Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland (Live in San Francisco, CA 12/31/78) [Full Concert]

[@birdflu2k57]

Just in case you need to drive from Palm Springs to Vegas, this show is the perfect length.

[@Tallglassofsoymilk]

legendary tip

[@burntpriest]

As a 33 year old welshman with not a lot of dough.. I really hope i get to visit America one day and do the classic american road trip.. I doubt it'll ever happen but one can dream. (First time giving Grateful Dead a listen... pretty good shit! )

[@claudioconilsole]

thanks,,,,,

[@snowballisg]

oh youre fukcing cool bro wow no way you drove 4 hours listening to this wow noway legend sike

[@ericheikkila6612]

Good to know -- thanks!

[@teresapiccirillo1966]

I was there,I was just22 years old! tripping on good acid ,danced like angels all through the night,I was sooo happy,I ran all up and down the ramps and danced on every level of that huge old rock and roll cathedral.iremember looking up up up to the ceiling and saw that the cables for equipment had worn away the plaster and concrete ,that's how many concerts winterland had seen .a thousand stoned hippyfreaks dancing in peace and joy,angels dancing up in the high gallery.these are not just memories,this is forever love engraved upon my soul.i will never stop dancing,62 and only my body is in this wheelchair but still I'm dancing with all of creation Peace and love to you all...

[@teresapiccirillo1966]

Ps.does anyone else remember Jerry looking like some kinda biblical prophet??just asking 😁

[@mykinfair]

🧡⭐️🍄⭐️🧡

[@Yermumshouse]

just wanted to give you a hug. i hope you shine as bright as this story made me feel. i love all of us and i hope these winds never guide us wrong stay golden friend

[@binagatramedia6258]

@@teresapiccirillo1966 A biblical prophet? How much prophets counts the bible? Just asking...

[@cloudillusions4995]

i was there too, they gave us breakfast, a cinnamon roll and juice .. my face still hurts from all the smiling (i'm sure you know what i mean)

[@Burghound56]

I was there. Inside Winterland from 3pm until 7am New Years Day. They fed us all a full breakfast. That evening, several of us visited Jerry Garcia in his hotel room (by invitation!) for about twenty minutes, gushing about the show.

[@johnpetro9308]

Matthew Smith and what was Garcia like?

[@Mr.White10-65]

What did the spread look like? Bacon? Pancakes? Vitamin D and cocaine?

[@shivaumesh1129]

Matthew Smith Wow!!!! That's cool!!!!

[@Burghound56]

@@Mr.White10-65 As I far as I can foggily recall, there were bacon, eggs, toast, oranges, orange juice and coffee, buffet-style in the lobby. For five thousand people! Bill Graham invited everyone to "stay as long as you like."

[@Burghound56]

@@johnpetro9308 Jerry (and his other guest) was as gracious as you would hope. He originally invited two of the girls up to visit. They came back to the room where the other four or five of us were and announced their invitation. Of course, we all accepted the invitation! Jerry opened the door and looked down the hall with us lined up, "How many of you are there?" lol He led us all in, shaking our hands, where we sat on the floor and thanked him profusely. We burned a couple of numbers with him and talked about the show. After about twenty minutes, he politely asked us to move on. . . We were stunned!

[@tsparks4110]

To all my dead head just remember the dead never die

[@tammichenard1024]

Nothin left to do but smile, smile smile!

[@Tmrfe0962]

So needed this....

[@doodahman2995]

And you know this..... Man

[@blindboybb]

What is Dead may never die!

[@danielmorris3687]

@@tammichenard1024 And dance. Don't forget to dance. Peace :)

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

I was there as a member of the Haight-Asbury Free Medical Clinic. It went all night long and Bill Graham served a catered breakfast to EVERYONE in the morning at about 6:00am if I recall the hour correctly. My heart is aching as I recall the memories of how nice it was to be there or anywhere in Northern California in those days. I elected to leave in 2002, as things were getting too crazy for me. And just look at it now.

[@dead4life469]

Hang on to the memories. I'm afraid those good old days are lost forever. NFA

[@kimjellen4508]

Where did you go? Where do you go from there?

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

@@dead4life469 Yes, there were many things that are gone forever. The worst part is that there is an active drive to rob people of their memories, history, and dreams.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

@@kimjellen4508 I moved with my wife to Washington State to a smaller town. At the time, I said that we had about 20 years before things got bad. I was right.

[@StevenUtech-ey9uf]

Ì bet the bear was there.

[@producermikescott3647]

When you are 2 hours into this.... and you realize you have 2 hours left still !!!! 😀✌

[@LesHaskell]

If I remember correctly, they played three sets, not the usual two. The Dead came on at midnight, and the concert had started around 5PM or so when they let us in and played Animal House.

