Greatest 2 Minutes of Grateful Dead

WARNING: You will become a lifelong Grateful Dead fan after hearing this. In my opinion, this is the greatest 2 minutes of the Grateful Dead and in live music history. Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and the Rhythm Devils are in perfect sync throughout these 2 minutes.
Comment you favorite segment of live Dead or your favorite live Dead jam!
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I know there are so many more sublime Grateful Dead moments. I feel like everything came together during the end of this jam on 5/8/1977. Jerry Garcia shreds so hard here. Music was never the same after this night in May 1977.
If you know, you know. If you don't, hopefully this video will turn you on to the Dead and help preserve the legacy of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia.
If you are trying to introduce someone to the Dead, I feel like it is easier to show them a video with the band playing rather than just having them listen to the music without any actual film of the band. Unfortunately, there is no footage from the Cornell 77 show. Thus, I created this montage in an attempt to sync with the music and make you feel like you are hearing and seeing the music live. I feel like this video will be very helpful for introducing people to the Grateful Dead and for turning new fans on to the Grateful Dead. For us who are already fans, I never tire of revisiting this moment. I apologize for leaving Mickey Hart out.

[@LoveBandit1000]

My favorite 2 minutes EVER is the transition between "China Cat" and "I Know You Rider" on Europe '72...

[@johnr.8275]

Keith's piano.....

[@billphipps453]

fair enough...😊

[@nicholasnewman937]

For me its also a China > Rider transition, but my fav is 11/14/73

[@liluziboisvert3131]

Which one there’s like 20

[@mcuserton]

@LoveBandit1000, yes! Honestly surprised this doesn't come up more often. That transition was magic.

[@graysingleton6456]

Everyone argues that there are better shows, but just think back and remember how many friends you turned onto the dead with this scarlet/fire.

[@zachleary108]

Maybe there and maybe there aren't...its so up for grabs with the GD but more to the point, I think its become "cool" to say that because it makes it seem like you are in the know and don't like the most popular GD bootleg of them all. Its a cooler than thou BS thing.

[@done1675]

Well said - there for sure are better shows that they played but none more INFLUENTIAL. This is one of the first ten tapes/CDs/Files (depending on your generation) that EVERY new Deadhead starts their collection with.

[@pushkari]

@@done1675 The segue from Scarlet into Fire is sublime, their best ever IMO. Never fails to take me to that special place! Lucky for us there are lots of examples of their genius in concert to enjoy.

[@jerry-st7rc]

I know of several better shows. I don't wanna share them because they are that good

[@ososkid]

I was born in Palo Alto in 1971 and grew up in the Haight with parents who took me to shows in a baby backpack and it wasn't until I was 16 and I heard Scarlett/Fire playing in the background that I really heard them for the first time ...and then everything changed

[@JusticeAlways]

3 weeks ago...I met a US Navy captain who commanded a destroyer during the Cuban Missle crisis...he now plays acoustic guitar. At an informal jam...he kicked off with Scarlett Begonias...I was playing mandolin...I played the lead notes faithfully...I was in Heaven! He went into Cumberland....then Ripple. He was in his 80's...excellent musician! 😊

[@Jinpepaljor]

"Take a step back, now take another step back.........." the sound board cassette I first owned in 1983 from this show opened the doorway to new perceptions and years of following this magical band. So much gratitude.

[@higginsisaac]

Goes to show, the dead cared enough to stop the show to make sure everyone was safe and comfortable. When you look at the Astroworld tragedy, it’s pretty obvious that artists like Travis Scott don’t feel any responsibility to their fans besides giving them a good show. Which sounds reasonable until you see how easy it is to foster a positive environment.

[@JackChiefton]

Don’t get too high and mighty with their compassion. Most of the guys in the Dead were selfish individualists. Almost libertarian.

[@MH-bt6de]

Same, I had heard a few Dead songs before (exclusively studio stuff) but someone gave my older brother a tape of the second set of this show which I “borrowed” one day to listen to at work and my life was never the same again. I had never heard anything like it - totally melted my face.

[@Karmakatt6]

"Cause if you don't do it, all your friends in the front row are gonna be real bug-eyed.." -Bob Weir

[@Torgo1969]

The crowd was very happy to hear that the people in front were getting "horribly smashed", as Jerry put it, LOL.

[@fuzzymg6549]

Listened to this scarlet fire about a thousand times. Absolute masterpiece.

