Turn On Your Love Light - Woodstock 1969

[@thomaslawrence2731]

The greatest freshwater resevoir in the world! Hey the man said it! It has to be true. Look into his eyes.. he aint lying!

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

"Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes. During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

0:01 "Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes. During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef

[@TheDonnellymarie]

Love this band. I have been a fan of this group since I was a child. My dad played them all the time. we got stoned to this sound happy days.

[@Sinsteel]

Many of us still do ;P

[@erasmusomnius]

This is absolutely stunning. Never seen/heard this footage before. What a glorious, historic, priceless treasure. Hope it can stay up on YT. Thanks a billion for posting. TC nicely audible. Classic Dead double drumming from the era.

[@sneakerfacevids441]

This was released in one of the Woodstock DVD box sets in recent years. The version they did of Mama Tried at Woodstock is also on it.

[@gterrymed]

They wouldn't allow this to be released forever! People have died who wanted to see this but didn't live long enough.

[@anthonykimball7463]

IMO, the Dead had good reason to keep this footage away from the public. This really was a very weak performance and would not have done their reputation any favors had it been included in the 1970 documentary. Sorry, but the GD did NOT always play fantastic sets...this is proof.

[@gterrymed]

@@anthonykimball7463 I like it pretty much; it's pretty much on par with the bootlegs; it is good to respect the band's wishes. I'm mourning all the people who may have wanted to experience this footage

[@anthonykimball7463]

@@gterrymed Yeah, I get where your coming from. To each his/her own.

[@Macintosh-333]

@@anthonykimball7463 exactly to each their own, this is my favorite era of the dead, and in my opinion this is a great performance

[@anthonykimball7463]

@@Macintosh-333 Mine too, but as good as 1969 was, 1970 was even more incredible. There are a few, very well-known SBD tapes from 1970, but it's such a shame that most of the TRULY AWESOME GD shows from that year are only available as AUDs. Even so, even with the lesser quality audio, I'd take 70 over 69. And dunno if you're aware of this, but the Dead themselves always said they played horribly at Woodstock and, though many latter-day revisionists say otherwise, I'm in full agreement with the band on this particular issue and will likely remain so.

[@johncronan2545]

Dude at the beginning is like the Forest Gump of psychedelics. Just ends up in epic places, completely anonymous, zonked out of his gourd.

[@danielmoore7332]

How he was allowed to be an interruption in the first place is puzzling

[@kxan_news]

LSD + no security equal free for all. LOL

[@oughtssought1198]

@@kxan_news exactly it was a FREEDOM celebration festival & a valued lesson re: the value of coordination

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

@@danielmoore7332I think his contribution adds to the performance honestly. It’s kind of my favorite things about it

[@GratefulAmericans]

Dude has spent the rest of his life telling people he “played with the dead at Woodstock”

[@VirginiaWolf88]

Amazing Energy Thank You Spatz Man!!!!

[@Chris.from.1950]

So cool to see this! Thank you! ❤

[@DougMold]

2:17 “and im not talking about Chicago blues either!” Lol whatever he was talking about, he sure was passionate about it

[@cardcomm91]

Jerry and Bob rocking out over Phil's booming bass from 24:30 to 26:30 was great. Bobby & Ron's vocals into the end were cool too. TC keyboards and of course, Bill and Mickey on drums carried the beat I wish the lighting was better but I loved it

[@Happy_Teddy24]

For sure one of my favorite dead moments. Its so raw and great.

[@iamdamosuzuki_]

I love the random dude rapping at the beginning. I like that they kinda just let him do his thing for about a straight minute before they really got into the song. Really ads to the performance.

[@KiddBowery]

yeah, so i thought the last word on the grateful dead's woodstock set was that it was lackluster and plagued with tech issues, but helll, this swings! that garcia interlude from 18:00 to 20:00 is fantastic. even that fool at the beginning was okay and kind of charmingly idiotic even, if you view it as a document of the times.

