Grateful Dead - Let It Grow (Pittsburgh, PA 7/8/90)

"From the very fine Summer Tour of 1990, this Let It Grow ends what is an overall very solid first set, before the Dead would return for an epic second set in Pittsburgh. This is from Brent Mydland's final tour, continuing the excellent playing from the Spring Tour of 1990." - David Lemieux
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"From the very fine Summer Tour of 1990, this Let It Grow ends what is an overall very solid first set, before the Dead would return for an epic second set in Pittsburgh. This is from Brent Mydland's final tour, continuing the excellent playing from the Spring Tour of 1990." - David Lemieux

[@Mattc-tj5ip]

7:45-9:00 is absolute fire...

[@chadlanden3764]

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[@magnusoliver6086]

@Chad Landen instablaster :)

[@chadlanden3764]

@Magnus Oliver thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@chadlanden3764]

@Magnus Oliver it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thank you so much you saved my account!

[@krakentacos]

I can't believe it's been almost 30 yrs..Brent was the best!!

[@craigholliday]

Looks like the barber came to town. Looking sharp fellas

[@eggman615]

Lolol!

[@deadmetal8692]

It was always blistering hot in Pittsburgh when the boys played there. But it was worth every minute .

[@eddiem5997]

👍

[@eminem13001]

I bet

[@cwbinc]

so steamy that day. Crosby, Stills, Nash opened the show.

[@BrianJMurray]

From the soundtrack to Disney’s Frozen

[@FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

That was f-ing hilarious, well done!!

[@jimmyc3904]

FromTheSoul To TheFretboard I’m sorry I don’t understand the joke? Lol

[@hobgoblin6659]

@@jimmyc3904 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGwfGqnr5ZmmLc

[@eminem13001]

Lol

[@calcoleman2398]

@@eminem13001 Harvesting wind...

[@maddantt7757]

One of the more amazing ‘experiences’ of my life, as a young 19 year old

[@klenmcrock5265]

I love when I'm watching Bill and Mickey's drumstick movements and hearing what I do and wondering, ' how the hell are they doing that?'

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

I love the Dead.

[@eggman615]

Well check out okiedeadhead on you tube for your daily grateful dead shows from TDIGDH

[@user-xd1gt9if2v]

1:48 haha the play he smacks the mic away lmao the dead were just beyond epic.

[@tigerhuey4051]

Beautiful!

[@_SpaceDad]

Been almost 30 years and I still can't rub the sight of Phil in shorts out of my eyes🙈

[@seashell5044]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cjhmuller]

lol.. Phil Lesh played with his ass turned to the public and the head stuck in the sound box marking the time with his gold bass. Fantastic!!

[@BlueSpoonFarm]

Beautiful color, terrific sound! Thank you for sharing. I'm missing dancing the whole day away.

[@eggman615]

As he dances the circular track of the plow never knowing , that the work of his day matters more than the planting and growing

[@ryanchase9746]

Measures more, quoth our man Barlow. Heady stuff. Never really looked that carefully to the lyrics of this one before. Thanks egg

[@eminem13001]

Hmm pretty deep

[@eggman615]

@@eminem13001 Bobby songs are gold solid gold

[@lyserguy6939]

I wonder what kinda mind melting jams Brent and Jerry would have played if they were still around

[@MrStuVW]

Such a Mighty Song, What a Mighty Band!! BRENT:)

[@Wolfgasm0414]

Bravo!!!

[@kellyvaldez5036]

All the shows that year where fantastic Cal expo WOW I miss you Jerry 👍

[@kellyvaldez5036]

@Jeff Rogers my first show was Park West it 1987 good time

[@jenBaker707]

This is the Dead that I wish lasted forever

[@jironthunder7519]

.my first roadtrip Dead show!!!! 10/10

[@tomgillespie9815]

Another one from the Burgh. Second set is amazing from this show. 90 Summer tour was hot. 🔥

[@steveg6035]

Jerry in shorts is the ultimate thermometer :)

[@Twotontessie]

Awesome Eyes !

[@tomgillespie9815]

@@Twotontessie Yes it was! Followed by a Incredible Estimated Prophet. 💀⚡🌹

[@thedude3423]

My first show! Man, was it HOT that day. Had the water hoses spraying the crowd which led to the inevitable slip-n-slide! Great times, Great memories!

[@semitalogalliani2048]

Thank you Jerry rest in peace

[@anarsim5926]

Epic and beautiful. Sic

[@leshtricity]

this is from Three Rivers, PA and is available as a DVD/CD entitled "View from the Vault I."