[@jenniferjohnson9302]

agree! ❤‍🔥

[@Torgo1969]

Played in the military ROTC building at Cornell, into the bargain.

[@user-wx8uj4xr2q]

As a 40 year fan of the Dead, it takes a unique ear to appreciate their music. And seeing them live is important to appreciating them.

[@dustyjeffers5716]

Sounds like mindless stoned jamming to me

[@JonathanZelaya-ty4gv]

@@dustyjeffers5716Jerry eats your fav guitarist alive unless it Jimi 😅

[@dustyjeffers5716]

@@JonathanZelaya-ty4gv really??!?! Jerry eats Buckethead?!?! You must be smoking the same stuff Jerry was smoking

[@jcolterh]

​@@dustyjeffers5716I saw Buckethead 15+ years ago. He's good from a technical perspective. Certainly not my favorite.

[@dustyjeffers5716]

@@jcolterh fav alive from a technical or emotion tangent I'm taking buckethead... Fave dead I'm going Hendrix all day

[@klep2859]

"Greatest two minutes of Grateful Dead". That's some statement. Though just as an example I would throw the 'Beautiful Jam' in there from 2/18/71. Though it's over two minutes, there is no way in hell anything can be called the greatest as I could give you 20-30 other examples. They would all be from 68-74.

[@rastacat23]

Don't be such a poop. EVERY Deadhead has 20 or 30 other examples. The point is that this clip is mind-bendingly orgasmic, as are countless moments in the history of The Dead.

[@edwardofgreene]

Lets not so easily overlook the late Brent Mydland era. '86-'90 has many of my favorite tapes. High energy shows! Especially on the East coast for some reason.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Ya for some reason!!!

[@EasyWind013]

FACTS

[@vpaczkowski]

comes a time jam 7-17-76

[@christopherjohnson1803]

Dancing in the Streets, from this show, is what got me into the Dead. That wah wah solo from Jerry melted my face off!! I think my jaw hit the floor too!!

[@nodk17]

it is a envelope pedal with the sweet upward ;0

[@mjb111]

That's what happened to me! I was at the show, sitting in the bleachers at the West end of Barton Hall. I was hypnotized by the jam in Dancing in the Streets. I walked into the show a Grateful Dead fan, and I walked out a stark raving Dead head.

[@joeskabeegaboo861]

Same

[@freddiesoverbite6162]

Phil’s bass phrasing along with Keith just banging those chords on keys just knocks me out. That jam is the greatest. Always gets me movin’.

[@udontexist47]

god that version is the shit

[@hazwaz6385]

as a young dead head born wayyyyyyy after Jerry passed I would like to say... full body intense goose bumps. Thansk for this.

[@hazwaz6385]

@@tom_esquire hahah your dead right. came back and same exact feeling

[@SomboonCM]

At 16 I bought a school bus and ended up on tour in '92. I now own a concert lighting company. I've met everyone but Jerry. These guys helped me create an awesome reality. I am so glad young people are into this. This is not a counter culture, it's a unique and beautiful reality if you allow it to play out.

[@hazwaz6385]

@@SomboonCM I’m so grateful to choose the reality. It’s never dead ahahhashah

[@benorth0311]

No matter what condition the world is in, I can get lost with dead! Literally gives me chills!

[@JohnSmith-fq7hj]

Same I never work in the garden without having the dead helping me the plants seem to enjoy it as well lol

[@augustwest4233]

There are countless 'Greatest 2 minutes of the grateful dead'. 🙏🏻

[@krispendleton4662]

Cornell 77 is hands down my favorite show! I could listen to it over and over and it never gets old. Great post!

[@danielwilliams1921]

Great show but I like Hartford ‘77 better. That 19+ minute Sugaree sends me places like no other song.

[@fretgod321]

@@danielwilliams1921 the Pembroke Pines '77 Sugaree is the GOAT for me

[@planetmuse]

I do listen to it over and over. It’s the only CD in my car and recently my kid lamented, “Mom, we’ve been listening to THE SAME THING FOR TWO YEARS!” My response was to “just listen to the music play.” 😏

[@krispendleton4662]

@@planetmuse 🥰

[@thebrideoffrankenstein2415]

There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert!!!!

