GD Hallway Dancers - 9/9/87 - Providence, RI

[@michaelcrowley1223]

Amazing cultural artifact. God I loved this.

[@checkpointchecky9665]

I know can’t believe I am watching the whole thing

[@fritztheman749]

What a great time and way for people to overcome inhibitions.

[@chris908]

Anyone else having a surge of emotions watching this? If you know, you know...

[@timothyryan6018]

👍👍👍

[@done1675]

Yes. I miss being young.

[@waynej2608]

Most definitely! 😎👍✌️👏

[@jkris2361]

Thank You so much to everyone involved in putting this up ! ....We were all so very lucky ! It went by so quickly....I can't imagine my life without the experiences....so many beautiful , kind people !

[@berryseinfeld6772]

I can’t describe the feeling I get I watching this. I feel such a strange connection to it all.

[@gratefulkm]

Its thier movement, you recognize that's how you dance when your alone :) and you think no one is watching but they are doing it together, not alone !!! ah the mystery's of life :) The music and people of the Dead

[@DennisCampbell777]

That's me in the Uncle Sam top hat @ 25:49. 18 years old. I got miracled-in to this show. Looks like I was having a good time @ 45:52!

[@ethanbittan543]

Super cool

[@gratefulkm]

You were moving as if on Air :)

[@DennisCampbell777]

@@gratefulkm I was heavily dosed, I was definitely floating. 🤣

[@airtimejunkie]

Amazing!

[@davidt4219]

Not a cell phone in sight. A lifetime of dancing and devotion. Aloha

[@marycahill384]

Thank god there were no cell phones. Would have ruined the whole vibe

[@checkpointchecky9665]

Ya know and we still found our friends even if we didn’t ride together

[@daveyboy8907]

Check point checky energy and vibes

[@michal1732]

This video brings back sooo many happy memories, some of the best of my entire life!! Just pure joy!

[@checkpointchecky9665]

Yeah brought tears of joy to my eyes could not stop watching

[@catsinq5726]

EXACTLY what I was going to say! lol Nailed it!

[@Sleepy_Alligator]

The best. Seemed like it would go on forever, miss it very much. Can still feel that awesome happy, carefree energy. Music washing over in waves. The familiar songs like comforting old friends.

[@briandrum1]

Just incredible. Just watching this brings you back to that “feeling”. Those who know the feeling KNOW the feeling I’m talking about. No other band comes close. D&C could get close, but when they play Playing at the same tempo as China Doll here then there’s no chance! 😂 Thank god for the memories.

[@johnstamos8403]

heads know kimock is the way..... your lost if your at dead and co as the end all modern dead.

[@briandrum1]

@@johnstamos8403 I've read your comment numerous times and I can't figure out what you're trying to say. I believe that you think Kimock is a good guitarist, which he is, but he's no "second coming". The second half of your comment is not even legible

[@johnstamos8403]

@@briandrum1 Kimock was one of Jerrys favorite personal guitarists to listen to.. Kimock is the way. I am saying dead and co is excellent, but if it was about the music, Kimock would be where John is. If you've seen both live you'd know right away also.

[@spidergawd68]

This! 1000%. Instant goose bumps when this vid started.

[@Stonecrow25]

Nobody dances anymore. I mean here and there, but not like this, where 95% of the room are dancing with abandon, and sadly it shows. That is what created all that energy. Gone are the days indeed

[@radguitarist]

This is just phenomenal

[@danosullivan7239]

It looked a lot better in person. On drugs !😅thanks guys. This is a blast

[@charliemiller87]

Recorded by Don Pearson Tape supplied by Charlie Miller

[@deonadar8302]

Thanks guys, so hard to find any tour footage

[@paulbilotta5228]

Charlie Miller is truly an angel

[@blairbuttitta1386]

@@deonadar8302 I'd miracle someone a whole tour for footage of you getting struck by lightning while playing with a 🐸!

