Celebrating 40 Years Of Terrapin Station - "Terrapin Station Medley"

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of the landmark Grateful Dead album 'Terrapin Station,' JamBase presents the 'Inspiration: Celebrating 40 Years Of Terrapin Station' video series featuring covers of each of the songs originally issued on July 27, 1977. For the “Terrapin Station Medley” several of our favorite artists recorded the seven parts of the suite at various locations, which were pieced together into a single seamless performance. The video features Railroad Earth, moe., Stanley Jordan, Strangefolk, Moonalice, The Mountain Goats, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz, Jake Peavy, Holly Bowling, Poor Man’s Whiskey, Grahame Lesh & Kirby Lee Hammel, Eric DiBerardino and others.
Watch their collaborative performance of the album closing opus.
Video recorded and edited by: Jake Alexander
HSMF Playshop footage recorded and edited by: Teton Film Works
Intro music by: Holly Bowling
Outro music by: Grahame Lesh & Kirby Lee Hammel

[@logansportmyers]

The chick on the piano is freaking brilliant. The main criticism of the album, as I recall, was that section, all with a symphony orchestra. She does the whole thing herself, and far better than the original. Yea, I am on the bus with Holly Bowling.

[@TheArchiveOfWonder]

Tears were shed. The words to this song are some of Robert Hunters finest work. This music will resonate through time and eternity.

[@deich31]

...and if you're lucky, you can sing along with a few thousand friends at a great show.

[@michaelmeyer3291]

@@deich31 I feel very blessed to have seen The Grateful Dead perform this and yes i got to sing along with about 80K friends.

[@MrWallybones]

Well said wonder! The terrapin that stands out for me was at Compton terrace(Phoenix) circa mid 80's. Hunter was a wordsmithing genius RIP.

[@joeblow6585]

I agree

[@glenndespres5317]

Amen to that, brother.

[@petestegler2227]

One of my all time favorite Dead tunes. Such a cool compilation. All I have to say is thank you!

[@petermeyer4206]

Nice to see Phil's son here.

[@exdemocrat9038]

13:33 Holly Bowling

[@howiefeltersnatch8148]

Nobody could move the paper towels out of the shot??? Seriously though, very cool!

[@deich31]

Where is Robert Hunter's Nobel prize?

[@ICU2HI]

We all passed it around and smoked it. Where were you?

[@chrisrutherford3]

That was the Humboldt peace pipe prize. Nobel only gives a medal & loot.

[@seanquinn8939]

deich31 no joke...

[@steveanderson3229]

This is one of those comments that you wish you could like a million times~

[@catdaddy3302]

He deserved one. Ingenious! Like the bards of Olde.

[@Whatsinanameanyway13]

Not sure how I'm just now discovering this, but glad I did...Terrapin has been stuck in my head all day for a week. Going through some tough times & glad to find some joyful music to bring me back to Earth.

[@Pathstobalance]

If this is touching you, definitely go back and listen to Jerry deliver this song with The Grateful Dead, he is The Storyteller. Many exceptional versions, 1/11/78 is a favorite, any live version from the 70's highly recommended. Welcome aboard.

[@kyletaylor1752]

The compass always points to Terrapin

[@cgaristo2112]

in 2024, still wonderfull

[@mich6665]

Robert Hunter was the Poet Laureate of the Dead. Oh, but that dash between the years, 1941-2019. You left us to soon, Sir. Thank you for the gifts you gave us. Fare thee well...

[@cosmiccarl]

Amen. Right about now, Hunter is co-creating new tunage w/ Capn Trips somewhere betwix the timbers and the backwash of Fennario.

[@elmoblatch9787]

That's a fairly average lifespan. I'd say he did well.

[@Fictius]

MASTERPIECE ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@JIMISTRINGS]

Stanley Jordon brought tears to my eyes he is on another level

[@soniabattrell2502]

In 10th grade I got a very pleasant surprise when my 5th period class attended an optional assembly in the auditorium and it turned out to be Stanley Jordan (class of 1977) performing solo. That I had just gotten high during lunch didn't hurt.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Easily one of the best things I've seen on KZbin. Stanley Jordan, absolutely amazing, Holly Bowling is very sweet by the bridge, and all the bands hit the mark. Well done.

[@katiez4207]

Railroad Earth handles that hard transition perfectly. No mistakes.

[@Deadbuck73]

They are awesome!

[@lisbethbird8268]

@@Deadbuck73 oh man I'm feeling it hard.... also soft.

[@dongiovanni6796]

Yes, Railroad Earth and Holly Bowling handle the two toughest passages of the song so skillfully.

[@lists5004]

OMG the voice on Railroad Earth's percussionist.... Beautiful.

[@JasonDebly]

Wow! Somewhere, you just know, Jerry is smiling!

