Grateful Dead - The Wheel - 9/30/89 (Pro-Shot)

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

[@GollyGoshGollyWog]

This is a cross between prairie music and the music they play when you are on your way to heaven.

[@andyvoss5080]

@grimlyfiendish best comment of all time 🙏

[@jaynorris3722]

YES!!!

[@skipwb]

I was at that show, and it was heaven.

[@jcavilia1]

Jerry was some kind of a supernatural being - an angel, or a demigod, or maybe Santa Claus. Definitely not an ordinary human being.

[@user-lc6vz7pq6u]

Yup

[@liberatedsage]

I love this song. I crank it up when I'm driving. peace

[@janicejohnson6438]

And sing along at the top of your lungs!

[@martinlynch6764]

Cl1aass1oc

[@mlcafe]

And we still do 👍

[@berg12205]

I miss it all,thanks to all to allow me to step back and enjoy the beauty again!!#!!Albany 12203

[@ffffffvgggggggjyds]

Alb whatup

[@johnmitton8492]

This brings a smile to my heart. It's always been a favorite.

[@SuperGeoff1968]

We drove down the west coast from Vancouver for this 3 day Grateful Dead stop at Shoreline in Mounainview California. My first of what became a dozen or so shows. They were on their game that weekend!

[@johnm3152]

Wolf here...love that axe

[@nugentji]

The Jerry and Brent interactions are priceless.

[@theronsnell396]

@David Olson Would have been aces. Miss them both.

[@2soakers]

Remember when you were a kid and you heard a really cool tune and it made your legs tingle and the hair on the back of your neck stand up? This song still does that to me.

[@Phisherman86]

frission

[@iamme294]

Lot's of them DO

[@89volvowithlazers]

7/22 Ms Harris is running for Pres and Jerry keeps me calm we understand...the Wheel keeps turning cant slowdown cant stand still

[@dmshoe55]

Gotta love Bob's short shorts!

[@grandmabear2840]

snow and rain this beaui full morning 💜 Shout out to all my Brother's and Sister's 💜 Singin and Dancin to the LOVE AND LIGHT and sendin it your all ways...💜

[@pardyhardly]

It's almost too beautiful to be able to listen to.

[@Seamus322]

I want this and brokedown palace played at my funeral...

[@dawnie71ful]

I was here. Sooo miss the music and the people. At that point it was still like a family. You could camp at the shows. People looked out for one another .The music will never cease to lift me up!

[@starcat17]

ILuvFiolee102 I never forgot that this was MY favorite song. .

[@ceeweedsl]

Pretty sure I was here too. Lived nearby those days. But actually they never let anyone camp at Shoreline. I watched that place go up. Bill Graham built it. I used to bike down the path by the water and imagine how it would be filled with people and music someday.

[@GrflDed]

The Wheel can never be "wrecked"

[@dorz11111]

The last great peak, '89. Miss you Jer!

[@glennchaerle5647]

89 was a great year for the Grateful Dead

[@MobileAppearance]

These were some of the best times in my life.........Alpine during a thunderstorm, yeah If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will

[@SpecialAgent-zn1vv]

The mud, the glorious mud!!

[@edscmidt5193]

Alpine Valley: watching people fall down a hill since 1977

[@Chi2SC]

One of my favorite Dead tunes

[@joshuacotnoir4105]

this song is one of my favorite . i want to Dso and they played this song.

[@hatinhatin6789]

Always loved the intro

[@uneek23]

They brought Wolf back in '89 for use as an experiment for Jer's new midi system. You'll notice a lot of new electronics on it here compared to the 70's.

[@markmcbx]

I was at this show-pretty good seats too!God bless Mr. Graham for extra wide aisles for dancing!!!

[@CthrutheLInEs]

God i love Brents voice in this one. Such a perfect layer to the Dead sound.

[@chrishorton615]

I wish I could play those pretty notes like Jerry.

[@Pun2404]

Chris Horton you can and you will !

[@jamesjordan9018]

gratefulguitarlessons .com

[@deplorabledeadhead2580]

Just came from a funeral. I want this song played at mine! 🇺🇸🍺✝️👍💛

[@scottbernstock1601]

Ugh. One of my best friends passed away suddenly last year. He was my road dog when we went to see The Dead. Sorry for your loss.

[@lindaswanson4785]

Love this song❣️ Just got done playing it❣️

[@reincarnatedman]

@2soakers Yeah, me too. This song, Wasn't Born To Follow and the version of NFA/GDTRFB on Skull+Roses do it EVERY time. Greets to Deadheads everywhere!

