Morning Dew - Grateful Dead - 7-19-1989 Alpine Valley Theatre, Wisc. set2-09

This video : "Pro-Shot (in-house feed) ~ 1st or 2nd gen vhs ~"
(My LoloYodel sense is that it's certainly NOT 1st or 2nd generation ... but it's very good anyway).
This was the closing night of the very fine (exquisite) 3 night run at The Alpine Valley Music Theatre. It was essentially from the July 17th show which constituted ALMOST all of the great "Downhill From Here" video (3 songs actually come from this July 19th show : "West LA Fade", "Desolation Row" & "The Deal"). This July 19th is also a very sweet show and has a truly spectacular "Morning Dew" !
Audio: Soundboard (AC3:48000Hz 256 kb/s tot , stereo 2/0)
Grateful Dead
7/19/89
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
East Troy, WI
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Set 1
Hell in a Bucket
Sugaree
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Althea
Victim or the Crime
West LA Fadeaway
Desolation Row
Deal
Set 2
Box of Rain
Foolish Heart ~
Looks Like Rain ~
Terrapin Station ~
drums ~
space ~
The Other One ~
The Wheel ~
Morning Dew
encore : Lovelight

[@danagillon]

If this doesn't give you chills, you don't understand what its all about...

[@sterlingblake7655]

Yeah....it's like those fools that say Jerry sucked after 1980- NO FUCKIN WAY. he is smoking on this one!!!

[@barneycarparts]

Yes This was a song about Nuclear War

[@Chiefmismaker]

I'm bloody freezin'...you're so right i

[@HappyWife93]

@@sterlingblake7655 wtf? They have no clue. This is pure gold.

[@HappyWife93]

@@sterlingblake7655 fuck the haters ✌️

[@dr.duckoff4231]

Saw them three nights in a row for my first of twenty shows, it was night three when they did Morning Dew and I still get chills when I hear the big man doing what he does best. I am glad that I got to see them all those times. Thanks for the memories boys!

[@leerocheleau509]

Saw them 3 nights in a row at alpine valley they played sat,sun,and mon but we started fri night with Bob Dylan

[@jimmorrison1725]

this was a full moon weekend in deep summer. at one point, the sun was setting on one side of the valley while the full moon was rising on the other side, creating an effect almost like a two sun planet. very very awesome

[@mariannecrabb8834]

Wish I was there

[@dskrilla17]

I bet it was a special time

[@jimsmith1277]

I remember this.

[@larryleitch3803]

Dude, I will have a double of what you are on.

[@thomasfoss9963]

It poured rain the 1st night, with peeps sliding down Alpines hill, then the sun came out the next day... Day 3 they brought in water trucks as the 80,000 people inside and outside overwhelmed Alpines capabilities!!!! We had a riot!!!! Took a full week to recover from these shows!!!!!!!

[@skater63230]

Good Lord, the emotion in his voice and guitar blows me into the stratosphere!

[@michaelpaquette4245]

The emotion from bending those 🎸strings is what got me into this tripping in soulful bliss

[@drawingtime2589]

You got that right.

[@larryleitch3803]

Brother, you hit the nail on the head. Jerry played with so much emotion Whst a tight group, should had let Phil ding.

[@johnnyballgame3765]

Watching/listening early on Sunday morning while the rest of the family is asleep. Having my 1st cup of coffee. Reminded again of how much this band and their music mean to me. Truly Grateful. 🌎✌🏼❤️⚡️

[@janabyars1275]

This was my golden birthday: 19 on the 19th. Me and my best had tickets for the 18th and we got miracles for this. We were also gifted some other goods. One of the best nights of my life. Still.

[@thomasfoss9963]

There were a lot of miracles in those 3 days!!!!!!

[@satidog]

Oh, man, something about '89 at Alpine Valley. I was there with such great friends and the boys were ON for this run of shows. Jerry seemed so happy and inspired and it was a beautiful summer with a full moon. The fact that it ended with rain and mud didn't dampen it a bit. I remember laughing our asses off pushing the car out of sucking mud at the end of it all. The year before had been an intensely, depressingly dry drought year so yay for mud! I miss being young and high with those people and in this scene. Goosebumps getting to see this again.