[@benmoore701]

Jerry is just on fire! Great song, I'd love to watch the whole show

[@jaydrummer333]

Order on dvd

[@z1205]

It’s on KZbin

[@mariposaswallowtail4410]

Bob jazzing it up and LUVLUVLUV some midweek Brent;-):-):-!

[@emblemsluck]

I WT...it was about a gadjillion steamy degrees out...and Brent had on a long sleeve shirt...a possible hint at the problems to come

[@timothyryan6018]

Brent passed away 2 weeks after this show.. Saw Brent last time in May of 1990 at Dominguez Hills Ca..- good show, 103 degrees , 20 feet in front of Jerry who was laughing at us throwing water balloons at the crowd! Good times yo..

[@zachbruneau358]

Timothy Ryan I recall!!!!! Wow. So long ago. Cal Expo?

[@timothyryan6018]

@@zachbruneau358 Never made any shows at Cal Expo.. Tons of shows in So Cal/San Diego and Philly/New York area. Great memories..

[@mjwbulich]

I was 17 and this was my first east coast tour. Loved the music and the people. Hated the venues and the cops.

[@jaydrummer333]

Nitris mafia :(

[@brettarnold4196]

It was hot indeed Crosby Stills and Nash opened they actually rocked it that show as well it was their best show opening for the Dead that summer

[@DSWL_]

🌻🌻🌻

[@danielhubschmitt7897]

Cool cool

[@calcoleman2398]

Nice Rolex.... it must've been a gift.... love that grafter...

[@BrandonPetrucci]

I love this LIG, love this show! The guitar Bobby is using here is my favorite of the era for him, I believe it's the Casio? it had so many shades and colors...

[@eddiem5997]

Crunchy

[@phillipbonner5215]

Always gets a thumbs up from me.

[@simonhiggins7714]

Despite the music being good, these summer 90 shows are such a contrast from just a year earlier in terms of their mood. In video clips from 89 Jerry is active and bopping back and forth a lot and beaming smiles. Him and Brent are always making eye contact and encouraging each other. Here, Jerry never looks towards Brent. Neither one of them crack a smile. There was a dark vibe hanging over things. Probably had to do with Brent going off the deep end. You could tell he was struggling mentally and physically during this tour. In this clip you see him look over at the monitor sound guy in disgust and push his microphone away and refrain from singing his parts. Very unlike him.

[@tomgillespie9815]

Brent was gone a month later. 😪

[@eggman615]

Sad stuff man sad stuff

[@garrettwelch9489]

I’ve always thought summer tour 90 was a solid step down from what they were playing in the spring tour. The spring tour was the end.

[@BrandonPetrucci]

You can't judge from one show let alone one song, just look up the Samson fron the 2nd set of this show, Jerry is energized and 'boppin' all over the place...

[@SnowTheJamMan]

Summer '90 had some amazing shows though, like 6/16/90 which is one of my favorites, the whole 3 night run was brilliant

[@noogie3784]

Making me think of warmer weather. Weather Report Suite>Let It Grow always one of my favorites.

[@eggman615]

Hell yeah, heard a lazy lightning > let it grow the other day that was awsome to but yeah gotta have weather report suite!

[@garygill6841]

For a minute there I was wondering if they were going to show Phil.

[@clex2005]

Me too.

[@kevinr.3542]

No reason to show him during his lesbian gym teacher-look phase...haha jk I still haven't seen him in this. Just picturing the most ridiculous version of phil I remember

[@ORDER4STU]

Nice.

[@calcoleman2398]

pristine.

[@cosmicsurfer4963]

Where are the songs like Cosmic Charlie, Tennessee Jed, He's Gone, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, US Blues, Uncle John's band, St.Stephen, Wheel, Blow Away???

[@Mr1087shotwell]

Cosmic Surfer for real

[@incog_keller]

I believe they’ve done all of those

[@jerryfan4ever294]

@@incog_keller There was no St Stephen then, as I barely recall. I saw the Phily show the same week & Brent did legendary Blow Away.

[@daveseidnergd]

@@jerryfan4ever294 The Legendary Blow Away was '89 JFK. This was '90

[@fredericksheppard1203]

IWT and it was glorious

[@maddantt7757]

I ammm!!!

