Grateful Dead - 1981 5-7 NBC Tom Snyder (Kesey, Garcia, Weir & Co) - LoloYodel Mix

2015 : Pure Interview. This is simply parts 1 & 4 put together (I had already uploaded them yet separately). Parts 2, 3 & 5 are acoustic songs which you can also find separately.
A (mostly audio) UPGRADE from what I had previously posted.
1981 May 7th : NBC Studios, Tom Snyder's TV "The Tomorrow Show" (I edited this to take out the blond girl who is a waste of time and make some visual contrast and notable audio changes).
Tom Snyder was host of "The Tomorrow Show" (aired late nights from 1973 to 1982). It was a talk show unlike the usual late-night fare, with Snyder, cigarette in hand, alternating between asking hard-hitting questions and offering personal observations that made the interview closer to a conversation. Very cool at the time !
Now, regarding this evening's presence with members of The Grateful Dead, this was during a GD Tour break, between two Nassau Coliseum (Long Island) concerts and notably after the 5-6-1981 show, which was exceptional, and later became a "Dick's Picks" release.
Part 1 : Interview, conversations with Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia
0:04 Snyder's intro
0:56 One Flew Over a Coo-coo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
1:25 presenting Ken Kesey
1:47 Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia
2:16 the 1st test conducted with LSD (1950's ...)
4:12 connection between the community (Merry Pranksters) & music (The Grateful Dead)
4:50 classic Garcia fumbling ... and picks it back up with excellent articulation !
5:35 classic Ken Kesey ...
6:18 Garcia explains "playing" during the initial Tests ...
Part 4 : Interviews, conversations, with Garcia & Weir accompanied later by M. Hart & B. Kreutzmann (drummers)
9:40 Weir's great responses ! ... then Egypt, 1960's ...
10:50 "finish school Bobby"
11:55 another of Weir's poignant responses on being "current"
13:34 joined by the drummers Hart & Kreutzmann
14:23 "line up to get their dose of crazy" (Weir again)
15:35 Woodstock !? (laughs)
16:58 two concerts with The Who (SF & Essen Germany)
PS : "Parts 2, 3 & 5" are acoustic renditions played that night :
On The Road Again
Dire Wolf
Deep Elem Blues
Cassidy

[@s.c.3207]

If you can't watch this w/ a big ole grin, just keep on scrolling... We are still in command & we love our band.

[@rsohlich1]

Jerry had such a kind energy about him. Beautiful person. My history as a fan is probably like many others. I grew up in the 90s and always thought they were just burnt out hippies who played dull, boring and predictable music. I did enjoy Trucking and a few others but never gave them a fair shake. About 10 years ago I truly listened without judgement and delved deeply into the catalog. Boy was I surprised. I finally started to "understand" The Dead. Glad I got it while I'm still breathing! RIP Jerry and Ken

[@eqx7168]

Thats a common experience my friend. Strangely, mine was sort of the opposite where I could never get into the Dead, but I got why people "get" the Dead. In the last year or two, I finally fully "get" the Dead. Going to many concerts and festivals over the years starting in 2010 it always was interesting to hear the sense of legacy in Deadheads of all ages which continues to now and hopefully onward. You'd always hear the hundreds of stories from mythical gigs of decades previous. I heard a story from the 90s shortly after Jerry died where a Deadhead was tripping on something fun and emerged from a tent as distant grooves emanated from the stage. The grooves reverberate off the clouds which form a lotus flower in the sky which pointed him toward the stage where the band was playing Dark Star or something. Apparently they brought or projected a picture of Jerry onto the stage as a tribute. Within the fractals of the guys trip he saw some sort of energetic apparition of Jerry form out of the center of the lotus flower and then had this massive surge of memories of seeing the dead all the way back to the late 60s. This benevolent guitar playing Santa Claus of a man was a god amongst a lot of people who have and had a difficult relationship with religion before finding the Dead.

[@zampieritto]

I don't like Dead. But Jerry Garcia was a intelligent smart man

[@topshelf2855]

Just check out the full catalogue, there is so much spirit involved and there references of so many other great muscians that influenced them AND played with them. I think they always liked being the outcast. It suits them fine and as a deadhead with 220 shows under my belt and many more that I was turned onto because of the heritage of their music. Unbelievable really.

