Grateful Dead - Desolation Row

Grateful Dead - Desolation Row

[@JGarcia77]

The finest band ever to grace this fine land!

[@seanmclaughlin5417]

Deadheads have the very best taste in all of music!

[@mccurryburg]

You know this is a Bob Dylan song, right?

[@Hopey168]

My son asks, "why you crying Mom?"...."Tears of joy", I say. Good no GREAT memories. :) :) :)

[@timothyallensmith-in-orbit8453]

Once in a packed bar I played "Blow Away" on the juke & I believe I out did you!!! I was bawlin like a baby & had to hit john for a wealth of schnott paper. All true.

[@briamstevenson6320]

the Brent years by far were the best inspiration moves me brightly

[@augarno]

Magical. It just tumbles out of him, don't it. Effortlessly dropping precious jewels from moment to moment, we just haven't had too many people like that in any genre of music. I'm a fan of them all and plenty happy at a Furthur concert, but Garcia was just a gift to this planet.

[@tomassirman]

This music history. Love this show I was there.

[@iamryanallen]

this makes my heart melt, people need to give bobby more credit for his passion

[@schmach2000]

"The Row" Has Got to be one of my favorites. RIP Jerry, many good memories.

[@TheDeadhead56]

what a classic. miss you jerry and brent. thanks to all you boys for what you gave to us and continue to give.

[@TheCashal]

nearly 50 years old ... and much better that most of todays stuff! Like to have a time machine to go back.

[@rustribbonwizz]

The "DEAD" will never die---always awesome---awesome as always! Never a bad concert or tune. RIP: Jerry---we ALL miss you!

[@tiedyedlily]

one of the many great covers by the grateful dead

[@SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

Jerry's solos are just spectacular! I wish I could put one tenth of emotion into guitar as him. He truly brought it to another level.

[@coffeecoffee25]

what always impressed me about this is that Bobby can remember all the words to this song, when the Dead didn't do it very often and it's 100 verses long, and Bobby has to remember all the lyrics from a million other Dead songs as well.

[@docteursade1]

The song I used to listened to by Bob Dylan, over 45 years ago, which reminds me now when I was young. Oh ! missing those young and beautiful days !!! Thanks for your uploading by Grateful Dead which is also my favorite.

[@jasonjohnson556]

docteursade1 music is magical

[@luvbnmarried24]

this song has always brought me peace, and i wish you all peace out there in youtube land.

[@MrTedhawkinson]

Best Dylan song played by the best band ever. What more could you want?

[@gratefulaya192]

their best days were between 77 and early 90, not saying that they were not good the other times, the 90s brought some really good shows as well, but the Brent years for me were the best.

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

LMMFAO What is the span of those years? Shoot, you just shoulda comment the entirety of their years as band members

[@audreychow1729]

Always loved to see Brent - his voice, his passion complemented the Dead so beautifully.

[@garrettwelch9489]

Bro what?! Have you ever listened to anything from 68-74? 89/90 is good but 83-86 is easily among their weakest years

[@gratefulaya192]

@@LIZZIE-lizzie It was kinda the point, I was being a little sarcastic lol, but I love the 72 run and 74 run, then the 77/78, I just love the dead and they have good shows through their entire career but 95 was just so sad but still has it's gems

[@feldberg5386]

Desolation row höre ich jeden Tag

[@feldberg5386]

Eine grossartige Band--einzigartig

[@GumbyDunby]

Jerry suprised the shit out of Bobby.. my tried and true Dead.. magical nuggets of gold intertwined with awesomeness..

[@markkelly9788]

what a classic song from a classsic band....

[@SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

"And you can hear it blow." And I thought I was the only one. I played this song in the Saguaro National Park outside of Tuscon where I just opened the windows and just blared this song for everything in nature to hear. That was a memorable day.

[@sidobeef]

Jerry's backing vocals are just too sweet. Why can't I stop listening to this?

[@ClassifiedsEarth]

Thanks for sharing! A favorite song of mine.