[@will.a.benjamin]

Please...there cannot be a single "greatest 2 minutes" of the Dead

[@Jeff-S]

Agree. But at this time, if I had say. It would this 6 minutes and 43 seconds. I enhanced the audio and re-posted it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnSop6ieiLRpY7csi=duECUZOrjTDJvQyF

[@will.a.benjamin]

@@Jeff-S I really hope that was a lame attempt to get some clicks on your video. I mean Stagger Lee?? 🤣

[@Jeff-S]

@@will.a.benjamin I see from the above two comments that you seem to know more than everyone else as to what should be in their own videos. Never assume. I have no interest in views on my channel. I will never have a following, nor do I wish too. I post videos for fun and to share my passions with whoever else may feel the same. I posted that Stagger Lee video because I found a much better audio quality from a source. The footage is someone else's video and I gave them full credit in the description. No Agenda for me here other than to share my music collection and thoughts. So for me, my thought was that solo and the song itself is absolute bliss for me to listen to. To me, Garcia and the rest of the band on that track were super tight and super creative. I love Stagger Lee. Everybody has different tastes. Thanks for calling my comment lame attempt though. That was cool! I might have been offended if it was actually an attempt at anything other than sharing music from the same band.

[@parttime9070]

There are no better dead shows then the ones I went to..

[@larrym2434]

truer words were never said

[@jebstewart666]

excellent way to put it! was turned onto the grateful dead in '78, and it changed me. went to so many other live shows by other musicians, but i always allowed time and money to make it to as many gd shows as i could until '95. somewhere in every show i saw was the best i ever heard until next time. but then i consider myself a deadhead so my opinion might be slightly skewed...... thanks for putting it the way you did!

[@leahi5413]

I was in that 74 audience. Seastones into Dark Star into Dew was one of the highlights of my music life. Better show for sure. 😎

[@BubbaSimmz]

Jealous

[@itsjoshuak]

Can you confirm that Seastones could only be understood live? Even listening to it blasting loud on speakers doesn't seem to do it justice but I can't imagine what it must've literally felt like

[@leahi5413]

@@itsjoshuak Hahaha. I'd say so. Much like their trips into space during PITB or DS, this stuff was meant to be felt as much as heard. It was an assault on the senses. I've always liked it. My friends and I called it insect music. I've tried headphones and it's too enclosed. 😵 And if you got a system that can play it loud enough you won't have neighbors. My advice is a decent sub in your car with the windows shut. 😎

[@itsjoshuak]

@@leahi5413 that's what I've always figured - my best GD moments are when I'm blasting it in the car so I might give the 10/18/74 Seastones>DS>Dew a spin today 😁

[@leahi5413]

@@BubbaSimmz Old. 😀

[@dacethejackofhearts7209]

I used to have a quadrophonic copy of this in the times of surround system , I think the melt between these two songs is one their most sublime moments ever

[@pushkari]

Yes, that's exactly it!! The segue is insane, the way they take their time to morph from Scarlet to Fire, the interplay between them as they jam it out, and then Jerry so gently lays down those first notes of Fire ---- gives me the good chills every time!

[@dacethejackofhearts7209]

I thought😊 rhe same

[@gregoryclark9031]

Pembroke Pines May 22, 1977 is the best show ever, hands down!

[@alidabirnia2882]

It's a damn good one. That eyes and morning dew are so incredible, that entire part from estimated and the lazy lightening supplication is the best for sure. Ever heard 11/17/73 show is insanely good.

[@sandalnice3333]

This exact version of scarlet/fire was the first dead song I ever heard and is what got me Into the band.

[@seadub1791]

There was a period of my life in the early 90's when one of my only worldly possessions was a cassette copy of this show. I played it so many times that every single moment of sonic energy is forever burned into my mind. From the start of Take a Step Back to the end of Morning Dew is the most sublime set of live music ever recorded. I would argue that Jerry's first solo in this Scarlet is the most perfectly phrased guitar solo ever played. And the way they take apart NFA and put together Saint Stephen blows my mind every time I hear it.

[@jemtbbb3223]

The early solo is Brown Eyed Women from this performance is legendary as well, in fact I'm going to go listen to that right now

[@masonsmith9633]

Deal is gorgeous on this one as well. Such a nasty set

[@masonsmith9633]

Deal is gorgeous on this one as well. Such a nasty set

[@wangson]

Are you sure? It sounds like Cold Rain and Snow to me.

[@jkerman5113]

So agree, the brown eyed woman from this performance is unparalleled. Every note is in the right place from the start.

