Jerry Garcia Band - Mission In The Rain - 3/1/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)

Jerry Garcia Band - Mission In The Rain
Recorded Live: 3/1/1980 - Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJ
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[@markkindermannart4028]

This should be in the National Archives

[@mattmccormick7443]

One of the the greatest humans to exist.

[@tbinus7857]

No question.

[@TheGravygun]

Jerry's face says life is good

[@HighOnTheSound]

It’s funny how songs you’ve listened to for years take on a different meaning as you get older

[@geoffreyyoste45]

No joke

[@rossthompson6866]

Absolutely true....Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true But everything you gather is just more that you can lose

[@kbbl102.5]

Amen

[@timharper4246]

That change comes from wisdom that can only be learned from time and life's experiences. So many of their songs hit me differently now. Like a good kind of hurt.

[@newusernamehere4772]

Especially when you chew up a mouthful of Salvia

[@anne_n_nimity]

Jerry had no idea that 41 years in the future this performance of this song would be bringing tears to the eyes of listeners..

[@gymrat22able]

Tell the truth!!! Especially these Garcia gems....as we age, the 'meaning' changes. But that's how they wrote that stuff.... A:To mean something now B: To mean something different years from now Peace🌹🌹🌹

[@phillipwhitt8424]

I think he was very aware of how his music moved people. He was also aware that the audience moved him...

[@zzzzzach]

There are other lines I like more but the one that really tugs at me and brings the tears is the "There's some satisfaction, in the San Francisco rain..." It's not quite victory but it's good enough to keep you going.

[@anne_n_nimity]

@@zzzzzach For mẹ It’s definitely “tonight I would be thankful for any dream at all”

[@amandanash1355]

Every dream you gather is just more that you can lose 🥺🥺🥺

[@markkindermannart4028]

John Kahn is one of my favorite bass players. As soon as he came on stage and played his first few notes, you could feel them punch you right in the gut, but then wrap around your heart...you knew it was game on and he was the best

[@Tomangel61]

I have always loved this tune.

[@tbinus7857]

Wish Jerry played this with GD more, but thankfully we have plenty with JGB. Chief among them this one right here. Phenomenal.

[@ericrippe3931]

My face melted several times watching this

[@joelhoffman7490]

Some folks would be happy just to have one dream come true but everything you gather is just more that you can lose

[@katharinerauch7361]

Love Jerry’s smile when he unleashes another volley on guitar and the keyboardist just folds his hands.

[@relicmeisterstewart5626]

So many times this has lifted me from despair to elation!!

[@thelucyringyoutube]

it's amazing that so many of us have such a deep love for Jerry and all things Dead. it doesn't make sense but it feels so right.

[@maybeioverreacted4504]

Garcia Hunter tunes are an essay on the human experience

[@raxideez6632]

@@maybeioverreacted4504 Well stated!

[@cwt11]

why doesn’t it make sense? makes perfect sense to me🤙🏽

[@thelucyringyoutube]

Chris Thomas yeah maybe you’re right. I was probably just trying to intellectually grasp it. Silly 🐰

[@melissajaaaay1915]

Yessss

[@jdel7525]

Mission is the quintessential Jerry song. The warmth of his voice draws you in and doesn't let you out.

[@johnr8820]

Jerry was truly on another level with his guitar..wowzers...he always looks like he’s struggling to play but he’s really just playing for his life

[@katinka7538]

40 years later and an abundance of grateful tears streaming down my face.. music is so powerful. never stop creating. and thank you for this.

[@geoffreyyoste45]

I hear you sis, I sent to my twin brother tonight and called me w tears to say thanks. Peace from Mississippi 😎✌️

[@billp.688]

Maybe the best I’ve seen, ever, any band, any era. Seriously fucking amazing.

[@kip4966]

ozzie allers ladies and gentlemen, positively slaying it on the keys

[@williammcdonough2291]

Love his playing on this tune but sometimes he got carried away with the synthesizer,why, I'll never know.

[@timebandit8535]

Amazing accompaniment Crispy keys and drumz

[@jeremytrieloff]

Hauntingly soulful vocal performance here. Jerry had crazy soul in both his playing guitar and his singing these wonderful poems. This is a prime example.

[@bpbatlaw]

Very well said! "Crazy soul" indeed, with lyrics by a genius poet for sure.

[@pphilums]

That’s because soul isn’t something you take off like a t-shirt. You are soul, everyone is.

