Grateful Dead 3-22-87 Hampton Coliseum Hampton VA

Setlist:
Set 1
Hell In A Bucket
Sugaree 5:47
It's All Over Now 14:47
West L.A. Fadeaway 23:25
El Paso 30:39
When Push Comes To Shove 35:58
Cassidy 42:10
Deal 48:30
Set 2
Sugar Magnolia 55:00
Scarlet Begonias 1:00:33
Fire On The Mountain 1:09:56
Estimated Prophet 1:20:50
Drums 1:32:35
Space 1:37:20
The Wheel 1:38:32
Black Peter 1:43:45
Sunshine Daydream 1:52:48
E: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue 1:56:46
The video for Drums, Space, and Baby Blue are missing. They are filled in with random shit.
Video courtesy of damnright4
/ damnright4
Audio synchronization and video editing by Voodoonola

[@ncfish751]

Loved Hampton...this run was special. Saw my first Hampton show in 85. Fantastic venue. You just knew it was a special place when you walked into the arena and saw the general admission setting....so many great memories from this place. Loved it.....miss it.

[@ncfish751]

Saw every show from this run until the end and a couple prior. A wonderful venue...one of the few general admission holdouts. Some of the fondest memories of my life took place in Hampton.

[@thomaspowers2482]

Was at these shows, 88 too. One of my favorite venues,

[@jackdozier6280]

This show KICKS ASS! I'd forgotten just how good the spring tour 87 shows were. Some of the Dead's best performances of the decade.

[@rboni1973]

I was there for this one....Hampton was always one of my favorite venues. It was a classic Bill Graham show...sell as many tickets as you can print, pack em in like sardines, 4 porta poties for 10,000 beer swilling Deadheads.....and one of the best Hell in a Buckets I've heard. The whole band's energy level was high........I got laid at one of the shows in Philly. My buddy and I met two girls.....the tall brunette went for me, the short blonde went for my buddy. Only time I scored with a girl at a show.

[@alikatpro]

This was a great time for the band. Reinventing themselves one more time. Jerry was back feeling good looking good, in love again. They were actually spending some time together. In 87 they recorded a record, worked on a handful of projects and most of all, spent a great deal of time playing together on Front Street; for one rehearsing with Dylan . They rehearsed so many songs with Dylan, they started to get tight again, and it showed. The better they got the more fun they looked like they were having. Some great shows on this run, and more sweet shows in California at the end of April beginning of May right up until the day they released " In The Dark". Then came the stadium shows. The Dylan shows were rough; although most of the Dead's set were pretty good. It was hard to play with Dylan at that time, period! His drinking and the heat on East Coast didn't make anything easier. The crowds were big and destructive... but the band was back and they built on this right up to a couple of great years in 89 and 90. This was about the time the ball got rolling. Thanks Voo!

[@mauryjones8004]

No wonder that they loved Hampton, the crowd is bananas! Spring '87 was a high water mark too........ :-)

[@msudsbury]

Hampton....one of my fav venues

[@SuperBeyblademania]

One of the best shows of them all. First east cost shows after the coma. It was so great to see him back. Black Peter was religimous. One of my favorite shows of all of them.

[@Mardocius]

This was my first show - didn't realise how good it was at the time, but I appreciate how lucky I was now, for sure. Great sound and vibe on this upload - thanks Voodoonoia!

[@jkc67]

Thanks Voodoonola2 for posting this show. This was my very first dead show and watching this takes me back to that night in a way that audio only could not. I just did not want it to end. The energy was great and just look at how into it Jerry is. One of the best things about '87-'89 is Jerry's energy level. Probably the best it had been in many years. Hampton was my favorite venue too... so intimate.

[@lbogle2537]

Was at this show..loved the festival seating at Hampton..was an awesome venue for the boys..i saw every show they played there from 86 on...loved them all

[@tonymannara]

The energy from the crowd in this show is insane!