[@garycolter2191]

Was there - a very special night. I would say that Jerry's best riff ever happens later that night at 8:44 into Morning Dew - Mozart

[@samblethen]

Was there too.

[@samblethen]

@@tom_esquire Great work. Thanks!

[@hamburg325]

Was there too

[@phildafunk27]

That jam in Morning Dew is the greatest I've ever heard the dead sound, and my 2nd favorite piece of music of all time

[@Torgo1969]

That Morning Dew is something special.

[@striderranger7384]

I was also at Winterland in October 1974 four out of five nights. Missed the first night as I was hitchhiking down from Oregon. My next and last times to Winterland was 12/29,30/77.

[@davidtitiner5988]

This might be my favorite performance ever by the Dead. The Scarlet Fire on 5/8/77 is friggin unparalleled - absolutely legendary. The band is so tight in these two songs, never again would they play a Scarlet Fire that hits like this one

[@ljbast6186]

I respectedly disagree. Fire was a new song, the combo was new. Lots of 80-84 Scar>Fire are red hot smoking versions. I believe the exceptional recording by Betty and how it was the best circulating boot back in the day feed the myth. Don't get me wrong, it's played super well, but it feels like that show is them playing it safe. Not much experimental jams. St. Paul, MN 82 is nice kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIWtiGWGrqmlm6M

[@davidtitiner5988]

@@ljbast6186 Okay yeah, I just listened and that version is pretty damn legendary too. I do love that they get more into the jam-vibe in that one. I've listened to so many versions of Scarlet Fire to see if anything hits close and I'm usually disappointed. I'll have to start listening more into their performances in the early 80s, see if I can't find myself a new favorite.

[@wangson]

I can clearly hear the ending to Scarlet Begonias here but I thought that the video starting in the midst of them playing, "Cold Rain and Snow".

[@faretheewell3711]

9/2/78 is my personal favorite scarlet fire. That being said the cornell morning dew is untouchable in my opinion

[@Zippezip]

I don't know about that, Saratoga 1983 was pretty damn good.

[@BubbaSimmz]

1977 was the year of years, best 365 days of music IMO

[@johnr.8275]

1972 is looking in your direction.....

[@Capricornsrule]

I love the Dead from the late 80’s but I keep going back to 1977. My favorite jam is from the English town raceway in Jersey. The jam from He s Gone into Not Fade Away is a musical dialogue that is utterly amazing

[@STSGuitar16]

Maybe the greatest two mins of the late 70s era “polished Dead,” but I usually get my kicks on late 60s and early 70s primal Dead. Dark Star during that era has some fucking fire energy that they sorta lost later on (not saying the other eras didn’t have energy, just that 60s had some primal psychedelic vibes going, which I typically like better).

[@lillykoroluk6620]

Primal is the absolute best word to describe that period as well. My favorite year probably being 1972 out of that time or 1974 (because the AUD’s from 74 are perfect). The dark stars were so nice. I think even when it came back into their set lists, the vibe changed because they started to put the crazier jams in space instead. So they had to change what dark star was in order to make it viable in their setlist again

[@cosmicslopass]

Dark star definitely lost its magic going into the 80s and I honestly wouldn't have minded if they shelved it.

[@STSGuitar16]

@@lillykoroluk6620 Yeah, I've heard some people calling that era "primal" and I agree, it is a great description of the energy they had during that time. Like back when they'd scream and yell during St. Stephen and things like that lol. Everyone was vibrant and young, and acid was flowing all the time in that era as well. If an acid trip had a sound track, it would absolutely sound like some of that era's jams. Extremely psychedelic. '73 into '74 is my favorite year as well, love when they transitioned from raw psychedelic to a cleaner, more jazzy psychedelic sound plus all of the songs they added in '72. Keith on the Rhodes in '73 is also my favorite year for Keith. Took me a while to get into the 80s stuff, but '89 has become one of my go-to years these days as well. Love love LOVE Brent on B3 organ during that period (not crazy about his voice, which is what always kinda held me back from those years, but he was a total master on B3), but the interplay between him and jerry was amazing. Now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever listened to a late era Dark Star before. You got any recs?

