yep i was there. it was 7/23/95. i just celebrated the 32 year anniversary of it last night. everything was so in tune for me last night. just like 32 years ago.
June 30 1995 at 3 rivers stadium in Pittsburgh was my last show. Who knew 40 days later the Captain would cross over. August 9 1995 is the day the music died. Life hasn't been the same RIP Jerry every show was a miracle.
People who went to these shows: "Once in a life-time change to see the Grateful Dead again!" Deadheads who didn't: "Grateful Dead ended in 1995 when Jerry died" Old School Deadheads: "Grateful Dead stopped when Touch of Grey came out." Real Old School Deadheads: "Grateful Dead stopped when Pigpen died in 1973." Me: I enjoy it all, so Deal. That about sums up the complaints in the comments about the band.
I was there, in Chicago, just as I was at 47 other Grateful Dead shows when Jerry was alive. (and dozens of other post - Jerry configurations) -- And I can say: first of all, they let the media call it the Grateful Dead, a bit, but THEY didn't call it that, and it wasn't on the tickets, etc. .... Just "Fare thee Well". Moreover, if you weren't there, you missed out on a wonderful time, that was AS CLOSE to the actual experience as anything has been that I've been to since Jerry died. And then, we are reminded: It was, is, and will be about THIS MOMENT and the Music. Regardless of what the haters say.
Saw them 8 times. 1st Fillmore East September 1969 right after Woodstock. They had not given a great show at the Fabled Music Festival and so they actually did not headline the evening if I remember correctly, Country Joe and The Fish who had performed brilliantly at Woodstock did. Every evening after that they either headlined or had the whole evening to themselves and would do an acoustic set, then Jerry would sit in with The New Riders of the Purple Sage on pedal steel, and then Grateful Dead would finish the evening with an electric set. It seems Grateful Dead learned from bands like the Allman Brothers Band who I believe told The Dead: "you guys are great, you just need to tighten it up just a tad." They did. Their jams became more interesting and more based on the song structure of the particular tune they were playing and also benefited greatly from the new found collaboration between Robert Hunter and Jerry.
@@Yoseman1 Your comment is truly one of the all-time best responses to one of mine ever. After I read it all I did was: "Smile, Smile, Smile." So let me plead my case. In 1970 I moved from a thriving metropolitan area just outside of New York City to just outside of Orlando. Orlando, FL was a small town then, Disney was just breaking ground. I was attending a small liberal arts college named Rollins in Winter Park. My parents had put the vise grip on me: that if I did not study Pre-Med and get accepted at a medical school, they would not pay for my education and they would have nothing more to do with me. I must have lost my cahunas because I caved and pretty much stopped going to concerts for the next 6 years. Finally, after failing to get accepted at a medical school I accepted the fact that my family was dead to me and started to live again. But they had pretty much disowned me, and I had to work like a dog to get caught up on life. And I was living in Florida with only a limited opportunity to see Grateful Dead. I saw them in '78 at Curtis Hixon Hall and then again in 1985 at the performance hall at USF. That was the last time I saw them.
Easily the MVP of the 1995 shows. I’ve revisited them over the last week and was surprised how in the pocket he was, and how much tighter they sounded.
I just found my Husband in the crowd! He is the guy in the tye dye in my icon. I borrowed his photo. He was front row and second row all 3 nights. This was great!
He did play alone...with JGB and even as a long time head... The Jerry Garcia.Band sounded waaaayyy better than the dead ever could. RIP Jerry and RIP John Tutt
Nobody cares shitkicker. Though, it's nice to not see you trolling for once...even though it was 6 months ago. Go waive your racist 2nd place flag somewhere else.
what's important is the music and art or Cutler lives on and phish is a great band to carry on that dream .don't be negative or scared.the dead traveled for a long time .they wanted the dream to become eternal Gerry Garcia's funky groove music will not fade away.peace you hippies.high gate Vermont forever
Absolutely, it's like that with a lot of bands, for example the Who stopped when Keith Moon died, Jefferson Airplane when Hot Tuna was formed, On the Other hand some bands can still stay "the band", like the Stones or even Little Feat after Lowell George died. Or even Genesis, for the first three or four albums.
