Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station 12-31-78

[@rosem6293]

When I first heard the Grateful Dead I didn't like them. Then I heard this version of Terrapin Station while smoking a joint then it hit me. I finally understood the Grateful Dead and got on the bus right then and there. God bless the Grateful Dead, the greatest American band there ever was.

[@stephensevenpounder5447]

"Inspiration moves me, brightly." Words I have lived by for decades. Thank you, Jerry for my mantra.

[@bdubbz1981]

this may be the greatest story ever told! get goose bumps every time I listen to it!...

[@Sutterjack]

I don't know why Terrapin got so much criticism when released - it's brilliant

[@martyweiner6525]

It took some repeated listening to really grasp this song. It was so different than anything else the boys had come up with previously. It's certainly a masterpiece of music. And a helluva lot of fun to play. Thanks Jer

[@BrianForTheWin]

It’s why I’m on the bus. Terrapin first, now, and always.

[@janicejohnson6438]

Agreed

[@janicejohnson6438]

I loved it the first time I heard it.

[@marios3202]

It's a masterpiece

[@Albo96286]

There is nothing like a Grateful Dead Concert.

[@davekeyman2604]

Jerry and the Dead at their best. A true masterpiece.

[@memye288]

What I would given, to experience this fully. Magical.

[@willyjourney]

Terrapin Station is a masterpiece...why is it not more known? Utterly awesome!!

[@ericfoleyphotography]

In my opinion, the single greatest song and performance by the Dead!

[@JohnMurphy-pw3sy]

Quite agree... Always been a lot of unfair flak from hardcore Dead Heads about this Album... My favourite! I might but Anthem of the Sun second but there are quite a few good uns in the Catalog! I think Donna did a good job,,,, particularly on the Album version... so very unfair...

[@jessicaellis9333]

My favorite song...such a musical masterpiece.

[@GarlTsagan]

Lucky for you they got it on video.

[@believer2223]

Agreed!♥️

[@superimposedfun]

Definitely my Favorite Terrapin by far 77-78 were awesome 87 had my second favorite

[@MrPerfecttommy]

You are so right. Jerry was a gift to mankind, and his spirit still touches us when we listen to his music. It always has, and always will. Peace, everyone. Love each other.

[@tobygrey22]

If I could be in any place, in any time in my life, my old bones would choose to stand right here at this show again, and view with my own eyes, Jerry and the boys, play this song and grace the world with beauty and love.

[@susanrobertsen3667]

it’s a time machine isn’t it, listening to this music... Youthful nourishment? A Fountain of Youth when we listen.

[@memye288]

@@susanrobertsen3667 Agree! I was struggling for the best way to describe it. You did it! 😊❤️

[@josephstrohmeyer7850]

It's a Masterpiece that I've been listening to for over 50 years

[@shaaymays5054]

I've traveled with the Dead For a few years! That song will always have a very special meaning to me!!!

[@jasonbell4670]

Goosebumps!!!!! By far my favorite version of Terrapin Station. An absolute masterpiece 👏

[@LesHaskell]

Hung out all night and all the next day on the sidewalk outside Winterland to see this show. Perhaps the most ethereal of any Grateful Dead show I've been to. My first show was 5-6-78 (easy date to remember) in Vermont and they played Terrapin there, too.

[@ianandkimmaness4465]

I’m on a late 70’s kick. I can only imagine what you must of saw being live.

[@Ray1969.]

I wasn’t a Grateful Dead fan until my brother played a bootleg record of this performance when I was 18 and i was hooked. As a music fan if you can’t appreciate this you aren’t alive! Brilliant

[@noelcook1401]

Miss you Jerry. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin !!!!!!!!

[@jaquestraw1]

Couch locked, wishing I could go back in time 💙

[@Jerrys_missing_finger]

8:31 The moment between Phil and Jerry might be my favorite glimpse of magic. Jerry's reaction to Phil being in the zone is what life is about.

[@JerryGarciaPOBox]

Phil's bouncing around like he's playing with Phish. Definitely dropping those bombs we all love!

[@g.e.5723]

Yes, those big "bunker bustin' bombs"!

[@DMFD_x_Gamer]

4/18/2023 Checkin' in. Peace Love & Bong Hits ✌☮

[@Breathemusic4202]

Jerry's soft subtle voice on this recording is just pure gold

[@darleenh1001]

Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask. Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.

[@TheLostSailor8995]

Jerry. Jerry at his utmost finest. This video brought tears to my eyes, beautiful. It pains me that Jerry slowly went as he did, if only he could have been like this for another decade. Who knows what other miraculous treasures he could have manifested with the help of Hunter's poetic lyrics? It's truly a shame, Jerry lives on forever in our spirits and souls.