[@STSGuitar16]

@@cosmicslopass good thing we've got plenty to go through from the early days lol

[@franklee6301]

Exactly, the dark star from 10/31/71 actually contains the first bits of Eyes more than two years before the song actually comes to be. Imo it's the greatest twenty minutes of music the dead ever preformed. You can hear the creation of Eyes at 13:25 of the track on Dick's Picks volume two.

[@kgobrien1]

This is great. GDTRFD/NFA on the Skulls and Roses LP was my gotcha moment.

[@edwardkeller1372]

Bobby's rhythm guitar was impeccable on that jam👍

[@zachleary108]

And let us not forget the NFA and the Morning Dew. Everyone loves talking about the Scarlet Fire (for good reason) but Jerry is doing things in the NFA that he never did prior.

[@andrewptob]

Two of his finest solos ever imo are in Brown Eyed Women and Deal from this show as well

[@bookmedia67]

Nor shall we forget the best 16 minutes of set one, Dancin in the Streets. Jerry’s musical brain firing off the charts this snowy evening.

[@tripmiller13]

BEST DEW EVER PERIOD.

[@JayRiemenschneider]

You’re right, when they transition out of St Stephen it’s magic. And then the jam…

[@tomratcliff3755]

No question, this was the dead at the peak of Keith's power. Hell of a show !

[@mikeyj.3605]

For me my favorite moment of Grateful Dead is during the jam section of Good Lovin in the 5/2/70 Harper College show.

[@joeshoe6184]

One of my favorite Jerry solos for sure. He's really cooking!

[@michaelcasty]

Hey now! Cornell 77 is considered one of the best Grateful Dead shows ever ☮☮☮🙏🎸🎸🎸🌹🌹

[@waylonnicholson371]

Cornell, a beautiful classic. I don't mean to be that guy, but 5/22/77 is the show that cannot be topped. That Dancin' will rewrite your DNA, and that Eyes will make you find our creator. Such a great show worth obsession over if you haven't already :)

[@glennwiltsee7405]

Dude, 5/22/77 contains a bunch of my 2 minutes. thanks

[@Ken_G.]

Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time.

[@stephenhenion8304]

April 1, 1975. Jerry Garcia at The Palace Theater....🎶🎵..... Waterbury Ct.... it still Blows My Mind.... I remember the whole show...

[@rishikesh1087]

5/8/77 never gets old.....If it does put it on the shelf and return to it some time later.....Then listen in awe again as if you are listening for the first time

[@rastacat23]

It's the first time EVERY time, except that the melodies are etched into your very soul and it resonates more each time!

[@BoneSpurTheChappalachian]

I was at Barton Hall. Junior year of HS. Snowed on the way home. I'm so happy every time I listen.

[@starcloud4959]

Jerry does this sort of thing all the time.Late 60s would deff be the greatest 1min or one hour.its was fresh ,exciting and experimental then.

[@rastacat23]

I had been a fan for a couple of years when my buddies put this show on the stereo (with cassette) and blew my mind. The Scarlet Begonias in particular. There is simply nothing like it or most of that night. You can call it overrated all you want, but when I first listened I knew nothing of this show. A good friend of mine was there and she said it all went down just like you hear it. It was, and is, MAGIC.

[@geosaint1946]

Watkins Glen, July 1974 Saturday night "sound check" with Allman Brothers and the Band. Great! Still laughing about our fortress of cases of water gallons invaded by the pilgrims attending the Sunday show.

[@joeshoe6184]

'73. July 27th and 28th.

[@staggerlee2749]

Awww man... Ive been looking for video of this for 30 years it seems. Still... Even just the audio is STILL incredible.

[@forestchild3511]

It’s damn good Jerry will emerge as the greatest musician in American history

[@lechefonk5410]

This is a great two minutes out of many great two minutes from that night. This was my first bootleg and still the one I listen to the most.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Amigo if all the recordings ever came out we could spend our lives and never hear half

[@jackcade68]

When i complete my time machine, you and i are exploring 1977, a great year!

[@twofockers]

I remember getting a bootleg tape of the '77 Ithaca show, in '91. I was blown away by Phil's bass playing, in Scarlett. It was my favorite cassette.

[@m.zuarmanbilly5429]

yeah couldn't agree more. But i wonder why Phil didn't play like that anymore in the 80s and 90s

[@Sky-on2cy]

That's the show my BF and future tour buddy got me started on, hallowed ground that Ithaca show!