[@thomasbedell4770]

He guy at the beginning was obviously tolerated by the Dead in their do your own thing if it doesn’t hurt anyone way. In a way, he just fit in. The crew got him out of the way, but if any of us were really tripping out and found ourselves in front of the mic with the Dead going into Lovelight we probably would have sounded sound similar.

[@foresttemple1380]

So who WAS that guy?

[@Sinsteel]

That dude has always considered this his greatest glory.

[@bendream544]

He was part of the Dead's unofficial 'Deadheads' that were very poetic and artistic in many ways. Pig pen in places sounds just as fucked up as that guy who was just on the edge of the 3rd coast with all the answers in the universe and then they slowly disappeared, but at least I've not had that happen with an audience of about 4.5 million watching me dry up ...all adds too the fun I missed out on live.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I could listen to Garcia explore notes on his guitar all day. A true jazz player

[@danielmoore7332]

Pig would do these little 'raps' on certain tunes- Good Lovin', Lovelight, Katie Mae. The band lost quite a bit when he was no longer able to tour (sniff, sniff)...

[@Millylerks]

everytime i hear lovelight i can just imagine how many people are getting laid because of the way he raps on it.

[@catman2u2]

Not just lovelight but almost all thevr&b and blues sound was thru Pigpen. A good harp player as well

[@danielmoore7332]

@@catman2u2 the jug band I'm in are trying to do some of the older Dead tunes, which actually are old jug tunes; Gus Cannon Noah Lewis stuff. I play harp & washboard and I can't tell ya how much I'm influenced by Pig.

[@catman2u2]

@@danielmoore7332 sadly no one else played harp afterwards. He wasn’t a bad acoustic guitar/blues player. Sometimes chef have fun between sets playing blues. Somewhere on YT one can find an hours worth of Pig playing solo. I play open mics and cover junior Parker’s next time you see me

[@catman2u2]

@@danielmoore7332 Noah Lewis wrote Viola Lee blues

[@georgemetesky5519]

If only Pennebaker had filmed Barton Hall '77! How sad that this was the last time he filmed them.

[@palealien]

All of 77.

[@anthonykimball7463]

Pennebaker's crew only filmed (some of) the artists who performed on Friday, August 15th. They most definitely DID NOT film any part of the Dead's August 16th set.

[@sneakerfacevids441]

@@anthonykimball7463Yet here it is !

[@anthonykimball7463]

@@sneakerfacevids441 Yes, but, to reiterate, neither Pennebaker himself nor any of his crew filmed the GD's performance at Woodstock.

[@sneakerfacevids441]

@@anthonykimball7463 Pennebaker ? Who said anything about Pennebaker filming Woodstock ? This was filmed by Michael Wadleigh’s crew, which included a young Martin Scorsese manning one of the cameras.

[@robertschueneman6799]

New the Dead in 67 L.A. , Pig Love Light. KILLER. Blues !!!!!!

[@bob733333]

Excellent.

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

This dark stage shows how primitive stage lighting was in late 60’s despite the legendary Chip Monck being involved in this Woodstock show

[@klep2859]

Hard to believe after 55 years no one has been able to identify the 'guest singer' on stage. No, it's not Ken Babbs.

[@daskitten1]

Whoever it is I wish he would go away...

[@catman2u2]

I really wondered who that was. Wouldn’t it have been a singer from another band? Also why hasn’t someone just asked Weir?

[@klep2859]

They have & no one has ever been able to provide an answer. So very Dead, this, don't you think?@@catman2u2

[@klep2859]

@@catman2u2 They did. None of the band members have any idea. Very Dead, this, don't you think.

[@catman2u2]

@@klep2859 maybe he was just some fan that walked on stage. Security was different then

[@palealien]

Epic. And at the time they were a band for “only” 4 years?

[@balans1415]

🤩

[@kennethstephens5206]

I always heard the equipment failed on them which is why they weren't in movie.

[@robertsousa9550]

Who gave that guy the microphone?

[@jessyleppert2]

The Unknown Gleef who I thought was one of their roadies testing the microphone

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

@@jessyleppert2 "Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes. During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef

[@MikeBaker-y2c]

Hey let's get the DVD file?

