Grateful Dead - Cold Rain and Snow (rare footage)

[phileesarah]

Hart @ 1:06-

[hippie73076]

stellar!



[bradstorrs]

Nice!!

This is about as early as it gets for the Dead. I don't think they ever played this fast since. All the weed mellowed them out fast!

[kerrstarr1]

ohhh yeah!!!!!!!!!! and at columbia during the take over? freaking unbelievably HOT!!!!!!

[Django5198]

Look at Jerry!!!!

[ststephen909]

Pigpen is such a badass mofo

[cjrebouche]

hahaha i love phil's mustache!!

[GrooveTraveler]

WOW!!! Who are those guys?

[ncbloom]

i've never seen any other footage of jerr-bear playing the goldtop

[MrBrianlowdown]

MY DAD BROUGHT ME AROUND THE SHOWS IN THE PARK ...I WAS MADE THERE 69 ..PIGPEN

[JBLegally1]

Hey, Hey, It's the Golden Road on the original tape

[daBlackBaron13]

well, she's comin' down the stairs, combin' back her yellow hair...

[PhotoCher]

Haight, Columbia...good guesses. This is actually the Hampton Coliseum (now known as the Google gArena) in Hampton, Virginia in 1989. The audio is obviously dubbed. This was the sound check and they were playing "Stairway To Heaven". You can tell, cause this is the only song were the gar plays that double neck 12/6 six string guitar.

[bwanna23]

Ed Sanders from the Fugs @0:29?

[CelticHippie1]

man, I wish I could have seen Jerry play! Thanks for the vid! Totally great.

Peace

[EclipseBandWa]

Joey Ramone at seconds 14-16!

[ioriorioriorio]

@EclipseBandWa Rock Scully, their manager...Joey ramone is at 13 seconds with the camera!

[thesyd1975]

@EclipseBandWa i agree he does look like him but it is there manager Rock Scully

[kiplng]

Another reason this could be Columbia U. 1968:  39 seconds in, is that student "radical" Mark Rudd?

[nooze7]

@kiplng

I would say yes and I met him back in the day

[crocostimpy]

I've been waiting to see this for over twenty years. Thanks, dude. Now if only someone could find and post the October 4, 1970 TV broadcast

[hellbornelfchild]

this is fucking crazy!

[infosword]

I recon you have to be my age and be thankful anything survives, just hearing only a the simpleist distortion is only a memory!

[sportman41728]

Where's the jam? The song goes right from cold rain and snow to sitting on top of the world in less than a second. I have never heard this at any concert before.

[folkhippy]

The music does not match the film. I think it is just scratchy record tracks from their first studio album. They were playing New Potato Caboose during this part of the show. Jerry played a Guild Starfire till he switched to a black Les Paul Custom and Gold top seen here.

[Stagerli]

Great footage LOVE IT. Doesnt matter the music doesnt match . Very cool. Wonder what they were jamiing though

Having tons of fun. Phil laughing Mickey going nuts on the kit. Thanks

[motnotsla1]

Yes! Music and picture not matching?Sounds like the studio recording for their first album. The audio only has one drummer. The visuals are cool because the band looks a lot more animated than they were when I saw them circa late 70`s. So Jerry played a Guild back then?

[wellspout]

dudes, if one were to get technical, this footage is columbia for sure (far too many intellectuals milling about), whilst the music is same vintage, but not what they're playing visually, on film jerry is playing les paul but the cold rain and snow has whammy bar (guild), therefore it's wacky, but works...

[nooze7]

@wellspout

Yes the footage is definitely Columbia during student revolt. The audio is very good but from who_knows_where

[blizzfool]

this is old!

[ClueSign]

Hey I stand corrected -- this does look like Columbia!

[motnotsla]

I'm not sure, but it looks like a college campus / public square unlike any landmmarks I know of around Haight St. Also, I am assuming it's '68 - they've got both drummers - and the Columbia situation happened in '68. It's very interesting footage. It's upbeat but intense playing. You can hear that kind of energy on audio in the old recordings - but it's great to see how animated they are on film.

[ClueSign]

I watched this a couple more times and am convinced it must be Columbia -- due to the surprised reaction of the audience and its eclectic nature. In any event -- it's a gem and a delight. Much too urban to be Haight St,

[6749er]

It is Columbia 1968

[tiffanywiz]

Man, that is Smooth as Kentucky.

[laucian70]

holy shit...this footage IS fucking rare!

[motnotsla]

Nice glasses.

[willburr]

The girl at 0:30 is a riot...

[neondusk60]

the girl at 0:30 is your Grandmother now

[motnotsla]

could this be the Columbia University student take-over? I believe that was in '68 and I have heard The Dead played there during the protest.

[ClueSign]

This is Haight Street -- but that Columbia film is on YT, too.

[DoorofPerception60]

Oh wow! That was totally awesome footage! Thank you so much for posting!

[superkindonmymind]

pigpen looks like a man on his deathbed already

[twingats16]

That was awesome I wonder if the whole thing exists somewhere

[kinodikin]

from the greatest generation

[mountaineers233]

this is from the film "columbia revolt". the footage was shot on 5/3/68 at columbia univ. the audio is overdubbed from the studio version.

[brianm1314]

wow that was awesome, thanks for posting it man.

[sixstrings1966]

Hell Yeah! Now thats cool! Wish i could have been their!

[ELECTRICSHAMAN13]

I love there old stuff//GREAT POST

[LSommer]

looks like BGP archive stuff from the time stamp. Thanks!

[arebee0304]

How cool it that? I wonder what happened to the rest of the film, there must be more somewhere.

[davidaron]

gr8 footage. looks like columbia university?

[ThankYouJerryGarcia]

love it