[@grizzkid795]

After playing longer than any band in history...."We're going to take a short break and we'll be right back"

[@mangodzeri6613]

Thanks to my old pops (born in 1953) for introducing me into a band like Grateful Dead

[@jacknotreallyjackstrawfrom7109]

God bless him. My ol' man introduced me to the Andrew Sisters!!! And that good old boogie woogie bugle boy from Company C !!

[@benthepainter4639]

You know when dude comes flying in on a huge doobie it's gonna be lit

[@pennybertsch3353]

While living in Berkeley we never missed a Dead Show even when I was pregnant ......First time I actually sat during a Dead Concert........

[@thomasleavitt7068]

That’s bill graham

[@MrMizzel420]

@@thomasleavitt7068 what time did it happen? I'm looking now....what song?

[@jeffkinsey3823]

It's at the very beginning, as Dan Aykroyd is counting down. Bill always came in as Father Time at the New Years shows. " It's the New Year when Bill says it's the New Year"

[@benringenberg2394]

@@jeffkinsey3823 the Blues Brothers, Bill Graham, the Grateful Dead, and countless other legends in attendance for an amazing show closing an historic venue....talk about a magical night. If only I were a bit cooler as a four year old I could have been there.

[@andrewmantle7627]

Jerry has a smile you rarely see. As if he's a headlight on a northbound train. Pure joy; I'm so happy and grateful we had them.

[@barrybrown9977]

I noticed too that he seemed really happy and much more animated during this show then what I recall him being like

[@elmonogrande]

Smiles were courtesy of friends South of the Border. Weir told the SF Gate in 2003 "There was a bit of blow going around. "The Blues Brothers brought mounds of it. I think they had it for breakfast."

[@dougstrom8964]

Just totally fantastic 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@JuicyJeff-zd6zj]

Coolest statement I've ever read

[@stevezurier]

This is an all-time concert. It marked the end of an era, the Closing of Winterland. But little did we know it was just the end of the beginning -- the Dead lived on for decades -- and live on to this day.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Steve just between you and I! Ya it was the end of an era sort of..but nothing to do with the band ..the glitz in this finale wasn't deadlike!! They are performing as they almost always have!! Seriously?! They got better...as you said..they are still with us..I did see them live more than once.....don't remember any music...just the visuals...yikes...thanks for the comment!!! Really

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@vincentanguoni8938 It’s “between you and ME”. “Me” is the object of the preposition “between”, and thus takes the object form, not the subject form. It makes not a the slightest difference that the object is compound: “you and me”. It’s “I listen to Jerry Garcia”,BUT Jerry Garcia listens to ME”. Just so: It’s “You and I listen to Jerry Garcia” BUT “Jerry Garcia listens to you and ME”.

[@clarks.189]

@@jeffryphillipsburns Oh, so YOU were the guy screaming "IT'S "MY UNCLE AND I, YOU IDIOTS!!!" at the last show when the band kicked into "Me and My Uncle." Mystery solved. I'm just kidding, of course. I don't imagine you've ever been to any sort of rock/pop/hip hop show, what with so many grammatical errors in the lyrics, yet no way for you to passively-aggressively express your opinion to the ignorant masses. Thank Gosh for KZbin! It's such a gift for small-minded people who mistake proofreading for original thought, don't you agree? Here's hoping you find at least one spelling or grammatical issue that I missed, so as to allow you to completely dismiss my opinion.

[@djlax90210]

Listening now on Flagler beach Daytona!!! Hot show❤😮

[@georgehurricane]

Set 1: 0. Intro 0:00 1. Sugar Magnolia 1:30 2. Scarlet Begonias 7:23 3. Fire On The Mountain 19:15 4. Me And My Uncle 34:24 5. Big River 37:33 6. Friend Of The Devil 44:38 7. It's All Over Now 55:31 8. Stagger Lee 1:04:30 9. From The Heart Of Me 1:12:28 10. Sunshine Daydream 1:16:15 Set 2: 11. Samson And Delilah 1:20:33 12. Ramble On Rose 1:28:45 13. I Need A Miracle 1:38:23 14. Terrapin Station 1:49:47 15. Playin' In The Band 2:02:04 16. Drums 2:14:58 17. Not Fade Away 2:34:30 18. Around And Around 2:54:05 Set 3: 19. Dark Star 3:03:56 20. The Other One 3:15:17 21. Dark Star 3:20:11 22. Wharf Rat 3:21:22 23. St. Stephen 3:32:30 24. Good Lovin' 3:40:22 Encore: 25. Casey Jones 3:58:28 26. Johnny B. Goode 4:03:46 27. And We Bid You Goodnight 4:11:25

[@jcgood]

Gracias Jordi

[@georgehurricane]

@@jcgood De nada Jeff! Enjoy the show! :)

[@michaelkenna2024]

Jordi Rodríguez Gallego Thank You for posting the set list. 👍🌹✌️🎸❤️😎

[@georgehurricane]

@@michaelkenna2024 My pleasure! :)

[@noabroadwaybrockett7087]

Much love for the set list my friend ❤️

[@karenbox5802]

I flew out to SF from New Jersey hoping to score a ticket for this show, but none were available. Instead, there was a place set up near Winterland where a huge over flow crowd could watch the show on several large screens with an array of speakers, get food, dance and party. It was $5 admission and the next best thing to being inside the theater, especially considering that I had flown 3000 miles to be there! Also saw them MANY times in Rhode Island, Boston and New Jersey!

