Grateful Dead 4-12-78 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham NC

[@CharlesWingert]

Honestly, I’ve been on a roll lately. Rolling fast and loving it. I found this and I can’t be happier. God is wonderful.

[@xanzpatrie]

Can't get enough of them. Everyday is a new adventure and there's always things to discover. Sucks that I couldn't be there but listening to them makes me feel alive

[@DingleMcGilacutty]

I never saw Mozart or Beethoven… But, it still moves me. Thank the universe that they put out so much beautiful music to bring so much joy to this life!

[@DiannMelodyDunkley-sx2jr]

Darn THE DEAD r so so good. Dam the deadheads knew they were that good. So they had to follow them all over the place

[@rebeccamaker3084]

​@jeffreywhite3427- I could have sworn I danced with you at a Beethoven show, or maybe it was one of Mozart's shows....they are both incarnations of Jerry.....🎼🗺️🌬️💫🎶🕉️🌍🙏💸🏴‍☠️®️

[@rebeccamaker3084]

​@@DiannMelodyDunkley-sx2jrThey were following us- we all had bumper stickers, for years, on multiple vehicles, that said "Who is that band and why are they following us?". It was all about the energy exchange between the crowd and the band ...

[@danielhickman2583]

That's what the Dead has always done for me.

[@richardcolton1009]

I love what Dylan said about Garcia : ' He is the very spirit personified of whatever is muddy river country at it's core and screams up into the spheres. He really had no equal'.

[@richierugs6544]

nice quote

[@Rising-xu3gn]

Be-u-ti-full

[@michaelmetcalf9916]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TroyOuellette-zs7ue]

❤❤😂😂❤❤😮😮

[@dementedpuppy]

Super Noice

[@CharlesWingert]

I agree they were certainly the best band to ever exist. Nothing can be that sweet. We can dance for sure but nothing can be that sweet and slow and fast!

[@tonycarmody5574]

After seeing them at New Haven, CT had some kinda road rage incident getting out of the parking lot. Had 3 dudes in a Honda chasing me & the 3 chicks I was with. Couldn't shake em so I finally slammed on my breaks & put my '68 Chrysler Newport in reverse & just smashed their radiator into the front seat I think. That ended that.

[@noahachrem]

They really are the best band to ever exist ! God bless the Grateful Dead!

[@DingleMcGilacutty]

They’re like Bambi on prescriptions.

[@SpecialAgent-zn1vv]

​@@DingleMcGilacuttyGiggles

[@Kentokkil]

"Grateful Dead is not a band but an environment." (quote - - - Graham, Kesey . . . can't remember . . . )

[@josevillarreal9920]

Essential

[@CharlesWingert]

I agree they were certainly the best band to ever exist. Nothing can be that sweet. We can dance for sure but nothing can be that sweet and slow and fast!

[@GoddessAmongstU111]

I was 5 years old at the time of this concert and I feel the spirit of this music is what created built and framed my mind my energy and my output of frequency I'm so grateful to be a part of this era 🙏💯☺️

[@CharlesWingert]

Thank God it has a Setlist I can use. I’m really really really really really really really bad with technology. I’ve had my head in the dirt.

[@rosskarshen850]

Wow. Jerry, Bobby, and? Donna Jean really hit their rock star moments there near the end of Jack Straw. Rarely have I seen Jerry and Bobby step forward and strum it out together like they did there. The Dead never cease to please.

[@trgh32]

3:27 Jack Straw 11:40 Dire Wolf 18:52 Beat It On Down The Line 24:20 Peggy-O 35:44 Mama Tried > 38:14 Mexicali Blues 44:29 Funiculi Funicula 46:29 Row Jimmy 58:48 New Minglewood Blues 1:05:53 Loser 1:16:40 Lazy Lightning > Supplication 1:29:26 Bertha > 1:36:53 Good Lovin 1:46:53 It Must Have Been The Roses 2:00:07 Estimated Prophet > 2:12:02 Eyes Of The World > 2:23:54 Drums > 2:50:15 Truckin > 2:58:40 Wharf Rat 3:09:17 Around and Around 3:19:18 U. S. Blues

[@halfstep44]

Thank You!

[@LarryBird-td2cs]

Thank You!

