Yep late 70s coke induced Dead. Always nice to see Jerry play with energy. It's rare to see him play with THIS much energy from any time period. Sad that within five years Jerry would stand onstage like a statue, the band's energy fed off of Jerry. Though from the dark period 83-85 there are some good performances, it's just seeing it (if it's videoed) or just knowing how bad Jerry was during that period taints it in a way. But there are some stellar shows from his worst depths into H.
Absolutely agree with other comments about coke - love the level of Jerry's energy and ear to ear smiles throughout the show. Check out the windmilling during Truckin' and the energy in Bertha!
You know, I love Jerry to death, so to speak, but it is just incredibly sad how many of the comments here are about what kind of drugs he was or was not on at this show.
@nlandess Jerry had no qualms about it, neither should you. I am a guitar player and it is completely true that certain drugs will have an impact on how you play.
@casualtySR I think you are missing my point here. I play music and am well aware the effect mood-altering substances can have on a performance. But the fact that it is the first thing people associate with a particularly animated performance - as opposed to him perhaps just naturally being in a good mood - is, to me, "incredibly sad." I am not trying to rain on anyone's parade. It just strikes me as regrettable he can't just be very happy, he has to be very high.
@nlandess shrug.. judging by all accounts of the time period with the band it's most likely true...a combination of both at least. don't be sad about it though, it is what it is.
Yeah, right, stick w/the coke, Jer, what r u crazy? "the coke" was a huge part of his problem. This is just a look at the guy BEFORE it became a huge problem. It blows my mind that so many of the deadheads out there never even saw this Jerry, the real Jerry Garcia. He had disappeared inside a drug induced shell that allowed him to continue supporting this gigantic jugernaut called the Grateful Dead. He didn't want all his friends to loose their great jobs and rich lives.
@blakester1957 Just curious - but where are you getting that info from? One of the biographies or something? I was jsut curious. And what happened when it actually became a huge problem? I hadn't read much about his coke problem, only the heroin, which seems to have become the popular focus and I am suspect about a lot of that mystique (the whole "dude! he went to egypt and smoked persian and became addicted!" etc.).
I saw Jerry hundreds of times between 1977 and 1995 and I NEVER saw him do anything like this! Not ever close. Those of you who went to shows know exactly what I'm saying! This is completely and utterly unexpected !
PURE MAGIC : HOT BAND + HI-SO/HI-INTELLECTUAL/HIGH-SPIRITED-CAMERON
CROWD . EAST -COAST -BERKLEY . THESE KIDS KNEW HOW TO PARTY-GRATEFUL-STYLE.THEY KNEW HOW TO ELICIT A RESPONSE FROM GD PLAYERS . A STUDENT BODY W/THE COLLECTIVE INTELLECT OF A MENSA CONVENTION CAN MAKE THINGS MOVE AND SHAKE. THEY GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORTH THIS NIGHT,4SURE. AND LOTS OF REALLY CLEAN DOSE
AROUND DURHAM/CHAPEL -HILL IN '78-'79. REALLY CLEAN-FUN-UP-STYLE
DOSE . SHIT ,I'M GETTIN'MISTY . I LOVE THE SCENE , MAN .
I saw the Dead 81 times with Jerry, I was at the show the night before this one at WIlliam & Mary, Trust me, in his life Jerry was never this animated and mobile. There musta been something in the water....
I dig this clip a lot! Jerry seems to be having a blast!! Always nice to catch some late 70's dead! I'm not saying that 80's dead isn't bad but jerry seems more energenic during the 70s might be the drugs but whatever diggin the clip! Wish i was there! Totally born in the wrong generation!
Why can't people just enjoy the clip, instead of feeding us their bullsh*t opinion about what drugs they might or might not have been on... just dig the clip!
Hot, just all around hot... best US Blues "I've" ever seen. And I've seen a couple of 'em. Wish, actually, I could of seen this show a Duke (didn't start seen them till 85 though, oh well). Just has a great feel to it. They are all going off!
Was there some bet going on as to who could be the bigger Rock Star for the evening? I gotta say, they are gettin' it pretty good there, and then Phil the Orchestra Master directs traffic. Great stuff. Sorry about Donna Jean getting lost in Bobby's bellbottoms.
