Grateful Dead "Mountains Of The Moon" Playboy After Dark

The Grateful Dead performs "Mountains Of The Moon" at the Playboy Mansion in January 1969, in this segment from the Playboy After Dark DVD Collection. The clip begins with a conversation between Jerry Garcia and Hugh Hefner.
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[@OldEnglishD]

At its heart, Jerry was just an amazing musician, and seemed like such a nice person. He just exuded warmth, intelligence, and energy. He seemed to be so uncomfortable as a spokesman for any movement beyond making great music. God bless him.

[@mbyrr]

Jerry had some a beautiful haunting voice.

[@thebrideoffrankenstein2415]

Absodamnlutely 💯

[@aroe3896]

@@thebrideoffrankenstein2415 or absotively?

[@christopherruth1131]

My favorite song today !! But then again I have 140 of them !!! I can’t get enough !!! I miss Jerry more than anything !!! The music never stops !!!

[@iadorenewyork1]

Such a sweetie.

[@baco82]

I love that climate of respect. No anger, nor hate, just a lovely conversation, before a wonderful song. I don't want to be just nostalgic. Let's do the same!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Beautiful statement❤

[@karmices]

TC added so much to the sound of the Dead in his short but great tenure with the band '68-'70

[@clam3974]

I love when Jerry talks about the drummers in the begging and you can see he's tripping on acid trying to explain it but you can't explain that, only feel it.

[@jg6698]

Why do you kids constantly insist all members of the Dead are on acid 24/7/365 back then? You sound ridiculous. They weren't, in general, and Garcia said they never tripped when performing after the very early days. Particularly in a scenario like this. You embarrass yourself.

[@helix-phase]

He's running circles around Hugh Hefner its funny

[@calburge4338]

Funny thing is Jerry is genuine in his quest for peace n love Seems he didn’t really want recognition for it. Other musicians tried to follow in his footsteps but are media hounds about it. Jerry’s awesome!!

[@edenbrontman125]

that's my kind of Jerry

[@psychotic-artsstudio2729]

Absolutely beautiful song with a haunting sound and melody, always loved this song since I was a teen.

[@TheSenhorMister]

I swear I'd love to see other versions of this song, but I always end up here when I remember this song, I'm really in the deepest love with this.

[@davidshur3882]

This is my favorite Dead song. Still have to play it regularly. Love the harpsichord and acoustic guitar sound.

[@stacymuise1]

Watching this clip of “Mountains of the Moon” makes me pine away for Robert Hunter. Genius. So missed.

[@123Tymathis]

This is so cool, I love seeing old clips of Jerry being interviewed

[@lifesoboring1]

he's a wit

[@FinallyFlanders]

there's a part in the booklet for Aoxomoxoa, which i have in front of me right now, that talks about them playing that night and part of it says: "As the band played on, the artificially festive atmosphere gave way to something that seemed more authentically wild and unscripted. Perhaps it was just the power of the music - or maybe it was resulted, as has long been rumored, of some special refreshments that unkown members of the Dead's enteroughe generously shared with the other guests..."

[@hugophucyerslf4393]

Yeah I read somewhere that ramrod spiked the punch

[@raxideezxxx8752]

Well put.

[@user-cr2bt3zp1f]

@@hugophucyerslf4393 Bill Kreutzmann said it was Bear who did it.

[@namcat53]

Bunnies on acid. Beautiful. I'd love to hear their story.

[@thelastwavemusic1518]

great to see John Lennon joined them on keys ;) i love this song and i got tears in my eyes when Phil sang it at the Soldier Field. u know im from holland so i couldnt attend to the show. but luckily they aired it in the cinemal world wide and there i was in between of the old hippies. love them love the dead they are timeless this music is pure. was great to cheer to the band just in the cinema. the Dead is magical listening to it it make u a bit less afraid of it.

[@irishelk3]

+DuCroockMusic haha yeah, and Mick foley was great on guitar.