[@OdeToTristan]

Haha...I remember they called in every county cop around to keep us all on the camp ground and the incessent rain. Beautiful.

[@BDOG1963]

+satidog This run was indeed a (drenched) blast. 7/17 is the best GD show I ever attended

[@bushpilot-bm3kf]

One cop per 5,000 fan's. Almost heaven!

[@daveyboy8907]

Fast forward to this years dead company show and undercovers were everywhere..No shakedown street ,no vending..I saw undercovers in tie dies( new not even washed or faded) telling people selling braclets to put away or get $1000 fine... The dad was buying it for his 8 year old kid...No grilled cheese,no pins ,no anything man.... Great first night but they made it a bummer in the lot,,, also cops telling everybody road blocks later which I never saw...Sent us all on a 45 min back country road to get 4 miles..The interstate was right there 1 mile away but they didn't want us on it...Great show and people but bad cops...Did I mention NO Camping...

[@heatherprichard1143]

It was a glorious summer for me, too. Buffalo for July 4th, Deer Creek then three days at Alpine. What sweet, sweet fun. My husband and I fell in-love that summer.

[@jimsmith1277]

I was there. This brings it all back in full powerful memory.

[@hammertime714]

Yes sir it sure does.3 magical nights

[@briano.1503]

Same , I was there all 3 nights.

[@zerwe]

I was there 88 and 89. Fantastic place and fantastic shows!

[@warrenfriesner4940]

Jerry was doing some serious exploration here; love how he changes directions in a nanosecond; just extracting the essence right outta the song.

[@scottpaston9614]

exactly!!

[@ThePsychedelicCinema]

Magical...Jerry was out of this world, this song tears me apart... absolutely angelic ✌️

[@augestwest7574]

But do you know what it means? What it's all about my guitar playing friend?

[@skater63230]

It is about the day after a nuclear war......therefore played with tremendous emotion

[@aaaaaaaaardvark]

+ThePsychedelicCinema It's a conversation between two people, the day after they step out into a post-apocalyptic world. The first repeats the first two lines of each verse, the second repeats the last two lines of each verse.

[@WH-ci3os]

what always gets me, is no matter how much every other song/lyrics glow during the show, at the end when its "i guess it doesn't matter, any way" just brings everyone back down to reality

[@larrythibault1022]

Gary Daniel , On the beach by Neville Shute

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

This is the hottest best morning dew I ever heard and watched. i think i fell down afterwards

[@dragmyre]

right. best audio. more crispy.

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

shit, i cried a tiny bit

[@Oh_I_Will]

@@SanFranciscoFatboy and wet your pants

[@MB-mh6xv]

ummmm...Then you best listen to The Lyceum May 1972 and Winterland October 1974.

[@willelniff426]

There are no live versions of this masterpiece that aren't equivalent to intense religious/spiritual experiences. *chills* -Man who was talked out of serious depression through TGD's musical library.

[@billshechtman1524]

That’s crazy absurd that some people would give thumbs down to any mourning dews. They should be so lucky to catch any mourning dew show. Always my favorite. Wow jerry screaming this dew out fiercely. Whoa, Jerry very animated with his guitar notes and showing his emotion

[@tomclohessy1050]

This is my church, right here......Thank you! So grateful....

[@lespaul1648]

God I could never get enough of this. And for the 19 people who hit dislike.......you are truly lost.

[@davegiambrone7974]

There will never b another JERRY..I was still 2 young then but i luv his music 2 this day

[@BC-xu9xd]

IWT. We spent hours in the parking lot before the show recording folks on a mini VHS recorder. Saw the show, and we were electrified. Walked back through the woods to our rooms at the Alpine Valley resort. Continued the party, and we all reviewed the tapes, which were fabulous. I broke the tabs off the tape masters so they couldnt be mistakenly recorded over, and we went to bed. Woke up in the morning, all the tapes were completely blank. Never did figure out what happened there. I guess it doesn't matter, anyway.

[@dq361]

Plot twist. Aliens were at the show. Had to get some ole Garcia. Didn’t want their evidence seen ;)

[@billphipps453]

you accidently erased them...

