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  • Brent was awesome. The day he died I knew my trip was over and I only saw a few more shows after that. That said I have been truly enjoying Furthur lately.

  • @rudyj2 You are so right. It was the beginning of the end. IMO the 80's, especially the latter years were the golden age of GD. Brent was the real deal on the ivories, Jerry was at the top of his game, the band was the tightest it had ever been. The good old days. Thanks for sharing

  • @otisflywheel420 Thumbs up! I saw 120 shows from '85 to '90. Forever Grateful for the time I spent with the boys.

  • In the vids with Brent you could see the respect and admiration in his eyes when he looks at Jerry =) AMAZING SHOWS and wish I could've been to at least one but I got as far as the parking lot at Soldiers Field (I want to say either 92' or 93') and that was just an epic party I will never forget! RIP JERRY AND BRENT =)

  • Brent was the best keyboardist they ever had and his presence was definitely missed in the last years. He gave Jerry the spark of inspiration over and over and truly created some of the most magical music of their entire performing career. RIP Brent. That said, Easy To Love You, Far From Me, Tons of Steel are some of the most abysmal pieces of crap I've ever had the displeasure of subjecting my ears to. He had a taste for bad 80s pop sadly.

    Also, I'd take Donna over Brent's singing any day...

  • @Kefka0630 Best keyboardist? YES. And come on, Tons of Steel and Blow Away are great tunes. I also like Donna's voice, as well as Vince and Brent. You say bad 80's pop I say he had a thing for songs that laid his personal life out for us to see and relate to. Either about his daughter or his relationship with his wife. He was a friend of mine....

  • @otisflywheel420 Blow Away is great, I will give you that. The passion put into that song really blows me away (pun intended). As for Donna, I was referring to '72-74 Donna where her vocals weren't bad in so far as her voice was bad, but she was completely off key 90% of the time. Brent's singing definitely grew on me though. When I first heard him singing I thought it was a cat being stepped on or something. Not tryin to ruffle feathers! It's all the dead to me. The music is love, spread it :)

  • Wow what an unexpectedly great performance! Brent brought a lot of energy and played off of Jerry very well, as well as Jerry played off of Brent! This is a stellar performance!

  • Brent was the bomb. Period. So unfortunate that he wasn't truly appreciated by the "real" heads through most of the 80s.

  • this is some big big sound! good good stuff!

  • Ah, one of my favorites!

  • Sorry to you Brent fans, I'll take Hornsby over Brent anytime. Vince was also better in my mind. Brent's voice was like chalk on a black-board. I'll never understand people who say he was a great vocalist, I'd always go for a walk when Brent started singing or howling. I did like Brent's playing though... no doubt!

  • @AndrewInKiev and what shows were you going to ???????? obviously not the same ones as me

  • @AndrewInKiev lol @ "chalk on a black-board"

  • Sorry to you Brent fans, I'll take Hornsby over Brent anytime. Vince was also better in my mind. Brent's voice was like chalk on a black-board. I'll never understand people who say he was a great vocalist, I'd always go for a walk when Brent started singing or howling. I did like Brent's playing though... no doubt!

  • These shows were so much fun! '89 was all rain & mud except DURING the shows! I loved it though b/c evaeryone in the lawn even was up & dancin =-) RIP BRENT!!

  • jerry and brent go googly eyed for eachother

  • @notmefuckingname FUCKIN HILARIOUS!

  • I was in the 12th row.Fucking awesome.We miss you Brent and Jerry.

  • god i fucking love alpine

  • SHORTS!!!!!!!!!!

  • I was actually at a couple of these shows in the Summer of '89. I had just graduated from High School, and was attending my Aunt's wedding in Chicago. I drove East Troy from Milwaukee for the first show (I was in Milwaukee visiting a family friend with my brother and mother), and then I was driven to another show a couple nights later by a part owner of the Chicago Bulls (another family friend). Brings back a lot of memories. :)

  • the brent tyear are the best

  • I was 20 yrs old at these with my buddies, traveled from NJ. The good times we're most definitely rolling!!!!

  • @rp1guy oh dont think that the Jersey shows did not rock i have met some of the most unique people there.

  • one thing i remember about this show was jerry not lookin down at tiger too much more listening to phil and brent wow phil was on fire this night

    and brent laid his soul out as usual

  • no one can make them ivorys jam and funk around together! man love them years clearly this touch heads favorites

  • Sadly this was one of the last shows the band played at Alpine due to the crowd problems.

  • Nothing like an Alpine Valley show!! Brent was amazing. Hey now friends, remember this show? We were there.

  • I was in the 12th row at this show.