[@mauilogic1679]

@@trgh32 froze 10👣Neath the ground🦫

[@mauilogic1679]

@@LarryBird-td2cs Larry Birdsong....🤙I'm Larry Fukn' Garcia gracia's🙋‍♂️💛

[@DiannMelodyDunkley-sx2jr]

Man the dead were & r like PHENOMENAL. Lets face it's the best music😅. OMG

[@freewheelburning8834]

hanging out at a dead show should be the many lost wonders

[@peggyoroth9784]

this is the SWEETEST peggyo ever !!! the gentle lilt breaks my heart,,,still brings tears to my eyes.. miss u jerry bear.. ( been on the bus since 1972 !).xxxxx always

[@johnmeyers8585]

Peggyo Roth - I agree. This song has always been one of my favorites. sooooo sweeeeeet!

[@Chrispypullen]

Right there with you

[@briansolomon983]

If you have time I think the 19th of this very same month,( seven days later), has an exemplary Peggy O that might make you cream your jeans. Been a Deadicated Deadhead since late '88! Love from Canada ❤️🇨🇦🥶 Northern Alberta 😁👍‼️

[@JaimeyPerham]

my friend's nurse gave birth to her child during Peggy O. Thought you would like that.

[@michaelcottle6270]

You are SO right - had me in tears... Peggy O is one of my favourite Jerry vocal songs, always a highlight but this one is special.

[@richarddavis4966]

I was there 6th show for me and top 5 performance because the bad fun❤ a very animated jGarcia doing Townsend windmill’s1st show 1973 after graduation from East Rutherford High School GD &AB 2nd show 1974 Charlotte with Wall of sound was mind bending crisp and clean every note

[@richarddavis4966]

Richard Hart Davis from Doggert Road, Forest City NC. 😮was there with John Carver and Vern Harris Blue Cheer strikes again. Perfect dose of love by the audience lose enough to see them smiling at each other.

[@richarddavis4966]

Richard Hart Davis John Carver and Vern Hartis enjoyed a mild dose of Owsleys best from Forest City, NC 1978. The sound as usual wasn’t capturedThis on this video 😮🎉 nothing like it and never will be again. Love you guys !/=} video sound is a 2 on 1 / 10. Standing in middle 20 feet from the stage was a 10/10. 100% killer show!!//=}} Sharp clear. JG BW PL and D&KG and Bk &MH were all shooting big smiles at each other JG windmills were a first for me. The vibe’s of Band and audience was mind bending. They where cooking great jams all the way.

[@richarddavis4966]

Everybody was Dancing❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️

[@trapperkeeper9676]

I'm almost ashamed to say how many times I've watched this video--at least 100. Can't get enough of this show! Thanks so much for all you do for us, Voodoonola!

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

Yea, it happens....lmao, yup. Vood is the best! He puts up the show, not a 1 tune wonder vid. Lord, how I hate them!

[@bighupp3081]

just watched this show. well then, everything you said except i have yet to watch this a 100 times but i will get there. i have never seen Jerry so happy before. i have been listening and watching since about 1992. this is now my favorite show. Voodoonola2 has a upgraded version.

[@andrewptob]

trapperkeeper Incredible show. Def one of my top 10 if not 5, and it happens to be the date on which my older brother was born!

[@XX-121]

40 yrs tonight! :)

[@jubeckglenmeister308]

My first Dead show... still seems like yesterday!

[@richardkraus277]

I agree - I think - that the years Donna & Keith G were with the GD may have been the best years for the band & she / they deserve a lot of credit for that . It's a bummer that we lost Keith to the excesses of life .

[@arturoandrade9089]

Keith Godcheaux actually died in a car crash after he had gotten sober.

[@davidransom7357]

Keith died from head injuries suffered in a car crash, his excesses were behind him, by then. A Tragic end to a storied life.

[@bunnybeckman8029]

He got drunk because they were having troubles so he was driving to fast & went off deadman’s curve ! That’s what I heard but I could b wrong !?

[@bunnybeckman8029]

No the best years we’re when Brent joined ! I heard Keith was drunk ? They mite of covered that part up ! Not to ruin a reputation in the band !

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

beautiful camera work on peggy o...... :)

[@steves1588]

"and he called her by name, pretty Peggy-O"...

[@DM-ig4cm]

Holy S Jerry’s solo on US blues. Your smile jerry just makes my day. Love you forever !!!!

[@rockerrick21]

Donna really complements Jerry on Loser. Probably the best I’ve ever heard from her.