[@bushpilot-bm3kf]

All downhill from here! So fucking true. Last of the GREAT time's we will ever know. Nothing compares.

[@jeffreystark435]

Never missed an Alpine show. Distinctly remember sliding down the rain soaked hill to the Bucket opening. 1989 was awesome. Began the spring tour in Pittsburgh --> Ann Arbor--> Cincy--> Louisville--> 3 Rosemont shows--> 2 Mecca/MWK shows --> Went to the 3 Irvine Meadows shows. Back on in Philly --> NJ. Missed RFK but back to Noblesville -> ALPINE. Great late 80's shows. One of the Alpine shows was my 100th.

[@juzagirlntheroom2692]

Was so overcame with the fear, the beautiful fear, almost eerie that came from shows like this. You could have every day of my covid summer for one more Jerry and Brent show. Still have high hopes for 2021 that we can all feel that feeling again. Just one more night where the world is alive and dripping with color.

[@vmeglis70]

Hey girl, I realize that this is an old ass post, but just reading it now really hit home..I was able to take my son, who was 15 last summer, to six D&C shows, and were the boys ever on!!..they were NOT slow much at all, and believe it or not, Mayer really grew on me..of course NOBODY can or will ever come close to Garcia imo, but Mayer did Jam Sugaree and Deal amazingly..we have the entire second leg of the Tour this summer, starting in Bethel NY on 7/1, and we're riding it to the end at Citified on 7/16..I cannot articulate how psyched we are for Tour to start..I hope you're going to some shows girl, if you didn't go last year, you'll be very pleasantly surprised..have a great summer and be safe..much love, good health, and happiness to you and yours..always Grateful..💀🎸🐺🥀🐢♥️⚡💙🌁🍄🫠🐊😸🌻🐒🚂🌬️💨💨🌹🫶 NFA!🎶

[@nyclear]

One of my favorite parts of a dead show is being able to see and feel how jerry is feeling and then see how it's translated through his instrument. In this example, jerry seems a bit contracted the whole song until 4 min 6 seconds and then he expands how he is feeling outwards and the music goes into overdrive

[@tenbelow9617]

Jerry at his best. Perfect song selection for a wet and muddy night. Vocals came straight from the heart. Guitar screamed anger of nuclear war. There was no reason to dance to this, just stand there and think. These 3 nights Jerry and Brent pushed each other to new heights. They had a special connection. I feel lucky to have been in the number for those last Alpine shows.

[@charliejervis1097]

An Phil knows exactly how to encourage and constrain on the bass.

[@barneycarparts]

Phil was very erratic in the early days understandable :) But, on this ohh... so much respect. Jerry OMG I patterned my lead guitar after him. Beautiful.

[@cornstorm666]

Happy Birthday 'Merica 2024🇺🇲

[@Demoriel77]

I was at this show - amazing as always - still have the ticket stub

[@jgoodie400]

I was there... The 3 nights at Alpine valley ended my tour for 89.was such an amazing summer. Hated missing Hampton but still got some amazing shows that year

[@TheGokitchen]

If post 1986 represents the 3rd act of the Grateful Dead, then the apex of that 3rd act is the three nights at Alpine. I've watched "Downhill From Here" more time than I can count. Being a child of the 80s, and having seen my first show in '87, summer tour '89 will now and forever hold a sacred space in my heart that words will forever fail to convey. Jerry and the boys were absolutley crushing it! Long live the Grateful Dead!

[@stevenherkomer]

Jerry is playing this in heaven

[@BDB78]

I bet heaven was playing this back when Jerry was still alive

[@stevenherkomer]

@@BDB78 I agree ,old deadheads never die

[@leslieweaver66]

It was a pleasure and a joy and an honor to have seen this band live in person many many many times. Surprised I'm still here! Much Love and peace- JP

[@LoudmanSpeaks]

Now THATS the Jerry I remember!…bringing tears to my eyes, I can’t even…

[@daveyboy8907]

May be the best Dew ever...Jerry was getting it done right here..Alpine is a badass venue unfortunatly with alot of bad cops/ undercovers everywhere...

[@susanbigley7146]

I was at this show...and thought I heard a baby cry, but it was me. I love this one but get moved to tears every time I hear th e one from Greek theatre in 1988.