[@deonadar8302]

@@blairbuttitta1386 Yo dude, there was footage of me getting a cheesy interview at RFK in n89 or 90, searched for decades

[@blairbuttitta1386]

@@deonadar8302 At least they Mirandized you. It was awesome to see you at Boulder, Bro. I looked for you in Sunrise and Orlando. No luck. Through Facebook I figured out to ask the meatball dude. He got me to you (that lot scene was pretty massive?). When you told me "I've got better things to do with my life than the Tap and the Hub..." you really read my mind exactly. It's that ESPN I always knew you had. But then I was also kinda thinking, "Hmm... I don't remember him ever getting struck by lightning at the Tap?" I think once you survive a lightning strike in the lot you're officially a Head at that point. How awesome if you had a pic of that! Who could ever top that Stealie? By the way, I love Jerry and the fellas, as well as the new lineup (I think Mayer is doing an awesome job), but my favorite band will always be Street Corner Winos. Always good to see you, Brother. Rubber Sole!

[@deepaksarma108]

this is really fucking awesome. thank you Don Pearson for recording this and Steve Laub for uploading it. I'm having a flashback.

[@crockettmarr6427]

Awesome indeed!!!!!

[@johnstallings4049]

I was @ ALL of THESE shows! OMG! What a long strange trip it's been! Lol ❄😅❄

[@johnstallings4049]

Hallway spinnin' 👊 THANX 4 posting 📫

[@StarDarkAshes]

Please upload everything! Lol

[@jonathanlund590]

I've seen many different concerts but there really is nothing like a grateful Dead show.....

[@sandynelson1098]

I can't watch for very long I start to cry I miss this so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@brianwalls1034]

Ya me too makes my hair stand from my arms to my legs

[@junelovrancina4494]

It’s mesmerizing watching DdHds walk through the dancers without bumping into them. Or how dancers who are jumping around don’t bang into others. Love watching the passerbys start dancing as they walk by. Thank you for posting and bringing up memories from being at that concert.

[@spidergawd68]

Oh man, I miss that so much. Such an incredible feeling to dance with abandon in perfect sync with 30,000 other like minds. Remember the feeling of dancing THROUGH someone! I sure do, and I miss it terribly. We are everywhere. Today and always. (~);=}

[@darlenepatrick2637]

It was symbiotic..

[@waynej2608]

Yes, it was all so freaking wonderful. Everyone in sync, for the most part. We could all 'shine our lights, thru the cool, Colorado rain".

[@MarvinMonroe]

Yup that's how it was for me at Phish shows in the walkways. Doesn't seem like it's the same anymore, but I'm sure there are some spots still. (Haven't seen Phish since IT 2003)

[@MsDusty33]

What a great show that was!!! Thank you for posting this on my birthday. I'm in it several times, those were some fun times with lots and lots of Grateful Dead family!

[@tourhead]

Awesome!!!!!

[@halldancer1]

Thank you for posting this! Such groovy memories and some fellow Halldancers I used to see in the hallways on tour. ❤❤

[@dirt597456]

SENDING OUT KIND VIBRATIONS TO ALL~~~~~ ~WE LOVE YOU~ FOREVER IS NOW EVER N EVER ~ LOVE THE EARTH NOW ! ~WONDER

[@777noirkat]

Wish I was headlight ! WOW! Thank You from the bottom of my heart for posting this!!!

[@derpmellow2]

thanks i watched this whole video, i wonder how many of the people in it know it exists. cant wait to dance with some of my friends again!

[@surfnOB]

Wow...this is a trip. Was at the show, saw many before and after. This just brought me back to the scene in the hallways. Thank God for the good ol’ Grateful Dead. Good times!

[@kellycope722]

This is a real gift! Very special and so glad it exists. Thank you!

[@nekkidfiddler5861]

How many people are looking for them selves or someone they know

[@roxyroller2]

haha it is not hard to spot me ...purple tank top long black hair

[@hannahhojraj4211]

Brent Rockman WTF!!! Remember me, Mary?? We used to dance together all the time. I’m there in the black dress spinning my head. I hope you see this because I’ve wondered for years where you were snd what you were doing. I’m on IG marycahill269life. Message me I’d love to catch up!!!

[@checkpointchecky9665]

Me. 1985 to 1990 touring years for me

[@matthewlonsdale687]

always,,and was dancin in the hallway at this show,maybe I ll see me??86/95 Luv*Light

[@daviddederer902]

me

[@SolzeyeJewels]

Fabulous footage! Just like being there. I especially appreciate this in this locked down world right now. Thank you.

[@tetrahedronify]

I love this, and miss this. Was not at this show, but attended many shows in the late 80's through 95. I can almost smell the patchouli, incense and cannabis just watching. Thank you for posting, this is a gem.