[@the_real_buckley]

Great job synching up audience tape, sound board and video! I don't know what was going on with Jerry's mic for the first few tunes but it got sorted out eventually. I'm glad this show (along with so many others) lives on. I loved seeing Jerry blissing out during Bertha. One of the tightest good lovin's I've ever heard! Thank you, voodoonola! ps: stop hating on Donna, folks! Face it, the Godchaux's were part of a Dead Era and like all the Dead Era's, there were ups and downs. This show's an UP!

[@bunnybeckman8029]

I’m sorry that I get on Donnas case but we were there to c the boys !

[@matthewsmith9410]

Did I just see Jerry jump in the air at the end of US Blues? That must have been some GOOD blow!

[@matthewsmith9410]

@@Jte336" grab a Coke and a Smile"

[@meagain6903]

he was playing percussion too!

[@db5166]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa vu funny bro,,.. thats was THE best.

[@Bee-hf3fc]

From what I understand it was Puruvian pink. Might be wrong but I read that somewhere. What a Bertha by the way

[@dalegamburg8995]

@@Bee-hf3fc I only heard about it ,it was legendary back then

[@brettmasie4662]

What a Smokin US Blues! Oh to have been at this one! Would have been floating for a week after this! Thanks for posting!Jerry we all miss you!

[@linkomatic]

Wow! What a JOY! Never seen Garcia so freaking ANIMATED! "Epic" doesn't begin to describe this goosebump rock n roll experience. I had a bootleg CD of this show, but, man, this is even better! THANK YOU FOR POSTING!

[@erincarey6014]

That was Nice!

[@fordprefect7316]

I was listening along now I'll get to watch it again!

[@hammondOT]

Something came over that whole place right at 3:22:30 lol. Jerry grinning, the crowd jumping around, Billy going nuts. Haha.

[@sald0717]

3 days before my first show ;-) Yeah, everyone loves to gritch about Donna, but a couple things to remember: Jerry liked her singing enough so that she was in the JGB at this time, and the main thing about the Dead's music was improvisation. Donna didn't have an instrument to improv on, so she did with her voice. Yes, it went horribly wrong sometimes (though rarely by this point), but that was true for all of them, and times like Barton Hall it all went right, and that's the main thing :-)

[@dirtyparamedic9124]

You know she sounded very good when she wasn't high.

[@johnjeffery6638]

A VERY studious analogy

[@photoslum]

Everything about her is fine by me EXCEPT the bellowing on Playing and Scarlet. She meant well, i get how the part could have worked, i dont get how they didn't tell her to chill on those parts.

[@kip4966]

I'm just stuck on "no Donna, no Keith"....and anyone that plays piano knows, Keith was the man

[@bobcondon9602]

There are times when Donna blended well. I saw some shows on this tour and most of the years that followed. . We traveled to see the band, to see any band that Jerry or Bobby was in. How many of us would've gone out to see Donna on her own? I'm one of the people that enjoyed them more without her.

[@duhquadman]

I feel love in my heart for Jerry Garcia. Though I was never alive at the same time as him

[@dwaynebryant2355]

I was lucky enough to catch the boys both times they played at Duke. 2nd show was assurance that i could not miss any shows within 300 miles. Back in those days they would do 1 show per venue. Immediately following the show I had to shake off the acid and drive to Hampton Virginia which was a 4hr jamfest then off to meriwether post pavilion in Maryland. Next night in Morgantown west Virginia at the Centrum where these little old white haired ladies escorted us to our seats which was new to us. As soon as the lights went down all the chairs were stacked neatly up against the closest wall and the ushers vanished like a bad fog. I was an 18 year old freshman at UNCC in charlotte following 2 white boys who had seen 3 tours before me. I can honestly say that the most exciting thing in my life was to have the lights go down and suddenly there stood JERRY GARCIA. Anyone around me could easily see that I was in my own little world. Never saw Jerry have a bad show.

[@johnpetro9308]

1978 was I believe one of their best years. Almost 3years from their break and by now they were so in tune with each other. You can sense they were having fun. Garcia in full mode!!