[@fmgsr1]

Jason Debly For Sure, Major Smile!

[@firepwr21]

♥ ♥ ♥

[@nikisawyers7559]

😭

[@themersh4064]

...and tapping his feet

[@lisbethbird8268]

He's finally allowed to just chill out. (We love you Jerry).

[@davidheadrick1773]

I apologize, but I've never been a Deadhead. However, this tune is so damn beautiful I keep returning for my fix. This particular effort is of the highest quality & the production value is totally incredible. Thanks!

[@Deadbuck73]

David Headrick welcome to the bus!

[@dianebranning3438]

WELCOME TO YOUR NEW CALMNESS

[@ajcraft-hello]

Welcome! Check out this version kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoCql2hmlLWNlas

[@Dreamagic23]

It´s Never To Late ; )

[@logansportmyers]

The bus came by...

[@IMETYOUB42]

I love that part of this was filmed by the Richmond San Rafael bridge....Garcia conceived this tune while driving across that same bridge!

[@ScreamSheLovesMeNot]

i was going to play the 2015 remastered studio version for the first song people would hear as they start to arrive at my wedding on the 3rd before seating, then i saw this. I hope the passion will find its way from these voices and instruments into the lives of those who attend my event. I was thinking well maybe i should actually play the dead, but i mean arent we all dead anyway ;) keep the fire alive, only love

[@ajcraft-hello]

Beautiful tribute to this Majestic song! Hunter and Garcia birthed it together while apart. How fitting this tribute does the same. Happy to see it ends with Holly, near the Richmond Bridge, then Lebo, Stu, Ezra, & Murph at High Sierra. Local masters, torchbearers all❤️💪⚡️🌎🙏✌️

[@jimedgar6789]

How freaking amazing is this? FUCKING FREAKING AMAZING!

[@billyboy6028]

Amazing medley....each segment was in perfect pitch which enabled flawless segues.... not easy to do. Great production Jambase!

[@Imabeatyouman]

Billy Boy well a couple places weren’t perfect but imperfections make it better

[@drjsrosenberg]

I"ve seen stanley jordan play two guitars at once but being able to play a guitar and a piano at the same time? crazy

[@thomasmcfeely8869]

Jeff Rosenberg i saw Les Paul play two guitars the battle hymn of the republic and dixie on the other I thought that was incredible well it still is I have trouble playing one

[@sullysunsets16]

wow.. i used to see prince do it. Amazing

[@Deadbuck73]

Holy Moly!!! That was heavy!

[@jeffbenjamin_551]

THE HAIR ON MY ARMS IS STANDING UP

[@stevesharkey470]

That was amazing 20 minutes of pure bliss

[@WolffBachner]

Holly Bowling was outstanding. Love the entire piece, but Holly stole the show.

[@sbMaine1881]

One of the best things on KZbin

[@davidheadrick1773]

I can't figure out, terrapin, if it's the end or beginning, terrapin,

[@steveanderson3229]

The whistle is screamin'...

[@mikewilkinson4588]

This is an awesome collection of musicians who have spent many hours learning and playing extremely well one of my Dead faves.....I would love to see this as a touring show.......

[@scottrose8417]

RIP ROBERT ; (

[@billweaver8953]

I remember being at the first performance of Terrapin in San Bernadino in 77 and going like wo what is this . Been on of my most favorites all these years .

[@hashburystumble8808]

Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right.

[@eduardoperes9806]

Amazing! Excellent! No words to describe how beautiful it is! Thank you so much! My favorite Grateful Dead song!

[@TheFunkybert]

I’m a gonna start my everyday with this medley and see where it takes me 😊

[@Roy-G-Biv]

🥰🥰🥰

[@lisbethbird8268]

Yeah, I think you've captured the beauty of. Terrapin Station. In a medley of humans. Great Job!

[@bertvanstaveren3178]

This is a music video I consider one of the coolest and hippiest of the last decade. TGD rules forever. Thank you video-uploader....

[@joeyscruggs5180]

Just what the World needs right now: more great Live music! Thank you!

[@feisalalykhan8403]

I want to very much see/hear a gospel version of this with a huge choir.

[@wingman5724]

yes

[@TheTestingGrounds]

Sounds like a plan!

[@johnforbis5037]

I'll bet you will

[@steveanderson3229]

You just did~ :-) Sing along and it'll be even better~

[@iamhiptwo7016]

That is an amazing idea!!!

[@richardfrascone24]

Loved the way you tied everything together. Nice job!!!!

[@TruthVirusRecords]

This is a masterpiece!

[@melonhead49]

His job is to shed light, not master

[@misujerr]

What great production value! I didn't know that Stanley Jordan played guitar! Wow... And Holly!