[@MikeGarrah]

The sky was yellow but the sun was blue

[@jacknotreallyjackstrawfrom7109]

Worst part: Flying back to Jersey!! I know ,I'm there😂

[@captainwormburner]

There's something about the Dead that no other band really has. It's hard to put into words what it is. It's almost magical

[@brandoneger9065]

I guess you could they’re a band beyond description…

[@alexander_the_great_1975]

when the band and the audience are all tripping together, we have magic!

[@jasonlambert5552]

@@brandoneger9065 A rainbow full of sound

[@alchemybyangela]

It *IS* magical. Nothing like it in my 51 years. The only real music, there ever was, out there.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

I think I might take a try at identifying it. I was with the Hiaght-Ashbury Medical Clinic and I worked at a lot of their shows, at one point was giving the road manager's ex-wife a ride to shows as she was a patient of mine at my private practice. I think it was their attitude that they were playing for their family. Everyone could be part of the family. I was always amazed at the swinging door. I can't remember how many guys I knew in Marin who said they were personal friends of Bob Wier. One of them was a good personal friend of mine. I never believed in horning in, etc., but I shook Mickey Harts hand up at the summer camp where my girlfriend's kid was on the day of their kids show for the parents. Anyone could sign up their kid for Camp Winnarainbow as far as I knew. That feeling of genuine friendship with their larger audience was somehow communicated. This was a big part of their magic, I think. I'm going to add this, however, as I just remembered it. They could play all night and your ears would not be ringing afterwards because they had worked out their sound so technically clean and they had a non-assault way of rocking. I remember sometimes when I was able to get onto the floor during a slow time at an indoors show and I could feel Phil Lesh's bass waves penetrate me and touch my heart, literally. I think he knew he was doing that. It felt wonderful, too. Now that is the majic.

[@johnpasquale7095]

Midnight 12/31/2024 and I couldn't help but ring in 2025 with the first 30 minutes of this epic

[@DamnRebel]

same

[@flowersdead7622]

same!

[@geppetto9815]

Anche io sto ascoltando questo favoloso concerto!!

[@Hendrixphishinfloyd]

I was born 12/31/78. I consider this my birthday show!

[@christopherjohnson1803]

I was born 3 months earlier....what a show!!

[@julianaweiser8512]

This was my first Dead show. I had just turned 19 three days before the show. It was an epic adventure, and to this day, no concert, out of all the bands I have seen over the course of five decades, has topped this show. It changed my life.

[@mossbowering-scott8714]

Absolute peak Bob Weir era for me. His musicality, confidence and stage presence are on fire here. the man deserves a medal for services to rhythm guitar

[@dead4life469]

"They are not the best at what they do, They are the only ones that do what they do" ~Bill Graham

[@tedspens]

That makes them the best. Also the worst, and the most mediocre... but definitely not 2nd place in any way. 👯🕺💃

[@gregdales4701]

@@tedspens always in your head ......the best

[@AnthonyHarris-gw3fx]

❤😂🎉😊…里 _🪦（Gothy)°💀🕷️{🕸️}🕷️✓🏡[🏠]❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊❤😂🎉😊 2:21

[@willpower9144]

Exactly. They are the only ones that can do what they do. Every show different. 1/3 of every show was all improv. Amazing. And Jerry is the best soloist of many generations. He’s is the top of the top. The unattainable that every musician should strive for. He pours his soul into the solos and speak to our spirits.

[@scottwaszak698]

And we can all be happy about that🙄🙄

[@EMH-Ascending]

Well as we enter 2022 I’m grateful to not be dead, and I stand here listening to the Grateful Dead! Life is good!

[@yafanna3]

ME TOO !

[@0xparzival_75]

Amen!!!

[@douglasthompson8927]

in a world full of starving children and nuclear weapons..got it

[@EMH-Ascending]

@@douglasthompson8927 What does that have to do with anything?

[@chriskeller3401]

Grateful and Blessed,went to many many shows as a drummer and musician The DEAD changed my Life and Outlook on things.I think that's what Jerry and the boys were trying to do Change and try to show that Love and Peace are the answer,not the alternative!🙏👍 Chris,CT,USA

[@smarcus1031]

I was a Blue Coat at this party. Zohn Artman had a crew that spent the week before rolling over 5,000 joints for the concert. He gave me a paper bag full to the top of joints and said, “Hand these out to everyone and say ‘Cheers!’ From Bill Graham...keep a few for yourself!”

