This is a cover of Buddy Holly, this song generally ended the second set and they would let the crowd sing a few minutes before they came out for the encore. Always a fun song but ultimately you knew the show was over. Great reaction continue on with The Dead.
@samblethen
10 ай бұрын
The Grateful Dead - the greatest jam band of all time. This was improvised. Jerry Garcia came from a bluegrass background where the instruments all talked to each other and this carried over to the Dead. I first saw them in Boston in 1967. Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers said this: “I love the Dead. As far as Jerry Garcia, Jerry Garcia could walk on water. He could do anything any man could ever do. He's a prince.”
@redbarber873
9 ай бұрын
No question, lots of great guitar players over the years. Duane, Jerry, & Roy Buchanan are MY three FAVES of ALL TIME!!!
@bobschenkel7921
10 ай бұрын
The guy on the keys is Mr. Brent Mydland (RIP), and he and Jerry Garcia (RIP) had a great rapport, which is why Jerry is next to him on stage, so they can play off each other. Even though the song is from the 1950's, every time I saw The Dead play it, it was like a new song, but you knew it. Ya know. And don't miss Phil Lesh on the Bass, he brings it. "You know our love will not fade away!"
@jeffmartin1026
10 ай бұрын
An absolute joy of a version.
@DrewD55
10 ай бұрын
The chemistry between Jerry and Brent is pretty much self-evident: they loved playing together, and you hear the results, because this is awesome.
@jovanisanfemio7641
10 ай бұрын
The Dead allowed fans to record concerts so bootlegs are plentiful. Live is the ultimate way to listen to them. They also allowed unregistered merchandise to be sold outside events so the Deadheads could support themselves as they followed the tour !
@NickLandess
5 ай бұрын
Just for the record - GDP (Grateful Dead Productions) used to "police" the parking lot scenes (the vendor bazaars out in the parking lots were/are commonly referred to as "Shakedown Street") and would confiscate merchandise that was not licensed properly with GD registered trademarks and logos. They were certainly not real militant about it, but they did do it. I was told back in the day that they needed to make at least a nominal effort as part of the licensing fees that they did charge so that the people who did pay to legally produce steal your face and other branded merchandise would have a reason to actually pay for the rights to do so.
@wowplayer7986
10 ай бұрын
Jerry and Brent loved each other and shared a rare musical comraderie!! And yeah, we would usually keep singing the chorus until they came back out for encore! (~)};-》
@chrisdurham6517
10 ай бұрын
This is from my era - went from college and Dead shows into the Army about this time. Fantastic pick for a reaction. I get a little loose with the tears during the Brent and Jerry jam.
@Bear78420
10 ай бұрын
I was once caught in traffic for 3 hours after a dead show and all the cars were still beeping to not fade away ☺️
@kevinullsperger1940
10 ай бұрын
Good one!! 😂
@richardwingert2827
6 ай бұрын
We are everywhere 🤪
@robertkramer41
8 ай бұрын
Has our love faded away? We didn't lie.
@gkiferonhs
10 ай бұрын
The Dead and The Allman Brothers Band were both what we called "jam bands". If you were lucky enough to see them live, they were known for carrying on long past the supposed concert time. Other artists would often step in and play a number or two. It is a very family atmosphere.
@johnboydTx
10 ай бұрын
Ripple by the Greatful Dead 🤔 Outstanding philosophical song 👏👏 Always a great show 🥰🕊️✌️❤️
@Ray-b7l
4 ай бұрын
I saw over 100 shows from 1983 thru 1995.This show from july 4th 1989 was one the best during that time.Every song was done to perfection on that night.With this song wrapping it all up.
@jorhanson8583
10 ай бұрын
The cool thing about Dead audiences, if a song like Not Fade Away ended the concert, the crowd would continue singing after the lights came up. At the next concert on the next night, the crowd would start singing Not Fade Away before the concert started, and the band would come on stage and go back into the song like it hadn't even ended.
@glentaylor4238
10 ай бұрын
Buddy Holly song from the mid 50’s-b side of “Oh Boy”45. Rolling Stones did it as well. 10:52
@kevincosta9228
10 ай бұрын
They also used to play "Playin' in the Band" during the first set, all but the last chorus, then segue into the next song. During the second set they would slip the last chorus of "Playing" into the end of another song. I guy I knew went to all their New England shows one year and, I think it was New Hampshire, in the second set comes the last chorus of "Playin". My friend started singing along then thought "Wait, they never played the beginning". At that point he realized they played the beginning of the song in Boston the night before then finished it the next night in New Hampshire. Just a little "gotcha" for the faithful fans.