[@matthewcrooks510]

This is the best 2 hours of video I’ve seen in years

[@timothyryan6018]

"I woke up High over Albuquerque on a Trip to the Promised Land".. Spent lots of time dancing in the Hall Way after a bathroom run.. Thx for the Video and the memories..

[@bgreen3670]

I wanna be there right now.

[@EctomorphEcstasy]

Some of the best times of my life. Thanks for the memories, LV!!

[@checkpointchecky9665]

You know it

[@robertsousa9550]

This should be preserved in a time capsule to be opened 1000 years from now.

[@charlesowens7623]

Psychedelic artifact

[@gankmore]

This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you Charlie. Thank you Don. Thank you Bill. May there forever be speakers in the hallways.

[@daveyboy8907]

Rumor is they are still dancing away in that hallway.🕺🏼💃🏼💃🏼

[@DPJeffFeller]

Second night watching. This is so freaking great

[@patchesglass1030]

Thank you Don and Charlie!

[@MLeibs]

So fantastic. Some of the best times in my life. 💃🏻

[@jkstrawg2304]

Express yourself. Time of my life.

[@AndrewSmith-pc8eq]

Amazing the energy these kids have TOTALLY SOBER!

[@beezyflippins]

What makes you say they’re all totally sober? Just curious

[@MarvinMonroe]

Uhmm actually I bet some of them are on weed

[@DrBeah]

@@MarvinMonroe "Many are sober, but few are straight".

[@chrisdorr5786]

35 years ago today. Surreal. I was up front for this one and what a night it was! It was wild watching them as Greatest Story was wrapping up and about to blast into Good Golly. Bobby & Jerry both turned to Brent and were just giving him the go ahead to open it right up and blow some minds. Such a damn fun night. They really pulled it together this night. Solid across the board and blisteringly fun. What a damn fun tour that was.

[@chrisdorr5786]

and really wild to find this on the anniversary and find me walking across the screen at the 1:00:27 mark! Holy crap....

[@sappermade6012]

Hey man it’s Joey D you gave me a ride when my car got towed that night!!! Thanks

[@tootsiebutts]

i was just telling my 22 yr old daughter, Dupree, about the spinners and hallways dancers. THIS IS EVERYTHING

[@MrBeuff]

Yeah I got deep into spinning by '87-'88 Channeling thru Jerry was special.

[@tootsiebutts]

@@MrBeuff we are so lucky to have been there

[@bluecollar825]

You named your daughter Dupree? Deadicated.💯

[@paulcolvin9391]

Man do I miss the freak scene. Incredible memories✌️

[@jennygray1222]

You captured the vibe intently ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@rawveganguru8381]

God bless who documented this. My friend was there❤🌞. Love n light

[@spritelysprite]

Purple Girl where are you now?!? ⚡✨🧙🏾‍♂️✨⚡

[@DPJeffFeller]

Thank you so much for posting! I really needed this tonight

[@willinthewoods]

@Peter1789S What am I looking for?

[@scarletbegonia7782]

Pretty sure I saw my ex boyfriend pass in front of that camera......ahhhh the good ol' days!!!!!! Thank you for posting this xoxoxox

[@haroldcromack1065]

A stich in time I'm glad I was there ✌️🍄🇺🇲

[@c.n.m.1963]

This is cool AF. Such a fun document of a time gone by. Thanks for posting.

[@jeffprice9105]

This is going to be the scene at every show everywhere when Covid is finally over!!!

[@evelina.gukasyan]

Covid will never be over. There’s going to be an economical reset and no one may buy or sell without the vaccine. There is also going to be the mark of the beast implemented. Jesus Christ is Lord and every knee will bow, every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Repent of your sins and your wicked ways. Everyone will stand before our creator.

[@jeffprice9105]

@@evelina.gukasyan Vibes bro - I hope you have a great day and stay healthy!

[@yawatahnosage9467]

​@@evelina.gukasyan Wow, that escalated quickly. =D

[@daveyboy8907]

Evelina Gukasyan exactly

[@surfnOB]

Fall Tour was really fun. Best times. Provy shows were full on 3 night love fests. Awesome vid.. oh those hallways

[@bobbyxbee513]

Thanks for the look back. Looks like the first set. I would go up to the bar for the first set at providence and when they shut off the beer at the set break I would go down on the floor near the stage for the second set.good times!