Relax Brother, "when you get confused: LISTEN TO MUSIC PLAY!" How can we resist the "HUMANITY" and "FREEDOM"… is/ was/ will be…don't just think ABOUT JERRY think LIKE JERRY.
Exactly. No disrespect to the rest of the band, which was "Grateful Dead-ish" a couple of times after Jerry passed, but I gave up "Beating a Dead horse" a long time ago. Nothing was ever even close to the same after "He's Gone". And nothing's gonna bring him back. When I told my good tour bro Tyler (veteran of 13 VW bus engines since the 70's or what ever it was to entail 13 bus engines...) the morning that we found out about Jerry, I woke him up down the street from my house sleeping in the good old bus, and I told him the news, and he said, "YES!!! Now we can get on with our lives!!
Trey was a perfect frontman for this. His voice has a very similar tone to Jerry's at times and his guitar playing is very similar to Jerry's and his guitar tone is the same warm cozy feel of Jerry's overall just a great pic probably should have brought him into dead and co instead of that other guy
I realize I'm beating a dead horse here, nyuk nyuk, and have an incredibly unpopular viewpoint. But THINK about it----If they REALLY wanted to honor the legacy and history of the actual Grateful Dead....they should have (and COULD have) played the Polo Field in GG Park for FREE and broadcast it on any number of media outlets. THEN went and cashed in in Chicago or wherever else. Think about THAT
Moses will make his last appearance this month. Its the right thing to do. (Bring your credit card, large donations required.) Announcer was born yesterday- as were todays "heads". Comparing fine crystal to cheap glass is a waste of time, and it upsets everyone who is stuck with glass.
Sorry, it wasn't the Grateful Dead. No Jerry, no Grateful Dead. This was "The Dead" I honestly would love a holograms Jerry and the rest of the band before it's too late. There is so much Jerry vocals and guitar playing why not ? What a perfect band to do it !! The were called The Grateful Dead!!!!!!
When they started gigging with John Mayer, I tuned out any of the “new” shows for good. The live archives are more than sufficient to keep me occupied whilst on a long drive.
@@brandonvalentine2555 I can’t with Mayer. In fact, the only reason I ever gave him a chance in the first place is because I thought “No Such Thing” was a new single by Go West. He just doesn’t do it for me at all.
I guess what you could do, JasonSmith, is what the alleged "Grateful Dead" want you to. You can spend almost 200 bucks to buy the full 3 show Chicago dvd set they're putting out. Ooooh, in limited edition, how elitist. Great way to artificially inflate the price as well. Anyone else remember "misfit power" What I find so heartbreaking and disgusting is what it's turned into. If there was ever any doubt, these Fare Thee Well shows have confirmed and solidified it. They might as well have changed it to "rich, elitist, privileged power" Because that's what you have to be to have attended these shows, and support them as a band. It's turned into the complete anti-thesis of what they represented and supported- the disenfranchised and economically disadvantaged. The unattractive misfits who don't fit into the norm. The ones who weren't dealt the same privileged hands others were. The ugly ones with unpopular opinions. Not the pretty boy jocks and cheerleaders types with money and privilege. Yep- that's what they've changed "misfit power" into.... "rich, elitist, privileged power". "Do something for the fans" ? "The right thing to do " Hardly. How about having the shows streamed for free ? How about having it on the radio (as changed as that is, it could have happened) for free ? Or here's a revolutionary idea----how about playing in the park for free ? The Polo Field can accommodate 100k easily. The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest has been doing for free for many many years. For.......free.
It is this way with many bands that used to have ideals. Concert tickets are three-figures, if you have $5,000 you can get an "experience" where you get to go backstage, eat a sandwich and get a photo op with the celebs. If your looking for ideals rock music is not the place.
Duped! Deceiving people into thinking this was their last opportunity to see the survivors playing together. It's all about the money at this point. These shows were merely a reenactment of something that ONCE was. Gee Lester, if you close your eyes, you can pretend that's Jerry up there on stage!"