[@darrendawson4800]

Shorline saw Rush there 11 years ago. Best Rush show I ever saw!

[@Daddo1]

Miss you Jerry!!!

[@MyNameRS]

Jerry and Brent smiling at each other when Brent screws up is priceless.

[@anthonyrichard8001]

this is art! thank you!

[@Dlrealife]

@2soakers That's called "feeling" music "Music is what feelings sound like"

[@MrJdspecial1]

During Furthur at MSG last november they played this and the old head turns around to me says "this is like my favorite song that I forgot was my favorite song"

[@Chi2SC]

Beautiful/meaningful

[@joelinney8900]

It's kind of funny how you're in jr. highschool then into senior highschool people (teenagers) listened to more aggressive music (hard rock/metal),then you slowly move into being a Grateful Dead fan.

[@Acolis]

well i grew up in a dead family and was exposed to it at a very early age, around 6 or 7 is the earliest i remember hearing the dead and being able to identify it as the grateful dead. i remember my sister listening to bertha and a bunch of other dead songs but i liked her pink floyd the wall album better and grew up into alternative rock scene but now that im older (well in my 30s) i really appreciate the dead and it brings back a lot of great memories. yesterday i saw some kid around 12 or 13 head banging to metallica and thought to myself "yeah kid if you think hemmet is shredding wait till you discover garcia!"

[@starcat17]

Welcome...😎 🎶🌹⚡💚🎵🎶

[@MsLemon1971]

I was present for these shows

[@theronsnell396]

How I felt when I came back to the States after 58 days on board a ship

[@hymedude7378]

One of the happy ones to be on the lawn dancing at this one....

[@markram68]

I remember. It gives me chills too. Jerry was a great interpreter of poetry into song. He couldn't really sing for shit, and his guitar playing was not the best, but he was like any other artist; never reaching perfection, but amazing the hell out of everyone who witnesses their works. Thanks for posting this.

[@matcrispy3748]

if i could only go to one more show 🌹

[@user-ir6fm3qs4o]

Ahhh, another beautiful Wheel …

[@hopedanica4377]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JERRY

[@spacecowboy2993]

That short jam at the end is sweet

[@yogione]

I love this song the very best when I hear a bootleg a friend passed on to me from when Donna was singing the top line but this performance isn't bad for flashbacks either.

[@howardb42006]

they were warning us and we didn't listen..:(

[@faithmelissaable]

go brent go

[@dmk108atgmail]

yes!

[@howardb42006]

That's when you know it's good !

[@spiderNL5]

thanks so much!

[@lakewind111]

weird to see him play wolf this late in years, usually its rosebud or tiger

[@89volvowithlazers]

7/22 Ms Harris is running for Pres. Jerry the Dead keep things in perspective. Cant slowdown cant stand still 🎉🎉😅😊

[@papjiorgio]

We all called him the fat man..it was a term of endearment. We love and miss you Jerry....RIP.

[@kristoballa23]

BRENT!!!!

[@violetreil4579]

Won't you try just a little bit harder. Love it.

[@BoogWorldwide]

Is bob wearing a dress shirt and track shorts? Love it

[@aswas22]

Pretty well sums things up....

[@terrapin76]

sunny day and some yellow sunshine...priceless

[@emmyscharlatt306]

Hello, Did you film this concert? I'd like to license it.

[@NaturesCalendarClock]

Who wears short shorts? Remember that commercial... Bobbie wears short shorts! ha ha ...just a light joke..don't get all mad...love these guys and this song.

[@K2Shit]

brent couldnt wreck a song if he tried

[@BoogWorldwide]

LOL he flubbs the lyrics within the first 45 seconds of the song starting

[@SmallvillenerdTwo]

But does he WRECK the song? Is a song ruined if someone says the "wrong lyrics"? And what even does that mean? Wrong lyrics? It's their songs that they perform live never playing the same song twice the same way, musically so why would they HAVE to sing a song with the same lyrics everytime? It's their song they can do what they want with it. I don't think you get it, man.

[@fwlweb5803]

Only his life.

[@billfiveash]

Sean so true!!

[@farmtotablegreenthumb6740]

Bob can though

[@TheGunnCat]

I toured during this era. Sad to say, not their peak years.

[@fluffhead7105]

legunncat it was the last great peak. Be glad you got to see them at all.