[@Tommy2shoe811]

John Petro 1978 could be hit or miss the hits were for the reasons you stated but the misses were bc this was when the excesses started showing up I have some bootlegs from 78 where they were really off especially Jerry. 1979 same story with just a little more misses than 78 and ditto for 1980 but the shows where they were on were truly special. 1981 was when it really effected them but still had excellent shows especially in Europe. 1982 onwards they were mostly misses most of the band was out of control on alcohol & cocaine and Jerry became a raging heroin addict. He smoked it so it destroyed his voice and his lungs. (Way worse than the raspy voice cocaine drip down his throat) and it’s really apparent on recordings. 1977 you can throw on any tape and it rocks.

[@craigcraig9731]

YEP👽 This Is Creg🤗😢🎶🎶🌹

[@tonymiller6847]

Except for Woodstoc and Watkins Glen (1973) the 13 totalconcerts werein New England from 74 to 78whileI wored ina entalhospitaland continually wondered which side ofthe eys I belonged onomelretters don'twoer

[@bigmike5785]

@@Tommy2shoe811 this is right on.

[@Bee-hf3fc]

There was a subtle power and ferocity to them in 1978. It was like 77 but with reckless abandon that worked. They were also wonderfully high in this show. I thought the Winterland Bertha/GL combo was the best until I heard this.

[@rumeaug]

Jerry and bob attempting the windmills :) As I read in an article once (with bob weir), it was a nod at The Who (windmills for Pete Townshend and the flying drum sticks for Keith moon who passed away shortly before the concert)

[@cohort2796]

Love u Dead Guys!!! Best Band. Best Songs. You know you wish she would.

[@wharfrat1950]

A rocking Jack Straw right out of the chute...didn't matter Jerry's mike didn't work...it was grate...🌹

[@ncfish751]

First saw this in about 1990....it was in the archive at duke and my buddy knew a guy. You know how that goes...been a dead freak for years and this one is special. Back when I was eighteen I would drive fifty miles to score a crappy sounding bootleg cassette of the dead. It's almost too easy now. GREAT US BLUES!!

[@ncfish751]

Don't have to work for it anymore and I'm not complaining...god love em...still dig this stuff thirty years later and I ain't ashamed to admit it...my girlfriend thinks I'm crazy though...says Jerry can't sing worth a damn but then again she likes new country so there's that....all good. To each their own. My understanding is that this video was made by students at duke. Production value is good. Multiple cameras...love when Phil and Bob bust balls about the house lights not being turned down. Love early 78.

[@jacksonrauch9429]

Yep I was there at Duke the night it was found in 89👍👍👍

[@brianbiechele1958]

Arrrhg. Got to caught up late at night. Here Comes Sunshine is about the Vanport Flood.

[@guitarpiospace2371]

Bought this as boot-leg video on the mean streets of NYC, watched this many many times back in the day (early 90s), so good to see it up on the tube. Too many highlights to count on this one!! Garcia, I mean, really Jer? Windmills!!! Billy tossing the drum stick up, what 10-15 feet, to catch it just in time for the crash cymbal, and then there's the US Blues, Jer on the steel drum during drums, someone else banging pots? Doesn't get better than this!! Thank you greatest band of all time!!!

[@hippiejohn7100]

Very Well said My Kind Friend !!! ✌️💖🎶

[@christopherkelley9298]

6thAv and 52nd…..I bought the VHS too……good kid had lots to choose from…..ghostly quality much improved here…thanks

[@mykelc205]

Bleecker Bob's

[@Bee-hf3fc]

The boys and girl are high as hell but absolutely on fire. It gets very noticeable on Bertha. One of the greatest shows of any band ever.

[@tobinmcintosh5425]

Oh I got to see Bob we're in concert with the Dead and without 40 times only 95% of it was fantastic

[@robertjackson8680]

WOW!! Just plain WOW!! Also, love how Jerry, Phil, Bill and Mickey at times seem to having have their own little party...... Great F****ng show.....raining here in NJ and perfect way to spend a late Saturday rainy morning

[@BigOleTaterTV]

I'm gonna take a step out back and I'll be right back. We'll watch it when I get back.

[@zachadelic8110]

This show is so fucking mind bending awesome! The mannerisms Jerry does at like 1:33ish is fucking priceless. This is full on psychedelic tilt Grateful Dead haha its like theater or a magick ritual really haha fucking thank you sooooo much for posting this! I didnt think I could be more of a Dead Head after growing up with Dead music since I came out the womb (Im 33 now) but aftsr watching this ona good solid 200 mics haha holy fuck....like how much further can I love the Grateful Dead 😆 (the answers a LOT)

[@davemoretz]

I love how you can hear Bobby's guitar so well in this one.