[@geauxfast8u2]

Worked your fingers to the bone 🤣 if only every job could be just so much fun 😲 The Winter land WHAT A JOINT, TRULY SMOKING!

[@bartydulake1]

Wow that's cool

[@mykelc205]

Garcia's the heartbeat. He sets the mood and moves the crowd. Once in a generation talent.

[@iracknads]

He was also a CIA asset.

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Do you know where America is mentioned in the Bible ???????

[@kimjellen4508]

Who comes close in subsequent generation? Curious

[@frankieu2598]

Cause and effect

[@dead4life469]

Happy to be part of his generation!!

[@tonycomo2637]

This era of the Dead played like a fine tuned machine! The best live band ever the Grateful Dead!

[@speedspeed121]

I love 78, but I still prefer 73/74. I am a big groove guy. Since Mickey wasn't there, I say the groove was the best

[@joshrain10]

Greatest band of all time.

[@penrosenorrisgill123]

Hands down, like no else even comes remotely close

[@lukefish9443]

Yep and yep

[@binko969]

Best band of all time , “N’at”

[@peterlizdas3703]

Good Ol' Grateful Dead!

[@TP-is3ff]

Dead

[@jdel7525]

What a show, Jerry at his best. The dead transcends reality. the best band ever.

[@RobHollanderMusic]

The greatest Dead show ever filmed in its entirety.

[@moosewizard33]

8/27/72

[@TheColonel502]

that's always up for debate

[@tim7696]

I was there. I have only taken “double barrel” acid. I had bought an amount. Very clean, in that I never tried any other acid. My girlfriend at the time was not with me. Sold my one ticket and drove home at sunrise, in my 68 VW camper van...

[@wizzlemane7308]

@@moosewizard33 8-27-72 wasn't filmed in entirety. They didn't have enough reels. The crew picked what they thought would be best. Hence the animation in Dark Star and some Kesey footage to fill other gaps.

[@OrangeYTT]

​@@wizzlemane7308can't believe they had enough reels for this one

[@bigo4466]

Prepairing dinner on this hazy November Eve in Germany wile listening to this very special show. What can I say I took my time and its gonna be a gourmet dinner. Love to all of your Deadheads out there!!!!

[@MikeGarrah]

Guten Nacht Bruder

[@raymondnairn]

Timed this perfectly going into 2025! Keep on truckin’ ☮️⚡️

[@MikeGarrah]

Amen 🔥

[@jacksoncooper8572]

Phil is straight jamming from off the screen

[@geoffreyreddall1592]

I was there with my sweetheart Vicki k. She got me the ticket to the New years eve. show for Christmas..We went and it was the second best Grateful Dead concert I ever had the priveledge of attending. It was truly magnificent (the very best G. D. concert I was at was in Grass Valley California) .This New Years Eve. Concert was very special to me also because when Billy Graham slid down the cable in that huge joint throwing roses to us below we caught one and I still have it to this day.I put in her hair for the rest of the concert. I truly loved that woman Victoria Karpus .Where ever she is today if she is still alive She will be in my heart forever. As will Jerry whom I miss terribly. Geoffrey Reddall "Doc" (formerly a neighbor in Woodacre) Jerry you live on in my heart and will forever in my memories.✌☮

[@mikefernandez7732]

What a historical piece of Americana from an eclectic group of legends. Grateful for these streams during such weird times!

[@chickenjoe6528]

Well said

[@matthewgray469]

Americana is precisely the right term , only in America is a truly National Treasure which is the Grateful Dead and their Family which includes Robert Hunter and the Crew/Family of Parrish ,Rex Jackson, Sparky, Kid Candelario ,and Dick Vandala, and Pigpen (in spirit) And Willy Legate and all of the Greatest Crew of all time

[@jameskincaid7727]

Nail on the head ... much needed

[@jameskincaid7727]

I just love this Big River

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

Its spelled Greatfull fyi. juzt sayen. float on man !! stay wavy !!

[@JohnWilliamsFromBluff]

Wow! I've been aware of the Dead (how could you not be?) for about 45 years, but never bothered to listen to their music. So, thanks to YT's algorithm(s), I am now a grateful convert! Thanks!

[@BobE_Nagesh]

Welcome aboard!

[@mdwag57]

Watching this makes me feel like I'm on acid. A couple nights before, I was there, my first dead show. They showed slides of their trip to Egypt while they played, the pyramids. My friend Lauren Kael brought me to the show.

