Thankfully the tapers preserved this music for all of time. We seriously owe them a debt of gratitude .

I hope every second of footage like this ends up on KZfaq eventually.

Not a phone anywhere! Loved it!

I was there during this period and whenever I see footage like this I'm surprised at how unwookish the crowd is. I was young too, but they were all just cute little babies!

I would like to point out how kind and supportive the two gentlemen sounded at about the 40 minutes mark when asked about the newer dead fans and paraphrasing said that the newer fans were great and were basically getting the "message" and that the scene in his opinion was "better" it really reminded me how patient,kind and supportive allot of the older tour heads would be to the younger members of the family i was 22 years old in 1988 and was at the least in every city the band played in 87,88,89 and so on and i can assure you that i most certainly raised a few eyebrows in the lot or inside the show and was supported and yep mentored by men allot like them... we talk allot about drugs the partying freedom to travel but I thought i would kinda publicly say thanks to all them "older tour peeps" who I learned allot about life from and try to find the good in the current state of the "lot" weather its phish fans or dead related or any of the many musical choices we have today sometimes , at now 55 years old i can be lil impatient with fans in our scene or less understanding but i need to remember that" they're getting the message" thats all will say though Pittsburgh civic arena shows the year they played it during a summer tour was some of the most vicious police brutality i had ever personally witnessed !!!!those cops wer the worst

I loved this. It is better than the several other "Tour" docs. Thanks !

I really missed those days. I got on the bus at 17 in 1993. This era of the dead will always hold a place in my heart forever. Hope you are all safe and well today.

Not only do I remember these shows but I made the video cut in ATL on fools day around those poles for the drum circle. Such awesome memories and time of our lives. So lucky we were to have seen Jerry. 💙Be Kind ❤️

This video encapsulates this time and place so well. I saw my first show in 1987 and went to a bunch in Philly area from then to about 1992. When I watch this video I can smell the patchouli and feel the vibes and I think I hear the faint call of, "doses, doses, doses". There was nothing like it then, and there will never be anything like it again. Where did it go?

Those 3 years were great years for us and grateful dead some of the best shows

“If you wanna go see a Mike & the Mechanics concert, you can!” Classic Josh Browne!

Super sweet spot in my heart. Miracle ticket and all East Coast shows. Peace

Going to these shows was an event. You didn’t arrive at 6pm for an 8pm show, they’d open the lot at 10am or noon so shakedown street could be set up. You didn’t need to have tickets to get into the parking lot, so many ppl went just to hang out and party all day long. The parking lot scene was as incredible as the shows were. You could find anything no matter your age, everyone was like under a spell to be cool with each other and the cops stayed outside the lot. Then, it started to change in the 90s and there were more scammers and local ppl selling fake tickets and fake drugs, and cops started going undercover to bust kids drinking and stuff. These shows were like another world and it was so much fun while it lasted.

I am equal parts excited and terrified watching this for cameos by dear old friends and myself...for this scene, it's like the difference between memories and evidence :)

Excellent work.

I live & grew up in Ventura they would come every tear for years for us residents it was very interesting to say the least it was more then a concert it felt like a festival not only inside but outside people came from all over & parked & camped at whit is called Surfers Point. It seemed like a simpler time & I miss that.

Good job producing this independent video! Now it's a snapshot into a concert environment that can't be replaced!

Live in Pittsburgh. Love The Dead. Very cool seeing how the scene was at the igloo. Too bad I was only a year old when this happened. ❤️⚡️💙

Wow. Thanks Bubs. Those were some of my first shows. Great times!!!!!!!!

The people interviewed, although 10 years younger than I, have insight and perspective that makes me proud to have been an active participant in this scene. For about five years my life pretty much revolved around the Dead. There were many rewards in doing so. The woman at 45:51 is so representative of Dead Heads. Whoever you are, I LOVE YOU!!!

My first show was in 88, 14years old snd completely sober. The live music and the people infected me with goodness and sold to the scene I was. NFA 🌹

4:16 I just know this man's been to every show since 67

Thanks guys. i was beginning to forget...