[@ryanmoore2779]

Love Bobby’s moccasins

[@casseyeaton4497]

💈💈💈🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@jaydrummer333]

I have this dvd at 1:52 brent throws the mic away when he sang it sounded so good here though its as if he was holding back or unable to hear the sweet sounds when he sang

[@talewish]

I've often thought Brent had a hard time hearing his vocals but when he does you can tell and wow does that boy sing. I think his voice was blown this day though. Not sure if true but I heard he drank glycerin amd threw it up before every show in order to coat his throat

[@jaydrummer333]

Wish they didnt go away

[@josevillarreal9920]

Rosebud's peels of fragile thunder

[@ushkababe]

Some familiar faces in this one!

[@andrewmtreat]

#johnmayer would you update us on Brent's Datejust Rolex?

[@johnlehman4614]

Poor Brent 😢 slaps the mic away in disgust of his once beautiful voice that could no longer perform. He lit a fire beneath the dead with his unmatched B3 power. Wish someone could have saved him from himself

[@jrc7660]

John Lehman believe it’s a technical issue or something between him and Weir not gelling but man wasn’t he the best voice the band ever had a fire indeed

[@goodtimefolkrock]

I was here

[@tanabata60]

Let's hear it for Phil Lesh in The Blair Witch Project, Ladies and Gentlemen..

[@calcoleman2398]

Give us nuggets of yore!

[@Saybleu]

Out of the 16 Grateful Dead concerts I attended here’s what I noticed. The show was going to be brilliant and beautiful or the show was going to be a train wreck but still a blast.

[@patricksegee9557]

was that the frist time gerry was in shorts ??

[@barbarapineda5730]

This singer sound likes stills dan, Gary graffiti, from Scotland, now hes, fits n.too

[@FRIV0L0US_1]

f'in yinzer at 9:20

[@johnrivard9654]

Hot as a pistol but cool inside was a epic run that year

[@nigelgarcia2120]

9:00 :)

[@derikestes2342]

Was everyone wearing shorts that day? Or just Phil, Bob, and Jerry...

[@FromtheSoultotheFretboard]

Is Phil even in the band for this video lol

[@SWEETWILLKINGSTON]

You can see that Brent is definitely struggling

[@everettesmomma2081]

no YOU CAN ONLY BILL

[@Jbhyers123]

What's that spinning thing on Phil's side?

[@cosmicsurfer4963]

Leslie rotating speaker.

[@Jbhyers123]

@@cosmicsurfer4963 thanks! Crazy the stuff they came up with.

[@bobweird2399]

@@Jbhyers123 They didn't come up with it, but they did utilize it.

[@jaydrummer333]

Lol yeah my grams wurlitzer organ has a leslie inside it Great addition to any sound Great band from ann arbor mich Used to sing and play flute through a leslie band name was MORSEL

[@zachbruneau358]

It's called a Leslie - it's a rotating speaker that makes a sort of watery sound. Think Trey from Phish. Steve Kimock from Zero.

[@blegit]

lol phils blue suade short shorts

[@craigbarlow8204]

Brent not happy

[@Twotontessie]

Some of these are strange choices. Is this the version where Brent bats the mic away because he can’t sing?

[@JasonSmith-un7lt]

Twotontessie Bobby is a dick I miss Brent

[@jaydrummer333]

Didnt want to sing He can sing

[@scottflowe2875]

MIDI .... Urgh .

[@mikemccarthy1841]

Brent gets pissed at Bobby in this. Notice the look he gives him at the 1:49 mark, right before shoving his mic away. He doesn't sing again for the rest of the song.

[@joshyoung81]

Odd choice

[@briano.5746]

It's always seemed funny to me how much Phil is NOT the rock star type at all. Great musician, and I love him to death. But always seems awkward and out of place.

[@eminem13001]

Yep lol but that’s the way it should be in the place

[@calcoleman2398]

Don't go near him... 50 herz: a very important spectrum of the vibratory range.... GTFOH...

[@daredab]

Fifty hertz is for appliances, try 450 for mind alter sound

[@calcoleman2398]

@@daredab Seastones? Read your history of Lesh.

[@crosseyedandpainless2714]

After Brent died I stopped seeing the Dead. I knew they weren't 'built to last' once he passed. He and Jerry were too in sync.

[@waltercannon4700]

Same, 7-4-90 Sandstone was my last show. I was so mad at them after Brent died, it was never the same. Time heals all wounds, I really miss those days now.

[@218maryland]

Amazing. Reminds of what a ripoff Dead and Slow is.

[@eggman615]

I c it more as like the ability to take it for what it is , it's not the dead but like if it were between sitting at home and being able to hear someone play some dead songs I'll be there man , and dude it's like Bobby fuckin weir man .

[@jonnymac6939]

Or dudes that just wanna play some tunes