[@mdwag57]

I'm pretty sure Papa John Creach was playing the night I went. {and maybe not Donna Godchaux}

[@bobbybobson5317]

Bill is such an underrated drummer

[@Darrylizer1]

And Mickey is such an over rated drummer. I wish he'd never rejoined.

[@PADDYMIKE72]

​@@Darrylizer1 what's with the douche bag of a comment? Only the tiniest of egos talk shit when there's no need or provocation!

[@gab2876]

No one is overrating Mickey, if anything he’s underrated.

[@hammondOT]

@@gab2876 He's awful. 2:00:50

[@hammondOT]

@@Darrylizer1 Agreed. Just a mess back there. No idea why he's there.

[@godfreydaniel6278]

I was at this show - and the rest of the run too! And maybe 200more, give or take. Good times!

[@tonycomo2637]

Awesome brother!

[@mdhonze]

wait, u were the guy with the tie dye shirt and the long hair and u were tripping on 4 way and u were dancing the night away with some really amazing people that you just met....yeah, I saw you.

[@godfreydaniel6278]

@@mdhonze - Nah - not me. Never once wore a tie-dye to a Dead show. Ever...

[@mdhonze]

@@godfreydaniel6278 lol...same here. But I did dance the night away many many times

[@godfreydaniel6278]

@@mdhonze - I more or less grew up under the mirrored ball at Winterland - saw every major act of the era (excepting Jimi) there from When Bill Graham first grew out of the Fillmore - then Fillmore West - to this last run of shows. It was funky - but I remember it like a palace - we kids all had the best times there. I wish I had a few feet of salvaged stage flooring to make something from - the talent that strode across it is just mind-boggling. I heard it all just went to the dump. All the best to you...

[@onemat2000]

So great to see the smile on Jerry's face and a twinkle in his eyes. The band is so great on this performance.

[@patriciawalsh1165]

Remembering rhe good old days. not this show but a new years eve show. my friend Brian was a quadriplegic & Billy Gram walked us into the show as there were no tix to be had. God bless us all. Im blessed to have been a part of this. i so miss theses amazing days. God bless us all.

[@DrMitchMedina]

How precious to watch Jerry boogie to his own leads on Fire on the Mountain! And then look out into the audience for musical inspiration from time to time, as he did constantly in the early era! I can't sit still during that song either, so I guess that I'm in good company!

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

It doesn't matter how many years have passed or how many times I have watched this, and I'm always amazed watching Jerry's fingers just dance along those frets! I could almost forget that American democracy died!

[@cally01]

If you start this playing at exactly 23:58:35 on December 31st, you'll ring in the New Year as the Dead start playing :)

[@LesHaskell]

Thanks for breakfast! After the show I had to hitchhike home to San Jose.

[@katyrogondino]

Just when we need you the most! I love Jerry!!! 🌹🌎🙏

[@shawnbuffalomeat416]

Stay sweetswithzme

[@TheHuntersjames]

The comments bring the magic back too! I was wondering what I was doing in the winter of '78, thinking I should be more familiar with this show? Then it hit me, the Christmas of 1978, I was homeless for a few months. All good though, I'm here today, better for it, but a good reminder, pretty much all of us, we Need a Miracle everyday! Fare thee well. Peace

[@scottitheyogichef]

I was 5. The Dead called me at 15. As a drummer, 2 drummer's and a different view changed my life! Thanks for a great bus ride! Pura Vida.

[@thomasventura8394]

I was there and have a good story. One of the reasons Winterland was closing was because it was literally falling apart. I was behind the stage up in the balcony when a LARGE piece of the ceiling came down right at my feet; a huge chunk of plaster when Phil hit a real low bass note I guess. Well, I kinda freaked out a bit, yeah I was tripping and all BUT it was real. I said to some guy next to me " the ceiling is fallin' down!!!!". He said what? (the music was loud). I said "the f---------- ceiling is falling down!".. He laughed and passed me a joint and smiled and said "hey dude take a hit of this", thinking I was just imagining it. Later, I read that during a rehearsal at Winterland before the concert a large piece of plaster came smashing down right at the floor level where a bunch of people would be standing hours later. True story. Oh, and YES Bill Graham literally had breakfast served to 5,000 people after the concert!

[@craigyannessa5965]

Breakfast for 5,000 reminds me of Woodstock

[@BDB78]

@@craigyannessa5965 I think that was breakfast for 5 hundred thousand!

[@BDB78]

You’re my fucking hero!

[@JamesConley1234]

Badass story. Would've loved to have been there. Thank you

[@wannabgod4291]

Oh, the shit that you just can't make up, thanks

[@geauxfast8u2]

THE CLOSING OF THE WINTERLAND, NY EVE 1978 😳 THE JOINT WAS TRULY SMOKING THAT NIGHT 🤣 3 full sets & an encore a half a full set long ♥️ that's what makes the Dead the greatest live show ever!