[@Zoso981]

I never got the Dead either, then I tagged along with a girlfriend to see them play a show in Cleveland. It really opened my eyes. I'd never been to a show where the band had such a strong connection to the crowd. The energy was amazing, and if I close my eyes and try really hard, I can still feel it.

[@hopedanica4377]

I hear you dude. My upbringing was 70s and 80s top 40 then rock and roll, new wave, punk rock, adult alternative with a final destination of Deadhead and entheogen enthusiast.

[@jerrylives2278]

"i put more time in the years" Jerry said about appearing older. What an amazing and quick mind to say something like that.

[@spacealienjesus709]

Greatest band in the world..

[@cozmcwillie7897]

The Who/Dead Rock Palace Germany concert was....what a night. The BBC (I live in the UK) broadcasted the show on the TV also on BBC Radio in stereo. I had a couple o' blotters. When I came home earlier my old Man said he'd bought a radio cassette recorder and that there was something I might want to tape tonight. When I looked at the paper and saw who he meant, it was like all my birthdays came at once. I didn't even know he knew one band I liked, never mind buy a radio/recorder for the occasion. I played the whole concert all over again right after it ended. I've still got the tapes.

[@dirtyhiggins5484]

Thanks dad!

[@brooke8567]

Your dad was cool to fill you in✌️

[@paulisaac78]

I always like to listen to interviews with Jerry. He was like the GD music; laid back, cool, and complicated. I also liked Tom Synder.

[@LGRW313]

Tom Snyder was a good man, he had dementia in the end

[@topshelf2855]

Probably the best interviewer I have seen and to the subsequent reply about Tom with dementia, not worse way to go for a solid human.

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

garcia is always so sincere.... loved that about him

[@topshelf2855]

That is the thing. And why Dead & co. or any post Garcia incarnation will never replace- which is fine and I am cool with what they do. But you nailed it in an etheral since. But Garcia was also a bad ass and a hard ass too, make no mistake about it. He had an edgey side too.

[@jimbeam6273]

Jerry and Bobby obviously had a great deal of respect for each other…

[@MrBrian8749]

In the 80s here in Germany AFN broadcast a live Grateful Dead concert. We built a stereo Amp for the TV output had huge speakers and the night the concert was broadcast most of us were passed out...some wandering around outside tripping on acid or to stoned...nobody remembered the concert and our recording equipments lost the video, the audio sounded terrible....but we had fun

[@bathsheba56]

Mike Douglas and Tom Snyder had performers on their respective shows, did interviews on national television, that show a bravery to this day. Thanks!

[@Humblemumble7]

WHAT? What the hell are you talking about?

[@hopedanica4377]

I got chills when Bob says we have always been sort of singular in our whole endeavor.

[@diamonddave16]

Snyder introduced them as “one of the finest and most popular bands to play on stage.” I like it

[@derrikferguson3219]

I love this. Bobby: “You should have heard it last night.” *slurp* “Finish school, Bobby!”

[@robanderson1470]

I love seeing the whole band interviewed together.

[@gregknipe8772]

well Phil was not there, nor the current keyboardist of the day......

[@michaelprice7005]

This is the best audience response I've ever heard on this show. I loved the program, loved the band, love the crowd!

[@barbarajohnson9050]

I was a part of and lived the whole Bay Area counter culture. It was an exciting time to be alive!

[@JohnSmith-fq7hj]

do you feel that you may have hurt yourself from the experiences you may have had. Kesey: na net na net na na no then jerrys laugh is the greatest thing ever lol

[@steflat]

HAHAHA ! i agree!

[@damnright4]

I remember watching this on TV when I was in high school back in 81 and wanting to go to Long Island to see them...Seen them in R I. Boston and Buffalo NY that year.....Man Time flies ...

[@paolo-n2000]

Tom Snyder was great! Very informative and enjoyable interview. Todays talkshow "hosts" should take notes.

[@LoloYodel]

Indeed !

[@DooDahMan1979]

Grateful Dead: The ultimate make your own fun band.

[@barryg528]

Elaborate

[@bobwilson360]

@@barryg528 No, YOU elaborate.