[@stephenhall11]

I knew Jerry from the old days at the Dead House where Everybody was welcomed and Everything was shared! After Reagan ran all the people out of the Haight with the National Guard,I would run into him from time to time around the Bay area. And I would end up riding around with him in his Mercedes. "Jerry, why are we riding around like this and not going anywhere?" Jerry said, I have to do it like this because wherever I go people recognize me and a crowd gathers around me. Why are thousands of people following me around from all over the country? I don't get it I can't understand it! Why me? And he would shake his head. Maybe the answer is we are all going to Terrapine Station Jerry! Jerry, I love you and all the Dead Heads! This Vibe is Eternal ! It will never ever die!

[@steveanderson3229]

That whole thing was sofa king awesome, but I had to go back and look at 'Lebo and Friends', yes, that's Stu Allen,. He's my friend. He told Melvin to let me sing with them, and it got recorded. My most prized possession. Tell Stu I said Hello~ :-)

[@jthomeskillet]

Hey Now, I concur, well done all the way. So glad to see someone using that, SofaKing Cool 🤙

[@hashburystumble8808]

Inspiration moved brightly !

[@MichaelG1226]

Thank you soooo much. Absolutely brilliant.

[@docpangasinan]

What a wonderful tribute to a fantastic song!

[@kyleciarrocchi]

the chick on piano was unbelievable

[@quartzimaging]

That is Holly Bowling. Yes, she is incredible! 13:32 Totally appropriate the the San Rafael-Richmond Bridge is in the background of her segment. That is the bridge Jerry was driving across during a thunderstorm when he was hit with a bolt of inspiration for the song--he turned around and went home to start writing it down. At the very same moment Hunter was at home in SF when he was hit by a bolt of inspiration and he began to write down the lyrics.

[@deich31]

She is the real deal, isn't she?

[@kyleciarrocchi]

cant believe i never have heard of her! i was blown away! Especially considering the crazy part she took on!

[@cj2378]

Holly is magnificent, and she knows she's magnificent, but I don't think she knows how magnificent she is.

[@philipmazonson4694]

totally that's the same thing thought!!

[@RETSELEkim07834]

Holly's playing is Awesome 👌

[@steveanderson3229]

I love that every comment has nothing but 'thumbs up'... Regardless of how many~

[@davidjacuk4286]

Godspeed Hunter!

[@kitten77kma]

All this was missing was an 8ft tall chicken wire and paper mache terrapin... Everyone should have one!🌹

[@wingman5724]

this was a rare and different tune

[@MatthewCensullo1]

Holly "amazing" Bowling...

[@bpbatlaw]

Such excellent performances. I have to say that I forget Pete Sears is a pretty darn good bass player! Also, I will have to go back and view some of the Stanly Jordan sets with Phil! He is amazing with one hand on the guitar! Holly Bowling, of course, is amazing. I love the different settings, from Jake Peavey's flat (presumably) to the sets at the music festival to, of course, Ms. Bowling outside! Her recent videos from Tahoe, etc. are striking. Plus STUUU and Lebo with a Townsendesque flourish to end the jam. Very nice work by all involved. Thanks again for doing this wonderful tribute.

[@genesiegel2884]

Oh my oh my. Love it!❤

[@tenuis70]

All these musicians are incredible!!

[@robwaltersmith3403]

Thank you for compiling and sharing, takes me back not so long ago it seems😃

[@richardfinlayson1524]

excellent liked the folk guys with the violin and mandolin ..really good

[@wissingr]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while....

[@lisbethbird8268]

Yeah!

[@lindsayblue5602]

You can tell how much all these musicians have a passion for the deads music. This is a beautiful work of art. Jerry and Robert are smiling down.

[@douglasbuck8986]

WELL.............. BEING A HUGE FAN OF SABBATH, ZEPPELIN AND PURPLE...............IMAGINE my SURPRISE when my record of the month from Colombia House was "Terrapin Station". I was thinking to myself ........to hell with this shit!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT............. being too cheap to mail it back..........I decided to take it in the ass(so to speak).................listened to it...........and was immediately confused as to why I liked it............THIS COULDN'T BE THE GRATEFUL DEAD.............. AHH WELL......... GUESS I'LL JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT............

[@MrWallybones]

This is excellent! Thanks so much for putting it together. All the pieces fit together perfectly.

[@thelatenightbar]

That was 20 minutes of my time well spent. Good job

[@wingman5724]

holly bowling won this round

[@arontal]

That was gorgeous. Stanley Jordan, I had no idea he had chops like that.

[@sergegrattu5171]

Je dois être le seul francais vivant à connaître et avoir écouter l’album 1122.000 fois çà 😉❤️ 🇫🇷

[@bluenote335]

Stanley Jordan is from another planet.