[@maiv1232]

This is special thanks...

[@vicenterodriguez509]

Great cover!!! Great Grateful Dead and Great Bob Weir!!!

[@shelliwitham2463]

Simply AMAZING

[@cmgushman]

bob is a genius for getting thru this and remembering it, and jerry is a genius for upstaging him a little bit!

[@girlofsandwich]

"...her profession's her religion...her sin is her lifelessness..." one of the greatest lines EVER.

[@jaapklein1600]

Peace, love and stay strong✌☮jaap Amsterdam

[@camigol18]

Excelent !!

[@usernametaken73]

this song is so sweet....

[@cmgushman]

yea this is great, bob is amazing for getting all these lyrics, and jerry kills it with fills and chiming in with the chorus, classic stuff

[@MrClipper23]

"And though her gaze is fixed upon Noah's great rainbow / She spends her time peaking into desolation row" What a GENIUS.

[@WilliamsBallMusic]

To nail the bg vocal at 5:26, the drop in a gorgeous solo at 5:40 is what makes our Captain so special.

[@edwardweiss3288]

Elizabeth always has good film

[@jamesm.3307]

Timeless...

[@luvbnmarried24]

the grateful dead are my passion

[@xylotone0110]

Every version the Dead played of Desolation row is a treat . At least for me , Its one of their finer - americana - songs . And it wasnt a Dead original This band really had keyboard ' naturals ' playing that instrument . Brent is still an absolute treat to hear . His playing was so classy . So joyful .......

[@stephenmarksberry538]

February 9, 2020 The real Grateful Dead ended with the death of Pigpen. I met Jerry in 1971 March 21, at the Rhode Island Auditorium .Pigpen was still playing with the band.This was my first live show. Jerry was setting on the edge of the stage and I walked up to him and he smiled at me. I shook his hand and then asked him if I could sit behind the amps. He let me get behind the amps and Bear was sound man and was dropping liquid acid on the back of your hand and then you licked off. I hooked up with his Rhode Island acid connection and had a steady supply,until they busted him. I found other people who had acid and keep taking it up till this day. Acid built the wall of sound, Bear dreamed of that sound system, until he got it built.We kept the band going for years selling acid,until the masses discovered them. Four original members are alive, so better go see any of them as soon as you can. In the end, we loved Jerry to death. Though the ripple still keeps spreading. I love all my sisters and brothers, old and young who still believe the dream continues. ⚡️🎸⚡️🖖🏽⚡️🎸

[@estebangranados2583]

¡ Oh my precious God ! ¡ What a great talent for music !!!!

[@ccbuster16]

soo!!! sad but so true true homage to true friends

[@doughackett]

Tonight I am at the Crowne Plaza Ventura, CA.... as I look over towards the fairgrounds and down at the boardwalk its not the darkness i see, just the ship of light :D Really, really had a really good time :)

[@fullfrontalbuddha]

This was always one of my favorite Bobby (doing Dylan) songs. The lyrics are fan-friggin-tastic too. Thanks for posting this, it takes me back to shows that I only half-remember. ;-p

[@LawtyBobby]

Bob sportin the Aloha Shirt. Shoootttzzz

[@macoptimum]

gotta love it, music is to each person a beauty unto itself... comparisons are meaningless because they are not music... love yourselves + each other and if you can't then at least treat each other with common decency and respect... When some civilization digs us up they will think that most folks listened to Jerry because he was recorded (including the tapers) more than any human, . And remember, in the end it was Jerry's chemical romance that did him in. Move on to more important things!

[@ReckoningGD]

Yep, thats correct. This is a damn good version and an amazing song.

[@cletusthefetus4]

Theres so much behind this song its crazy

[@muckstar23]

giants/n.j. 1989 crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy show w/ crazy crazy crazy crazy crazy weather a tornado touchdown a few towns away the promoter i think john scher went on mic during set break and told people to take cover in the halls or under the mez people who were already freaking out were really freaking out by then -good times

[@LawtyBobby]

GOD!!! I love Brents voice!!!