[@barryg528]

@@bobwilson360 no I don’t think I will

[@LL-cm1ry]

@@bobwilson360 sad

[@LoloYodel]

"Part 1" : Interview, conversations with Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia 0:04 Snyder's intro 0:56 One Flew Over a Coo-coo's Nest (Ken Kesey) 1:25 presenting Ken Kesey 1:47 Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia 2:16 the 1st test conducted with LSD (1950's ...) 4:12 connection between the community (Merry Pranksters) & music (The GDead) 4:50 classic Garcia fumbling ... and picks it back up with excellent articulation ! 5:35 classic Ken Kesey ... 6:18 Garcia explains "playing" during the initial Tests ... "Part 5" : Interviews, conversations, with Garcia & Weir ... 9:40 Weir's great responses ! ... then Egypt, 1960's ... 10:50 "finish school Bobby" 11:55 another of Weir's poignant responses on being "current" 13:34 joined by the drummers Hart & Kreutzmann 14:23 "line up to get their dose of crazy" (Weir again) 15:35 Woodstock !? (laughs) 16:58 two concerts with The Who (SF & Essen Germany)

[@thehotyounggrandpas8207]

Thanks! Subscribed! Would do it again! I might!

[@mcdaniels6188]

5:41........God bless you Ken. A true pioneer.

[@robertlerma1029]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a wonderful book! The Dead are awesome!

[@diamonddave16]

I was little and sleeping when this aired . But I do remember seeing SNL and Dan ackroyd was imitating Tom Snyder. Started seeing dead in 88 and i really appreciate this episode

[@moltonrocka1784]

You know our love will not fade away

[@KJ-xc6qs]

"you're either on the bus, or you're off the bus!"

[@channingchills]

Bobby is such a paradox. Aloof as a damn gopher in soft dirt but also sharp as a tack and quick witted.

[@xianshep]

I recall my newly-14-year-old self setting an alarm to wake up to see this, since the Tomorrow Show aired very late (11pm?).

[@loucaruso3971]

Almost 18 yrs Old In May "81, Already Saw Em- 23 Time"s & On & On !!!! Where The Time Go ???? If Can Only Go Back !!!!...Peace

[@anonomyssymymy5115]

My first exposure to the Dead. I was babysitting as a kid.

[@want2kram67]

anonomyssy mymy please tel

[@WhiteMountaingirl]

I know Jerry best through his music, but also through the eyes of my dear late friend Thayer (Jerry's Girl). He was a wonderful energy, I can't say it in words, but those of you who know, know💜 ❤️⚡️💙

[@SocraticIAM]

my favorite interviews, Shows how charismatic Jerry could be(and this was w/out his best tools, guitar and nic)

[@patrickgoldsmith4407]

Many a show in the early '70s-- the small venues in NYC playing to dawn were the best!

[@michaelhermanson2755]

Tom is great.... watched him until he retired.. but boy what a wasted interview.. he really never let the questions volley.. but then again, sign of the broadcast times.

[@begleysbeatbakery]

what question

[@smalltalk.productions9977]

the boys were looking and sounding good in those days. thumbs up.

[@davidtambeaux2769]

I was a senior in college and watched this show and remember it like it was yesterday.

[@zuzi3088]

"It was the passage back that we had trouble with".

[@maxadocious]

wow! i miss interviews like this. asking informed questions, and letting them answer. not circling everything back to the interviewer (Fallon) or politics (Colbert)

[@lucaspoppenga6059]

"Come back? Where are we?" ... thats the gold standard ladys and gentlemen

[@dippedinmoonlight6373]

Good interview, I remember when this intially aired. ⚡💀

[@sirhcsuiris]

This is a great conversation between some pretty smart folks. Good interview.

[@eqx7168]

It's so interesting the way they are talking about the 60s here. It seems like even in 1981, which was just over 10 years later, it seemed like they were referring to it as such a far-off historical time. Where now we don't really talk about events around 2010 to 15 the same way. It's almost like time has sped up culturally

[@LoloYodel]

Happy BDay dear ol' Jerry Sir !

[@johndowns3839]

Ted Nugent needs a peyote tea enema administered with a fire hose.

[@davidcarroll1094]

John Downs wished I could double like this

[@beekay5914]

too kind

[@leshtricity]

>Nugent isn't a programmed NPC progressive so dose him with acid lmao

[@timothylines3867]

dopy keith also.

[@danmac2654]

Omygod Ted admits he drinks wine

[@BucksBe]

If I could go back in time, I'd buy up all that commercial time and keep the interview going.