[@thelastwavemusic1518]

haha funny things mate, have a good day x from holland

[@TheDrmedina]

That's not John Lennon playing the acoustic harpsichord, it's Tom Constanten!

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

Lol

[@bryanc.8441]

How's it going ?

[@oreokookie1000]

Jerry picking out Robert Hunter's beautiful mystical lyrics

[@toernebohmite]

Robert & Jerry - My favourite song-writers of the last forty years.

[@kylebackman6461]

51 years for you now.. rip Robert 😥

[@whatthecello42]

Nice to see video of Tom Constanten.

[@FreeCorps1984]

Yep

[@damonhill3944]

TC. According to Bill in Deal, "never a card carrying member" of the Dead, but so crucial with that second album "Anthem of the Sun".

[@kylebackman6461]

@@damonhill3944 he didnt like drugs and he was a scientologist

[@rachelh9150]

His harpsichord like playing on this song is magical... I envision frolicking tree nymphs 💛

[@This_is_my_real_name]

There's another video of this event that includes _St. Stephen_ and you can see Pigpen playing the bongos. Quite a demotion from his previous role as keyboardist. I remember one night at the Fillmore East, when the warmup band was a so-so blues band. When their set was finished and the Dead were onstage, the warmup band's fans -- occupying the front rows of the theater -- began heckling, bigtime. They wanted the Dead OFF, and "their" band _back!_ (like _that_ was gonna happen!) After this went on for more time than proper, Pigpen got really pissed, went to the front of the stage, grabbed the mike, and began giving those fans a good what-for, in no uncertain terms. After this went on a bit, Weir went up, took the mike away, and said, "Don't mind him, folks. He's drunk." Ah, memories...

[@thebrideoffrankenstein2415]

My favorite Dead song ever!! Jerry such a beautiful person...love him...sad he's gone too soon

[@MrFartboy79]

"Well, so there we were... six of us....seven of us.... armed to the teeth with Buck Knives"

[@crawdaddybill]

So very cool. Jerry was all there, very bright, coherent. He was a talent beyond comprehension.

[@MarkSeibold]

A great performance, especially in this solo by Jerry accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. We've become so familiar with the later concerts, such as the one that I photographed them up close in 1976 in the Paramount Theater in Portland Oregon. I should put a link up to that photograph it's a wide panorama of the stage, some years after this I believe because I can tell they've aged a little in my 1976 concert photo. Also I should mention I found this video today because a friend sent it to me in a larger site where they were displaying another number that they performed for Hugh Hefner and the crowd here. Now forgetting to mention something that was important though, that I met Jerry Garcia's daughter when she came to speak in Portland Oregon Powell's Books in downtown, it was a huge presentation with other Saturday Night live people that appeared with her. I had to walk over to say hello to her quickly because I'm a professional astronomer and lecturer. I asked her if her father was an amateur astronomer because of what he mentions in that Dark Star number that they performed live so many years ago. She said her dad would take a telescope out into the backyard and have them observe through it often. It was just an honor to talk to Jerry's daughter, for a few minutes. I've come back to briefly edit. Here's a link [below] to that large panorama but it's the pictures backwards because it's photographed over the light table from the emulsion side of the film and I forgot to flip the image back to proper orientation, so it looks as if they're all playing left-handed guitars. I have the proper image reversed in photo memory but you can't put a photograph into comments here in KZbin only address links you can see all the concert Photography in my Facebook album titled concert photography.] g2.img-dpreview.com/3AC953B828D44DEAA0BD08B5F88721F0.jpg

[@InfamousMedia]

0:08 has anyone really listened to what Jerry is saying leading in to the “conversation”. He’s talking about fighting with buck knives lol. Combined with Jerry’s dry humor response when asked to play a song it’s obvious he was taking the piss out of the whole thing lmao

[@ajg5138]

They probably told them to act like they were talking when they said action and that's what came out of Jerry's mouth lmao

[@yguaray]