[@ruffmeow9893]

I miss this

[@Chrispypullen]

Important viewing for those not experienced

[@christopherrosing4473]

Haha, I was at this show! I remember Pocky way was kind of a bust out. Cheers!

[@HappyBirdGenetics]

Resplendent slice of humanity!

[@bilham030757]

Every show I'd tell the gent or lady near me, "I may bump into you occasionally, so I apologize in advance." They were always cool.

[@johngallo2072]

I remember many a Dead show never going to my seat, and just Dancing in the hallways, especially when they had speakers set up. The sound was incredible, the vibe, priceless.🎶🎶🎶💜☮☁⛅🌞🌈🌈🌈🌹🌹🌹☘🎶🎶🎶 johnnybgood 🌠♥💛💚💙💜💖

[@johngallo2072]

@@MrBeuff I actually found myself in this video. @ 42:42 I am wearing white tee shirt and white bandana on my head and glasses. Funny, I remember the show, but I never saw the camera.🎶🎶💜☮🌞🌈

[@MrBeuff]

@@johngallo2072 wholly molly. I'm in the Wheel shirt in China Doll for like 10 minutes. Crazy!

[@MrBeuff]

@@johngallo2072 funny you say that because I always wanted to be directly in front of the speaker that was just that way and I never knew there was a camera right there either. 😎 🤪

[@johngallo2072]

@@MrBeuff I'm gonna look for you...💜☮

[@johngallo2072]

@@MrBeuff I saw you dude!! I love how you were actually dancing to the music. That guy that goes past the camera cracked me up@1:50...only at a Grateful Dead show do ever see a straight guy perowett in perfect time... LOL 😁💚🎶🎶🎶💜☮🌹🌞🌙⭐☁🦄🌈

[@sv17fd]

Oh my God, this is amazing to see, im so bummed I missed this band live

[@777noirkat]

86? Henry J Kaiser - shut out of show hanging in the park,a flatbed truck stacked with huge speakers rolls around parks out front- crew drags cables out and connects the sound system- it crackles to life,we were beyond elated literally dancing in the streets!

[@stefanschleps8758]

Those were the days !

[@Stonecrow25]

That was so much fun, the whole 86 NYE run. Jerry's back!!!!

[@jantinucci]

The Greek's too (in the tennis courts!)

[@genehotmer804]

Took my wife to a few shows back in the 80's and she still to this day talks about wandering through the spinners and how they would never bump into you?

[@ryanconnole]

WAAAAAY ahead of your time bud. Selfies before there were selfies. Had to watch...looking for me, I was at this show. Having flashbacks now, lol

[@Funkamedic]

Howard Danchik was the one responsible for the hallway speakers. I even thanked him one night at The Wetlands during a KVHW show. He was so "grateful" that I gave him recognition for these "acid tests" in the hallways

[@777noirkat]

So much love! Ridiculously excellent show too! Thankfully the sound clarity is pretty good- maybe speakers in the hall? I saw that at many shows,was great because it depressurized the interior and if you needed 2 more huge beers and a smoke you could do all that and keep dancing! Awesome Times!!!

[@micronut6082]

I remember at the Brendan bern 87 the speakers in the hallways right next to the concessions everybody was spinning

[@juliekelley5255]

I remember this. I was 16!! My very first show!!

[@byronmontesflores3837]

This was in my beautiful city in 87!? Geez I wasn’t even thought of lol

[@davekay9828]

Kaiser got so hot inside. The walls sweat so much! The hall/concourse was the only air we could get! Oxygen does animate us!

[@wilsonlocke6560]

The rug. I always enjoyed going to shows at this civic center because we could hear the music in the concourse and dance on that red rug.

[@lpndeadhead1961]

I still Spin at every show. For me it's a form of Meditation. Spiritual in every aspect.

[@StarDarkAshes]

It would be great if whomever has this video would also cut it up into songs so more random people would watch it. It's different if you were there like many of us. I'd so you want to watch the whole thing. 😝

[@erickdeveau8635]

I used to try to avoid the hallways cause I was usually way too high, however there was a few times when I found myself out there and got stuck for quite a while. It was so mesmerizing, sometimes it was too much though, usually felt much better the closer I could get to Jerry.