[@halfaday1]

They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance one hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants and the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go as Lady and I look out tonight From Desolation Row. Cinderella, she seems so easy "It takes one to know one," she smiles And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style and in comes Romeo, he's moaning "You Belong to Me I Believe" And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend You Better leave" and the only sound that's left After the ambulances go is Cinderella sweeping up On Desolation Row Now the moon is almost hidden the stars are beginning to hide The fortune telling lady Has even taken all her things inside All except for Cain and Abel and the hunchback of Notre Dame Everybody is making love or else expecting rain And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing he's getting ready for the show He's going to the carnival tonight On Desolation Row Now Ophelia, she's neath the window for her I feel so afraid On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest Her profession's her religion her sin is her lifelessness And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow She spend her time peeking Into Desolation Row Einstein disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk He looked so immaculately frightful as he bummed a cigarette As he went off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet Now you would not think to look at him but he was famous long ago For playing the electric violin On Desolation Row Dr. Filth, he keeps his world inside of a leather cup But all his sexless patients they're trying to blow it up Now his nurse, some local loser she's in charge of the cyanide hole And she also keeps the cards that read "Have Mercy on His Soul" They all play on the penny whistles you can hear then blow If you lean your head out far enough From Desolation Row

[@humboldtglass]

when jerry comes in the 1st time singin before the solo i get chill bumps

[@humboldtglass]

this show was from alpine....and yes...it absolutly is jerry at the 5;26 mark....'you can hear him blow"...he pops in at the end of the next verse as well...brent was kickass but give the credit where its due folks

[@loopy61660]

Damn I love this!!!!!!!! The Dead will never Die!! Until the Watchers Ban All Music Except What They Want You To Hear!!

[@tcs202]

Bobby's best Dylan, just as "Johanna" is for Jerry, and "Tom Thumb" for Phil...but then again, it's in the eye or ear of the beholder.

[@cruisinthefifties]

Gets right to my soul. I'm practicing this. Really a very cool way of doing something in the key of "C."

[@riseuplight]

Hawaiian T-shirt plus Bermuda shorts = WIN

[@hockeygame3]

You can't find a ride like that no more

[@seafood360]

The name of the DVD is "Down Hill" from Here" "Alpine Valley"

[@volz7513]

"You can hear him Blow" Jerry breaking in at 5:26 is Pure Jerry!

[@MsCaleb79]

This is god damn good, all babies and honies!!!!

[@anarchybmx]

@gksnow2700 its 89 this video looks like it was taken from the "downhill from here" dvd which was shot in july of 89...I wish there was more from that dvd here on youtube...it rocks!!!

[@CliftonHangr]

EPIC!!!

[@OldBeethowen]

EXCCELENT - G.D !

[@botanyboy2]

I think he's describing people familiar to himself in riddles. That's what I get out of the last verse, which is cut from this clip ("Yes, I received your letter yesterday..."). I doubt Dylan will ever say, so we have to look at it ourselves. ...one of my favorite Dylan songs, and a great Dead cover.

[@kimockman1]

You can hear them blow....

[@GeezerDookey]

Awesome

[@Bohixxx]

If you want to get technical, The Dead is a cover band. The remaining members of the Grateful Dead tour playing your favorite dead tunes and dead covers. The Grateful Dead STILL make more money on merchandise that MCR will make in two lifetimes.

[@PlanTonto]

This show is familiar to me in my travels with them...Maybe Capital Centre Landover

[@jahtom]

Love ya, Jerry

[@joemallett1897]

No band does Dylan better than the Dead.

[@garbobnewman920]

Joe Mallett hell yah I was just telling someone, the grateful dead, specifically Bobby and Jerry deserve some sort of reward for taking dylans beautiful, rock genre changing songs and simple poetry. and gave the world the unique instrumental touch of love and profound musicianship that Dylan nay have lacked as a live artist. and thank God they did. listen to dead Dylan covers. it's like a fucking gospel. one love brother

[@joemallett1897]

Very well stated, Gary.