When leave a computer at a library I always leave it with a paused view of most of the band at the point when Jerry first sings the first syllable of word "Mountains" because Tom Constanten is looking at the camera therefore as I said it's a great shot of most of the band from this "Playboy After Dark" show! I remember seeing that show in general myself, however given that I remember my parents disallowing me to stay up late enough to see Star Trek so how it was that I managed to see any episode of this program I can't say? I very well may have seen this actual episode since what I vaguely remember seems to appear similar to the other tunes they played, namely St. Stephen and Lovelight? Or am I deluding myself just because I'm positive I saw at least some episode of this program but obviously I can't say for sure if it was this particular one given that I was only 9 years old at the time! Augy, San Diego

[@billbbill]

Jerry's voice was never better!

[@finnconaty4036]

Jerry was a great guy, he clearly had his demons like everyone else. But he seemed like a really honest guy who’s only focus was the music and his friends which I greatly respect.

[@craigsimon7658]

Beautiful tune definitly one of my favorites🎸🎵

[@1967PONTIACGTO]

One of my favourite Grateful Dead songs...great to have hear it played live.

[@ARCHER2740]

Fantastic. Jerry Garcia is sorely missed, and with good reason.

[@mark07421]

liked the drummer explanation to hugh.

[@RayNDeere]

That's right. Bear (Owsley) got the coffee pot that everybody was drinking out of. Hef was big into Pepsi (heard he went through at least a 12 pack a day, probably more) and protected his beverage stash. There is a clip of most of their performance and by the time they got to Pigpen signing "...Love Light" everybody but Hef was on another plant

[@chadmiller3388]

RayNDeere where could one find this clip?

[@scotthudson8648]

Hauntingly, beautiful sort of acoustic baroque treatment combined with hunters, amazing lyrics Create a force like no other in music , Or anywhere for that matter. Love this song And his version. Pretty amazing that they pull that off so beautifully live with the harpsichord sound and everything.

[@justanotherrandomcrit8115]

Jerry’s voice is great here

[@scuff02]

A perfect snapshot in time. Classic. And...beautifully performed. I don' think I'll ever quit missing Jerry. Thanks!!

[@illadrobici]

Me neither. There are only a handful for me that fit that designation, most of whom I am related to. Garcia is one of an even smaller group I'm not related to that I'd like to still be around. Early in my life, he became for me the correlative to many new places of exploration I had no sense of previously. And I trusted the guy because he was like an aggregate of everyone I knew growing up in San Francisco. I never met him, but he spoke a language I understood. This was in high school. And I'm 18 years younger, so they were already past their first heyday. I don't know- you never know about these things though- it's now impossible to imagine Garcia as an old man and what that would be like. He's, as he's always been, frozen in our memories for a reason I guess. When the time comes- and if that includes some kind of all-encompassing awareness, we shall find what we had been seeking.

[@GaryPetrison]

Great that the boys played this for the Last Show Ever!

[@danielnietourena416]

What a beautiful performance!

[@WarGrrl3]

I can't stop crying. I miss Jerry.

[@hommie422]

TC and the harpsichord adds that extra mystery to it

[@Guevaristas]

Brilliant band. Anthem of the Sun and Aoxomoxoa (spell chec) brilliant. The album this track off is excellent, ethereal, and almost impossible to categorize, an epic ara of rock

[@NappyHeadedHoe23]

This is such an awesome performance. It makes the coming day bearable and meaningful. So much of the days coming are of great sadness for this world. verily I say unto thee.... Amen

[@kevindelaney5440]

They were on Owsley's Finest for this.

[@crawlinjohn]

I recently saw Bill K. doing a talk show promoting his new book. He said Owsley had spiked the coffee pot (or something) and that the film crew were the ones tripping. Surprisingly sweet rendition given the venue.

[@kevindelaney5440]

+John Keefer Gotta love bear

[@Chasstful]

this blows my mind...