[@craigcraig9731]

The Whole🎶🎶🌹 Fucking🎶🎶🎸 Showe💯😎 Is A Vintage 💎 Classic🤗🤩😢😭😂🌹🐢🎸 GRATE Joy Too? E🌹J🎸Y Especially Watching 🤗😂 Our?👽 Doing? Drums 😅 With? Billy And? Mickey🎸🌹🎸🌹🤗🎸👍🐢💯😎🤩💀🔥😢😭 Jerry🎶🎶🎶😢

[@gerrileid8951]

Blame Dan Healey for that one and I feel ya bro.

[@autistichead8137]

I always liked the Ibanez. Bobby’s best tone.

[@charlie.something]

@@craigcraig9731 wow. he loves hieroglyphics. jesus h. we've reverted to cave man shit.

[@douglaconti7113]

@@gerrileid8951 ]]pl)]p

[@Chrispypullen]

God damn, that Peggy solo when Garcia tells them to take it around again...

[@jerrygarcia9244]

Jerry on drums was a first for me in 25 years of loving this band.

[@saucyjk6453]

where was he on drums?

[@bob733333]

@@saucyjk6453 April 1, 1980 for 1 song.

[@meagain6903]

this show around the 2:30 mark (percussion)

[@NicholasOsella]

I am really happy to be here

[@erichlopez4894]

Thank u for being here!

[@jellyfishrising]

Once again we worship at the grail

[@johngarry8193]

So puncyand smokey!! This and William a Mary are of 78 some of the most incredible jams 🎸 your ears could ever take in! JG

[@elwoodblues9215]

I love to see Jerry smile😊👍

[@thegreatchain7112]

I'll say it again ; my first Dead show Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City NJ ; 72 ! they were at their best in 72 ! I don't care about all the gadgets and overplayed keyboards like the later years, especially with Bret ! I saw after Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City my hometown and the Stanley Theatre Jersey City ! we used to go to the Stanley theatre as kids !

[@mcganahanskjellyfetti7722]

Peggy-O ❤️

[@Bradley-ff5jc]

Good 'Ol Grateful Dead 🥀

[@markknego7658]

BEST ERA OF THE BEST BAND EVER

[@chickieknit]

Beautiful Peggy oh

[@garycoggeshall9282]

I concur hee ha da love this THANKS MAN

[@stfnjng]

70S ERA DEAD IS PURE fire!!!

[@bwanna23]

'Estimated Prophet' is particularly mesmerizing in this performance.

[@emmet2027]

@voodoonola You are a national treasure! So grateful for all of this amazing work... Thanks

[@garycoggeshall9282]

I live in the finger lake last live show was 1992 at Soldier Field .. I was pooped by then… at 30 🐕‍🦺

[@richardcolton4125]

if u manage to get inside one of those tic tacs you'll find these droolling amazing people with Jerome on steel drums and Keith nodding at the piano waiting to come in, to find they've been doin space and drums for millions of years hoping someone finds them---what a wonderful show this is!

[@louisgallucci2083]

Thank you

[@richarddavisdog]

I was there in 1978 and it was magic!

[@jimiamfirshur4778]

Man! This stuff is incredible! I don’t know how you do it voodoonola! Many thanks for this and all the other shows you have posted. These really take me back. Good times. Thanks again and keep ‘ em comin’

[@cas3151]

I needed this!

[@garycoggeshall9282]

Congrats To my friend been on the bus since 72..me 77 at Cornell at 14 ..started young coolest damm thing iv witnessed up to that point in my young life🥑

[@andrewmccourt6112]

Peruvian Flake = Fast Eyes. Great show! The 70s were my favorite Dead.

[@peterskove3476]

Thank you so much Voodoonola !! I’m blessed to have gone to shows beginning in 76 , still in high school. For years we relied on cassettes and tapers, I carried a trunkful wherever I moved. These you tube vids are an unbelievable blessing!!!❤️

[@ToddandDonnaproperties]

This is FANTASTIC! Rockin So Fuckin Tight! Oh, I'm 10 minutes in... I will end up commenting on this a bunch. Hmmm

[@bobdefrance2814]

A dreamy Jack Straw

[@erich591]

24:44 Peggy-O. Wow. Jer absolutely owned it. Weaving through the notes. Semi off time, but totally on time. Essence of the dead right there in one fell swoop. 29:30 Jer is like "watch this one"......lol

[@trapperkeeper9676]

My favorite Peggy-O ever!