[@deadtimber]

I moved to LA and missed this one.....Oh my God, Jerry at his sweetest. It brings something between chills and tears of joy to me to see vids like this. Yea, most generations don't get a shaman of the scale we did. His music lives on but we stillfknmisshim! When Terrapin Station, the album, came out, it was so amazing I used it to do tests on a new type of active phonograph cartridge that contained its own preamp. I listened to it a hundred times on different cartridge/needle combinations.

[@BrokedDownPalace]

I'm so grateful that the dead allowed/kinda encouraging the recordings of their shows. I was 7 when Jerry died, but I've been able to listen to so many high quality live versions of every song (to the point that I haven't even heard 50-70% of them)

[@bootsieragansings]

Love,love,love! You can dance however you want to the Dead; this song is perfect for Ballet! Our Jerry boy is deeply missed,every day...

[@cherylpatten843]

What a beautiful Terrapin. I missed this show and had never heard it. Such pure Jerry joy! Loooooooove it!

[@jeffr.4157]

He sings "To get to Terrapin" so matter-of-factly. It's amazing.

[@danwhitman4471]

Best Band ever, Period!!

[@memye288]

@@danwhitman4471 The memories are amazing!

[@Albo96286]

Because thats the Mission.

[@davenunyabusiness4893]

This version of Terrapin is tops in my book. So clean, the jam at the end has beautiful contrast between power and light touch, and above all Jerry's singing in his prime. Play it F'ing LOUD! ;)

[@stevesmithmusictube]

This is my happy place!

[@deadheadmark1]

Wow.. what an awesome version! Let my inspiration grow... In spoken rhyme suggesting rhythm...loved Donna Jean....

[@jjhamza]

I remember this new years show all those years ago. I age and think . Will we ever see days like that again? I hope we will. The world needs to feel a bit lighter again.

[@GenghisCohen257]

He's so gentle with that first solo. It really sounds like someone crying to me. Making those specific notes cry out.

[@xtcpino]

Favorite. Dead. Song. EVER. And what a great version! Thanks for posting!

[@memye288]

Me too! This many years later.

[@Big-pop-productions]

so HAPPY to have seen them play a few times before he passed. This song is the soundtrack of my adolescence. Miss those days, those times, those friends... and miss Jerry!

[@v1ncepupp1o7]

Inspiration❤️ grateful this video is here💜⚡️💜

[@richieboy6825]

Yep & grateful there’s people like us who feel the connection that transcends time and space.

[@dakotahussey7074]

inspiration...move me brightly

[@happyhiking4179]

Can you imagine being at one of those NY Eve shows? History. When I get to heaven, I want to go.

[@stephanotr]

You are witnessing a master at work

[@timmyles314]

Oh ! What amazing energy and talent.... there never will be another on stand who can led us into another time and space as Jerry did with his guitar improvisions. Rest In Peace: Jerry Garcia for we will not forget you.

[@terrapinforever]

this is one of my all time favorite albums. thanks to the folks who shared this with us!

[@deadtimber]

Jerry & the Dead had the same effect on my life too...after my father suddenly died of a heart attack at home one night. A few years later when I heard "Live Dead" with "Death Don't Have No Mercy", I knew these guys weren't just some pop or rock band...that they were really talking about life, death and how we perceive and approach our existence. I was just a kid at the time, and they definitely gave me something to ponder along with music I found interesting. My dad was into jazz & I got it

[@agapelove992]

Awesome

[@AmoonbeamzF]

absolutely beautiful. the grateful dead always helps

[@simonhiggitt4230]

Let my inspiration flow.

[@Yourmindandme]

Man, seeing Jerry really get into it like this is just awesome. My first show was in '91, past his prime for sure, but I am still so glad I at least got to see/hear him live. Miss him like no other.....

[@susanrobertsen3667]

Any Dead show is better than none. They were human , fallible like all of us...

[@m3ttym3t]

It brings back too many memories to see Jerry singing and playing. Living the grateful dead- 24/7/365 forever

[@Kraflanglanopstuv]

Just when you think you’ve figured all a song is about, especially with the grateful dead’s music, you’re only scratching the surface of it if you only listen to it sober-and any having prior, psychadelic experience or knowledge of something that happened decades ago at..shit man i was trippin there, didnt want to not post this comment

[@taylah1218]

Blessings, stranger 🎵🎶🐦

[@thebrideoffrankenstein2415]

❤❤❤😎🧡

[@susanrobertsen3667]

thank you.