[@aburtch]

Oh wow, props for including The Mountain Goats.

[@JamBaseOfficial]

We loved having them!

[@paulengel4775]

All so wonderful, at least human receipt of such bliss is still treasured.Thanks for the tune.xx

[@jaytroxel3495]

11 thumbs down? Why? Who? Why?

[@miketalbot6974]

Total mind blower 🙂 Great collage ! Thx for it it’s 6:48 am in Bronx N.Y.C. Grateful way to start a day in May ⭐️

[@stevenlewis7708]

Grateful Dead will never ever fade away 🌹❤️

[@piratecaptaine7382]

Love and gratitude to all the bands and the filmmakers for bringing so much joy into the universe. Thanks thanks thanks!!!

[@zachgraham7037]

14:00 just isn’t the same without Bill and Mickey tearing it up. Killer cover though of one of my all time favs.

[@666les8]

What if Stanley got someone to play piano and he played with 2 hands?

[@PghJake]

at the 2:07 mark, or so, is that actually Jake Peavy, the baseball pitcher?

[@matthewlangdale]

PghJake I think so. Looks just like him so it must be. Now I know why he went to the Giants. Ha.

[@fredwilson7448]

I had a tee shirt made with the following on the back, "Deal me an Ace this flush to Phil. Myd Land or sea they'll fit the Bill, Tho' the Captain Trips o'er souls that fled, takes the heart of a Hunter to raise the Dead. (sing this last Bar Low.)

[@DukeRaul]

Very well done... thanks !!! 💀🌹⚡

[@micahtiedemann4654]

Its heartwarming and brought a tear to my eye to see SO many great bands play so beautifully and pay homage to the greatest band EVER ❤

[@themersh4064]

Can't believe I stumbled across this gem. Thank you, God!

[@curtbayer8144]

this is really special. thanks so much for making it!

[@LeoOettinger]

The perfect Terrapin? Englishtown ‘77.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

richfield coliseum 93

[@GaryBook]

One of the Dead’s greatest works.

[@steely_vine]

Pure awesomeness. Just discovering this!!!

[@melonhead49]

His job is to shed light, not to master

[@venomfour20]

Really a ad right in the middle? I was at work jamming to this then bam! total buzz kill

[@Bobby007D]

Just warm smiles .

[@jwinslow5661]

I can't seem to get sick of watching this.

[@markwilliams8532]

This is masterfully put together

[@Ripple144]

I agree Robert Hunter deserves the Nobel prize! Right along with Jerry! All the performers in this Terrapin station medley are friggin amazing!! His job is to shed light and not to master

[@bobfoote4606]

Recently saw Darkstar Orchestra play this at Red Rocks. Pretty mind blowing. Wonder if any symphony orchestras have played it? Great job on this video.Peace to All. ✌️

[@codygarner7337]

Weir has rest knowing that other musicians would cease to replicate the dead in this fashion. Listen and appreciate is a solid idea. Mayer playing along, but not re-creating, is also a solid idea accepted by an original member, Bob. Please stop trying to replicate. Yes, other musicians have the chance to play with the remaining members, those musicians/artists have been allowed. Again, representation in the form of various covers joined together is a much transient sound. Example: A various number of painters get together with brushes and paints to re-create a timeless painting. My friend.. leave the timeless painting alone.

[@cosmiccarl]

Bravo! This is fantastic, and takes us to Terrapin in so many ways. Gotta love Stanley Jordan's simultaneous guitar & piano on At a Siding!

[@michaelcooney1229]

SOUNDS GREAT 👍

[@okayalrght]

the million dollar video!!

[@jaykneissler7837]

yes very cool - something diff. each own contribution is priceless

[@andrewdavis4652]

I honestly think that this medley is really outstanding, particularly the sections by: Railroad Earth, Strangefolk, Poor Man’s Whiskey Lebo, but Holly Bowling’s piano work is just ethereal. Am I a Deadhead? No, but I am an aficionado of prog- particularly the “holy trinity” of prog (Rush, Yes and The Moody Blues) and Wobbler.

[@chrisrutherford3]

Stanley Jordan & Holly Bowling were the stand out from the crowd, outstanding contributors on this fun collage of music. From a deadicated deadhead and a bit of a purist as well. Thank you all. musicians and the cat who posted this gem.

[@fredwilson7448]

He didn't cherish any award as much as having Bob Dylan recording one of his songs.

[@lisbethbird8268]

Who?

[@jthomeskillet]

@@lisbethbird8268 I suspect they speak of Robert Hunter, lyricist/ poet

[@StoTemPil]

This so beautiful that its hard to not cry. This song is definitely one with such a great emotional feeling, the lyrics are wonderful, deep and magic, the music is a master piece, one of the greatest songs of the human existence!