I have slightly different take on that... The "do your own thing" model proved to be Jerry's demise. we should have all cared enough to let him or anyone else who is hurting themselves to that degree know of our concern. We ALL basically watched him kill himself slowly. To this day i will not pass up the chance to reach out and help an addict. I miss him too much.....
I acknowledge the drug use, but it doesn't always have to be about drugs. Sometimes as a performer, you just feel it. The band is FEELING IT and just completely cranked on it on this night. So fun to watch.
@pcrowley384 Yeah most definately agree with this statement. It's weird but if I refer to the Dead and drugs it's usually the ones that I was on, or unfortunately discussing the pitfalls of a heavier use....... But I don't think I've really ever said "yeah these guys are high and loving every minute of it", but this was a feel good and FUN performance and one that I haven't seen from them often. They still found a way to amaze me. I'm diehard Panic (R.I.P Mikey) but homage to the masters!
Very cool video, first show for me was New Haven Ct May 5,1977, the 77-79 run of GD was the best!!! Thanx fir sharing this, seeing Jer so energenic is almost strange.... the only time I caught him dancing around like that was at the '79 Rochester NY show where he did a "Chuck Berry" stroll across the stage, talk about an incredible nite!!!!
My ex went to this show and said she got hit in the head with a frisbee before the show. That's why I checked out the show to see if it was on YouTube. Funny to look back on this. Bob sported a DUKE shirt on an album cover I believe, too. (I am quite sure someone is going to get all Wikipedia like on me and tell me exactly what album cover that was, but what the hey!)
@hjp11222003 , At roosevelt stadium I saw a asshole fling a wine bottle into the crowd! I don't know if it got anyone, but I still cringe at the thought of it! Anyway, your ex is a lucky lady if you know what I mean!
This is The Dead at their best. They are having fun and tripping their total brains out, The Mothership is going Full Tilt Boogie this night. The best Dead era -75 to 83 or so, before the heroin got to Jerry. Then they had a good run from 87 to 91. I logged in over 30 shows from 82 to 93, so I missed this version of the Dead. Like I have always said, the best and worst music shows I have ever seen were The Dead.
I saw 170 shows from '77 to '95 and I never, and I mean never saw Jer come anything close to this!!! I mean the "fist pump" at Hartford in '87 was big news back then! (Check out the Satisfaction from D.C. in July of '86 right before the coma....Jerry comments about Bob DURING the song and the solo that follows are very cool...Also, the Sug. Mag. from Meriweather Post Pav. in '83= very funny stuff!!!!!!!)
I have seen over 100 GD shows, cannot recall Jerry ever being this energetic, and if you look at the rest of the guys they are ALL on. This show was exactly one year before I was introduced to the band. Timing is everything i guess.
Yeah it sucks becoming a deadhead now because you know you have NO chance of seeing them live. But then again at least all the other guys in the band still tour, it's better than nothing. I'm hoping to see The Dead or Further sometime before I die dammit! BTW def. never seen Jerry move this much and I've been watching lost of Dead clips on youtube. Even in the late 60's, I've never seen footage of Jerry being so animated. This must've been a hot show.
Anyone remember those Foxboro shows in July in the mid to late eighties? Hearing this song made it TRULY THE 4TH OF FUCKIN SUMMER !! Steal ya wife baby....steel ya wife
i really wish i was alive when the dead had shows like this. i became a deadhead about 2 years ago and did not pick it up from my parents. they never went to a dead show when they were younger and it really sucks knowing that i never will either. i would do anything to see one of jerrys jams live. at least phish is around and i can go to those. theyre alot of fun but u cant really compare it to a grateful dead show
damn i wish i was 18 during these times... this is real music.... name me one group that does this kind of stuff anymore.... the mid 60's to late 70's were the shit if you were there. this is the shit
@pjp729 , He should have laid off both! Just think how much better his playing would have gotten if he did! It blows my mind to think about it! Nobody's saying you can't get high, but at least try to be a little more moderate about it! Anyway, I often wonder about that. It's all history now of course.