[@liberalk78]

One of the most imaginative Dead songs ever

[@marcsimon1720]

Just Beautiful!!!! My favorite recording of Mountains of the moon 🏔️🌛👍 Thanks for posting this!!💥🌚🏔️🌛

[@carrietide]

Mine as well❤

[@marcsimon1720]

@@carrietide Isn't it just the perfect, perfect song?! Have a beautiful weekend 🌅🌴🎶🎵💜☮️⚡💥🍄

[@donaldgehre5964]

"The Earth will see you on thru this time." I find this masterpiece more and more perplexing as time goes by; seems to be existing in two different time frames at the same time. Mind stretching to put it mildly like the times.

[@photoslum]

one of, if not the best version of this ever! And hugh, just like most of all the other mainstream tv personalities were condescending

[@lifesoboring1]

i don't see him condescending

[@dillonhn]

awsome,i was only 2 when he died but i vividly remember ever since that day my dad making his music a part of my life

[@mikepiercey3845]

love Jerrys martin , the martin 000 body sizes are so great

[@Canoeland]

Mike Piercey OO-21 I believe

[@DannyIndio]

triple trifecta of pure poetry between the lyrics, the singing and the music-playing! truly sublime...

[@xiolaamapola3180]

So amazing 💛💙💜💚❤ a great performance and words from Jerry.....this is a priceless find :)

[@richardfinlayson1524]

great to see TC in there , rarely caught on film performing with the dead, he had a unique style, they all did, i guess.

[@BigVitus]

wow. this show and this performance are gems in time.

[@outsidelife4382]

Beautiful! Jerry lives on!

[@CuTeKiTtY420]

i saw phil do this song 2 days ago and although he really cany sing he did this song justice.....RIP Jerry

[@larkinmj]

I never fail to get a kick out of this video. One of the more bizarre episodes in Grateful Dead history. Hugh Hefner grooves on the "hippie scene".

[@marcellisrobinson]

I'll bet none of Hef's guests have a clue who the band is, and don't know much beyond the Beatles. A bunch of lecherous Mad Men, looking down Christina Hendricks blouse

[@m.oldani]

Love you jer. 😮

[@garylambert3341]

Slight correction: "Playboy After Dark" was not taped, as stated above, at the actual Playboy Mansion, but on a set in a Hollywood TV studio, decked out to look like Hef's swingin' bachelor pad. Tom Constanten has commented amusingly on the cheesy artificiality of the whole endeavor - noting, for example, that the art director's idea of a state-of-the-art hi-fi unit, visible on the walls behind the band, was just a phony, flat piece of stage dressing, as were all the books on the shelves elsewhere on the set.

[@lifesoboring1]

funny funny funny

[@darrendix5163]

BUT.... BUT.... BUT.... it was on T.V.! it had to be real, and they were really at the Playboy mansion! You are ruining all our ideas of what might have gone on after the show!

[@thetruthwillsetufree]

So, it was just another episode of Mayberry? The song won, however.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

What a beautiful song and video. I can't get enough of it. George Vreeland Hill

[@cucu4170]

one the best psychedelich song ever

[@iheartlotart1]

Every day I give thanks for what i received from Jerry and the boys

[@composer369]

Tom Constanten and I have been coworkers as teachers, and he now lives just a few blocks from me here in Charlotte NC.

[@alexanvl]

Months before Apollo 11, incredible

[@faithmelissaable]

i love how there sitting there all swaying thanks jerry i am forever grateful for your life. cant wait to meet you in the end.

[@3243_]

One of their most beautiful songs. Too bad they never brought it back.

[@jwilliams6403]

I love this song

[@AudioFidelity]

Ashes: Thank you for the kind words. That was quite a time and quite a setting for Jerry to be in but he pulled it off. People there seemed to really enjoy him...Audio Fidelity

[@SonionCayne]

Fantastic archival video clip. The world still misses the man!!!

[@southernswimbait]

So real and raw, love how Jerry's comment, "Absolutely Not!" sorta is the perfect recovery for his tripped out comments where he gets a little lost. The music though, wow, what a performance of an awesome song! Jerry's depth and that keyboard puts you on the moon. Such a great sound and cool venue. Of course Jerry and Bobby and Phillip and the boys came over to the Playboy Mansion. Can you imagine being invited to play and party there?! Thank you for sharing

[@phillyphil690]

So very weird, but very cool.