@GeorgieKid
5 ай бұрын
@@kevincosta9228The GD never actually played in New Hampshire,I was at the show you are talking about,It was at Foxboro Stadium 7/2/89
@kevincosta9228
5 ай бұрын
@@GeorgieKid Cool, thanks for the clarification. I got the story years ago from a former co worker who was also there but I couldn't remember the particulars. I'm surprised they never played in new Hampshire. I know they didn't like playing the old Boston Garden because the acoustics were terrible. I saw them at the Music Hall (which was later restored and renamed the Wang Theater). That building may have the best acoustics of any place I know.
@dfastor9959
3 ай бұрын
@@kevincosta9228I think it was in the summer of 92, I caught about 6 shows of the tour in OH and PA. If memory serves (that’s a big “if”), there 3 non-consecutive shows where they did Dark Star. 1st show = first verse 2nd show with DS = jam 3rd show (and the last of the 6 I attended) = second verse Hearing Dark Star was pretty dang rare. For that tour, they played it once … over 3 random shows. There’s nothing like a GD show.
@jmleyland
10 ай бұрын
Jerry was always improvising. He couldn’t help it! ⚡️ 🌹 💀
@markhodge7
10 ай бұрын
The Dead just always feels good!
@gnarzee4336
10 ай бұрын
Nice! One of my fav Grateful Dead songs/performances. Really shows the fun vibe that was at their concerts. Hell of tour that year.
@janna2245
20 күн бұрын
The joy of the crowd. The music plays the band
@kevinullsperger1940
10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!! My fellow Deadheads will love this!!
@barsandbarbells2022
10 ай бұрын
Rock on!
@iGotTheJuice3
8 ай бұрын
The Grateful Dead is one of the biggest joys in my life!! Also JGB!
@jamesschpeiser4326
3 күн бұрын
J geils?
@MrBedZeppelin
8 ай бұрын
Jerry and Brett just having fun! RIP Boys!
@daveseidnergd
10 ай бұрын
Great version, love the call and response between Jerry and Brent
@timlinj
4 ай бұрын
Synchronicity. We knew when to finish. Then walk outside with everybody’s heart smiling.
@driddels
8 ай бұрын
The audience participation aspect evolved spontaneously over the 1980s. The audience basically inserted themselves into the song, and the band figured out how to roll with it.
@markthompson7983
10 ай бұрын
"Not Fade Away" is a Buddy Holly Song, also done by the Rolling Stones. This is a song they most often played as the last song in the set or as the encore. The back and forth between Jerry(Guitar) and Brent(Keyboard), as well as between the band and the audience is a musical trope known as "Call and Response".
@gregrodriguez5697
3 ай бұрын
I saw them over 50 times..and I'm a rookie,saw them last in 95..then Jerry passed..saw the off shoot bands a few times. Watching this actually brought a tear to my eyes..lot of fun times.
@GuitarGerber
9 ай бұрын
I saw them in Atlanta and they did this as their encore. The crowd sang it so loud and so long, they came out for a second, a cappella encore. One of those incredible moments I’ll always treasure. I got to see them 26 times before Jerry passed, but got to see Dead and Company 52 times! 26 of those were summer 2023. A dream come true!
@michaelosy462
10 ай бұрын
They may have played this song more polished before, but the beauty of the ending takes the cake!
@agunslinger9349
15 күн бұрын
The chant was a regular bonding moment btwn band and audience. They are Directly speaking to each other. Band reminding us that their love for fans won't fade, and they will keep playing for us, and the audience rebuttal expressing same appreciation in reverse, that we so appreciate them performing for us for 3/4 of every year for decades (who else does that but The Dead). The Dead improvised alot, that's why so many versions of the songs were different, had different character, each version on the gree tapes so unique to hear. Nothing, nothing, like a greatful Dead show.
@levibarton9707
4 ай бұрын
The end was magic
@timpafundi6321
3 ай бұрын
Love that Jerry and Brent are doing call and response…Man, I miss this band. So many fun memories…
@RobRager
10 ай бұрын
When you consider this song started out as an approximately 2 1/2 minute Buddy Holly song in 1956….
@DrBoneright
10 ай бұрын
Great review. Deadheads will gladly tell you what their favorite performance of their favorite song was. No two performances were quite the same, some drastically different. Many would pick this one for Not Fade, because of the conversation between Jerry and Brent. Rock on!
@robertfulk5632
10 ай бұрын
Buddy Holly song and a Bo Diddley beat, can't beat it!
@PMichael100
9 ай бұрын
Yes to your question about improvised. These were masters of the art of improvisation.
