Grateful Dead - Bertha - 9/30/89 (Pro-Shot)

Grateful Dead - Bertha - 9/30/89 (Pro-Shot) @ Shoreline Amphitheatre (Pro-Shot)

[@snmthecloser]

Jerry is fully present, cognizant of every tickle of the twine. A purely Proustian example of big ole Bertha. Jerry and the boys can come back around here anytime they want. RIP J. RIP Brent. One of the unsung talents of the 80s. A full-fledged virtuoso tripping over the ivory with the precision of a sportsman’s knife, and the joyous chatter of a thousand drops of rain. Play on my friends. Life is short, but boy oh boy can it be sweet as syrup when the Dead come on!

[@wireguy73]

Jerry looks so lively and happy here. The interaction between Jerry and Bobby is reminiscent of the early 80's when he was still engaging the entire band from the left side of the stage. The solo is completely on point.

[@willbecker2774]

4:18 !!! I love the dead so much. Jerry and Bob are having such a great time up there. I am smiling right along with them.

[@tonymannara]

Whoa...Jerry is playing "Wolf" in this show...in 1989! Sweet.

[@joshualantz5101]

It was during the time his tiger was being worked on I love sound of the wolf I study his solos and I have believe that this was one of his best on Bertha and the whole show he lights the wolf up like he missed it

[@bjarbor]

I saw every show from the Summer of '89 until Europe. They really started catching fire late in '89 and into 91. Those years were a really strong time for some great shows and tight playing. So glad to have seen over 300 shows and for stuff like this that is so accessible now a days. There is a lot of wonderful pro shot Dead out there, I hope more of it becomes available. Thanks for posting this!!!

[@badtexasbill5261]

That summer of '89 was remarkable.

[@tuberawcity]

RIP Brent Mydland. A little younger than me, yet gone 25 years now. Imagine that.

[@robertcheiffetz3886]

Are you an alcoholic? Due to do too many drugs? Not that hard to understand.

[@zr24X4ROCKS]

yeah , missed big time

[@rodneyphillips5644]

Best dog EVER........."Bertha" was her name....Damb good dog....rip..

[@stevenhashim1417]

A Friend of the Devil Love the dead they let me spin round and round and make me float. Maybe I better take another toke :) sit in my chair,close my eyes sing-a-long and smile. Whether it's shouting it out to,Fire on the Mountain or singing,you know you got such dark eyes Woooo.... Shaking it up with Sugaree and asking her to please forget she knew my name or telling Bertha Don't you come around here any more. I could always get a little dizzy spinning round and round with the girl that has rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes... I knew right away she was not like the other girls. Or go Trucking with the do-dah-man what a long strange trip it's been... become the Ripple singing let there be songs to fill the air. Feeling so free,flying with the birds singing their songs...tell me all that you know. Hiding out in a rock and roll band with Uncle Sam wave that flag...we're all confused,what to do. It Must Have Been the Roses got me so fallen in love... all I know is I could not leave her there. Feeling all melancholy Standing on the Moon watching the battle rage below. I watch it roll by, feeling the pain. So sometimes I feel like just Throwing Stones and singing ashes,ashes we all fall down or maybe go strutting with Cosmic Charlie... he's smooth as silk. But where ever I walk with Jerry and the boys I know they will ease my soul because there are So Many Roads. RIP Jerry... Written by Hashman

[@Furthurfan]

The sound and energy that started it all...our Love will not fade away. )

[@ChynaRider]

So just, well, FUN to see him out there with Wolf, Bobby actually looking like Bobby, Phil so spry and chipper, and the whole band playing with the smiling feel.

[@soyghost1]

jerry had the wolf out of mothballs for this one....Jerry + Wolf = total domination

[@staggerlee4979]

Wolf used in Fall 89 to test MIDI for Rosebud. I was at this spectacular show! 🎸🐺🔥

[@happyirish65]

Some of the best time of my life. Thanks for uploading.

[@tflyer98]

That was about the most interaction I have seen between Garcia and Weir in years especially smiling like that. Great to see the fun they were having. Usually it was Brent that would always bring a smile to Jerry's face.

[@jeffs6399]

Louis, i remembered your favorite tune. So i played and prayed for you to say the rosary. I know you know so we saved each other. Chillades as big as your head nation wide.

[@stevenhashim1417]

Best Bertha...gotta play it at least 4 -5 times ...LOVE IT.

[@ensinitas]

excellent. always a pleasure to hear a good bertha. for those of us who have little musical skill it s a good beginner guitar tune too!

[@johnstoner8515]

Jerry playing wolf in 89! badass

[@Evertnr11]

They got so god damn fun! Fun to see! ;) Thanks for uploading!

[@majorbuzzfortwnty]

I loved it.