I'm sorry but this is.....just.....NOT...the GRATEFUL DEAD....I'm just appalled and disgusted every time I see these shows billed as The Grateful Dead. The LAST Grateful Dead shows were in July of 1995. JUST ACCEPT IT PEOPLE.....geezus ! The 'core four' have played together many many times since Garcia's death under monikers like The Dead, and The Other Ones. They've played with Trey many many times since Garcia's death. It's over. It's been over for 20 years. Get over it. Accept it. The Grateful Dead played it's last gig over 20 years ago. I guess you could say what's in a name....well, apparently millions and millions and MILLIONS of dollars
Anthony Phillips Why did the Dead die in 95, but not in 72, then again in 79, then in 90? I mean if you wanna talk about how they're billed as the "Grateful Dead" incorrectly - which they're not, they're called "Fare Thee Well", then you should consider that they went under that name even after founding member Ron died, but that's different cause he's not as iconic or important as Jerry? I think that's bullshit. If they could go on after all the keyboardists deaths as GD, then they can surly call themselves GD after Jerry. It's their band afterall, they can call themselves whatever the want.
Nikola Stancevic Yeah I suppose there's some valid arguments there. But it's comparing apples to oranges. None of the keyboardists were architects of their sound nor founding members. Fair argument with Ron, but when McKernan died, they were still in the first few years of their existence, he performed with them for only the first 6 years. They hadn't even come close to fully establishing their legacy. And they had SO much more going on than Pigpen's raps. He wasn't even onstage half the time, and at best was a rudimentary instrumentalist. . He was not a part of what was known or became known as their signature jam or sound or approach. He was a straight ahead 4/4 bluesman who hated LSD. I'm not negating his contributions or trying to put him down, he was clearly a major part of their initial success. I just think no matter how you look at it , comparing the lack of Garcia to the lack of McKernan or any of the keyboardists does not understand the legacy or importance of what they were. Apples....and oranges. Some figures loom so large in the actual music, the history, the legacy, and band's identity it becomes an insult and travesty to call the band the same without them. Just my asshole opinion. I saw the legitimate GD just over 100 times, saw Garcia solo over 40 times, saw the Dead, The Other Ones, Lesh and Friends, and Furthur dozens of times, have 1000s upon 1000s of hours of tapes and cds (I've had many people tell me my GD and JGB collection is one of the most impressive they've ever seen) ,and I'm an accomplished musician myself who's recorded studio albums and played 100s of live gigs. Not tooting my own horn, just letting you know I feel I'm pretty well qualified to comment on it.
Nikola Stancevic Actually the shows WERE billed as The Grateful Dead. Check the tickets and the merch and all the labeling. "Fare The Well" was the name or title of the group of shows or concerts. Kind of like in the old days when they'd give a group of shows a moniker like "A Dance Concert With..." or "A Chinese New Years Celebration"
Anthony Phillips Well, actually McKernan was obviously a founding member, but he wasn't "really" a keyboardist. He didn't actually play most of the keys on the first album, and hardly played keys live either. His role, identity, and contribution was almost entirely as a blues frontman for the straight ahead blues numbers. That's why they got Constanten.
When Jerry Garcia passed away, the remaining members released a statement that the band was no more - there could be no Grateful Dead without Jerry. Funny how GREED makes people toss their principles in the trash heap. These three shows were nothing more than a Sell Out. Ka-Ching! Now, I'm not saying Mr. Weir can't perform with Bobby and the Midnights, etc. etc. but the Grateful Dead now exist on vinyl and digital media only. And it should have stayed that way. Did The Doors go out on tour after Jim Morrison died?
For the 'surviving members" to sell tickets under ANY moniker such as "The Dead" or "The Other Ones" or anything that has a tie-in to "The Grateful Dead" is simply a Sell-Out and a betrayal of the pronouncement that was made at the time of Jerry's death. And if anyone thinks this was the 'last time' they'll do it, you're ignorant of human nature. When their accountants tell them they're down to their last $10 Million or so, they'll announce yet another 'reunion tour" because, you know, it's all about the fans!