[@garbobnewman920]

Joe Mallett haha an award, not a reward l. thanks man they were the right fit of weirdness for dylans writing. thank God for Bobby weir

[@davewilliams3315]

Um, Hendrix doing "All Along the Watchtower," and Johnny WInter doing "Highway 61 Revisited"? Sorry...

[@garbobnewman920]

Dave Williams yah everyone has covered Dylan. Some quite well as you mentioned. But I'm saying no band consistently and so thoroughly covered Dylans catalog for decades like the dead. They were pretty much Dylan cover band plus many more things obviously. Jerry and Bob had a passion for Dylan that I think is apparent. That's what I'm really saying

[@OldBeethowen]

Bob Dylan - composer & Bob Weir - perform nice song & Jerry Garcia player = Desolatin Row !

[@Jenscool]

FAN-tastic!

[@Ajax1450]

Dylan actually wrote the song in the back of a ny taxi cab, as he was watching people go by

[@DjTaras1979]

what a really great tune to just listen to eh?

[@garbobnewman920]

props for not having the sound malfunctions in this recording, version of the recording. it doesn't really make sense to me. since it's the same video. but it's nice to hear it without it however you pulled it off

[@humboldtglass]

jerry also pops in at the end of the last verse with the camera right on him

[@tflyer98]

5:26 just awesome

[@burnpoi86]

@cjonezz1 Also Keith and Vince, may they also RIP

[@homann25]

bobby smiles at 5:30, and i´m sure, you know why. . .

[@sidobeef]

How can Bobby remember the lyrics to a 10 minute Dylan song (that he didn't write), and yet mess up Truckin' again and again. Too bad the song cuts out before the end!

[@russellhoward4eva]

@lawnhippy they shall forever be awsome

[@hicks727]

How the fuck do remember all those goddamn lyrics....word for word...ok out of order...but word for word...awsome

[@quinntheeskimo123]

Bob never said this should be our national anthem. President Jimmy Carter did!

[@ronaldseigler4057]

Down the Dead ? Get offa my cloud..!!!

[@bababooey6166]

Summer Solstice 1990 Originally Pay Per View on Cable

[@spiritofr]

Tight

[@SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

And you can hear them blow....

[@JGeilsFan]

@quinntheeskimo123 Did Jimmy Carter TRULY say that? I can't find any record of it,,,, but man,,,,that is COOL!!!!!!

[@LawtyBobby]

Mahalo, Kuipo

[@MadMaxBeyondThunderBone]

Favorite version of this song by far, even over Dylan

[@swmplvr]

aghhhhhhhh wtf... it gets cut off?? someone could have atleast warned me!! * throwing my arms up in disatisfaction.. it was like almost reaching the climax and just being cut off!!

[@jaredf921]

bob was trying to evoke t.s. eliot's wasteland and allen ginsberg's howl into an epic song. certainly his new york pedigree in his formative years (artistically) contributed greatly to the song, but this was more of an amalgam of bob's fusion of stream of consciousness poetry with nuanced poems, the liks of ginsberg and eliot. he didn't just write it on a street corner, rather sought to make the first real epic rock song that fused brilliant poetry with an electric sound. :)

[@bnork]

i thought this song was written by dylan for the appearance at isle of wight? see the movie!

[@NathanNoble]

haha i was just thinking the same thing

[@lawnhippy]

@russellhoward4eva lol well see how awesome they are in 30 years

[@jeromekerngarcia]

yup!and again at 7:15 - both times ol' Jer' kind of surprises Mr. Weir methinks :-) :-) Does anyone know when this was reorded?

[@madcowhunter]

Great version! Anybody knows when was this performance?

[@Unabonger420]

I love how the deadheads say my chemical romance version sucks. The Dead were a cover band, take it from a dedicated fan and musician.