[@bobwobbabble5151]

Anthony Mannara I was there and my friend passed out just from all the energy. It's was an amazing venue. Very weird stuff going on there.

[@nedrobinson7490]

First show outside of the Bay Area since Jerry nearly died from a diabetic coma the year before. So to say this was a cathartic experience for a lot of people would be something of an understatement...

[@musicman2001]

Thanks again for giving us this stuff... I was so there all three nights. Got me thinking of old friends, SO! much fun.

[@jonathanandrewwatkinsartpoetry]

this was the most intense energetic scene, inside and outside, at any of the shows i attended. that energy is reflected in the band's performance.

[@thomasmantellwilliam]

Deja Vu and Happy Bicycle Day, Everybody! Many thanks, Voodoonola2

[@todddumke861]

@59 min... classic Rock Star Bobby during sugar Mag- LOVE IT!! thanks for the efforts you put into these vids and audio- its like a new show everyday!

[@Torpor111]

goddamnit i miss my dead. hampton, my hometown show. walking out of the coliseum after the show, fans were ecstatic; whoops and yells, laughs and whistles. goddamnit i i miss my dead.

[@ToGetToTerrapin]

Torpor111 we all do buddy

[@brandoncargile847]

Great memories! this was a great time for the band.! Agreed Mr. Marshall. Thanks to people like Voodoonola for bringing this memory to life. HAPPY 4/20

[@musickgypsy6145]

Thank you so much voodoonola2. I haven't seen this since....😎

[@boboldon8244]

Thanks for all the great vids!

[@TheMrCompletely]

For some reason I am unable to reply to "Clay C. Brennecke" below, I wish I could, because I was also caught up in the gate rush scene he describes so well! I was with two young women, both kind of small, both at their first dead shows, all three of us coming on the purple gels that were around, and one of the girls it was her first trip! We had our tickets but got caught in the surge up the ramps that he describes. We were forced to jump over the side of the ramp to the ground, fortunately we were just a few feet up at that point. A crazy scene and one I have never heard anyone else commenting on, strangely enough! I also agree with Clay about the energy in the room. Hampton and Hartford were both like that, it was pretty crazy. What's left on tape isn't as amazing, just another very well played early '87 show, nothing bad, lots of fire and good feeling from the band but nothing out of the box either, but it's an enjoyable show and those of us who were there will never forget what it was like to be part of this night.

[@lindatheobald7789]

thanx doo keeping us in the loop--mule

[@thomaspowers2482]

This was my first show since 85. It was the beginning of a very good year

[@GrahamSkardon]

Thanks for blending this together, Voodoo! At the time of this show, I was 12 and I got on "The Bus" when In The Dark came out and MTV was promoting it and The Summer of Love. Being from Ohio, there was a lot of GD energy being brought home from the college kids I knew, and this show is a perfect example of why! Musically, 85-90 was pretty much an uptrend period. Big props to damnright4 for being bold enough to get this video in the first place!

[@jackdozier6280]

MY cat, Scratch, got into both of those shows. Never before or since have I bonded with a cat like that. (Now I have a thing called "a life"-probably has something to do with it.) But yeah Spring Tour 87 was great, with the band at top form, high energy shows, everything I love about 80's Dead

[@Mardocius]

My first show, I'm both elated and disappointed to relate...I was already 17, and could have seen more! Hampton 86 for starters! Was living in Hampton Roads from 81 and caught the Dead every chance I could - well, after this. Greensboro 89 (Snoopy and Woodstock were there), Raleigh 90 (I think - bad weather and aggro security), RFK (LET PHIL SING!) just after, London on Halloween 90 (baffled Brits) and the next night (my only Dark Star), Greensboro 91 (Eyes!) were standouts. Was regrettably abroad for The Warlocks in 89...grrr. Amazing to see this and thank you, sincerely, to the poster!

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

well alright !!!! :)

[@Mardocius]

@@SanFranciscoFatboy Wow, just noticed I'd already posted on this show...obvs made a big impression!