[@ElJeffe78]

you 100% nailed it, and what a beautiful moment at 29.30. pure soul shining through.

[@LichenAndMoss]

And the ugly look he makes when Phil hits a rare clam at 29:17 !

[@DiannMelodyDunkley-sx2jr]

Sucks that I only went to one show. I'm not surprised that the DEAD had quite a large following. Peace and love are rivers . . .

[@ianb9851]

Damn, that Minglewood at 58:35 is absolutely SMOKIN, might be my new favorite version!!

[@TheSuzamon]

I Love You Phil!

[@davarph]

Aside for a few stray Donna comments, I actually didn't see signs of a troll! Priceless, when u consider the numerous Grateful Dead critics who have no clue what their music is really about or how it moves those who join with it rather than rejecting it!

[@johnmeyers8585]

Other than Donna sucking, there is nothing bad about the GD. I have been listening to them almost every day since 1976. There is not another band like them - not even close. It is my belief that people who don't appreciate the GD, really don't understand music and improvising. Also I think that the individual who don't like Donna may not like her because they LOVE the GD's music so much and Donna truly did not get it - she got in the way. She was just singing without "getting it". The GD are so much better without her.

[@robertmanalaysay702]

John Meyers your own auteur

[@baugen88]

John Meyers BS, listen before you speak: in this show Donna does not suck at all she's great as she was in her last shows.

[@johnmeyers8585]

heheheh.I have probably been listening to them for longer than you have been alive. . . .

[@baugen88]

John Meyers ok, it may have been annoying some times but this show is not the best example. And were the deadheads so great for the band and the music really.. lots of people think they had their greatest time artistically before all that, say 69 and 70, the real psychedelic period.

[@brianbiechele1958]

Row Jimmy. Special song. About the Vanport Flood. 1 mile from my house. Jerry playing slide. Special song. Great performance.

[@tobinmcintosh5425]

I guess voice activation hasn't learned to say names yet anyway that experience was in the seventies and '80s

[@jayellis5976]

The sound is so great. I don't know how you did this. Thank you.

[@seadub1791]

they were so good 77-78. A polished gem... Absolutely magical

[@urbanexploringwithkappy1773]

My All time favorite US blues. Jerry kills it on the solo thanks for posting

[@hammondOT]

Haha, they're nuts on the US Blues. Jerry's all over the place grinning from ear to ear, dancing lol.

[@hughjewnit7382]

Kudos to whom ever the fuck filmed this!!!!!

[@wilsoneer]

Thank you for this. I was never much of a deadhead, never followed them around, but i went to this show to round out my concert experiences. I always loved their recorded albums and listened to them a lot. We had seats in the balcony above the stage and about even with the curtain across the wings of the stage so that we had a full view of the back stage area. What i remember the most about this concert was the constant parade of random people that would wander out of the audience and end up behind the stage -- socialize with the bouncers a bit and then pick up a pot and spoon or some random instrument and contribute to the music in the background. Must have been a couple of dozen folks that did it. I was mesmerized by this as I had never seen this happen before or since. Later in life I got to see Pink Floyd perform The Wall in LA and Frank Zappa in San Diego, Todd Rundgren. In this same time frame saw Yes in the round saw Robin Trower in Greensboro. Later on saw the Rolling Stones on the Steel Wheels Tour. I was a student at NCSU at the time of this concert, so a little younger than most of the audience. This was a very good memory -- the music always made me feel peaceful. The best show that I ever saw though was when Jethro Tull opened the War Child tour in Asheville NC in January 1975. They rehearsed with the entire North Carolina Symphony for a week before the show and then had a small string ensemble travel on the rest of the tour.

[@Anonymous-vb8nw]

@tom Wilson. Thanks, great stories.

[@desertweasel6965]

They were tripping on acid is what they were doing. The shows I went to were to the point of overwhelming. Especially since I was also on acid. I remember an Atlanta show where I realized tens of thousands of people were all on acid. It was a very strange experience.

[@tonymiller6847]

tTTTTTTtull''s shows were always so truncated compared tothe Dead or the Allman'sthough

[@robertsousa9550]

I saw The Wall in LA too! :) It was awesome!

[@GStone]

@@desertweasel6965 It was as close to organized insanity as you could get. Just when you thought you were losing your mind, you turn around and see some guy that's completely lost his marbles.