  • i wish furthur would do this one

  • who are the 2 fools that disliked this video???

    we're gonna stay here till we sooth our soul, IF IT TAKES ALL NIGHT LONG!

    JERRRYYYYYYY

  • @djdaganator not their fault, just too stoned to hit the like button:)

  • fuckin' groovin'

  • i love me some dead

  • Oh boy, LTGTR, that was killer, love that song. The back drop looked familiar to me and then I spotted the venue and the year and remembered I was there! I don't remember which of the 3 or 4 nights it was, maybe opening night??? Either way, it was a great time and well missed. Thanks to who ever video taped it, attended and everyone who loves GD. Long live the music. Peace.

  • yes darkstar without brent to help them soar they were never quite the same

  • Is it me or is Bob one of the worse dressers that has ever fronted a band. Love his voice but the man had no fashion sense

  • The Mighty Grateful Dead!!

  • I GOT PLANS AND I GOT PLANS FOR YOU

  • mydland was feeling this song! gives me goosebumps everytime i hear it! "If it takes all night, if it takes all day, If it takes all fuckin day long, now c'mon, we gonna do it now, we gonna do it awwwwwwwwww!"

  • Alpine is a ski hill..and a music venue, golf course and resort. but, not to kill bleelacs buzz....the ski hill is behind the stage..this is the theatre which could be easily mistaken as as ski hill with enough of the "right stuff"... Still by far the best large outdoor venue to see a show from red rocks to the venues on the east coast..better than deer creek in my opinion..

  • Miss you Brent.

    20 years later, your voice still resonates with joy, hope, and ass kickin rock and roll.

  • im diggin bob's shorts

  • Alpine Valley is a ski run,so we were all out on the grass and hill since it was summer.people were dancing up in the air on the ski lifts.what a great day

  • I GOT PLANS, AND I GOT PLANS FOR YOU

  • why does phil always look so mad???

  • Is this the same show as "Downhill from here"?

  • @stuco yes

  • 1 brent you Sound AWESOME when You Go WAAAAA During All Night Long 2. Bob Weir I Love it when He Was Like ALL NIGHT LONG really high!!

  • great stuff

  • tee hee

  • Happy Memorial Day Jerry and Brent :)

  • The Grateful Dead is the best band to ever walk this earth[:

  • 1986 Alpine was my first show @ Alipne Valley, and was super tight show. Even the state cops were still cool then...sigh...people knew how to have fun and behave. Ask anyone at the Rosemont shows in 1989 how embarrassed I felt when they gave out flyers begging people to grow up and figure out how to act after acting like feral pigs about the grounds. my last show after that. got out of hand. RIP Jerry.

  • This is awesome!......Was at the Cap center when they first covered this song...I really miss Brent and Jerry..Long live THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @COPMMUSIC fuck off

  • Greatest Band of ALL the times -

  • i love the jerry and brent looks during FLAS

  • i love the jerry and brent looks during FLAS

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  • great start of the show...but cuts rite at the orgasm...still good shit though man

  • There's a couple of versions of this song that absolutely SUCK, but this is not one of them If you borrow someone's guitar, start playing this song You don't look like some loser playing a dumb song on someone else's guitar and you can really get everybody behind you with this one.

  • LOVE Brent! Miss ya :(

  • lost my virginity at this show during Blackbird :)

  • @gratefulbeco  that was you?

  • @muckstar23 what was me?

  • go brent go

  • i can't find any vid's from the 85' show i was at on you tube can anyone help me with that???

  • who wrote the song

  • @bartmatton sam cooke wrote it Bud!

  • thanks I love this song but I had know idea who wrote it

  • Mydland ,"If it takes all fuckin night long" What an amazing voice he had, just wish he wasn't such a bad alchoholic and treated himself a little better, Jerry as well. Miss You Brent & Jerry. Great Year 89 Though.

  • Who wears Short shorts? Bobby does!

  • Best concert ever only wish i was alive to see my dad did though and has the tapes Brent is amazing at singing

  • get in the groove... :D :D :D

  • So awesome but the sudden cut at the end while the jam is still going strong is painful! Always listening to the Grateful Dead and remembering being at shows, I am reminded of the words of Camille Saint-Saens apropos of Franz Liszt: "The memory of having heard him play consoles me for no longer being young."

  • Bobby did lots of shorts in the later shows, hahaha....must of thought he was in so cal most of the time huh?? really miss the shows and the togetherness we had!!

  • Godbless the Brent years. Dude had some pipes and fingers to spare. Iwish I had been old enough to enjoy 65-95 but only did not land on earth until 66. Those late 80's shows were good. People tell me I was luck to have seen as many shows (125-150) as I have so maybe I should be more thankful. Bless you Brent,Keith, and Vince. Most of all Pig and Jerry you were the start and the heart.