[@rastacat23]

@@m.zuarmanbilly5429 no more cocaine, most likely. Phil used a LOT in the 70's. It's hard to deny when you listen to his bass lines in Scarlet - they're almost manic

[@michaelbettonville5085]

Definitely a great 2 minutes of music. I prefer the Scarlet-Fire from 2-3-78 Dane County Coliseum. I would argue that there are many Scarfires from the eighties that shred every bit as much and are overall more concise in their delivery. It's like arguing all time sports greats. it all about context and degree.

[@deanray553]

2-3-78 Dane County Coliseum is one of my favorite shows ever!

[@michaelbettonville5085]

@@deanray553 Agreed. I had it as a bootleg for years before it got released as DP#18. Great 2nd set. The Scar-fire is one of the longest and best I've ever heard, and the Other One and Wharfrat are both exceptional. The whole show is surprisingly up-tempo for 1978.

[@reverandleroy]

The scarlet>fire from 5/17/77 (Tuscaloosa) is downright beautiful. The transition is a showcase for what Keith could bring when on the top of his game.

[@jonhill4070]

Agreed.

[@joeshoe6184]

The version you are thinking of is actually from 2-5-78 in Cedar Falls, Iowa. They didn't play Scarlet>Fire in Madison that tour.

[@stevenchait2459]

The segway from Scarlet to Fire is perhaps their best jam ever!

[@jeffmargulies3833]

you nailed it

[@wangson]

Yeah! It's some damn fine work from Jerry during this rendition of Cold Rain and Snow. And then the end by riffing on the ending from Scarlet Begonias. Very nice! Thanks for posting, Tom.

[@user-erased]

The audio in this is Fire on the Mountain from Cornell '77

[@spyrentep5900]

I like how Donna just stands there doing nothing for 2 minutes

[@stevechristensen2351]

Awesome, to be sure. I gotta say the "Bird Song" jam section from the live video "Dead Ahead" (October 31, 1980, Radio City Music Hall) is one of my favorite examples of the guys getting into it and delivering!

[@jamesorr50276]

Radio city concert was wonderful

[@george.s.8491]

I absolutely love this show! This is a very good audience copy!

[@tourhead]

Great Call! Love this!! Thanks for posting!!!!

[@chandlerdent1956]

Great selection. Truly the greatest 2 minutes, Tom!

[@Illumignostic]

I wouldnt go that far

[@bobguerrin5419]

Hardly the greatest

[@tinkercrab11]

i think my favorite segment of the grateful dead is near the end of Caution on March 17, 1968. You can almost feel the adrenaline pumping with Bill and Mickey tearing up the drums at breakneck speeds, and of course it all culminates in such a satisfying way where the drumming cools down for a bit, and ends with a glorious sort of finale before going into feedback.

[@mdell7131]

The dead will be in my head and part of my life till the end❤️

[@amouralatif]

And maybe beyond.....

[@mdell7131]

@@amouralatifhopefully!!

[@ernburn3738]

The best times I've ever had were at Dead shows with one exception,..the time I broke my brothers' arm..😂

[@ruggiero541]

Ithaca ‘77. Widely considered the best of the dead. My brother had this on tape and for literally a decade or two it never came out of the tape deck in his car. Unless that car has been crushed and destroyed for all I know it could still be right where he left it. RIP, Ithaca ‘77 tape.

[@captainkangaroo4301]

The two minutes that changed the world for me was when Owsley dosed me prior to a show.

[@HavendaleBlvd80]

Great edit man. I'm 43, and I find myself getting into their stuff. I cant stop listening to touch of gray recently. Its such an amazing song.

[@brianellsworth1145]

Was there, first show. Scarlett Fire is awesome but the best 10 minutes in GD history comes a little later in St. Stephen Not Fade Away. It showcases the whole band not just Jerry, mixing jazz, rock and psychedelia in a very unique way. Yes the recording is great but the music is even better. Thanks for posting.

[@christopherjohnson1803]

The Dancing in the Streets solo from this show, was something else. Can't imagine being there. I listen to it at least 1x daily.

[@rastacat23]

Have you listened to the Hunter Seamon's matrix of this show? It's phenomenal, although I haven't heard the one they released in 2017 from the long-lost Betty boards

[@jakejohansen1889]

This video should include the whole song sequence - a nearly 27 minute version of Scarlet Begonias --> Fire On the Mountain.

[@jackwezesa1081]

I love China cat / Know you rider on Europe72 , seemless🎸!