At one time, I thought that the Grateful Dead was an important part of my very young life in the San Francisco area and as I toured the US coast to coast. Still young, I quickly saw that it was not all that and I got out by the grace of God. It was a combination of the times being the sexual revolution with devastation caused by all the drugs that people that would take and were actually given to the audience by members of the band. Dead heads would bring their infants and toddlers to shows and force pot smoke in their little lungs. Dead-heads were like a cult; a religion so to speak. A very unhealthy and dark religion. A great many of dead heads ruined their lives and their families. The band was and still appears to be a group of self serving rock stars. At least Kreutzmann was willing to admit that drugs were bad for the band but I was disappointed that he was so clueless to leave out that it was really bad for the fans. Many dead-heads died very young and while chasing a fake utopia called the Grateful Dead. Moral of the story: Don' ever idolize anyone for any reason and don't follow them down that dark lonely road to nowhere. Stay on the straight and narrow, find a great career and work hard and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Be grateful to God but not the dead because there is a real living God who loves you. Peace
...and a LOT of those VW microbusses festooned with psychedelic art work were eventually crushed and shipped to Japan to come back as Toyota Camry's! For the Dead Heads who survived and didn't have their brains totally baked, my hat's off to them. For the burnout's - and there had to be thousands - my LIMITED sympathies.
The untold truth of dead tour. Woodstock, despite popular consensus, was a humanitarian disaster with drug ODs, sexual assaults, rapes all played out to hippie anthems.
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The last Grateful Dead show was in 1995.
Exactly. Call it The Dead, Dead & Co whatever you want. But the Grateful Dead ceased to be as of 8/9/95.
Just as the last “Led Zeppelin” show was in July, 1980. Live Aid, Atlantic 40th, and O2 don’t count.
yep i was there. it was 7/23/95. i just celebrated the 32 year anniversary of it last night. everything was so in tune for me last night. just like 32 years ago.
I saw the Dead at Soldier Field in 94... They had this guitarist named Jerry as I recall.
@Burr Anderson
Do what?
@Burr Anderson not even close.
June 30 1995 at 3 rivers stadium in Pittsburgh was my last show. Who knew 40 days later the Captain would cross over. August 9 1995 is the day the music died. Life hasn't been the same RIP Jerry every show was a miracle.
the music hasnt died. in fact the music never stopped. the scene is more alive than it ever has been. jerrys death has not been in vain.
People who went to these shows: "Once in a life-time change to see the Grateful Dead again!"
Deadheads who didn't: "Grateful Dead ended in 1995 when Jerry died"
Old School Deadheads: "Grateful Dead stopped when Touch of Grey came out."
Real Old School Deadheads: "Grateful Dead stopped when Pigpen died in 1973."
Me: I enjoy it all, so Deal.
That about sums up the complaints in the comments about the band.
Final dead show 7/9/95
firstube
My birthday. I was in India at that moment. Very appropriate.😁🦄
I was there, in Chicago, just as I was at 47 other Grateful Dead shows when Jerry was alive. (and dozens of other post - Jerry configurations) -- And I can say: first of all, they let the media call it the Grateful Dead, a bit, but THEY didn't call it that, and it wasn't on the tickets, etc. .... Just "Fare thee Well". Moreover, if you weren't there, you missed out on a wonderful time, that was AS CLOSE to the actual experience as anything has been that I've been to since Jerry died. And then, we are reminded: It was, is, and will be about THIS MOMENT and the Music. Regardless of what the haters say.
Saw them 8 times. 1st Fillmore East September 1969 right after Woodstock. They had not given a great show at the Fabled Music Festival and so they actually did not headline the evening if I remember correctly, Country Joe and The Fish who had performed brilliantly at Woodstock did. Every evening after that they either headlined or had the whole evening to themselves and would do an acoustic set, then Jerry would sit in with The New Riders of the Purple Sage on pedal steel, and then Grateful Dead would finish the evening with an electric set. It seems Grateful Dead learned from bands like the Allman Brothers Band who I believe told The Dead: "you guys are great, you just need to tighten it up just a tad." They did. Their jams became more interesting and more based on the song structure of the particular tune they were playing and also benefited greatly from the new found collaboration between Robert Hunter and Jerry.
You saw them in '69, and then only 7 more times?