  • what a privilege it is to be watching this

  • haha midland is cool

  • Brent rules!!!

  • I'm so GRATEFUL for the few precious videos that we have - I think I miss the Mydland days the most - I was finally old enough to appreciate what we had I just wasn't able to comprehend that we wouldn't have it forever :(

  • RIP jerry

  • LOVE Jerry and Brent smiling at each other during Stranger! Damn I miss them!

  • come on baby let it roll long live the dead best

  • Silky silky crazy crazy night.

  • What in your opinion is the Best Feel Like a Stranger from the late 80's?

  • try 10/09/89 hampton coliseum its on you tube sums it up for me

  • i agree... hampton 10/9/89 is the best late 80s stranger ive come across so far. imho

  • The chemistry between Jerry and Brent is awesome here.

    Thanks for the video.

  • I was at this show.

    I stopped seeing the GD in 1991 because they couldn't play like this anymore. Junk will do that to you.

  • me too.

  • Wow this Alpine Valley 89 show is quite the performance.  One of the best of the 80's from what i can tell. Mydland clearly is the most gifted keyboard / vocalist / songwriter to have played with the band

  • @darkstar2181 true dat

    brent coming in the band made them that much better

  • @TNAisWWE I don't know man I love the Pig Pen years, changed the band for sure, but I don't know if they were better. Love both of them for different reasons.

  • @darkstar2181 shhaaaa yea right. the best vocalist/songwriter no way

  • well i think your not far from wrong but nobody beats pig, sorry.

  • @zendishwasher2 how pigpen was a mediocre keyboardist at best when he was play9ing..he was more of a presence...but he wanted a blues band and jerry took the band from him and changed it into what we love...the old pig was better line is a just a way for you old washed up hgippie to sound cool but not from a musicial point of view

  • thanks for the memories brent, you made my shows!!!

  • @mrafferty74

    yep miss Brent amazing the groove never get's old

  • 3:40 is so brent haha

  • wow!!!! brents singing is the cats ass!! great show thanks for the video.

  • one of the deads all time bests. brent was easily the best keyboardist. great vocals

  • how do i express the love and gratitude1 way and one way only kindness its my jubilaton music

  • OMG saw 'em May 7th in Colorado, Feel Like A Stranger was opening song. Was absolutely amazing. Truly not the same w/o Jerry though.

  • i was at that show!

    it was amazing

  • me 2

  • Not the same at all...but damn good! I was at the Forum and the second Shoreline show

    :)

  • it doesn't get better than this!! Brent's lead vocals at 1:15 definitely the highlight of the song for me

  • same

  • cutting it off before the end is lame - why not divide the songs and make two vids?

  • i remember camping 4 nights there, right close to the entrance...made for some good tent parties after the show...i must say the valley was my fav place to watch jerry and the boys...god i miss those days...seemed like no matter what was going on, you could always look foward to the next tour...i used to think id be seeing jerry rolled out in a wheel chair to play, and id be in one also with my grandkids lol... miss you Jerry

  • I think the grateful dead's best year was 1989!

  • amazing dancing in my house now and just wishing we could all get one more chance to have it like this again!! the best

  • Brent's smile at 5:57

  • Going to be in Greensboro!

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  • Brent!

  • Shit, Bobby might as well be wearing a thong...love the guy, though...

  • This opener sends a chill down my spine every time I hear the opening notes

    It is unlikely we'll ever see magic in our lifetime like this again

    Got my ticket for Cinco De Mayo at the venue formerly known as the Rosemont Horizon and hoping for the best, but nonetheless will have a great time seeing the boys together again!!

  • Stranger @ 4:29

  • sounds good-great

  • i was there too

  • these lyrics are so powerfull

  • I was at this show taping in the lawn.

    This is from a dvd called DOWN HILL FROM HERE. I cant believe its 20 years ago.

    The Grateful dead in the 1980s were at

    top of thier game and we all thank them for it.

    Just remember when things look at thier worst,

    PLAY DEAD.

    R.I.P

    JERRY,BRENT,PIGPEN,KEITH,VINCE

  • Turn on your lovelight, brother!

  • Yea, I was this show also. Mad, crazy times ! Best SOUNDING show I've ever been to !

  • i was there. amazing show. one of my favorites

  • I was there too!

  • isn't this one of the view from the vaults? three rivers, maybe?

  • alpine valley wisconsin

  • Thanks for posting..out of 77 shows this one ranked in the top 5....great times..Dead 09'!!