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

@@Mardocius u r a good writr :)

[@davidransom7357]

Was at this show. loved it. good to see Bobby and Jerry actually having fun interacting/inspiring each other on Masterpiece.

[@mikemalone4266]

I was there. Thanks for sharing

[@maclyde71]

Awesome, Thanks Voodoo!

[@markgarrettledwig1899]

"We're as American as a lynch mob" Jerry's answer when asked about people calling the Dead "UnAmerican".

[@crainr]

What’s American is our continuous plight to change the injustices of our ancestors.

[@toddrensma9547]

My Birthday shows for that year! Nice treat. We were on spring break

[@davidgiles6856]

thanks...so great to see. i was there, brings back fantastic memories. Great to see the boys yukking it up right before Cassidy (nice Jerry & Bob sharing a laugh at 41:00..)

[@beohbizle]

this is right before I really fell all in

[@michaelcokinis3244]

voodoo time machine. thanks again

[@jackdozier6280]

I saw 2 shows in Philly on this tour. It was a magickal spring.....my bipolar disorder was also starting to become stronger and was beginning to cause problems in my life.

[@veek.6463]

Okay this show is absolutely wonderful

[@mylastletter6327]

hey voodoonola got the show right now playin' I just had to click on it inm my e-mail duh.sounds good so far and the first and second set lokks smokin'.keep the shows comin' don't forget I'm lookin' for on video my last dead show 7 3 1994 it was a smoking show at shoreline and the last show on the west coast summer tour then thay went east I didn't.

[@Wolfgasm0414]

Joy...

[@bobwobbabble5151]

Jerry sacrificed everything for us and the music.

[@veek.6463]

Yes he did. He truly left heaven behind with all its trappings to come here to do this. come To reclaim us all to give us a taste of heaven here so we know which way to go one lovely day in the far future when our time comes and we make the journey. He is the leader of the dead. Thanks for saying something so deep. Peace and love.

[@mac92gli]

I love this show so much. One of the best from Brent's era. Crowd was the 7th man this night..

[@jerrykeller511]

What a hopping show! (I didn't make that one). I miss Brent, as well as Jerry.

[@BCASteve]

Awesome.

[@damnright4]

Hmmmm This looks vaguely familiar

[@ncfish751]

Every show at Hampton that is. JGB with Bruce in 91 was great too.

[@RockTheRiverJam]

Energy level at this show was through the roof. Many folks showed-up without tickets. Hampton Coliseum and the surrounding area were not prepared. There was a police car keeping throngs of ticketless fans at bay as the fans rushed the large ramps on either side of the entrance; it was a tad bit scary and almost riotous. I was lifted off of the ground by the surging crowd trying to enter the small 2 entrances areas. The show had begun and thousand were still outside; some where holding tickets and others were trying their best to storm the 2nd floor, but that sole police car miraculously kept the crashers at bay without injuring anyone - one of the craziest things I had EVER seen. The Grateful Dead was 'chomping at the bit' to play. More so than any other show I attended, the band seemed fueled by the crowd's energy, and thus the circle between the two began to the delight of all. The Boys played with intent. Brent played so hard physically that his side of the stage bounced up & down. Notice Jerry's glances at Bob in the first set giving him the 'green light' to wind songs down. The sheer ENERGY of this concert, for ones lucky enough to attend, likely made an impermeable impression on everyone in the room. Does any video exist of the mayhem before the show from the pond to the 2 entry points with the police vehicle jotting back and forth to protect the building from crashers and the police chasing those folks back down the ramps???

[@Mark29223]

Not sure if it was this show/run or another, but I remember watching tiny groups of people run around one side of the building upstairs trying to get someone to open a door. Then I guess security would come out and they would all run around to the other side. From the lot it was quite comical and surreal. Always a great show in the spaceship. :)

[@voxreasonus7914]

Great show. Greatest I ever saw. Like a snapshot in time to watch it now. Although I don't really believe in this digital mish mash IT'S EVERYWHERE lol

[@BD-sh8uu]

@@scooter2163 I was one of those people! Had bought a counterfeit ticket and determined to get in. The door came down and in we went to the raucous Hell in a Bucket. What a night! Loving that the energy in the video matches my memory.