[@stephanlarsen8169]

With you. Been into Jerry's slower stuff. These slow jams so poignant and beautiful

[@numbernine2207]

@@stephanlarsen8169 I LOVE THE GD's 1976 versions of this song. Along with "Rueben & Cherise", Mission is one of my favorite songs ever. I was fortunate to catch an EPIC version at my first JGB show at SDSU's Open Air Amphitheater, one mile from my home when I was 15 years old. "Cats > Mission" opener. I had just seen my first GD show less than a month earlier at Irvine Meadows. Incredible "Sugaree" & one of the greatest "China Cat Sunflower " > "I Know You Rider"s" Eva. The way Jerry teases or repeats the beginning notes over & over is so cool. The soundboard sounds phenomenal!!!! My only "Built To Last" too. A song I really loved. If I was just a little older I would have dropped out of school & gone to last Frost & Greek shows but it wasn't meant to be.

[@jmaher8484]

The crowd here alone make me wanna cry . True appreciation, Jesus.

[@ehwhynot6126]

I have to come back to this version at least once a week. Mission in the Rain epitomizes the melancholy jerry. This version being the most soulful and the most painful version. Jerry is playing his heart out here and he brings down the house.... "ten years ago I walked these streets my dreams were wide and tall. Tonight I would be thankful lord for any dream at all"... I mean who can't identify with this? Who doesn't wish they did something different? Who feels beat down all the time by life? But the mission always looks the same...

[@brendanmcmahon1162]

That smile 4 and a half minutes in is just magic

[@Heathcsw]

I love this song on a good day when everything is going well... but I love it more on the toughest days when you need some words to lift your soul out of a rut. Such soothing sounds and expressions. Thank you Garcia/Hunter.

[@jlglex99]

This song is the essence of Jerry ... I can feel his presence in these emotive chords, lyrics, and solo's. I can envision his spirit walking along by the mission in San Francisco, with a happy smile on his face. It almost brings me to tears.

[@sertsj1]

Jonathan Gal 3/17/78 version is glorious. You’ll find the accompanying video on this here KZbin.

[@oreokookie1000]

and robert hunter too

[@scottf3632]

@@sertsj1 Jonathan, I couldn't agree more. There is something otherworldly about that rendition. One of my favorite videos all time. Maybe greatest Hunter/Garcia composition ever?

[@mkerwin1]

"everything you gather is just more that you can lose" ~ Love you, Jerry

[@geoffreyyoste45]

Amen brother!!!

[@Tomangel61]

Always loved that line.

[@quinnmcwilliams466]

simply the best version of one of the best songs ever written

[@billshechtman1524]

Then u haven’t heard Warner theatre 1978 with Donna and Jerry’s muse Maria muldair at the time, u must listen to it. It’s the best mission of all time........

[@shawnchristman1212]

Bill Setchum, is that 2/28/78? Because I know the one 🥲🥲

[@redrum482]

I have actually walked in the Mission in the rain. Many times. Jerry is my spirit animal. lol

[@shtevenshtein]

Hope the bells are never for you, brother. You're not alone. Shine On! 💖(~);=}

[@lindaburrows9863]

Come again

[@edmundcarrington4719]

My favourite Mission in the Rain from my favourite Jerry/Dead period. His voice and his playing here are precise, energetic and generally amazing.

[@dawnfowler6911]

I agree!

[@altheacassidy5723]

This stretch from the beginning of Feb.80 til the end of March 80 was some of the best JGB ever. IMHO.

[@lawrencejoseph1014]

Ah well, one person's precision, is another first step down the road of sloppiness! I think I was at this show. If you compare it with the Mission in the Rain from 2 years earlier ,same venue, you can here here Jerry's slow, long decline into drug-induced sloppiness. His sense of attack, rhythm and articulation are starting to get away from him, and his melodic lines become shorted and more hesitant. Don' t get me wrong, I LOVE this, but it is the beginning of the end....

[@woodymoose5174]

Lawrence Joseph - No question that 3/17/1978 was a much better show especially this tune! John and Jerry and smiling and in the grove with Maria and even Donna sounding good! Check it out and compare! Jerry was using Wolf that night versus Tiger here! Just one's opinion who went to so many JGB shows I lost count just like Dead shows all through 70's until it ended in 1995!

[@ehwhynot6126]

So jealous. I was 10 when he passed. Anyways, i think this one has more energy while the other has more passion. Imho

[@peperoni-i9n]

Guess i needed a good cry....

[@geoffreycoates4720]

I think I was there. Hard to remember stuff from back then.

[@mattmccormick7443]

John Kahn was a bad mofo, imagine following Jerry like he did!