[@billphipps453]

he was a good performer. he understood the dynamics of a good show... and a good trip..

[@LoloYodel]

Brillant ! Just brillant ! 1974, 1981, 1989 ... just brillant ! Thanks Boys

[@hippiebobbrescia4193]

This has to be the best morning dew for me, sat center behind the sound boards,my friend lisa and i could only say ,oh my god ....

[@VERB65]

Jerry at his absolute best

[@michaelpaquette4245]

Nothing like Jerry’s touch to those strings mind blowing entertainment with each pull of those strings he pours out one of my favorite things about Jerry was his ability to improv a song different than the last time and it was so much fun except for on the occasional bad nights but wow 🤩

[@tonyclifton4359]

This is the single best thing on the internet

[@SpectrumRob]

I was there :)

[@hoff67]

Alpine Valley was THE best place to ever see the Boys! I have been to all the other sheds and nothing compares. Deer Creek a close second.

[@jasonhorne4533]

One of Capitan Trips favorite songs to play. Love the emotion

[@sterlingblake7655]

you should get a nobel peace prize for posting this masterpiece of art!!! thank you.

[@nickbacklund5556]

the most soulful musician of all time.

[@sterlingblake7655]

JIMI HENDRIX, David Gilmour and Neil Young might have something to say about that

[@JohnKovac-k3h]

The last time I saw a morning dew this sweet was probably at the Stanley theater in 79 gives me chills, where does the time go ❤

[@chitownpanic1925]

For my money best Dew of all time

[@brianjackson4191]

THIS IS A GREAT SONG MAN FROM 1967 GRATEFUL DEAD 4 EVER

[@billshechtman1524]

Didn’t finish last comment. Jerry really displaying his emotions during last verse voice wise and sensational guitar work. First time I heard this dew, and it was amazing. RIP Jerry we will always love you 🍄💚☮️🍄💜🍄☮️❤️

[@jimmorrison1725]

i was at Alpine in 89 and Deer Creek in 90 exactly a year later and very similar experiences

[@tomassirman]

I remember not being able to find my car for three hours after this show.

[@thomasfoss9963]

We were stuck in the muddy corn rows, and we stayed 4 days helping peeps clean up till they gave us the boat--- Saw the Who the next weekend!!!!!!!

[@chitownpanic1925]

A very emotional and lucid captain at his best. ❤

[@760ttt]

just got home from seeing this at the movie theater. gawd what a great dew.

[@Asterism-MT]

i was there . seriously. blew. my mind. these shows changed my life.

[@MichaelPSammut]

this is such a blessed version of this song very few moments like this in dead history

[@mountainairbatik2927]

I think that this Morning Dew is one of my all time favorite versions.

[@geraldnedarc1488]

This was the best song the Grateful Dead ever did, bad or good version.

[@goodygumdrops]

This Alpine run was my first GD shows. Feel lucky.

[@tccmarkets1]

All the Jerry versions were present in this song. There was, of course, mello Jerry accompanied with jamming Jerry, but one got to witness intense Jerry (4:00-4:45) which he went right back into mello Jerry for a full circle 'hat trick'. Great tune!!

[@codyeynon8467]

Timeless. Shivers up and down the spine at the end. . .

[@Tolemac7]

One of the very best versions of Morning Dew, with Jerry in most excellent form! Thanks for sharing it. =)

[@briano.1503]

I'm so thankful that I was there! ✌💀👍🧠🌌♾⚡❤🎸🎵🎶

[@zorr6271]

One of my favorites, nicely done.

[@JGarcia77]

Did Foxboro, two at Giants Stadium, Deer Creek and the three at Alpine that summer... should’ve gone to Buffalo and JFK.. They were so on top of their game that summer!!!

[@davidkaufman2553]

they are right up there with every kind of sound and words I love to hear sung,thank you for what you've done for my well being.....😊♋🔯🗽✌

[@glendean713]

Blown away by this version. Holy Crap!

[@ThroneBuilders]

What a beautiful song! This is a fine show! I am so glad I got turned onto the Dead!