[@joannehack7588]

Wow. Black and white. Awesome

[@gruntergrilla9333]

Wow great concert x

[@waynegreenblatt8696]

Beautiful rendition of It must have been the roses!!

[@hippiejohn7100]

Welcome to the TWILIGHT ZONE !!

[@JohnGieschenJr]

pre-stadium dead - love it

[@nagesheldredge6717]

Wow! I don't know if I've ever seen Jerry so jubilant and demonstrative. Amazing stuff. I love 1978 Dead.

[@skiadikt]

"gonna steal your WIFE!" never seen jerry so animated ever. gotta be one of the highest energy shows of all-time.

[@stevensaltzman7451]

The Spring 1978 tour sees the band at a very high energy level-more ragged than the Spring 1977 tour but in some ways more exicting. Cocaine was in wide use that tour, and I'd bet they had access to ecstasy. Apparently the band took mescaline for the 5/11/78 show.

[@ahwien]

soundboard clarity; top form. Heartfelt Loser 🫂 thanks! Jerry & Keith join drums.

[@EstimatedProphet92]

that row jimmy really stands out, love the whole thing though

[@dackmont]

>that row jimmy really stands out, love the whole thing though Agree 100%. Jerry said that he loved that song and I completely agree, it's an incredibly beautiful song, and this version is one of the best. And yep love the whole show, 1978 at its best imo.

[@austina8797]

...and 46 years later this U.S. Blues has to be the most "viral Dead tune on the Internet. The whole band is just clicking on all cylinders. Keith was even able to keep his head up for the entire song.

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

Thank you for the live karaoke versions of Jack Straw & Dire Wolf 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🥸

[@steves1588]

Soul being treated! Praise Jah!

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

Like I said before I met Bobby + Phil in 1978 in Springfield Mass ! In 1978 that was the day I met Bobby + Phill + rat dog put a sticker on my back of a dungaree cote that I was wearing at the time + Ramrod put a sticker of the Gratefuldead on my back ! I still have the dungaree jacket I was wearing on that day ! It was a wonderful nite to b with those boys in a invite to there room with a stranger that was interview the boys from the rolling stone magazine which I thought was terrible of a interview I have ever been to !

[@jackkelly4712]

Thank you

[@feloniousmonkofjusti]

My main reason for loving to listen to these old 70s shows is that they play so amazing and dick around between songs sooooo much.lol

[@bigred1222]

Yes, a really good show here. Thanks for putting it up. Only took me, what, 8 years to stumble upon it. And I have to agree, Jerry is so inspired and enjoying himself so much. Great to see! I saw over 200 shows from 1976 on and don't recall ever seeing Jerry sitting in on Drumz like that (although I might have and just didn't know it).

[@stephanlarsen8169]

Don't have utilities..41f. Last night. Cold.for. Me Wrapped up and pushed play. Didn't know what it was. It was Cameron 78! Yes Jah Herb Jah Jerry from Tucson Arizona Sonoran 🏜️ desert 🍄🌵🇯🇲🇺🇸🇸🇪 Afro Viking 🇬🇳 rastafari

[@lizziesangi1602]

Donna sounds like a cat drowning. You can see Garcia throw looks at her, all the time. The only reason Donna was in the band was because she wouldn't allow Keith to perform if she wasn't included. That entire story can be brought up.

[@colettebernhard2532]

I call Jack Straw around 2:00 00 Jerry's noodling to warmup.

[@24Korova]

the power they had onstage is beautiful, even as im laying down in the wee hours ,i can feel it oozing from my screen especially when jerry gets into the solo for jack straw and them bam!!!!

[@roberthall6345]

Great show from a great era. Heard Donna sing with DSO. First Dead show 4-8-85 Philly Spectrum

[@rm1133]

Kruetzmann with the epic drum stick flip at 2:57:35. A good 10ft flip

[@jyanks1018]

How they hell do I take that amazing clip and turn it into a gif?

[@Spacecowboy42]

Yes. I've been looking for that clip for so long

[@Spacecowboy42]

I made this same comment on here years ago but I dont know what happened to it. I'm just glad someone else caught it and thought it was worth mentioning

[@Spacecowboy42]

@Bornaking holy shit. That's a hard one

[@wantabeu2ify]

...with Jerry and Bobbie doing mad windmills!