[@badgerarmy966]

absolutely gorgeous

[@adamproductions4529]

One of the greatest songs ever written.

[@howardb42006]

..and the Whistle is Screamin' !... Terrapin ! Whooo-Whooo Yeaaah !

[@deadtimber]

There are bands and there are bands. This one is on a shelf of its own. Our backyard boys gone astral. I was very surprised a few summers ago when, standing 20' in front of Robert Plant at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood he said, "I haven't been here in years, since the days of the superbands, you know, like THE GRATEFUL DEAD." At which point I involuntarliy screamed JEEEEEERY! with my hands and forefingers shooting to the sky And Plant smiled as he continued on in his comments.

[@deadheadmark1]

The Nerdy dude on the bass... lol.... Love it! Phil Lesh used to piss Jerry off when he thumped it! Oh so I read... His job is to shed light... not to master... the only thing missing was Donna singing Sunrise!

[@MrScottmc]

The millisecond the sun set on a crystal clear summer night in T.O. they played this epic beauty. Easily my favourite Dead song. Thank-you for posting and thank-you The Grateful Dead for the rush. ( By the way years earlier my friend Svend jammed them into his car to run them to " Coronation Park " for their 1970 T.O. free concert. He was one of the few roadies on the legendary " Festival Express " . This is for Svend .

[@danwhitman4471]

Right on¡!!!!¡!!!

[@RasCricketSmallAxe]

Bobby's rhythm tone in this song is where very few people dare to tread. Super thin and treble-y, but he's so brilliant that he makes it fit so well. Pretty crazy, really. Great job, Bobby

[@przybyla420]

Bobby never got the credit he deserved. Phil adds a lot of texture but that means holding everything together and providing structure while Jerry played lead fell to Bobby. And he did it very well while still being extremely original and pretty consistent for having such a huge repertoire.

[@danielharkins8118]

I love seeing Jerry when he was younger...

[@rodmcdonough6111]

I dare say, this is the best version of Terrapin EXCEPT for the fucking ads!

[@kennethgill3499]

yes. yes. grooving sound that just had to be created. 28 years old and just happy to be alive and yes enjoying life and listening to good music. Peaceful music that makes me happy. notice I said the music. period. be happy. be kind. I love you. -Adam

[@rhino805999]

Jerry Garcia will be a source of inspiration long after we are dead. I was hooked at my 1st show, actually hooked when I received Workingman's Dead from my Grandfather known as "Pa"as a freshman in high school, 1985.As soon as "high" school was over I went straight to the boys. Sure hope they have a version of the Dead with those that have passed. It would be Jerry, John Kahn on Bass, Pig and Brent sharing some keyboards and Pig playin harp. Drummers? maybe Keith Moon? Bonzo? Wow, I wanna see!

[@jeffjeff4477]

Amazing version

[@williambuchanan4623]

The video footage here is brilliant

[@deadtimber]

THANKS FOR POSTING...AND THE AUDIO IS AWESOME! YOU CAN HEAR HOW PHIL BRINGS IT!

[@qquark99]

love this version.. seems so relaxed!

[@misfitmollie]

My favorite version in my bday year to boot. Thank you Jerry

[@Dylanoakhill]

I was there, that was a great version. I love when they do tuning > jam > lady with a fan.

[@deadheadmark1]

Lostsailor, I couldn't agree more. I remember the day I wept a river! A cover band by the name of "Ouga Buga" (No lie!) played at a place two days later it was on pier and beam... many heads showed up, and we literally danced so hard we broke some floor joists! Friggin love Terrapin Station!

[@elfhaiku]

Something I listened to on cassette tape for years..a very murky and warbly recording. Thanks for putting up the video, the sound is great, and I love the interplay with Phil and the drummers towards the end.

[@clintflowers1431]

Donna Jean is from Muscle Shoals where I'm from! My favorite era of the group!

[@marcies3789]

Light the song with sense and color, hold away despair. More than this I will not ask....

[@scamran]

well said - i miss him every year that passes

[@brotherbob9735]

My favorite Grateful Dead tune....

[@nellienelson2111]

Look at Phil !!! He is the greatester 6 string bass guitarist that will ever, and I mean EVER live!! But, he had a great friend in Jerry, and the rest is HISTORY!!!

[@ProgGoblin]

One of the Grateful Dead songs ever

[@bsb683902]

They were all feeling good bless their hearts

[@kendallblack8502]

The eleven is the greatest dead song ever. But Terrapin might be the greatest song ever recorded in the history of music 🎶 🎵 🤔 🤪

[@jdlives8992]

Wonder what it was like to read old poems and look out a window to lighting crashing to write a masterpiece

[@funkengruvenful]

Thank you so much for posting :(... Miss my friend. Still. Always with you, man.