  • this vid always cheers me up, thanks for posting!

  • Hey- Thanks for the video. It's been so long now since Jerry passed. Nice to see the band having fun. I think they played some of their best shows in '89. The Greek shows come to mind, one night they played a "Foolish Heart" encore. That was a great show, worth finding a copy of.

    After Brent left us, well, it was just different. Good and bad. The new live sound system was amazing as was J's new guitar. Incredible live sound.

    Bobby's shorts? A different fashion era.

  • sooooothing! thanks for the post.

  • Man brent could set the tempo for SOMEHTING SPECIAL! IF IT TALKES ALL F NING NIGHT LONG!

  • nice makes me happy good times Kuipo42 made me think about being a kid again ty brother

  • bobby put some pants on!!! obscene!!  love the song and the dead

  • forgive me ,but how old did bobby turn on the 16th

  • 61 i think

  • The dead were around for thirty years. Fuck def leppard

  • this sums up what i feel about def leppard

    watch this "whineburger and french cries"

  • hahah

  • Man you really are a dick. does it matter how many drummers there are? Its what we like. Thats why they were around for 30 YEARS! Fuck one armed drummers or shit, and if you dont like them then WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU WATCHING IT ON HERE??

  • Man you dnt need to get all offensive. Musicc is all an opinin, in my opinion the Dead were and will forever be the most amazing and magical live band. I never had the pleasure to see them with Jerry but I have seen the newer stuff and Im a dead head. The sounds radiating from their music just made you get lost in the moment and it was for certain pople not everyone. But Then people have to become all nasty twoards deadheads for no reason w have our ow opinions. And if they were shit yd u go?

  • One of my top 5 favorite all time performances by the Dead (this song). I've seen 20+ shows at Alpine, but never The Dead (only "The OtherOnes"). This woulda been such an awesome 1st set opener!

    Thanks for posting.

  • formulatwo3, or mugato? take the balls out ur ass, and quit raving your sissy-faggot fashion opinion to ppl.

    admit it, you just don'[t know what you're talking about. its cool, we know. we understand ppl like you. its not your fault you're so gay, its the way your mommy and daddy raised you. or whatever they did... GO HEADS!!!!

  • This obviously must your first time listening to the dead, to make a statement as stupid as that.

  • This opener is actually called just "Good Times." It was written and performed originally by the late Sam Cooke. Cook took it to number 11 on the pop charts in June, 1964.

    The songs made it into the rock idiom when the Rolling Stones covered it in 1965 on their "Out of Our Heads" album as a tribute to Cooke, who had been recently murdered.

    A quick search through one of the many Dead sites should reveal if it's on Dick's Picks.

  • fashion sense ? seriously ?

  • no its not cause during jams one plays precussion and the ohter plays rythym. its like having two guitarists

  • formula1two3: you are soo out of your league with your last comment. i can only imagine to guess what you listen too...the grateful dead is and will always be the the finest touring act EVER!!! you suck balls, and you offer nothing but negative mindless critisizm. comment about stuff you know about, like fashion. faggot.

  • shut up stupid, this is dead.

  • yes alpine vally, for sure

  • brent is the fucking man

  • Brent RULES!

  • uh i read where this was from AFTER i posted.....

  • where was this show ?

  • shorline

  • NOO Alpine! i have the video.

  • Are u lazy? and wn't look at the descri[tion

  • AHHHH just in the middle of the jam the 10 min cutoff

    I need to get this DVD so bad.

    Thanks for the post.

  • gota luv the short shorts! yarrr! get in the grooooooveee...n let the goood times roooll! always! weir herrrre!

  • you tube donnt do this band good. the concerts are so long its almost impossible to have a song under 10 minutes

  • hey now... just wanted to thank you for this posting. this was my first show.

  • Is this at Carson, Ca on that dry and dusty soccer field?

  • Looks like Alpine Valley, with the arched pavilion, green trees and steep hill. Best venue in the world!!

  • oh yeah i wish i could have went to a show,to bad im a child of another generation,but i still love the clasics.

  • I was at the show and listened to tapes directly after the show and for YEARS after. Still am. This is Alpine '89, NO QUESTION.

  • One thing to add, the vid my not go to the audio. I don't remember all the tapestries or the people on the side.

  • I think Sam Cooke wrote this song.

  • who wrote this song originally?

    this dvd is killer, definetly worth buying

  • I'm pretty sure Louis Jordan wrote the tune in the 1940's.

  • Does anybody know if you can this tune on a Dicks Pick or any boot out there? I am getting the kids into this stuff and they really like this one.

  • you're a good parent