@@Yoseman1 Your comment is truly one of the all-time best responses to one of mine ever. After I read it all I did was: "Smile, Smile, Smile." So let me plead my case. In 1970 I moved from a thriving metropolitan area just outside of New York City to just outside of Orlando. Orlando, FL was a small town then, Disney was just breaking ground. I was attending a small liberal arts college named Rollins in Winter Park. My parents had put the vise grip on me: that if I did not study Pre-Med and get accepted at a medical school, they would not pay for my education and they would have nothing more to do with me. I must have lost my cahunas because I caved and pretty much stopped going to concerts for the next 6 years. Finally, after failing to get accepted at a medical school I accepted the fact that my family was dead to me and started to live again. But they had pretty much disowned me, and I had to work like a dog to get caught up on life. And I was living in Florida with only a limited opportunity to see Grateful Dead. I saw them in '78 at Curtis Hixon Hall and then again in 1985 at the performance hall at USF. That was the last time I saw them.
Godbless Billy K,,
What a soldier,,,,what a trooper,,,,
The backbone of The Dead,,,,
Easily the MVP of the 1995 shows. I’ve revisited them over the last week and was surprised how in the pocket he was, and how much tighter they sounded.
Jerry & I were 1 year apart. Glad I went to
so many Local Shows!
I just found my Husband in the crowd! He is the guy in the tye dye in my icon. I borrowed his photo. He was front row and second row all 3 nights. This was great!
Be somewhere and celebrate your existence.
Every time their albums spin round....bound to hear just a little more sound.
Perfect, The Wheel !!!❤
What can you say! But shed a tear!!!
I love how everyone is disrespecting the other band members by saying jerry is grateful dead, why didn't he play alone then?
Jerry had two other bands
He did Jerry acoustic
He did play alone...with JGB and even as a long time head...
The Jerry Garcia.Band sounded waaaayyy better than the dead ever could. RIP Jerry and RIP John Tutt
the last grateful dead show was there july 23 1995. i was there.
Did you also cry about liberals and how daddy trump will be reinstated lol trumptard
Nobody cares shitkicker. Though, it's nice to not see you trolling for once...even though it was 6 months ago. Go waive your racist 2nd place flag somewhere else.
Well, I guess someone has to like 2nd place in a two man race...why not have it be a redneck welfare recipient who complains about welfare.
@@Yoseman1 idk. Go ask your mom.
@@yourmomma2995 your not a dead head just a wannabe
what's important is the music and art or Cutler lives on and phish is a great band to carry on that dream .don't be negative or scared.the dead traveled for a long time .they wanted the dream to become eternal Gerry Garcia's funky groove music will not fade away.peace you hippies.high gate Vermont forever
little big man Jerry !
THE 👏 GRATEFUL 👏 DEAD 👏 ENDED 👏IN👏 1995👏WHEN👏 JERRY👏 GARCIA👏 PASSED 👏 AWAY
This is not the Grateful Dead. That band ceased to exist in August, 1995. It's shocking how few people understand that.
Absolutely, it's like that with a lot of bands, for example the Who stopped when Keith Moon died, Jefferson Airplane when Hot Tuna was formed, On the Other hand some bands can still stay "the band", like the Stones or even Little Feat after Lowell George died. Or even Genesis, for the first three or four albums.
The Dead without Jerry isn't Grateful Dead anymore
Little Feat without Lowell isn't Little Feat
Yeah, but they got 70,000 idiots to buy tickets, right? Ka-Ching!
cnedwick
AGREED😀👽
Damn sad but..... true.
and I was there, jamming out!
holographicjay so?
What I recall was the stage had 2 full set 🥁 on stage.
Will miss the redish ball cap..Would love to get it..DREAM
"The 60's ain't over until the fat lady gets high!" - - Ken Kesey
The Grateful Dead ceased to exist on August 9, 1995. If you disagree, you are wrong. This isnt an opinion, its a fact.
yep just like now if you go to see a show your are seeing "john mayer plays the music of The Grateful Dead" it's nothing like it use to be.