[@marshallsilva9389]

Got the link?

[@kzeich]

My favorite Playing in the Band was in Baltimore 73 or 4. Jerry's "ropes" are right smack in the pocket

[@toecutter8002]

The acid king! They'll never be another Jerry Garcia. If you had the chance to see him perform in person or you were related by blood count yourself blessed and fortunate and extremely lucky.

[@Johnny.D]

Of course it's great, it's fire on the mountain!!

[@Torgo1969]

"All these people in front are getting horribly smashed..." And the crowd goes wild! Jerry served that up on a silver platter.

[@MrVisionneur]

I was in Ithaca that May 8th in ‘77. I was probably riding my dirt bike with my friend Joey in Ellis Hollow about 6 miles from Barton Hall. I was 10 years old

[@ryanmurtha2392]

The conclusion of Shakedown Street, 6/30/85, that would be my nomination for best-ever few minutes.

[@joeshoe6184]

One of my favorite versions of Shakedown. Some other good ones are 12-5-79, 4-6-82, 6-22-92, 9-10-91 and 9-16-93.

[@chisannesennott]

not my choice but this is heavenly i can so clearly imagine the pink sky as im allowed access into heaven it’s so beautiful

[@Cragdognamedbear]

Jerry is just so sharp on that cornell album.

[@pricechadwick]

I used to have a tape of this concert. Thanks for posting. It was one of my favorites as well.

[@gordiannot77]

The year I was born and only a hop skip and a jump from my town❤️

[@MrAjbutts]

There’s no doubt that Cornell 77 is an epic show, however the night before in Boston the Dead put on what I think is one of their top 3 shows of all time. The Half step leaves me speechless every single time and I’ve been listening to it for 30 years.

[@marcgagnon7500]

And I think the next night in Buffalo is their greatest show 😁 A Help>Slip>Frank opener & that Comes A Time. Oh, my! Ain't it great to be a DeadHead? ✌️😍✌️

[@briano.1503]

I love the "BILLY ONLY" days!

[@ericschmuecker348]

I feel it. I can hear it. Reminds me of the hours listening to bootleg cassettes of the shows. Thank you, Greg(Egg) and Justin Hudson from Springfield Mo. Memories...

[@bobwobbabble5151]

November of 73 has some damn fine shows and pretty much everything in 1989 was spot on.

[@Bunbeck-pf9iw]

I will love Jerry until I die so I can b with him ! ❤🐰🐇💀⚡️🕊️🪽

[@marcgagnon7500]

For years my ringtone has been the Scarlet>Fire segue from this night. I sure wish more people would call instead of texting ✌️😍✌️

[@franklee6301]

10/31/71 dark star with a jam that begins at 13:25 and is actually the precursor to Eyes of the World two years before the song comes to be. Imo the best twenty minutes the dead ever preformed.

[@terrapinflyer2178]

Oh nice! Def gonna check that out. Thanks for sharing that tidbit :) One of my favorite tunes

[@johnr.8275]

Believe it or not, they did the same jam even better during the late electric set on 6/24/70, during the three-part Dark Star. I know it seems impossible, but it's true.

[@franklee6301]

@@johnr.8275 I'll give it a listen

[@johnr.8275]

@@franklee6301 It's only available as an AUD, albeit a VERY good one, especially for 1970. The Ken & Judy Lee recording is the one to find. The entire electric set from NFA > Easy Wind until the end is just amazing. Quite possibly my favorite Grateful Dead set of all time - and that's saying something!

[@franklee6301]

@johnr.8275 well I'll be... I found it via internet archive and sure enough about halfway through the second Darkstar ( the first isn't actually darkstar) the melody I was speaking about shows up. Great ear! Now check out What's Going On by Marvin Gaye and see if you don't hear the beginning to Eyes. I swear that's where Jerry got the influence.

[@nealrose8653]

The greatness of The Grateful Dead can not be summed up in one, two minute video clip.... It was a Long, Strange Trip.

[@LL-bl8hd]

Such a classic moment! Long Live the Dead! 🙌💀

[@matthandrich2768]

The 2nd Big Bang. They were playing with the gods on that night!

[@user-bo4gw1xj4u]

Buckeye Lake 94' in the rain, Traffic opened. The circus was fire, finding our cars epic. But definitely staying the night.

[@user-wv5dy4fc3q]

We were there this night and it’s everything said about it and much much more.