[@seanconlon2773]

Who's the guy at the beginning?

[@georgemetesky5519]

Yeah who is he also wtf is he doing on stage. What a s***tshow.

[@danielwasserman4992]

Babbs a Merry Prankster and an old friend of the band.

[@Joel_From_Bethlehem_Two]

@@danielwasserman4992 I was told he is not Ken Babbs who is bearded and wearing a yellow top with blue sleeves grooving to the music while standing behind Billy and next to Phil. I call this guy "the unknown rapper."

[@psst...heyyou6508]

@@Joel_From_Bethlehem_Two the unknown gleef..

[@Chris.from.1950]

Found this at the Woodstock Wiki: “During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef.”

[@daskitten1]

So this is the great documentarian Pennebaker! I could have filmed the band better if I was blind drunk. Can't imagine he couldn't get good stage access if some unknown person could grab the mike & yap aimlessly for much too long with nothing to say. Gets better towards 20 min mark, but nothing like the camera work on so many other bands on that helicopter day; think Sly, The Who, CSN, Airplane, damn near everyone. Maybe that's why the Dead didn't want to be included in the film release.

[@michaeldbicari4446]

I think Stanley Osley slip them a little too much LSD that night plus I think he brought some newfangled sound system problem had all sorts of technical problems

[@curly_wyn]

Owsley Stanley

[@frank1387]

It was the house system. Bad rainstorm and electrical shorts onstage.

[@drwhowhatwhere]

​@@curly_wynhim too

[@Larry_left_a_comment]

Why the smoke at 35 minutes in?

[@robertwhough]

I think it's all the pyrotechnics they could afford

[@psst...heyyou6508]

Weed..🔥😝💨

[@thomasbedell4770]

Maybe fog due to the humidity and temperature in upstate NY that night.

[@foresttemple1380]

@@thomasbedell4770 by all accounts it rained so much during thier set they got shocked nearly every time going near the mic. But this fellow seems to be having no electricity shock issue. 😍🤔

[@ApunkDaydreamLamunanOi]

Another amplifier exploded

[@leonard630]

anyone ever figure out who this is in the beginning?

[@Mule4ever123]

Nope. But some guy out there has or had a great story abt the time he tripped absolute nuts at Woodstock and did some lead talking for the Grateful Dead lmao

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

"Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes. During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef

[@TK-fk4po]

Who is on organ? Usually it was pigpen. Is this really 69’??

[@acme401]

Tom Constantine played keyboards before Keith, from 1968 to 1970. Tom was responsible for the crazy keyboard sounds on Aoxomoxoa. He wasn't in the band long but was a big influence on the sound. Still alive, just put out another album a few weeks ago.

[@TK-fk4po]

@@acme401 that’s right I completely forgot about him

[@papagreenemusic]

​@@acme401 Constanten sp.

[@dangavel1283]

Certainly this Lovelight wasn't a debacle by any stretch of the imagination , typical of the band to downplay their performance.

[@evangray2594]

Jerry said they were awful at Monterey, but every critic considered them a highlight of the show!

[@stephendenney7349]

I wonder if that really is Woodstock

[@missjennaproductions]

It really is....

[@hamesmck5061]

Who the hell is this little muffin at the start giving it all the jibber jabber?

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

"Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at almost 38 minutes. During that song an audience member (who was most likely on drugs) randomly came onto the stage and started telling the audience about the great lake. After the man's speech, the Dead played on as if nothing had happened. This man is now referred to as the unknown gleef

[@paulcarver5940]

I guess these guys didn't get the memo that you're supposed to keep it succinct at the festival shows. 😁

[@kwb-j6h]

Say your piece and get out. lol

[@balans1415]

I wonder if this is really the Grateful Dead!😮🫢

[@richieboy6825]

Bro. Who else would it be? I see the entire band on stage.

[@argentsilver928]

@@richieboy6825lmao

[@GM-ie2zl]

I wonder what type of drugs your on?