[@brianandersonjr.8049]

OMG the drums!!! I've never focused on them the way I did in the finale to Terrapin.

[@geo3573]

Some things never age.

[@jefferyetten]

listening to this 5 minutes before a phone job interview. getting me in the proper head space :)

[@richieboy6825]

Hope it went well my man!!!

[@cameronf2894]

@@richieboy6825 reading this comment made my day, only in the comments of dead videos would you get this kind of support!

[@yootoob9872]

This iz sooo sweet, only way it could be any betta iz if "At a Siding" wuz snuck in. I have a boot where there iz some bonus stuff, it haz them at a soundcheck doing "Terrapin" WITH "Siding" right where it goez on the LP! Blew me socks off 1st time I heard it az I wuzn't expecting that at all.

[@Biff3514]

My older cousin bought me this album for my 17th birthday and then took me to the show on 9/3/77 at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ When he dropped me off afterwards I burned all my KISS records. This tune still gives me chills when I hear it all these years later....

[@danwhitman4471]

Dead are the best, but those Kiss albums you should not have burned! I can't help it but they were my first concert in my life in 1974.

[@danwhitman4471]

Correction Ted Nugent was my first concert in 1968!

[@jesusluvincognito3630]

Jerry Garcia is in heaven!!

[@classygary]

Heavenly In It’s Brilliance

[@highdb1]

Rueful of the western dream

[@ung427]

Jerry turned himself onto heroine unless someone snuk it into his cigarette or iv, which I don't think is the case. We all make life decisions and Jerry liked to experiment with everything regardless of the lows it brings as well as the highs. It's all part of life, learning, and experience, and the ultimate lesson that nothing is inherently fullfilling here in this world except music.. which is beyond the body and beyond what you can put into the body. Love to Jerry!

[@niptotheair]

His job is to shed light and not to master.

[@darleenh1001]

Inspiration move me brightly

[@markjbaldwin]

You are right. It does inspire a lovely polity. "Mad Nice." I knew of a sailboat named Mad Zephyr many years ago.

[@1deadhippie]

tears every time

[@kevinharrison3265]

Truly a classic of rock and roll!❤😂🎉

[@joelmontgomery8295]

If its the last Keith and Donna show in Oakland I was there!

[@mitchellglaser]

I'm jazzed that so many people still recognize the magic after all these years. I saw this show which included, among many other wonders, an incredible set by the Blues Brothers. As John Belushi was probably my second greatest idol after Jerry at that point in my life, I basically orgasmed through my ears. It was lemon scented chocolate flavored neon lit earthquake shaking rolling thunder fuck all! And it left a mark that I will take with me wherever I go in this world or the next.

[@Further1984]

Love this one! I use to have the dvd "Closing of winterland" but lost it when I moved. Thanx for the upload!!!

[@TheLostSailor8995]

I'd have to disagree. It's not less happier, nor less sad. It's the same. Sure, we lost a genius musician, one who spoke to Deadheads through his guitar, and had a spiritual connection with us all, but the last thing Jerry would want is for us to mourn him. He's a shame his fuse finally finished, and he blew up, for he was definitely a bomb waiting to go off. But the things he left behind, especially this video will always be cherished. I for one will never stop going on in my journey [:

[@corbynova]

This one is Amazing! At one point everyone looks at eachother and agrees.

[@stephenlangsl67]

I wonder if I could write a Children's book based on this song.Down At The Terrapin Station does sound like a good title for a Children's book.

[@brandonrobinson9272]

At 10:19 Bill reaches over and hits the bell on Mickey's cymbal! Love that dude!

[@bornfreesix]

this is so mellow...RIP Jerry.. "SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND" i love you guys

[@418Abdul]

this, i suspect, is the 'mother of all terrapins''

[@sergegrattu5171]

Ce morceau est tellement à part, tellement unique. Ce sont des bijoux, ce genre de morceau totalement inclassables ❤. À l’instar de « The End »des Doors ou de « Aqua marine » de Santana par exemple. Et le point commun de ces trois morceaux, c’est que la version studio est bien meilleure que les versions live. ❤❤❤🇫🇷❤❤❤🇫🇷

[@deadtimber]

Further played Lady with a Fan and ended with Terrapin last night at Shoreline Amphitheatre. I saw the GD do it there many times, some times under a new and crescent moon. How special they were. Some rise, some fall, some climb....

[@mcesarey]

I was 5 months old at the time of this performance, and didn't discover this song until college...absolutely brilliant