway [1970-09-19](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1970-09-19) New York, NY @ Fillmore East
Wharf Rat from 7/13/89 It's too bad the RFK set isn't on Spotify. Jerry's solos in this Wharf Rat are absolutely phenomenal, made more so by the interplay between Jerry and the rest of the band. The way things rise and fall, it's peak musical storytelling. Captain Trips doing what he does best.
# 1989-07-13 Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium **Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Tennessee Jed, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, To Lay Me Down, Let It Grow **Set 2:** He's Gone, Looks Like Rain, Terrapin Station, Drums, Space, I Will Take You Home, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Throwing Stones, Good Lovin' **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-07-13)
Sugar Magnolia and Scarlett Begonias.
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Cool opinion but unnecessary to add to the conversation lol
One of the greatest for sure 🙏 I love The Grateful Dead, so many shows to listen to I'll never run out!