[@Oh_I_Will]

There have been several covers of this Bonnie Dobson song ovee the years...but this one may be my favorite...Nazareth being another classic

[@andiandersen8276]

They are still a grateful band to hear.Andi 👏

[@morgan3105]

Yeah, that is a really great version

[@MC-hq2mz]

I love this so much 💋❤️😍😍😍

[@timharper4246]

A little 40-second scrub-a-dub on that fretboard from Jer, starting at 11:00 😎

[@nikkiv5862]

I needed this...Oh how I miss me some Jerry!! ;(

[@lespaul1648]

I have seen many Dead shows till the very sad passing in 95. I always wanted to see a show where Jerry would sing in his crying voice Morning Dew. I never did get that show until September of 95 when I went to a CD fair. I bought this same show on VHS. Went home and that evening got ready to attend one more show. I got my head right and then hit play. then it happened.....during the second set Morning Dew. My girl at that time looked over at me and said.....well Hun you finally got your Morning Dew. Till this day this song pulls a few drops of tears from my eyes.

[@LoloYodel]

Bless You !

[@jimmorrison1725]

i remember staying there past 2 a m pushing cars out of the mud so we had to strip at the front door before my sister would let us in the house

[@barneycarparts]

I remember in SF me and 5 friends, peeing out the 2nd story window in the beech area. The neighbors complained the pee was rolling down the gutter. 1970. We were crazy. Thank god we, well some of us are alive now. God bless Ralph. God bless the Dead.

[@blahthrower]

awesome, thanks much for sharing

[@stephenalter8325]

I felt like my running was cumming to and end. After 15 years Things were changing. I saw Jerry walk off stage in '86. My last show was Soldier Field and that was it for me. That Alpine show made it all good for me .

[@c.b.6127]

Magnificent !!

[@LoloYodel]

Good Morning Sir !

[@grrspij]

was there. great shows.

[@ericball6000]

all I can say is GOOSEBUMPS!!!.

[@traxadron1]

Possibly the best Dew.

[@Senor100]

Man... He was so powerful clean

[@teiresiasrex1]

i remember his passion that night. He was feeling real good I pray.

[@justincantlin2795]

The music never stops folks!!✌🏻🌈⚡️

[@tomlund4951]

Where have all the people gone today? I was there. I am here. I still believe.🫡

[@michaelpaquette4245]

😢 you guys are missed thank you for the gifts you left behind still on that long strange trip in 2020 Jerry Brent Keith Pigpen ❤️still going strong. ⚡️🌹💀🌹⚡️🎸💀

[@UncaDollas]

What a time, partying your way across the United States.

[@steviewaichulis]

The Grateful Dead was and still is a continuous consciousness evolution in Earth's Surface Human Population... xoxoxo

[@eschatologysheepdog7505]

I was there!!!!!

[@charlie.something]

7/19/89 is a rare example of the first set being better than the second set. It's true. Check it out. The first set is insanely on fire. You used to be able to see it all on youtube, but something changed. Like everything in life.

[@indiandaeng]

Few know the Dead were banned from Alpine Valley after these shows. Fans abandoned their cars on the interstate and tore down fences to get in free. Leslie West who was the president of AV went ballistic. This may have been the greatest Dead shows ever.

[@kellymcgrath5541]

His voice and vocals in this are pretty awesome.

[@HappyWife93]

Love, love 💗✌️

[@krl1965]

A very true statement always great shows at Alpine

[@zrod9511]

That was so fucking awesome. They played this when i saw the 3/23/1992 at the place of auburn hills. Chills man

[@LoloYodel]

Happy BDay dear ol' Jerry Sir !

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

whose gonna be at maclarren this year :) . hell yeah!!!!!!! i will!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@georgejohnson1064]

I was there for this group of shows. I really wish they would have filmed all of them..

[@robertherrera912]

Of course the whole song rocks! But I really love the "crystally Jerry guitar sound" between 9:30-10:05 mark. Just pure bliss!

[@offroadnut]

Long live Jerry.

[@Mike7478F]

Every one recorded is different and specialy unique.

[@brianjackson4191]

THIS IS AN AWESOME SONG BABY DEAD HEAD 4 EVER

[@jimmyhawke]

Rained like hell and we didn't care!