I have always loved the Dead and their music. I have tripped balls in my youth! Big time! :) Never been to a show, never much of a follower. Saw Crosby Stills Nash and Young once, that was cool. I think what it all about is just people wanting to be people. Trying to enjoy life before corporate America steals your soul in order to live in the U.S. I work, I pay taxes, I have a farm and take care of animals in need. Do you think my Mortgage company cares about me? LOL! They just want my land.

That walking blues brings goose bumps I think I was there Bobby forgot the words

I’m glad I came across this, very well done,, I’m so grateful the scene is still going on because that’s what Jerry wanted to accomplish with the Grateful Dead and he did. Sadly, I was just a bit too young to be on tour or have gotten into the scene. I should say at this time, but since the Brent ears are my favorite, these people were extremely lucky!

Well done and documented. Spread the love with inn humanity.

I have to watch every second to look for folks I toured with!

im from Pittsburgh and i remember when they use too come to town,it was always crazy,thanks for this

I love this because we r family forever ❤️🐰🌹🐇☮️✌️🕊😘

This was fun to watch since I was there, but not there. My friends and I were college students- had neither the time nor the money to check out the scene. We went just for the shows!

My niece and her husband met on Dead tours about this time -1988. They were both UBC students at the time, and Mellisa stoped at Tony’s “Juice Wagon” for a fresh OJ. They got married 10 yrs later, and divorced 12 yrs after that! Ahhhh….the Dead. Peace

34 years since 1990. 34 years before 1990 was 1956. Don't mind me, just trying to figure out where the time goes.

The soundtrack of my life, and my favorite part so far!!!

Very cool!! Thanks for this! -Nordy

I remember going to shows about that time and most of the crowd was younger than me. Now those "kids" are in their 50's, but it seems like just a few years ago.

Man lot was so preppie back then! But I guess makes sense. The band was super popular at that time. Selling out stadiums. It was actually cool to be a deadhead. It just kept growing from around this period until the end. As someone who started seeing lot around 96 irs shocking to see how different the types of people were by 96. Lot more hardcore heads. Way more dreadies. A lot of these interviews look like high school kids who are from in town. Which is cool too. I so wish I was on these tours. God damn the dead was on fire from 87-90 when Brent died. Especially 89 and 90. So Fing good. Wish I was born least a decade earlier. Kills me I just missed out. I was born in 1980.. although I really missed by a lot. Btw all the “Phil love” was such a niche thing. I mean yes Phil is the Fing man as far as talent. I would put him second to Jerry. In Brent years him and Brent were pretty close. But Jerry was by far the real talent. No band or musician has ever touched me even close to like Jerry

I met Phil & Bobby in 1978 then in 1980 I met them all ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🐇🐰☮️✌️🕊😘

at 38:50 they interview a person named SKYEAGLE...he was a friend of mine at the 1981 Washington rainbow gathering of the tribes...he stayed my friend when I went to live in Santa Cruz...and on Dec 31 1981, SKYEAGLE was responsible for obtaing a "I need a miracle" ticket for me to see the Dead at oakland collisuem...SKYEAGLE is a very very good person. I should also mention that although I'm not a complete DEADHEAD superfan...I've seen them 6 times...and 2 of those concerts were I need a miracle tickets...what a long strange...blah blah blah...lol

i was there for this, and i was there for that and forever ill remain a grateful trippy hepcat ill always wave that flag as a grateful freakin head, even well after im old & grey, even well after im made dead.

What we do, not like the fans at D n C Music never Stops 💃🤕🎉🌹💵

🌹❤️⚡️💙You know our love will not fade away 🤘🏼🎸🔥🎵🎵🎵💃

It was a blast. Made my way selling very fine juice.

_Thank you_

I saw 10 shows total and all between 88-90, never listened to the Dead before or after....so weird to find this.

This is amazing - there I am!

Boston accent on the guy at 12:10 is epic

23:43 "Rumor has it Phils' leaving the band after New Year's…" Glad that didn't happen! 😁

I was in Philly in 89. That was fun.