[@bobmctague7104]

Capital Theatre was special.

[@stuartbowenjr8393]

I agree that this is one of the best songs ever and this performance of it is sublime. The leads, oh the leads, just beautiful. 🙏🏻🔥💙

[@unacat09]

God, I love this song. I was at this show as well as the 6/18/76 Capitol Grateful Dead show when they played this. One of only 5 times the Dead played it.

[@jimsmith2747]

I was at this show and for the life of me, I can't remember any commercials during it. Shame on anyone attempting to monetize the music

[@relicmeisterstewart5626]

And the happy: fun version was on 3/17 of same year.

[@michaelbyrne-e4k]

What kind of monster puts commercial breaks in this?!?!

[@deadpiratetattoo2015]

Yup. On fire. His whole soul is in this version.

[@mikeklod]

Breathtaking melodicism

[@justinj1zalientoxic]

He was wearing that shirt for like 8 years that's some good material I need me a shirt like that

[@fullerjohn1119]

I always wear t-shirts like that in honor of Jerry.

[@tresorngray]

Shut up, does notmatter how longhe ÷@=@ anything - u r not feing it move in if u do not feel what this is zbout

[@tresorngray]

U r not ready to ezperirnce t bbn is

[@tresorngray]

Roll wihit absorb & experiebxe

[@tresorngray]

Simple eords not big words

[@MandoJams]

Jerry's rhythm guitar while the band takes it's turn soloing is great! His solo's are amazing! Masterful!

[@jackstraw2415]

I was at this show,abt my 3rd or 4th,,the food sucked,there was no beer,but l snook in a pint of bacardi rum,,we made rum and cokes ,traded them off 2 ppl for...other patty favors!! life was good,,easier,hitching all over the place 2 see the dead,garcia band.Great memories,,😎

[@alenic114]

How I wish I could hear this live.. hope you know how lucky you have been

[@geoffreyyoste45]

Nice story, helps set the tone brother.

[@davidwile6]

Jerry might of been at his best in 80, 81. Excellent

[@george.s.8491]

David Wile yes! Love this show, sounds perfect!

[@DrKennyWang]

Absolutely amazing performance. If people ever doubt why Garcia is enshrined as a rock god, this is proof. The four piece band absolutely is the perfect compliment to this song. Each player takes up the perfect amount of space, holds back, but the sound is still huge. Also, this song highlight's Jerry's quite nice use of his upper vocal register. Please share.

[@AJ_Deadshow]

Some people would say his singing sucks, the music is too slow, and generally doesn't sound that good. They don't get it. They don't let themselves be moved.

[@maybeioverreacted4504]

@@AJ_Deadshow Yes I really feel sorry people who have not gave this music a chance it's like an awakening that most people never realize.

[@AJ_Deadshow]

@@maybeioverreacted4504 exactly... most people weren't meant to get it, if you believe in God being all knowing and all powerful. I honestly was made to achieve the second step through this band. A higher power guiding everything and leading into these things happening... I mean, the odds of us having this sort of consciousness and being permitted to something known as the psychedelic experience is a rare enough treat, let alone the marvelous magical wonders of nature and her patterns... but I'm not out to prove the existence of God to anyone, no such thing needs to be done as belief in God (well, the kind I believe in) is not necessary to achieve salvation or a better kind of life, whether it's through increased understanding and awareness or the felt presence of direct experience improving, nothing important really happens, in my view, once you start believing in God. Those beliefs can stagnate just as much as empower a person. But I'm totally rambling, that's what weed will make you do lol. To me, God represents order and creation, and even in the most chaotic of systems, there is actually the finest and most intricate form of order we cannot even perceive. The entire universe and all of its happenings make sense; you just have to make sense of it if it doesn't seem that way. I dig your username, btw, that is an uncommonly mentioned character out of one of their best songs.

[@chinarider2778]

An American treasure for sure, very special musician!

[@justinj1zalientoxic]

Jerry is such an outstanding musician probably the best

[@bobmctague7104]

Jerry gets so off playing. Most incredible, knowing most people will miss this genius .

[@wsp4me23]

Spread the word and it lives on

[@TheSharipaula]

can never get enough of JG doing this great work

[@ericmonteith8282]

Outstanding!

[@zappasmustache3804]

So beautiful

[@jonb6073]

Bleeding heart music

[@iriekaya3849]

Indeed

[@rdahlem86]

Jerry from 77-when his voice gave out was as good as it gets.