@wreckingKREW1
10 ай бұрын
You've maybe seen these quotes before,but they really encapsulate the Dead,I think. "They're not the best at what they do,they're the ONLY ones who do what they do",legendary rock promoter Bill Graham. "We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice,but the people who do like licorice,really,really like licorice",Jerry Garcia.
@tenjed4224
10 ай бұрын
The drummers are two of the biggest in the game. Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart have huge set ups that became very upfront in the middle of second sets of most Grateful Dead shows. On their own they are known as the Rythm Devils a comprehensive percussion band you may have heard of without knowing the name as they did most of the non vocal musical accompaniments for the movie: Apocalypse Now. Jerry, Phil and Mickey also created many of the musical sounds, through midi, heard on tracks today, from all types of artists.
@jackofroses111
Ай бұрын
I've been their when the boys would walk off stage and we kept the chant going for 10+ minutes. ("That guy on the keys" is Brent Mydland.)
@thomfont8594
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kaleidoscope througha "hundred years" of cultural music
@bobcorbin3294
10 ай бұрын
Jim Ursay owner of the Indianapolis Colts now owns Jerry's Tiger Guitar.
@Rick-or2kq
8 ай бұрын
I knew it sold for $1 million but not who bought it, thanks!
@joshb23
9 ай бұрын
Sadly we lost Brent the following year, but this was my era for seeing them live. When they'd hit that hard stop after a raucous jam and all come in MY LOVE IS BIGGER THAN A CADILLAC!!! Man, nothing like it... Long Live the Dead (Also, don't forget to give Phil some love on that bass - always living in The Phil Zone!)
@jamesschpeiser4326
3 күн бұрын
Hot Rod Lincoln commander cody
@jchurchster
6 ай бұрын
Saw you guys smile!
@JonathanDickson-w2g
4 ай бұрын
Miss both of them very much and all the people I had in my life at this time now everyone is gone 😢
@rickc661
10 ай бұрын
an old Buddy Holly classic - like 1957 or so..... the Dead of course were particularly noted for turning 3 min tunes into 12 min riff alongs. Or great ' mood pieces' on occasion. (turn the lights down,. way down ) ps the best example of that ( Utube video ) is ' Morning Dew' from the '74 Dead movie. song inspired by the old flick ' on the Beach' which'll rock yer brain.written by Canadian B Dobson. not on Utube as a video, but my fave even more than Hendrix or Allman's - from the 3 LP disc ' Europe 72'. about 25 min combine ' Prelude & M.D. '' so great. to me. enough of that. oh, have Ya watched the ' Woodstock ' movie
@lisarainbow9703
9 ай бұрын
I was there that night!!! Alpine Valley shows were some of the greatest...🎶✌
@timlinj
4 ай бұрын
Leaving a Dead show after “NFA” into the lot , stumbling happy through the Lot with nothing but smiling faces and shining eyes. Then to find some watermelon and cold water ❤ transcendental. Yes. I’m a 70 year old retired navy submarine fella.
@PeterSwift-pd2xf
2 ай бұрын
Yes 2 drummers, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman. Allman Brothers also used 2 drummers, Jaime and Butch Trucks
@robertkramer41
8 ай бұрын
I'm Grateful I got invited in 92 but I wish it had been sooner. Brent was awesome!
@BuckeyeByBirth
9 ай бұрын
Iko Iko is a fun jam by them... check it out
@SalAvenueNJ
6 ай бұрын
I was at this show. I've always loved the $hit eating grins on Jerry and Brents' faces while they were trading licks.
@GeorgieKid
5 ай бұрын
Proud to say I was at this show and I remember this clearly,,,I was 18 yrs old in 89 and we just thumbed from the Foxboro show on 7/2 after breaking down on the road..We earned THIS show and I’m so glad we pushed on because out of about 150 Dead and JGB shows I saw this is way up on the list ❤️NFA-GD4LIFE
@douglondoner7360
6 ай бұрын
long live buddy!
@regularsizeruss3874
7 ай бұрын
I was at that show. General admission ticket prices went up to $27 that year I believe, we were incensed! God do I miss those days.
@gaba8934
7 ай бұрын
They always had the best sound systems and played loud, really good and loud but never off.
@paulprendergast3184
10 ай бұрын
Buffalo July 4th 1989 I think. If so, I was there. Was a great show
@dscotthoward7467
10 ай бұрын
Tiger was Jerry Garcia's main guitar from 1979 to 1989. It was designed and built by Sonoma County luthier Doug Irwin.
@squidkid2
8 ай бұрын
Gerry Garcia is a mad genius of a guitar player. He is an endless fountain of lyrical ideas. I didn't get this when I first started listening to him but the more I listened to his playing the more I came to realize how amazing he really is. This is a cover of a classic Buddy Holly song.