[@mma1st105]

The commercials killed the conversation.

[@ghostrunner5985]

Will there ever be another Tom Snyder? What a cool square!

[@billrose2202]

I made out with Ken's 20 year old granddaughter on the bus going to Eugene. What a lovely girl she was... Positive and full of that light. Would have loved to met Ken but I wasn't worth in those days. Had much more to learn. And then years later was living in SF and went to visit my cousin that was doing research on grasses on a farm. Turns out that it was the same farm they used in the Acid tests...

[@framemartgallery4619]

Tom Snyder was great

[@jessicastoke777]

Priceless.....forever grateful ❤⚡💙

[@organized_labor]

... fantastic interview 🤙🏼🤘🏼🔥❤️

[@ExtremelyOCD]

Pure Gold!!

[@ilovethetampabaylightning92]

Snyder's eyebrows are about to go flying off his face!

[@ZeroPopArt]

what a cool bunch of guys

[@dollreemappmmk14]

"The electric Coo Koo nest"

[@youllis]

"Watch the colors as they fly through the air" - Tom's catchphrase. I guess he started it after this meeting...

[@nancychace8619]

Excellent - classic interviews. I had to listen a second time. In the interest of historical context, not sure it was a good idea to take out the "blond girl" - she may deserve more credit.

[@princelysnail1998]

Jerry's reaction to Kelsey saying the acid came from Switzerland makes me believe he wasn't lying

[@channingchills]

That’s because LSD was first synthesized in Switzerland, by a Swiss chemist.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Its true

[@regandunn4850]

I've hears that b4 tune in drop out guy

[@telebob5983]

@@channingchills Sandoz before Owsley.

[@ewoknips5154]

​@@telebob5983 yep, was just coming to say it was more than likely Sandoz

[@beefheart67]

Jerry was a kindred spirit RIP

[@dollreemappmmk14]

"Hunter was in on those too"

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Sure didnt help him w his alcoholism where it has others

[@davidfradin4625]

@@lastnamefirst4035 I'm sure you're an expert on Hunter's alcoholism, having been there.

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@davidfradin4625 not ashamed of having been there. Never meant to imply to be an expert on anyone else. What I meant to say is I dont think the inability to talk-never mind. Ill delete my fkn comment instead of explain it. Its not an important

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@davidfradin4625 However Iam an expert on hunter's alcoholism

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@davidfradin4625 im sorry. I thought people were talking about hunter s thompson instead of robert hunter. Big difference

[@micronut6082]

saw the boys in 83 at the garden. That was an eye opener.

[@murderparker7968]

Jeez, imagine being the guy that’s in possession of that Dead flag that a Prankster planted on the pyramid at Giza in ‘78. What a trophy.

[@brendonmasters]

You’re melting!

[@HalfGramDabs]

"this is german wine! Acid is from switzerland." hahaha

[@charlielamb7784]

Pass the blow please. Love it! 😊

[@ivansbacon]

Tom was hip., Turned on, on the bus. Who knew? We are everywhere.

[@PizzlePro1]

"A unit of almost mythical reputation". Or a "band beyond description". The most amazing thing to me is Dead & Company are still churning out Amazing shows night after night!

[@pumpkinking5174]

They are? Up the tempo

[@topshelf2855]

@@pumpkinking5174 You mean when Jerry was nodding off or Keithy could be found underneath the keyboards passed out. Ok, I understand.

[@tonifrancis2189]

This is so great! I believe Phil was there during the performances. He must have declined the interview part.

[@LoloYodel]

Indeed, Phil Lesh WAS there as he played the 4 acoustic songs ... but certainly declined to be in the interview segments ...

[@arlenmargolin4868]

Now that I think about it I don't think I ever heard Phil less doing an interview maybe once but that's probably it

[@jamesball5743]

Not invited is more likely.

[@richardrykard3246]

@@jamesball5743 I've read that Phil could be, well, uhmmm, difficult 😳

[@PaulLangan1]

Jerry lived on a very high vibrational emotional level most of the time.

[@michaelsinger1985]

Check out Bobby's description of their music at @ 12:00 Question was "You been around for 16 years how have you stayed current"? Answer: We never were "current"

[@GOOCHIElicker]

dude he had me rofl has the expirements affected u stutters bad lol !