@Burr Anderson some poser
No Jerry = no Grateful Dead
Relax Brother, "when you get confused: LISTEN TO MUSIC PLAY!" How can we resist the "HUMANITY" and "FREEDOM"… is/ was/ will be…don't just think ABOUT JERRY think LIKE JERRY.
Exactly. No disrespect to the rest of the band, which was "Grateful Dead-ish" a couple of times after Jerry passed, but I gave up "Beating a Dead horse" a long time ago. Nothing was ever even close to the same after "He's Gone". And nothing's gonna bring him back. When I told my good tour bro Tyler (veteran of 13 VW bus engines since the 70's or what ever it was to entail 13 bus engines...) the morning that we found out about Jerry, I woke him up down the street from my house sleeping in the good old bus, and I told him the news, and he said, "YES!!! Now we can get on with our lives!!
Trey was a perfect frontman for this. His voice has a very similar tone to Jerry's at times and his guitar playing is very similar to Jerry's and his guitar tone is the same warm cozy feel of Jerry's overall just a great pic probably should have brought him into dead and co instead of that other guy
I knew they’d never truly be done. Dead & Company is still going strong! It’s a shame that Phil isn’t a part of it, but his health isn’t that great.
I realize I'm beating a dead horse here, nyuk nyuk, and have an incredibly unpopular viewpoint. But THINK about it----If they REALLY wanted to honor the legacy and history of the actual Grateful Dead....they should have (and COULD have) played the Polo Field in GG Park for FREE and broadcast it on any number of media outlets. THEN went and cashed in in Chicago or wherever else. Think about THAT
Anthony Phillips and....
Anthony Phillips
No thanks 😎
Ain’t nothing free, son
Cool!!!
So, they were still the Grateful Dead after Jerry left, but they weren't the Grateful Dead after Phil left the band?
Bill isn’t 69. Sorry. I went to school with him. But he looks great even if he’s a few years older. Kreutz, you still have it! Keep it going, honey!
Look at Phil looking good
live...love...twirl...just listen to the music ply (if you have the capacity to Let It Grow!)...Sat Nam
I missed this. Thank God it finally ended. Bye.
Billy walking along the same walls he warned us never to jump from. Anyone remember why???
my mom was at this concert
Moses will make his last appearance this month. Its the right thing to do. (Bring your credit card, large donations required.)
Announcer was born yesterday- as were todays "heads".
Comparing fine crystal to cheap glass is a waste of time, and it upsets everyone who is stuck with glass.
good trip, i assume?
Sorry, it wasn't the Grateful Dead. No Jerry, no Grateful Dead. This was "The Dead" I honestly would love a holograms Jerry and the rest of the band before it's too late. There is so much Jerry vocals and guitar playing why not ? What a perfect band to do it !! The were called The Grateful Dead!!!!!!
Not sure whether to be sad or angry ...A great band reduced to this
Rule #1 in analyzing human behavior: Follow the Money! [or whatever other tokens of power and wealth a society uses in place of modern currency.]
I assume that is what every Deadhead said throughout the entire 1994 and 1995 tours too.
@@GregAllenF1
Lesh is on record as saying he thought the band had lost the magic by then. Closer to the beginning of the decade, in fact.
I was trying to find Jerry. Ohhh...
"one last time"
Which typically means “see you next time” nowadays
Nice they just don’t want to let go cannot say I do not blame them
That’s not the Grateful Dead
GDP is just a fine money making machine at this point....
Cringeworthy comment from the news anchor at the end of the video
Jerry and Robert. The rest were sidekicks.
Exactly
Without Jerry Garcia, It wasn’t the Grateful Dead. It was the four surviving members. Get your facts straight.
And then dead and company became a thing
When they started gigging with John Mayer, I tuned out any of the “new” shows for good. The live archives are more than sufficient to keep me occupied whilst on a long drive.
@@Fakename70 you should give Mayer a chance. I think he does very well at playing with Dead and Co. its not the Grateful Dead but its damn good music.
@@brandonvalentine2555
I can’t with Mayer. In fact, the only reason I ever gave him a chance in the first place is because I thought “No Such Thing” was a new single by Go West. He just doesn’t do it for me at all.