@FrankPeters-i1o
6 ай бұрын
every time they played a song it was different. I heard nfa several times and evey one was different. It was the greatest show around
@mattCap42
15 күн бұрын
If you guys loved the organ/guitar interplay check out Chinacat Sunflower from Giants Stadium 1991 with Bruce Hornsby sitting in with The Dead. AMAZING!
@brianholly3555
7 ай бұрын
Great song. The Stones also covered it. Love is love/ Not fade away.
@thelatenightbar
9 ай бұрын
In my humble opinion if you want to check out Not Fade Away and Goin' down the road feeling bad... the version from the Skull & Roses album is the absolute best.
@barbarascotto3873
9 ай бұрын
"The guy on the keys" is Brent Mydland.
@kevinmcconnell3641
6 ай бұрын
My son, born in 1977, worked in a car wash in the late 1990’s, he said “dad I’ve driven every car on the road, and Cadillacs are the best. It’s what he drives. Always used, around 10yrs when he buys them. He heard his dad when I said “the biggest waste of money is new cars and square foot of living space. Why heat and cool 2500sf when you only live in 1000sf. We lived in both, the 2700’ had three rooms that we never used. Still had to vacuum and dust them. And heat and cool them. Dead concerts were never less than four hours!
@oldstudent2587
8 ай бұрын
Little bit of a tribute version. During the ending, Phil Lesh puts in licks from "Turn On Your Lovelight" a song that the deceased band member Pig Pen used to do.
@AbeBSea
4 ай бұрын
In Deadbase '90, there are photos of the band throughout the year. I thought Jerry looked particularly depressed in the second half.
@chipjones817
10 ай бұрын
That guitar's name is TIGER one of Jerry's favorites....also this is a cover of Buddy Holly's song. I always liked the response of the crowd on this song, happens every time
@ronreynolds1610
10 ай бұрын
...and those interested in 50's Rock go listen to Buddy Holly's version and enjoy how the song evolves to this version ....
@HXERkYJclMcKLAWwQW
8 ай бұрын
Brent was an incredible keyboardist, such a shame . Knew him since HS - many a good time with Brent .
@edwardrutledge2765
9 ай бұрын
My late brother-in-law misplaced a son from his first marriage to GD worldwide following. Great live play band.
@jimroemer8085
6 ай бұрын
What a killer NFA
@dudleyriggs4710
4 ай бұрын
everything is improvised with the Dead, if you like the dueling of Jerry with the Hammond sound (Brent) , check out JGB 92 Halloween with Melvin Seal, 'ain't no bread in the bread box', amazing amazing version!!! Melvin and Jerry take it to the stratosphere and then keep going!
@chriselam5581
8 ай бұрын
Imagine being there
@hankc1208
2 ай бұрын
about 1/3 of the concerts were covers dylan chuck berry the various country songs
@mamaflush9945
10 ай бұрын
Grateful Dead 🧟♀💀❤🔥 Here's another song by the GD, if interested. "Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider (5/3/72)" (by the channel: LongStrangeTrip710) --This song is a psychedelic song, written by Robert Hunter and composed by Jerry Garcia. The song lyrics are not meant to have a clear meaning, but rather to evoke images and sensations. The song symbolizes life, mortality and hope this is reflected in the light notes. This one is one of my personal favorites.
@christopherhuot2826
10 ай бұрын
Paying homage to the late great BUDDY HOLLY 😅😊
@billlazar6648
3 ай бұрын
Just a note....NFA usually closed a show---u mentioned that above; From the bands point of view-this was the last chance after the whole night of playing for the audience......this the chance musically to push the accelerator down.
@philbrann1589
8 ай бұрын
Sorry... I'm late to this party, but you should listen to Not Fade Away from 9/3/77... just to compare and contrast.... not better.... but different... then you'll know how much it's improvised.
@mohammedguketlov5619
8 ай бұрын
I was at that show that not fade away was unbelievable
@bartmay9560
7 ай бұрын
The greatest band ever
@Cheryworld
8 ай бұрын
Great cover of Buddy Holly song. You heard about his 1959 plane crash in American Pie. Not Fade Away is covered by others. there is a greate youtube video clip from a 1964 TV show in which The Rolling Stones cover it, theyare sooo young, 60 years ago. The girls from the crowd and their reaction is priceless
@user-1b2g
5 ай бұрын
We were all soooo young 60 years ago ... 😂
@paulocarvalho6480
10 ай бұрын
If I'm not mistaken, that was Vince Welnick, formerly from The Tubes playing the keyboards. Amazing musician gone too soon. RIP Vince, delight the heavens with your talent.