[@andrewtansey7366]

Video simulation of a bygone era of one drummer, when the Dead were at their best. Yes, I know Cornell, May '77 is widely touted by many as the best ever. In terms of energy and in-yer-face pace and two-drummer-pounding volume, no argument, but I don't care for that style. None of the jams changed key. Very little subtlety. Must go back to '74 and earlier, with just Billy, for the most tasteful Dead.

[@williamclark6233]

I love me some 72 to 74!

[@dustintaylor112]

@@williamclark6233 73 is the best by far!!!!!

[@steveellis3657]

@@dustintaylor112 agree

[@robertbennett8119]

Fall 1974 is easily the best music they ever produced Dijon france Sept 18 1974 or 9/20/1974 in Paris are way better the Cornell 77

[@williamseice9767]

yeah but Donna throws it off for me

[@deannovin]

The transition between Scarlett > Fire is equally one of the best.

[@doctorsteve9476]

I refer to that transition as the "drop in"....... when Jerry leaves scarlet & intros the tease to fire. hearing it on so many cassettes for years & then to finally hear it live is a real thrill. each one mysteriously unique.

[@darrellminx5459]

When he was on his game there was nobody that could emote between band and audience and the spirits that could touch that trifecta.😂

[@tato4612]

Mine is 5-8-77 (same show) the solo in Scarlet......thanks for the vid.

[@JakkuHunter]

This and "beautiful jam" are probably the sum of all the Dead's hability to move you.

[@opiebluwsit9751]

Excellent stuff. 1989 was their peak in my humble, I know that is not a popular opinion. (And I'm an old man, very familiar with every single year of their music).

[@roachcuca3190]

I love grateful dead but you people are tripping balls claiming these are "the greatest 2 minutes in live music history"

[@windandraven]

Just as good today as the first time I heard it many, many, okay one more, many years ago.

[@BIIZZxGaming]

Winterland ‘78 FOTM is my personal favorite, but everyone has their personal preference.

[@Deadbuck73]

Yes Brother I’m here from your link! Love it!

[@martinpickr9582]

That was the most energy I’ve ever seen so controlled

[@Mr_Joshua73]

I agree with everyone having their own particular favorite scarlet/fire.. there are so many flavors of it out there, different moods and grooves then one hits you at the right time in your life and THATS your one! But on 5-8-77 the band was on one that night... Serious electricity happening... Minds got snapped for sure! Thats definitely in my top 2 or 3 scarlet/fires for sure! Wow.

[@ChuckDenk]

When the transition from Scarlet to Fire, is so mind-bending, that I don't remember the Scarlet, until Fire starts, are the best.

[@cmcgarry007]

Barton Hall was my first Grateful Dead concert. I had no idea that what I was hearing was anything special (though I had a great time!). The main thing I remember is that it fucking snowed during the show. In May. Snow covered the ground when I got out and we had to drive over an hour to Binghamton.

[@Torgo1969]

Wow! What a show to have as your first! Mine was March 1990 in Albany when they played arguably the greatest Loser of all time.

[@ibogaful]

I grew up on this particular show, always had 8t in my car cassette player I think I have it somewhere in a box still !

[@DETROIT1948]

Long Live The Grateful Dead! Long Live Rock and Roll!

[@les-tq2sn]

5/8 is a County Holiday in Tompkins County to this day.(Ithaca/Cornell is in Tompkins County) The county legislature encourages you to do Grateful Dead things.I went to 40 year anniversity in 2017.

[@les-tq2sn]

@@tom_esquire They held a concert recreation @ The State Theatre with a full playing of 5.8.77 with some pretty good speaker set-up.Outside the Theatre there was a scene like you might find at a Dead concert.There were folks selling items,collectable momentos and stickers etc.I traded some pins with some people and there were some people trying to get a Drum Circle but I only saw 1 pair of Bongos.I introduced some folks to some Swiss Stuff and they agreed that it was Good Shit.I got a Rubber Band at a Dead Concert in the 90s printed WWJGD (What Would Jerry Garcia Do) and that was a Theme for the Day.They played the 3 hour concert and people danced and there were projections/pictures on the screen.I knew some folks from Ithaca and they said there were some folks that were at the Concert that night.A good time.

[@sinane.y]

I will take any 2 minutes, or heck, 2 seconds of a 72 Dark Star over this any day.