At least they thougt
The last Grateful Dead show had 4 for $5 balloons at shakedown...this is misinformation.
I guess what you could do, JasonSmith, is what the alleged "Grateful Dead" want you to. You can spend almost 200 bucks to buy the full 3 show Chicago dvd set they're putting out. Ooooh, in limited edition, how elitist. Great way to artificially inflate the price as well. Anyone else remember "misfit power" What I find so heartbreaking and disgusting is what it's turned into. If there was ever any doubt, these Fare Thee Well shows have confirmed and solidified it. They might as well have changed it to "rich, elitist, privileged power" Because that's what you have to be to have attended these shows, and support them as a band. It's turned into the complete anti-thesis of what they represented and supported- the disenfranchised and economically disadvantaged. The unattractive misfits who don't fit into the norm. The ones who weren't dealt the same privileged hands others were. The ugly ones with unpopular opinions. Not the pretty boy jocks and cheerleaders types with money and privilege. Yep- that's what they've changed "misfit power" into.... "rich, elitist, privileged power". "Do something for the fans" ? "The right thing to do " Hardly. How about having the shows streamed for free ? How about having it on the radio (as changed as that is, it could have happened) for free ? Or here's a revolutionary idea----how about playing in the park for free ? The Polo Field can accommodate 100k easily. The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest has been doing for free for many many years. For.......free.
I think I was on the CD im not sure
It is this way with many bands that used to have ideals. Concert tickets are three-figures, if you have $5,000 you can get an "experience" where you get to go backstage, eat a sandwich and get a photo op with the celebs. If your looking for ideals rock music is not the place.
Then they kept playing until 2023 lol (without Phil and without Bill in 23)
Duped! Deceiving people into thinking this was their last opportunity to see the survivors playing together. It's all about the money at this point. These shows were merely a reenactment of something that ONCE was. Gee Lester, if you close your eyes, you can pretend that's Jerry up there on stage!"
blah blah
not even close. Trey ain't no Jerry. he was just the "hired help".
I'm sorry but this is.....just.....NOT...the GRATEFUL DEAD....I'm just appalled and disgusted every time I see these shows billed as The Grateful Dead. The LAST Grateful Dead shows were in July of 1995. JUST ACCEPT IT PEOPLE.....geezus ! The 'core four' have played together many many times since Garcia's death under monikers like The Dead, and The Other Ones. They've played with Trey many many times since Garcia's death. It's over. It's been over for 20 years. Get over it. Accept it. The Grateful Dead played it's last gig over 20 years ago. I guess you could say what's in a name....well, apparently millions and millions and MILLIONS of dollars
Anthony Phillips Why did the Dead die in 95, but not in 72, then again in 79, then in 90? I mean if you wanna talk about how they're billed as the "Grateful Dead" incorrectly - which they're not, they're called "Fare Thee Well", then you should consider that they went under that name even after founding member Ron died, but that's different cause he's not as iconic or important as Jerry? I think that's bullshit. If they could go on after all the keyboardists deaths as GD, then they can surly call themselves GD after Jerry. It's their band afterall, they can call themselves whatever the want.
Winston Magill That's quite an informed, well reasoned, thought out and articulate response. I'm impressed
Nikola Stancevic Yeah I suppose there's some valid arguments there. But it's comparing apples to oranges. None of the keyboardists were architects of their sound nor founding members. Fair argument with Ron, but when McKernan died, they were still in the first few years of their existence, he performed with them for only the first 6 years. They hadn't even come close to fully establishing their legacy. And they had SO much more going on than Pigpen's raps. He wasn't even onstage half the time, and at best was a rudimentary instrumentalist. . He was not a part of what was known or became known as their signature jam or sound or approach. He was a straight ahead 4/4 bluesman who hated LSD. I'm not negating his contributions or trying to put him down, he was clearly a major part of their initial success. I just think no matter how you look at it , comparing the lack of Garcia to the lack of McKernan or any of the keyboardists does not understand the legacy or importance of what they were. Apples....and oranges. Some figures loom so large in the actual music, the history, the legacy, and band's identity it becomes an insult and travesty to call the band the same without them. Just my asshole opinion. I saw the legitimate GD just over 100 times, saw Garcia solo over 40 times, saw the Dead, The Other Ones, Lesh and Friends, and Furthur dozens of times, have 1000s upon 1000s of hours of tapes and cds (I've had many people tell me my GD and JGB collection is one of the most impressive they've ever seen) ,and I'm an accomplished musician myself who's recorded studio albums and played 100s of live gigs. Not tooting my own horn, just letting you know I feel I'm pretty well qualified to comment on it.