@bobschenkel7921
10 ай бұрын
Nope, Brent Mydland. Vince joined up in 1990, after Brent passed.
@paulocarvalho6480
10 ай бұрын
@@bobschenkel7921 I honestly don't know anything about this band other than Vince was part of it. I was a Tubes fan back in my teens and read in some magazine he had left. I stand corrected.😁
@bobschenkel7921
10 ай бұрын
The Tubes were a really cool band, and Vince was a big part of that, and he helped out The Dead when Brent OD'd.@@paulocarvalho6480
@joecarcione6636
10 ай бұрын
A Buddy Holly cover. The Rolling Stones also covered this classic and released it as their first single in the US in 1964...
@dmedmedme
9 ай бұрын
Their concerts were always a good time to "Let Loose" and loose everyone was.
@gregepperson1793
3 ай бұрын
The world has the Beatles Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, U2 and other A-list performers of all time… Elvis Michael Jackson. The list goes on and on, but they all take a backseat to the motherfucking Grateful Dead!
@jamesschpeiser4326
3 күн бұрын
I was listening to Winter with Mick Taylor. Never performed live. Goats head soup. Kind of a morning dew vibe
@frankgarcia1
9 ай бұрын
I was there. It was all improvised.
@bradfordbuckley6485
8 ай бұрын
These people have been to many shows and seen this before!
@Renovion
10 ай бұрын
If my memory serves, this is actually a song from Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
@JonBlier
5 ай бұрын
The omnipotent Grateful Dead
@alanneel1369
10 ай бұрын
great buddy holly cover
@JasonMccoubrey-qp9pn
6 ай бұрын
This is exactly why the Grateful Dead is the greatest Band ever.Jerry Garcia is God's favorite Guitar 🎸 player.
@thesecretjewishspacelaser9959
10 ай бұрын
Tried to comment earlier but looks like it didn’t make it through. Thank you so much for starting to dive into the Dead. Most commenters take some time before getting into the live performances, where the meat is. I’m hoping you will consider another classic track from the same year as this show. Much of the Dead’s magic happens as they transition from one song to the other (the arrow). Please try China Cat Sunflower -->>> I know you Rider from Alpine Valley. I know you’ll get a kick out of the Jerry/Brent “conversations” on this one. At one point I’m pretty sure they are silently laughing at Bobby Weir’s short shorts. kzitem.info/news/bejne/tH9-vY2egKp3gWksi=DFxbek9QMPaVQdO7
@seriousfun3425
5 ай бұрын
Good Lord. this is one of the first rock and roll songs. BUDDY HOLLY. These people have no business talking about rodk.
@PCH847
4 ай бұрын
They gotta learn sometime.
@rods6741
2 ай бұрын
That's a little harsh
@samuellord8576
10 ай бұрын
Right, it’s only the most famous (and most covered) song in rock and roll. Its awesome riff came first as a variation of the Bo Diddley Beat, listen to his “Mona”, the biggest rocking song in the whole genre.
@robertkramer41
8 ай бұрын
Do BLOW Away, JFK 7/7/87 Brent just goes off. He's a wreck, his marriage is in shambles, he's a mess but my God he delivers...Pig Pen was smiling. What a moment. I hvto watch it again
@christianleeabracadabraaci4526
4 ай бұрын
Anthem of the sun is their best album
@davidgehoski1306
21 күн бұрын
Listen to Buddy Holly's version. You will understand Brent Hyland and Jerry having fun.
@creampuffwar4457
10 ай бұрын
You guys don’t know that the dead improvises all of its instrumental parts? Really?
@harlanginsberg7269
10 ай бұрын
It's the Grateful Dead. It was improvised. They never do the same thing twice.
@PatrickONeal-iz3km
10 ай бұрын
I think you should do a song by Grand Funk Railroad called "Some Kind of Wonderful", they're another three man band I believe you would enjoy.
@shawntosh-w4n
2 ай бұрын
There was nothing! Nothing. Like the shows from 79- 92 Dead shows were an awakening. Glad your hearing it. But really you have no idea .Had to live it
@fcorso1313
6 ай бұрын
"I don't know how much of that was improvised"? 95% of everything the Dead did was improvised. You could hear a song, then a year later at another show hear the same song, but it's played completely different. They were masters at just letting the music take them where it wanted to go. As the lyrics to their song "the music never stopped" they sing the music played the band.
@Buddha-of8fk
5 ай бұрын
I miss the Dead, the world has been a bit out of whack since Jerry boogied into space.
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