[@hilltopmel9150]

My #1 wish is to find a new year’s wormhole and spend it at this show.

[@TC-dw6wg]

I’m in.

[@weirdead829]

Lol... Tripping on shrimps for the first time since the 90's..! Picked out this show... Omg .! AWESOME! SOOO PERFECT!

[@weirdead829]

Lol. Autocorrect... Shrooms! 😆 😆 and here comes the tail end... Get it?

[@KT-ly7zt]

Tripped out on a house plant crawling across a living room several times in 87. Shrimp seem feasible to trip on.

[@liamsdad33]

One time and band camp I tripped out on some lobster holly shit man

[@persononinternet2]

gonna start using shrimps lol

[@DEMCdetroit]

happy 2k24!!

[@ericmay5024]

Loved it when Jerry was smiling away .........❤️

[@HatchMediaWorks]

How is it possible for 120 people to dislike this? I'm grateful Greatful Dead shows were recorded and filmed for posterity. I only got to see 10 shows between 89-94. For the last few weeks , I've been hooked on 77, and now arrive here at 78. It's just amazing the variation and the depth to which you can explore. Gone too soon Jerry; RIP, and thanks for the music.

[@jackwezesa1081]

120 people just don’t get it!

[@Gorghundvatr]

fall 76 is some of my funnest discoveries past few years..Rochester & Syracuse .."everyone"s pllaying in the heart of gold band"

[@bobwobbabble5151]

@@Gorghundvatrthat’s when they played fast

[@timgomes9066]

42 yrs ago-its just like yesterday until I look in the mirror! Great show.

[@frankieu2598]

Lesson learned… don’t look back!🤡 listen, just don’t look…ha ha

[@DaveFrank]

Jerry looks SO HAPPY here! god Bless him and thank God for bringing us Jerry and the great band that has brought us so much joy for so long)

[@snmthecloser]

Donna’s importance to the band in these massively important years is painfully underrated. She moved songs like Terrapin from American Standards to pure nirvana which manifested itself in the form of endless humanity and bliss. The reason why Deadheads love the music first and foremost is that it transports the soul. You could find yourself in the bleakest of circumstances and this music will transport you light years, galaxies away. It’s the closest to enlightened peace any man or woman could possibly find on this earth or any other.

[@InService77]

Uh...no. I agree with most of what you wrote except for the part about Donna. Don't get me wrong. I've been rooting for Donna as I listen through the Dead's catalogue since the 70's, but she rarely adds to the music. That being said, I am always happy to hear when she contributes something embellishing.

[@jasonlambert5552]

I've nothing but love for Donna, even when she's screaming because this band just GOES for it and chases the sound and it is clear as day they want to stop at all the sights on the roadmap of chord structure . Her son's group "BoomBox" is good stuff too!

[@pattondiorama7136]

I think Donna hits more clunkers than not but her best vocal is on Looks Like Rain from the Cow Palace 12-31-1976.

[@sadieferal1808]

@@pattondiorama7136 have you heard Bob Weir?😆

[@reesedickerson9705]

You are really eloquent and it was a pleasure reading your writing!

[@MrForestExplorer]

High energy. The band is on and in high spirits. I have to say, Bob is crushing it this show, best ever I've ever heard him play, sparkling.

[@timothyryan6018]

👍🏿👍👍🏾

[@junkyardtroubadour]

As much as Jer is the face, Bob kept those great chord flashes together laying ot out for Jer to play it out

[@johnpetro9308]

Two years I would love to have seen the boys, 74 and 78.

[@justsayknow7632]

I first saw them at Winterland in Feb. of 1974. I didn't know what I had found that night until a year or two later. Those were indeed the GOOD OL' DAYS! Long live the spirit of The Grateful Dead! Happy New Year everyone!! :)

[@JesseSprague-cc3sy]

Nothing makes me happier than seeing a big smile on Jerry's face. Fuckin love it

[@jacksonkeplinger7347]

I think this is definitely the best version of miracle I've heard

[@bocajregnilpek]

When you're lurking in the comments section at work and find your brother

[@jacksonkeplinger7347]

Crazy

[@bocajregnilpek]

@@jacksonkeplinger7347 And just to put it out there, this also has my favorite Fire on the Mountain

[@janelllewis2205]

This was such a treat to listen to tonight. Though I was not there for this show, it brought back plenty of great memories with my friends from Lake Tahoe CA. My favorites "Fire on the Mountain" "Terrapin Station", "Wharf Rat", "St. Stephen" You can see that I am a true Jerry Garcia lover. Danced in my living room like I was there at the show. My heart shines with Love and Light.