[@christheghostwriter]

cannagrow fourtwozero absolutely correct. They went on an upswing after Jerry recovered from the coma, and got better and better with each tour. From summer 89 through summer 90 they were on their last big peak, and then we all know what happened from there...

[@jpwjr1199]

Oh, that was pretty

[@iamme294]

If the Jerry don't get ya' then the Bobby Phil!

[@MrHankster421]

flattened...

[@TadekTedWilson74777]

yeah I was spun at this one 2...

[@1173536]

If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will

[@annedishong9195]

I use this phrase often ☮️💜🎶

[@zummo61]

Brent Mydland (October 21, 1952 - July 26, 1990)

[@bobzacamano658]

Trump 2024! ❤❤❤❤

[@lindatheobald7789]

why's he playin' wolf on this --maybe I'm mixxed up

[@Gr8fulDG]

Jerry G was the fat man who ROCKS!!!

[@usucmehardutube]

I only get that when I drink Morning Dew

[@mathlover2299]

Playing the Wolf.

[@apacheverdechildofgod]

😊😊😊#loveoverallwisdom = יֵשׁוּעַ =ruach ha-kodesh = Yaweh

[@carlmccumber]

@2soakers nice.

[@CatfishSkinner]

Play it again, Boys! (~);}

[@DAVINOENTERPRISES]

Ah yes

[@dianamariecervone9049]

If the thunder dont get you then tbe lightn8ng will!?!?!?!!!!!

[@tas121694]

anyone wanna tell me why jer is playing what looks like wolf here?

[@ffffffvgggggggjyds]

Not one person in 6 years wanted to tell you

[@codyeynon8467]

I'd say it's because he wanted to.

[@Oceanmachine27]

They had hauled it out to rig it with a MIDI system which it didn't have in the earlier part of its life

[@dansharpie]

the wheel barrow

[@dawnie71ful]

@2soakers ditto :)

[@cynful41]

@2soakers i know exactly what you mean

[@NickDelleMusic]

Thats the soundguys fault, he's way loud!

[@payattention8473]

Bobby! You are not Australian! Put some drawers on, boy! WTF was with '89 and too-short shorts, man? I still have nightmares! Hey, Brent, maybe you should chill on that C.

[@theMNjeddler]

this is a little 'choppy' for my taste in 'The Wheel' It isa beautifully written song and my personal taste leans towards versions that are a bit more "lilting" and have a bit of a Comes A Time feel to it. Just my opinion. Along personal lines as well-Brent starts to sing over the top of Jerry in the late 80's. Singing louder than Jerry on Garcia/Grisman is inexcusable. Speedballin' will do that to a guy though. Too bad soundboard could'nt tone him dwn. Not a h8tr...he's awsme till 'mid88 Ya!

[@taoshummer]

I'm guessing 'thewineisfine' is probably weighing in at a half ton himself. Lighten up. I never called Jerry "the fat man" either but now's not the time to get all Lilith Faire on everyone..

[@derekmtheriault]

#ugottalisten2b4udie Jerry Garcia 8 /1/42 8/9/95 (~);}

[@just_a_guy5977]

turn brett down! 😂

[@ambush77]

...just never did care for Bents voice....he ruins this otherwise great rendition of this tune..

[@fluffhead7105]

AyBeSea you meed your ears checked

[@jpwjr1199]

No cure for a tin ear, I say!

[@ffffffvgggggggjyds]

Ur nuts

[@Pun2404]

Eghh, NAHhhhh. This is what the Grateful Dead sounded like at this point in space and time in the mid 80s. I love experience this band in all their iterations for a multitude of reasons I’m not about to waste my time explaining now. So I hope since 6 years you’ve learned to ‘Deal’ with it all as it comes and we go, or just keep listening to the same shows that have the same sound as whatever you consider their best. Because those videos are out there too. Brent was the shit, he did his time. Like Pig, like Keith, like all of them to even Jeff now with D&C and whoever Phil uses. But I view these little time capsules for just that, the ability to have gratefully created audio-visual “Save Points” in the band’s history

[@Oceanmachine27]

It's a little overstrained on this one. He sounds like he's trying to lift a piano instead of play one.

[@reincarnatedman]

@2soakers Yeah, me too. This song, Box of Rain, Wasn't Born To Follow and the version of NFA/GDTRFB on Skull+Roses do it EVERY time. Greets to Deadheads everywhere!

[@violetreil4579]

Won't you try just a little bit harder. Love it.