[@TonyJenRock1]

that guitar has got to be worth about 6 million bucks! (that's what I'd pay for it)

[@WALSTIB93089]

This was my first show, coming up on 25 years ~*~What A Long Strange Trip It's Been~*~

[@billybaugus1249]

That's awesome, they were on fire in 89

[@TNAisWWEv2]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN Are you kidding me? The Dead brought so much magic with them to each show. Nothing was ever the same. They changed so many people's lives. How could you say there overrated when there barley even on the radio. Trust me, if you really start listening to all of there stuff from 1965-1995 you will not say there boring or overrated at all.

[@jcrocker2323]

Love the way Brent's voice mixes with Bob and Jerry's

[@09jackstraw]

@024mdc Are you thinking of "Downhill From Here" possibly. I think that's what it's called anyway. From Alpine Valley '89. It is spectacular. I was there! Our summer trip to Alpine was a staple of our youth for many years. Miles of smiles!!

[@kennewicksheri]

Ran into a rainstorm Ducked into a bar door It was all night pouring, pouring rain But not a drop on me

[@beckyhutch4699]

BEAUITFUL

[@alyworth]

wooooooooohooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@gotribe95]

@wireguy73 I agree, my first show's were in the late 80's (Alpine Valley). It was tough watching Jerry deteriorate into the mid 90's. Those last show's in Chicago were tough. Missing chords, lyrics, and repeating versus.... Strung out....

[@leslieweaver66]

hello all. Takes me back a while. I have a smile on my face and that has not happened in a long time. much love -JD

[@Pimpermann]

man they really do have fun

[@johnnyaxe2004]

@024mdc i was at the show...my first actually!! they opened with Bertha!! check out Truckin up to Buffalo on DVD...awesome!!

[@meltw3418]

Opened with this when I saw them at Oakland Coliseum. Was that '92 or '93? Then we went to Cal Expo and the Shoreline. Tofu Burger.

[@MrDeAdHeAd1989]

Ive been asked many times "If you could see anyone live living or not who would it be? and i always say It would be the dead with jerry g on guitar!

[@1godonlyone119]

Does the name "Bertha" represent the police in this song? I've always thought that it did.

[@brianlazarus180]

it's about a large fan that was in the GD office and as it oscillated, it often blew the drugs off the mirror.....

[@rjmoney9]

this is a joke, right?

[@robinwembley2578]

Brian Lazarus; RJ Money The bit about blowing the drugs off the mirror may be intended as a joke but according to 'The Stories behind every Grateful Dead Song', "Bertha is a big electric fan we used to have in the upstairs office" Garcia told Charles Reich and Jan Wenner in 1971. . . . " and if you left it for a minute, it would crash into the wall and chew a big piece out of it."

[@andrewptob]

Brian Lazarus It’s not about a fan at all. Hunter is on record saying so.

[@sammaddry3207]

Damn that makes sense

[@mikec6733]

Isn't Jerry using his older pre-Tiger guitar here? I thought that once he got Tiger, he never switched off from it.

[@JoeyhasMojo]

Ha ha ha...thought I'd never find a clean version of BERTHA!

[@JoeyhasMojo]

I was at that show

[@robertcheiffetz3886]

Grate birtha

[@KOD8995]

Jerry and Brent wake up at the same time.ha.

[@jclancy45]

@jaybird48230 -that death is on youtube bro....check it out

[@JimiHendrixFeyenoord]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN sorry you feel that way ( i have listened to it ) try the Dead Albums Workingmans Dead and American Woman

[@lindatheobald7789]

had a stray cat around the barn--called it Bertha to go somewhere else cause of too many --but took care of it--now I have to bury her cause of a-hole drivers who target friends --even they may be stray cats BERTHA

[@ReedRosson1987]

bertha don't you come around here anymore

[@damnbigfish]

Tasty, but where are Bobby and Brent in the mix?????? No balls w/o them.

[@cps27]

12.31.87 Oakland Coliseum

[@JimiHendrixFeyenoord]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN No offense but calling Grateful Dead boring while Fleet Foxes are you're favorite...Fleet Foxes equels most boring band ever. No offense off course ;)

[@setboy1]

pro shots means it wasn't shot from someones personal camera in the audience. I agree with you the sound is pretty bad.

[@inmyriver65]

Check Eugene 8/28/88

[@pastore4200]

really,? american women?

[@xxxdwbxxx]

I'm not sure what about this is "Pro-Shot", but it's certainly not the sound. I'm a huge Dead fan of many years, I also own this complete show on an old set of tapes, everybody knows what those are, right? Anyway, the sound quality of this "video is HORRIBLE compared to the tapes, TAPES, T-A-P-E-S!! During the solo the band is even EQ'd DOWN in the mix. WHY?!? Why would anyone do that? Never "adjust" the EQ of a Dead show, EVER, unless you're "Dave, Dick, Dan, Bear or Betty"