[@allleft5211]

It’s so joyous to watch Bobby Weir deliver such a stylish and imperious version of Me and My Uncle while he is absolutely TRIPPING BALLS

[@allleft5211]

The vibes are immaculate You can feel the mystical energy of that night in every frame of this video. Its one of those events that perpetually radiates hrough all of time and space

[@TheMasterTelevision]

I wonder if that's just confetti he's throwing out of that giant joint... Lmao happy 2021 folks, make it a happy one, we need it!

[@gloryngod]

No, he was throwing doobies!!!

[@geauxfast8u2]

Real hand rolled joints! No Doubt♥️

[@richard629]

I had a vivid dream I was in the lot before the show, talking, making friends; it was so real, I’ll never forget it. It was like the Dead in my house ☣️

[@davidvanvoorhis4979]

I grew up on the road with my thumb in the breeze as the world went speeding by until a kind soul would pull over and stop+Id hop in and travel as far as they were going. Everywhere I went the Dead would show up and play some familiar songs in a completely different way. My travels took me a few times to the corner of Post+Steiner in the Fillmore district of San Francisco back in the 70s and other places along the way and my old bus ‘Ramble on Rose’ sits up on my land after throwing a rod climbing one last hill and was towed with a chain up the bumpy dirt road at the Round Mountain Refuge in the high desert hills blending in with the land⛰✨✨✨

[@pookiegamer9327]

Just went to my first Dead show at the Sphere on May 30th 2024, and I listened to this show on the way there, when they played Ripple I thought of my dad because he played me that song on his guitar when I was a baby I love the introduction “what you see before you is a 10 no wait, 12 foot long, burning, ember of marjuana” 😂 I love Jerry and this band

[@dougiefresh72]

Legendary show!! Had the soundboard recording for years & years and eventually got the DVD set. Super stoked for this stream but hoping they will kick down more stuff few of us have seen, like some gems from ‘71-‘74 or ‘76-‘77 🙏❤️

[@tammichenard1024]

77, such a good Dead year!!

[@danielhubschmitt7897]

They didnt personally record alot od the early 70s. But im sure they have a few things laying around.

[@patrickmcnamara4284]

I agree! I’d love to see some rarer stuff, especially from those eras

[@DanielPoznerMCNE]

Doug Oregon been to 300 shows 67 till their last three in Miami have tickets to the garden that never happened-cause Jerry passed

[@markvaught9510]

@@DanielPoznerMCNE Those tickets must be bittersweet. Bummer.

[@dougstrom8964]

Just a amazing group of artists 😀😀😀😀😀👍

[@DIYTutorialGuy]

This is just amazing. I missed out on an era, no doubt about it. To those who were here in person, I truly envy you!

[@michaelbirke6050]

I’m watching this concert and I just thought about how the atmosphere in the concert hall was so beautiful and peaceful. How sweet that a balloon floats by Gerry and I’m thinking that Gerry is so happy he’s helped create this through the bands music. I’m wondering about being that free still exists among the people who became fans many years ago? So free and happy that you drop some LSD and have a trip so filled with love, joy, and the incredible things the music is doing to your head!! Thinking something like that leaves one very vulnerable to the world today. Myself, this comment is just a little walk down memory lane and express my love for the band and fondness for the fans.

[@namcat53]

JERRY

[@MarianneHayes-g1d]

I was on vacation in Cape Cod when Jerry passed. Went to the beach at night and smoked a fatty in his honor and cried. Moonlight dancing on the waves. I love and miss him still.

[@ToddMason]

From the heart of me. That's the most beautiful I've ever heard Donna sing. Enchanting!

[@elnono]

This´s maybe the best GD concert movie

[@Ry-dawg79]

I've been a dead head since I was 16 yrs old and riding home from work everyday listening to this show is what gets me thru the day! Jerry is so happy and putting off such good vibes it gives me goosebumps everyday ✌️

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

The Gratefuldead Dead r all we want nobody else ! ❤️🐰🐇🌹💀☠️🤩🦅🪽🕊️🌎😔👽🪐🛸🚀🫧💦👻🦈🍄🌎

[@MikeGarrah]

True

[@sethzielasko6898]

I have a smile from ear to ear.

[@andrewgraham4585]

Enjoying this in Bill Walton's honor today.

[@augustwest8851]

I was there... Hell of a weekend with my Air Force buddies from Castle Air Force Base in Atwater Calf.

[@timwitwer6911]

Wow ,I flew from Fla ,,Eglin AF Base back to NoCal with 12oz of powered shrooms (add Lemon Juice and or h2o/7-up) with nothin' but to do but ,,Smile,Smile,Smile for a dozen people or more.

[@1369buddy]

Were both sporting the same jester , had to post it

[@moosewizard33]

My father was born at Castle Air Force Base

[@augustwest8851]

@@moosewizard33 Had a Blast there from 77' to 79'. I saw your post from the riviera theater in Chicago - I'm from Chicago been there many many times great shows. Peace...