Nikola Stancevic Actually the shows WERE billed as The Grateful Dead. Check the tickets and the merch and all the labeling. "Fare The Well" was the name or title of the group of shows or concerts. Kind of like in the old days when they'd give a group of shows a moniker like "A Dance Concert With..." or "A Chinese New Years Celebration"
Anthony Phillips Well, actually McKernan was obviously a founding member, but he wasn't "really" a keyboardist. He didn't actually play most of the keys on the first album, and hardly played keys live either. His role, identity, and contribution was almost entirely as a blues frontman for the straight ahead blues numbers. That's why they got Constanten.
Christina Giles
Yeah, but it just felt SO good. Did you at least enjoy watching ?
Hippy jam band.,..better get cartman on it
Anything for a dollar
When Jerry Garcia passed away, the remaining members released a statement that the band was no more - there could be no Grateful Dead without Jerry. Funny how GREED makes people toss their principles in the trash heap. These three shows were nothing more than a Sell Out. Ka-Ching! Now, I'm not saying Mr. Weir can't perform with Bobby and the Midnights, etc. etc. but the Grateful Dead now exist on vinyl and digital media only. And it should have stayed that way. Did The Doors go out on tour after Jim Morrison died?
Russ G
I don’t know 😂
Lol you still bitter dude?
Yes, the Doors toured after Jim Morrison died. Ray Manzarek sang.
And yet it wasn't
get a rythem when u get the blues.
Ye it wasn’t the Grateful Dead idiots. It was still a great 3 days of fun!!
Alot like the endless WHO farewell tours. Keep that money coming in. I guess Jerry took the integrity with him. The Dead is just that! DEAD!
Not grateful dead
For the 'surviving members" to sell tickets under ANY moniker such as "The Dead" or "The Other Ones" or anything that has a tie-in to "The Grateful Dead" is simply a Sell-Out and a betrayal of the pronouncement that was made at the time of Jerry's death. And if anyone thinks this was the 'last time' they'll do it, you're ignorant of human nature. When their accountants tell them they're down to their last $10 Million or so, they'll announce yet another 'reunion tour" because, you know, it's all about the fans!
Fake news.
bs
At one time, I thought that the Grateful Dead was an important part of my very young life in the San Francisco area and as I toured the US coast to coast. Still young, I quickly saw that it was not all that and I got out by the grace of God. It was a combination of the times being the sexual revolution with devastation caused by all the drugs that people that would take and were actually given to the audience by members of the band.
Dead heads would bring their infants and toddlers to shows and force pot smoke in their little lungs. Dead-heads were like a cult; a religion so to speak. A very unhealthy and dark religion. A great many of dead heads ruined their lives and their families. The band was and still appears to be a group of self serving rock stars. At least Kreutzmann was willing to admit that drugs were bad for the band but I was disappointed that he was so clueless to leave out that it was really bad for the fans. Many dead-heads died very young and while chasing a fake utopia called the Grateful Dead.
Moral of the story: Don' ever idolize anyone for any reason and don't follow them down that dark lonely road to nowhere. Stay on the straight and narrow, find a great career and work hard and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Be grateful to God but not the dead because there is a real living God who loves you. Peace
...and a LOT of those VW microbusses festooned with psychedelic art work were eventually crushed and shipped to Japan to come back as Toyota Camry's! For the Dead Heads who survived and didn't have their brains totally baked, my hat's off to them. For the burnout's - and there had to be thousands - my LIMITED sympathies.
The untold truth of dead tour. Woodstock, despite popular consensus, was a humanitarian disaster with drug ODs, sexual assaults, rapes all played out to hippie anthems.
the last grateful dead show was there july 23 1995. i was there.