[@honouryourvomit]

This hit me hard. Can't go back and you can't stand still......

[@sparksrule]

TC was an undervalued assest of the Dead

[@ultra1021]

an empty hole where the love was.... maybe ill fill it with sand! he has such a melodious voice

[@ralphdenar6160]

total different world out there now, afraid to hear what theyre rockin' at the mansion these days!! :P

[@folkoflegend]

i get a feeling unlike any other when i hear this song great keyboardist

[@benhill144]

jerry making small talk, priceless.

[@PeterG-xb3zo]

Played this while watching the Full Solar Eclipse thought it was proper !

[@atlasrose6826]

Always a comfort.

[@lizardes]

Beautiful beautiful haunting song. Wish I could go back in time. Watched this at least a hundred times. After hearing this my 10 year old sings this around the house and tries to figure out lyrics meaning. Love you Jerry you live on forever. But ha, ha,ha how about Hef and all the polyester and formica hosting the Dead hahaha.

[@pesmith8768]

I can't get enough of this clip, since I found out it was uploaded on here (many thanks btw). I searched for years when I was a trader of the band, for this (like the lost arc pretty much), and I could watch this over and over again. Hef's posture during Mountains is priceless, trying to sway but still very stiff. I wonder what was going through his head as Jerry sings the line "The earth will see you on through this time" other than "dirty f@#$ing hippies!"

[@iadorenewyork1]

Me, too! (14 years after you!)

[@eyeojo]

My my what a beautiful voice down by the by and by

[@v1ncepupp1o7]

The earth will see you on through this time 💜

[@geoffreyyoste45]

Fuck, what happened to love, respect, and good vibes!!! Peace out there 😎✌️

[@maisquisuije]

WOOOOOW !!!! so wonderful!!this song look like the Incredible String Band

[@fgrod]

great video - Tom Banjo's son Ethan Azarian is down in Austin - played last nite at a teenie club. Small world. This stuff was a small miracle back then - Garcia tunes were so ahead of the pack back then - still are.

[@benkleschinsky]

Tom Constanten on keyboard. He was the sound of the Dead from ‘68-70.

[@kylebackman6461]

Can you play a number for us? Absolutely not. God dammit i love that gut

[@beaulyons1977]

This is beautiful

[@wito6998]

Hef had great tastes in music!

[@mikie8865]

a beautiful song from a beautiful soul--thanks jerry

[@dustinhedin]

Thanks Jerry. We all love you.

[@Halcyon156]

We miss you Jerry! "Hey, hey the wild wheat waving in the wind."

[@williamallen3715]

Martin slotted. Freaking sweet in his hands

[@gbmike99]

this is my favorite video on youtube. what i would have given to live during the 60s and 70s.......just seems like the world was simpler or something..peaceful..people are too judgmental these days..just my rambling drunk thoughts but i highly doubt there will be a lead singer/guitarist as great as jerry in my lifetime

[@el_chief_dannyboy]

I’m diggin Jerry’s poncho and parlor guitar! ☮️

[@lolaflores5388]

this is great!

[@au574]

Wow...left tears in my eyes.

[@womenrsmarter420]

so easy to talk about other peoples demons but the fight is hard jerry was jerry he battled to the end what will be said of us u know..miss ya jerry what a beautiful song,jerry was sent from the gods above to entertain n teach us all....

[@joshuataylor3975]

I miss you every day, Jerry.....

[@thelopenator]

listening to this gives me chills

[@russcohen3779]

Thankyou

[@MrGuitarman187]

wow ahead of the times. This styles is coming back slowly but true.

[@andresix69]

GrAteful Dead, grupo de pop rock menos valorado del siglo 20, aun así su legado será eterno, para mí en el top ten de TODOS los tiempos