[@JulioUrquiza-v3n]

The best to ever do it ! No can replace or reenact

[@stillworking]

God

[@SteveP-s2i]

The thing about watching the Dead in these videos is that even when you think “This isn’t their best performance…” you then say “Oh shut up!” to yourself when just a few minutes later you’re thinking “Oh my God,this is incredible!” as they hit one of their grooves again. And then again. And again.

[@parttime9070]

This was simulcast on KSAN at the time. I had to work my gas station job that night over in the east bay.. Had a radio blasting all night long, there was a vib in the air, lot's of people listened to it, tickets were hard to get..

[@mikemorrison270]

I miss the 70's now & then.

[@chiefanalyst1163]

Simply awesome. They were clearly ‘in the zone’ during this wonderful performance !!!

[@willpower9144]

The soloing by Jerry in Scarlet B. Is a masterclass. Just beautiful. Thank you Jerry for pouring out your magic to the world!!!! We love you and miss you ! We all need a miracle everyday!!!

[@Waveview63]

They don't do it like that no more...rock on people

[@scottdavis5499]

Dead and Company have captured the spirit. Mayer is a fine guitarist, but I prefer Garcias playing. Jerry was a lot easier to watch on stage too. A little grin when he hit the perfect notes. Mayer looks like he's in pain with all the facial contortions

[@bibianalynngardner1929]

I WAS THERE TOO. THE LAST NITE OF WINTERLAND WITH 'GREATFUL DEAD'. I WAS SO THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS HAPPENING*** * THE CONCERT WAS SO FULFILLING *IT WAS BEAUTIFUL**** TAKE GREAT CARE EVERYONE***** LOVE YOU ALL****†* GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS****************** ☮️🎶💕 Lynn Gardner Stars In The Garden April, 2023

[@mikenunez7658]

My hat is off to these pioneers who paved the way for other artists to move in direction of everyday life...inspirational for up n coming musicians. .I personally enjoy the professionalism ....peace out t

[@TheGioAdventure]

I was 4 years old, so I didn’t make it to this. So glad to be able to stream so many shows now on KZbin

[@DamianAriel717]

I can't believe what I'm listening.... outstanding. Greetings from Argentina

[@peterthompson810]

💗 MESSI. Happy Holidays!

[@lugiahcreed]

brother greetings from White Bay; city of Good Airs...

[@genghisxkhan2087]

I was there for all the shows. There was a guy who went to every show. He sat up high with a sign 3,748 or so since last dark star. He lost it when they played dark star for him. The good old days when Ludes were legal. It was always a great time in the mosh pit.

[@Deadbuck73]

Man all I needed was a miracle... but I’m stuck here in the comment section...

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

Did you get out yet?

[@Deadbuck73]

I’m still here!

[@lugiahcreed]

happy new year for everyone. welcome 2024 and blessings for all of you... keep on the great music🔥🎸

[@eljibjab420]

My recent holiday consisted of smoking weed with a good friend of 30 years, listening to good shows, and deer hunting in north Mississippi. It don't get no better than that.

[@lugiahcreed]

good luck for you man but poor deers, Why are you so ruthless as to kill innocent creatures?

[@eljibjab420]

@@lugiahcreed I hope you got some meat in the freezer, Sir.

[@lugiahcreed]

I dont have freezer in my house and Im vegetarian too bro duhhh... greetings from Argentina ;)

[@buckdancer8131]

A young healthy Jerry is a site to behold. Go Johnny Go Go!!!

[@jackwezesa1081]

So not healthy .

[@namcat53]

sight

[@LC-vq6wj]

Happy 2022 Family

[@parttime9070]

I always enjoyed sitting in the balcony behind stage.. My best live music memory's are from Winterland..

[@krafty6928]

I love the dead much love to all the dead heads 🤟🏻

[@peterthompson810]

❤

[@ApocalypseNowWithEli]

Ahh. I’ll never forget this show. I turned 3 years old at the stroke of Midnight.

[@tompoynton]

I was 3 months old

[@alchemybyangela]

I was 7! Only 8 years before I'd heard my first of the Dead. I have, thankfully, never been the same, since.

[@sambarribault8034]

watched this DVD after eating an 8th of mushies in high school, good times

[@123danks]

Sam Barribault did you watch the whole thing or at some point just say “f@&k it, let’s go outside”?

[@weirdead829]

I just did that yesterday.... I went outside and just listened... Perfect length for a solid reckoning!

[@BotterPaleAle]

The smile on Jerrys face during the opener is priceless! He's really letting his hair go! Love this band beyond description

[@jillabramsapodaca9362]

I was there. Great memories!!

[@AllanOstermann]

By midnight it was too difficult to count down from ten. Thus the 5 4 3 2 etc. Happy 2021. We got by. We survived👼🤟💀