[@skylershank9309]

I think Tom Snyder is underrated. He fit right in with with these guys.

[@willietwilligerrock7661]

Everyone always mentions "..Cuckoo's Nest", but "Sometimes A Great Notion" is not only Kesey's best book, but one of the best books of all time. Having said that, I prefer McMurtry. Anyone who know's the history of the two will get the reference.

[@topshelf2855]

No but see there is a George Carlin inteverw by the same interviewr, gonna go watch for fun. Carlin would have been a merry prankster for sure!

[@treebeard8475]

“We have always blown it at the important things.” Lmao

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

officially released on DVD

[@willie714]

81 was a good year

[@clearlyhazed11]

Kesey said his neighbor, a psychologist "chickened out" of experiment on Tuesdays, for $20, and offered Kesey the opportunity.....so if the neighbor had not chickened out, our ENTIRE COUNTRY'S HISTORY IN THE 60'S "ACID TESTS" COUNTER CULTURE, IT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT !!! ha ha...amazing.

[@newschoolcommunitydayschoo8763]

Wow!

[@marcosluna7792]

Tom Snyder was a real MVP

[@chancethadood]

this interview is like a fractal of dead

[@patswayze7359]

Tom snyders hair always gets me .. 👍

[@ncfish751]

Always liked tom Snyder...he was good. Not your standard interview. He was one of the holdout cats that would smoke on television. His interviews with Robert Blake were fascinating. That's Mickey from little rascals and baretta ...dude was nuts but he gave an interesting interview.

[@lonelybro77]

I'm 62, never saw a single show....and I'm (pretty close) to fine..

[@stillnessinmovement]

like all flights, it's the landing that is the hardest part...

[@bobmings]

Great video!

[@Cfggghgfdsszz]

“ I put more time in the years than he did “

[@ultzisakhain]

Wonder what Phil was doing that night... too bad he didn't make it!

[@raydavison4288]

💖

[@eqx7168]

Dont let anybody back in that room!

[@evhbombastic]

High as MFin' kite!

[@fireball0971]

Stay that way jdrza love it

[@michaelstubenvoll142]

WoW

[@mercharris5266]

07:55 Jerry is so aware! Favorite musician and also a wonderful mind. Calls out reporter just enough for cutting Ken off

[@Charlieboy2680]

" make it a short also" What an asshole tom Snyder is, trying to treat Ken like a fool! Jerry was like what, hmm , ok, wow ..... this guy is so unaware(reporter) unknowingly that he's the fool himself !

[@danielmorris3687]

@@Charlieboy2680 He wasn't trying to be an asshole. He warned Kesey to make it short because they had to cut to commercial. Reality of live television is they needed to a adher to timelines so affiliate stations could run commercials locally and not miss any of the live feed from New York. ✌🇨🇦 GOGDF!

[@Charlieboy2680]

I beg to differ I think the reporter was treating Ken disrespectfully the whole interview. But we all see things how we see them.✌

[@topshelf2855]

@@danielmorris3687 amazing the ignorance of some - even withing the circle of watching one of the most smartest and wittiest of musicians.

[@melledge1]

Well, I can see why Snyder asked him to keep the time in mind, especially given Kelsey’s comment about the wine being from Germany and LSD from Switzerland!

[@justinnardine8564]

Didn’t Snyder trip?

[@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81]

If The Dead had anything to do with it he did :-p, theres a true story of The Dead dosing the coffee tank at the playboy mansion during a small gig recording

[@davidfradin4625]

@@igot99problemsbutmyaltaint81 Playboy after Dark, you can actually see some of it on youtube, the band played Mountains of the Moon, and they show a few seconds of St Stephen, plus Hefner interviewing Jerry. It's pretty fun to see it, and apparently as the night went on, most of the people got higher and higher as the acid kicked int ....

[@diamonddave16]

1:21: a book got applause- Dig it

[@jimsmint]

shame about the lack of tunes

[@safeeffective385]

"It's like the circus"

[@SunnyDayTeaFactory]

Seems like a cool bunch

[@guilleermojimenez5460]

busted for smiling on a rainy day

[@jwm2352]

is bob ever not high during an interview? lol that unmistakable look

[@melledge1]

I love his eyes-pupils as big as basketballs!

[@Wayzor_]

Bob's referring to Nassau 81