Notice how normal everyone is dressed back then. Now it’s like people wear costumes

Good o dayz. Real Shakedown street . That was a party itself. Vibe and energy 🍄⚡️🌹

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

Those years were very special you had to be there and I'm glad I was I always remember coming out of the showes and just seeing everyone's eyes so big and the haze and going back to the hotel get up And do it all over again one thing i regret there was this red head i used to see in the hall wvays and never had the balls to grt to know her my high school gym teacher was a head

Too bad Jerry didnt live longer. What could have been. Ya know? This lovely atmosphere would have continued. Nuthing like it!! Those were good times.

15:06 "why people are coming" That's easy it's like church for people that get high and like psychedelic music and want to be around others with similar interests and there's a kindness vibe that was unmatched… Not to mention the girls with the hairy legs got a love it!

Was at these shows..

30:49 I get crabby too when I don't have my donuts… Lol

I was on this tour for 3 weeks( 1990 & @ ¶ittsburg PA 1989 2)! Time of my life! 🥀🤣💕 ''...test me test me! Why don't you arrest me?!" "It costs money to be here so why not make money while we're here"?!!" ⭐🎵⭐💕🥀🌍🥀ps the dood that's saying ' it's the best live show you can ever see in your entire life!' is Ned Anderson...my roommate @ the time! ( his name is NOT Sean!. ...& idk why he even said that!) ❄️🌎❄️❣️😜👌❣️

now in my 50s I sing… "At least I'm enjoying some pie " 🥧🍰

Let Phil sing 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I was there. Lol

I wish i wasnt part of the amalgamation of jello. The homogenization of the movement has lost lots of love. Stay spontaneous!! Stay blessed and in the NOW!

Ahh yes....the days. Actually I was in the Army then, but I would get a pass for "family in town"

A lot of men talking about their experiences. Too few women.

2:29 is that the photographer Bob Minkin?

At 16:41 Hey man this bud’s for you! 😂

I'm jealous

When

1988 was sort of the beginning of the end of the good old days and good they were. Those times of freedom chasing the Dead around chilling with all the mellow heads are gone forever. It's so mellow there. No homeless tweakers, head bangers, blue haired ravers, pierced everthing'ers. Just simple times with simple people. I had so much fun back then without a care in the world!

@20:18, crystals! Eeeeeehheeeeeeheeeeeeheeeeeee!!!!!

I wonder where these people are today

East coast West coast, always love no hate

5:03 1 for 10. 2 for 25. Gotta love a bargain

I was at the Pitsburg shows and I was shitfaced.

The Dead were THE peoples band

I wonder what happened with the baby the couple shown early on were the expecting ? He or she is 30-something.

I don’t miss the drug induced psycho babble of some deadheads. Loved the ride and I miss Jer Peace

Now its Swifties.... WALSTIB

Back when you would go to jail, catch a felony for a pot pipe. People still doing time from being busted on Shakedown.

Im watching this video and loving it , but once that guy said suicide, I did like it , heads do what heads do , take2 touch on whomever, but there's always another band go phish😊

Be free

Some of these kids seem like they might be on LSD. Shouldn't somebody report this?

Father rainbow lmao

❤🤍💙

25:23 "So why is everybody here" this guy keeps asking why everybody is here and then he keeps answering the question himself lol it ain't Rocket science.. It's peace and love and good times for all! A ship of fools led by captain trips himself! No brainer… Pun intended LOL

Dude with beard and boombox is a tool! Tryin to figure out the meaning of it all. Says no one knows why we are here. I do . Cuz of the music. If you dont dig the songs then youre posing.some go to party or make money or scam.i went for the music. Everything else was a bonus experience 🇺🇸✌️

I am a huge dead fan but this is just disgusting

This isn't the Grateful Dead scene. These are people that follow them around.

Where's the REAL hippies with beards and DREADLOCKS?! Mid 90's PHISH is where it's at! Screw these shaved face washed hair 80's preps! 😂

Omg this seems like the worst crowd to be around for the most part.

7:17 "Bagel sandwiches… Cream cheese and vegetables" 😁🥯