[@glitterystar4]

Omg Drums!!!!

[@Ghostdogou81tube]

awesome

[@shibusharma8541]

Holy fuck, that was a groovy estimated prophet!

[@bob733333]

5-2-87 would be amazing to see.

[@dillinghammatt50]

Grateful dead always plays high quality.

[@sidlemon9689]

I was there.

[@Mojomatrix]

This is a fucking badass show !

[@jeffwalsh9427]

Jerry's feeling it during push comes to shove

[@frostyy_chaos1712]

che bravo

[@bryanmeekins835]

Yeah, I was tripping pretting hard at this show, 😂

[@thomaspowers2482]

Awesome parking lot scene also. Minimal security, great party scene

[@beohbizle]

go jerry!!!!

[@CountryStoreArcata]

Coke day’s killing it

[@SamuelAging]

Blazing.

[@adamdude58]

Thanks so much for all this voodoo, but what happend to all the grreat 70s shows you posted over the last months? Those were the best shows i ever found here like the roosevelt one. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY???

[@bryanmeekins835]

I dont think there was a dry eye in the house during Black Peter that night.

[@Petequinn741]

Non stop fun..top too bottom..

[@lbogle2537]

To Clay i am/was a taper..i never saw the b/s scenes outside venues do to the fact I was always one of the first ones in..but i hate that crashers would spoil the fun..i did see the mobs on shakedown street (the vending area) after every show and was amazed every time..so many people..so much fun,....wow i miss those days

[@chrisdusio6764]

agree man great show hated that when gate crashers were there only cause the cops got all wound up and then they created a case of mayhem for the rest of us.

[@veek.6463]

So. He is other bands have similar issues sometimes now. I find the mature thing is to offer them my ticket and stay out and listen to the grateful dead. Young kids should get in and they should also get the front. I have a hard time putting up with older heads of bands holding space and bullying young people. Am not a phish head at all but am friends with those guys and my son has been going win me to see them since November of 1987. This past year he wa sin a show and fully being bullied by some much older people teasing him saying "how do you like your first show" and kinda pushing him around on the floor. He's a sweet kid. 22. He just moved over a bit. But fuck I bet the 96 shows he has seen going into that run there is more then they have seen. And I also bet he's seen what the band consider their best shows short of Vail 93 and maybe some other 93 and earlier shows- in fact I know he has been in every one of the fans favorites 97 and after and has done a lot of taping. Trey always waves to him and sometimes calls him back to the bus. You know? And older folks pushed him around. Good thing mom wasn't there. They'd be scrambled for a week trying to eat their hands thinking they were cookies. Anyway, I think the best thing is give kids the tickets and sit it out. Even then I did for the dead. Let kids go in. It's good for the world. Peace

[@kurtwilson66]

Wasn't this the Sat show, not the Fri show? Either way, these 3 were my first of many shows, and the beginning of a great time in my life!

[@kurtwilson66]

Guess it was Friday, just checked archive.org. 1st show for me! The Scarlet->Fire is outstanding.

[@bobwobbabble5151]

Can anyone put up the second night show. That's the one the aliens were at.

[@veek.6463]

This is a big juicy sugar daydream sandwich. Obv Garcia rocks the shit of this place but O gotta say something about weir here- what a beautiful happy boy. That's my favorite guitar of his and watching his joy in the daydream I realized something: Bob weir could have been an outstanding ballet dancer. Just sayin

[@thomassirman1382]

Big time CIA at this show.

[@damnright4]

DEA as well..

[@johnfrank1774]

TRULY AN INCARNATION FOR THE MASSES

[@charliemelkonian3047]

I don't think they ever did a bad show at Hampton