[@billsmith4356]

every time i hear this i picture myself walking in the mission in the rain

[@katharinerauch7361]

Why is that? 🎉

[@lorilopes3350]

Amazing and beautiful how Jerry’s vocals and guitar are like one in the same

[@bikesandcampswithcats]

Happy heavenly birthday, Jerry!

[@rockbluesjazzect.1539]

Was at this show thanks!

[@geoffreyyoste45]

You lucky person, I was 3 but we listen to it before football game to keep us chill.

[@jaykneissler7837]

Jerry rocks it all the plans I did I only did half way, so miss him

[@george.s.8491]

Jay Kneissler me too!😥

[@gmcsrbosavl6964]

Jay Kneissler that line has always made my heart ache

[@culls33]

This is absolutely the best Mission ever, unreal

[@1spindrah]

Spectacular! So sweet and soulful...

[@rossthompson6866]

Awesome, Damn I miss him

[@derdytrout7123]

Have a very merry Jerry day.

[@lolaflores5388]

There was actually a time I HATED the Grateful Dead because the only song I ever heard on the radio was Trucking and honestly, I didn't like it. Then one night at my graveyard shift job, the employee I relieved left his boom-box behind with a Dead concert tape in it. I pressed Play and almost immediately became Reborn. It was that simple, that quick. That was in 1983..... Jerry IS Jesus!!

[@oreokookie1000]

this tune really appealed to me at wormtown a few years back, Melvin seals + the JGB band...rememberin back on the lost years, standing tall near the stage...'some one called my name, i turned around to see"...in my suit and feeling good, thinkin back on the past!...come along way since then. Put a smile in my heart.

[@jarbasfontenelegomes8961]

Pure magic!

[@ricardok567]

Happy new year

[@rtscarpa]

Jerry always lit up Passaic - with the Dead or with JGB or acoustic w Mr Khan.

[@parismilton3343]

Rose S the acoustic shows are bad as fuck too I agree, man just shows that jerry can play eltric with the best no matter who was on boards or drums and he could even go acoustic with just one other person and turn in a show for the ages.

[@billsmith4356]

my fav J.G.B. song

[@526723]

Love This Song. Jerry was easily a genius. !!

[@newusernamehere4772]

This is the real deal

[@awroeth]

this is peak jerry

[@DriftinAndDreamin]

MELT ME DOWN TO A PUDDLE OF DISCONTENT......You know I'm ready.........

[@scottminton925]

I remember walking along in the Mission lmao usually was up to no good kinda darker days.

[@frankstevens1656]

He didn't have a lot of money .....just wash & wear......that was the Mission In The Rain.

[@tbinus7857]

🐐

[@savingmemoryarchives]

#IWIWT I wish I was there.

[@christophertrevino3205]

He killed this

[@christophertrevino3205]

Returned to say He Definitely Killed this!!!!

[@deadlotCamper]

REALLY YOU PUT AN AD IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! FOR REAL

[@rebuttalc2075]

Wish the promontory rider with hunter was up

[@tidalnebula9329]

2019

[@tidalnebula9329]

2024

[@teddyedwards9705]

I am just curious as to why anyone disliked it............

[@tresorngray]

This is sodeep

[@niku30504]

Wow !!! 😭

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

I miss Donna's sweet harmonies in this one, but Jerry really kicks it here.

[@edwinmorene2817]

Barely a minute in there's a Commercial.

[@effsharp7]

I think that's Ozzie Ahlers on keyboards

[@ronpuffreynolds2368]

Puff was here

[@MACHOMANRANDYSAVAGE2211]

I remember being in vegas in 2000 at the luxor having an animated arguement about if the protagonist of the song is looking for smack or hookers, I was arguing hookers

[@MACHOMANRANDYSAVAGE2211]

@@davidgazdziak2922 what then was he looking for in the mission, in the rain

[@MonroeAlva-f7r]

Wilson Melissa Young Jason Martin John

[@TucumcariTimmy]

Donna FREE!

[@theresaserpa958]

A GiFT! GiVen2Me! @VioLen$toLen!

[@theresaserpa958]

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! My paid in fuLL LiquidBLue'$toLen GarbageBag'$$$$$$$$$$$FuLL!!!!

[@joebloggs9405]

Lots of bum notes there

[@justinj1zalientoxic]

So all the notes are bum notes

[@johnr8820]

It’s called jazz

[@shtevenshtein]

Yep. Just like the Jazz Hipsters and how they got their namesake, it's the style of music, plus some opiods. This was definitely some Afghan that he was enjoying. Tiger didn't get near enough of a growl for it to be his favorite, Persian.

[@zappasmustache3804]

This comment is a bum note