[@777noirkat]

I love it!!! Makes me anxious to get inside to see the lights and even better sound! Fuck I miss this!!! God Bless the GD and the Dead Heafs

[@illuminotmereloaded6896]

'where the tapers seized the "opportunity" to splice into the speaker cables to get soundboard audio feeds.' This is hilarious and so typical. I love it!

[@theworldisavampire3346]

Gold. I remember those days well. God I miss Jerry more than anything ❤️

[@michaelyoung1055]

they are still dancing after all these years!!

[@dougtomasulo1611]

Brilliant!

[@xxjessxx3732]

Ha ha!! from Providence ,RI ..I was 10 in 87..good ol days!!🙂🙃

[@rossturcotte419]

Rare moment never to happen again

[@damnright4]

48:05 that’s me passing bye This is a great video thanks for sharing

[@kurtsnyder4999]

I found myself in this. My first show

[@PaulDeFelice]

@1:47:37 ...dancing, crying, smiling...

[@AndrewSmith-pc8eq]

Its interesting to watch how people choose to dance to the Deads music, then and now and in the beginning!

[@gdpacnw5126]

9:38 Remember the guy in The GD Movie, working the snack counter in Winterland, who said he prefers Sha-Na-Na?

[@joelhartnett375]

do you have any sha na na? or hee haw?

[@waynej2608]

Is that the same dude? Maybe, it's his cousin or something "It's too loud'! Lmao.

[@markturitz]

Went to most shows on fall 87 your including this one. Though I am in arena not a hall way. 😉

[@jamjax]

I wish more of these films surfaced. But do you remember how much we hated cameras back then.

[@nicksantora3456]

Thank You!

[@williammurray5939]

Hung out in those hallways for a couple straight years and then some, saw myself bopping by in this vid, the 1980s normal culture sucked, these shows were a moving island of awesomeness, I liked from just before 1:40:00 to just after 1:55:00 best in this vid, I also liked watching how the crowd fed off the band and each other throughout the whole vid, up, down, fast, slow, I was blessed to find these people............

[@billbbill]

Boy - the memories...

[@johnphinney6430]

Good times. Went to many shows 85-95.

[@UncleB83]

Awesome!

[@Stonecrow25]

There were also speakers in the hall spring 87 Byrne

[@MrBeuff]

Hallway speakers were around from Spring 1987 through Spring 1990. Then gone

[@brianfisher6165]

So fun, I never really hung in the hallways, the sound was a bit muffled🥴, but this video illustrates the dedication, devotion and freedom Deadheads have!!! Not like any else on the planet!!! I can’t believe how long ago this was, truly it was yesterday!!!🎼👌🎶👍🎵✌️😁

[@Bluecollar711]

Best sound ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jasonpatrick6266]

Short guy looks like Rob Schneider. Pretty amazing cameras back then, everyone looks 3D!

[@pewsterbaby]

Glad to see the FIRE EXITS are clearly marked since The Providence Civic Center will be the future site of The Station Memorial Concert some 16 years after this great Dead Fall Tour.

[@LaubsterVideo]

What was that? -Laubster

[@pewsterbaby]

@@LaubsterVideo That club where 100 people died because of Great Whites pyro was in Rhode Island. The Providence Civic Center hosted the memorial concert to the victims in 2003, hence the irony of the ever-present fire exit sign in this Dead hallway video.

[@EctomorphEcstasy]

PS: I'm pretty sure that Bill put the speakers out in the lobby at the BCT shows in '84 when I was there. I remember him making a comment about that being for those who wanted to do their thing. I also have friends who've told me about speakers at the soccer field adjacent to the Greek Theater in the mid-80s for all the ticketless folks. I was lucky enough to never have to see it in person as I was in the shows, phew!!!! But again, thanks for this "cultural artifact," as somebody below called it. Truly priceless!!

[@zacmeurer7749]

The soccer field is so close to the Greek theatre you could probably hear it pretty well.(assuming we’re talking about Greek berkeley) also above the theater is a parking lot named hungry hill where you can hear concerts clear

[@willkeyworth1878]

my friend brent with the hair...always thought he was a cross between morticia and the grateful dead!

[@jeremybarriga9266]

get what you come for, get ready to go it's one in ten thousand that come for the show barlow

[@JasonRainbows]

Good times.

[@franmanning9659]

Amazing the quality of this audio... I actually made this one... 45 minutes from home...