@MrSharkey11 I wish people could just lay off jerry and the way he lived his life christ none of you have contributed 1/1000000 the good he did....and all we do is boo hoo hoo the end sell out 8k plus shows then talk smack....no offense to you sharky just needed a spot to write
@Toppersbazaar , That's not exactly true, I think any real person contributes what they can to make a difference to the human condition. In reality it all boils down to service,and nothing but! It's true that jerry gave much of himself in the music that touched all of our lives,he performed a great service to humanity! He laid his soul on the funeral pyre of true art and in the end it consumed him.I think any true person tries to leave some mark of goodness on the world before they are no more
These guys provided a "defining relationship" for me & it has stuck with me all the years of my life. Thank you Grateful Dead & Gratefulvideo for posting this. This music & memories of those days have kept me going through thick & thin. AND THE MUSIC... JUST ROCKS.
Ahhh, gettin my fix of this bad ass version, this reminds me of the Stagger Lee from the Egypt dvd for the boisterous vocals not to mention performance.
ah i was there, three weeks before my youngest was born ,i stood a bit farther back from the stage thinking he wouldnt be as affected by the sound lol hes a death metal musican and composer now, i shoulda known better lol lol
@LSDISGOOD4U straight outta B'more. Twenty years later the shit was still following the same path. SO many colleges concentrated in one relatively small triangle that coke becomes a "must have" item.
Truly a UNIQUE version of U.S. Blues, glad it was caught on video cuz no one would fully believe an accurate description of the boys on-stage antics that night!
My first show was a year later 5/6/79 Broome Cty Arena, Binghampton, NY. It was hotter than a mo-fo inside that place. I was standing right in front of Jerry, he looked awful.. pale, weak, sweating...I really didn't think he was long for this earth. Glad I got 16 good years with the man!
@bigriverbum: Thanks for the insights. It sure is fun to see the band so energetic. I really like this '78 show at Duke. Its great to have the milky old vid of the show.
the reason the boys were so animated and "rocking out" during this song is because the people running the venue were dicks to them. telling them they couldn't play so long, had better not encourage "the pot" smoking and other sh*t. so the band decided they'd try and work the crowd into a frenzy and piss off the promoters. i'd say they did their jobs
not to mention this is probably one of the sickest us blues ive ever seen, the whole band is just so animated and on there game, billy poundin on his set like no tomorrow, jerry windmillin, and even jumpin, bobby being bobby, phil with a huge smile, doesnt come better than this
well, w/o reading any other comments, this was a big cocaine era for the dead, and jer was flying high durin this one, no doubt, yes high energy as well, but jerrys just so out of control.... rock and roll BAND!! STEAL YO WIFE@@@@ def some coc pre this encore, nevertheless, the grateful dead with or without drugs is the best thing ever to happen with music..
The Dead at Rothbury 2009 were spectacular beyond belief.. you have no idea what you missed.. & I miss the crap out of Jerry too, but I could go to a show like the Dead's at Rothbury any given day of the week.. They did US Blues as an encore.
you missed out on the real thing ,..rothbury was one of those rare nights when it all clicked even without jerry ,..its all about the energy and it was there at rothbury try and find someone who was really there to dispute it
This is so hilarious, what a beaut this guy was. Just a treat to see him having such a blast. If Ralph Kramden had played guitar, this is what it woulda looked like.
Nothing beats them ol' U.S. Blues at a live show. Man Jerry was dancing all over this one! "Careful folks, or we'll have to call the fire marshal on ya!" hehehe
Sorry, this is a smoker... no ifs ands or butts. I may be wrong but it seemed to me Jerry was maybe coked up but if he was chasing he didn't have that explosive emotion, but the subtlety. Like radio city dvd, he's toasted but plays such sweet versions whereas here he may be straight or maybe the extra energy is coke but it aint his heroin. Love this version, love 78 more and more.
Not that I need to defend myself but it seems I didn't adequately explain my point in the above post. I was responding to the guy below, "bryceschmidt" about the cocaine. I never even thought about it until I read the comment. I watch this video every month or two because it gets me off so much to see his energy and the band just exploding. So read his comment and then read mine and maybe it will make a little more sense, maybe not. It certaintly wasn't even negative.
This was on my Mom's 36th bday, and for a change I can look at this & remember where I was at the time...I was 7 yrs old & we were having a Pool party at our house in San Diego, CA. My Mom & Dad were Cops at the time & they were some of the biggest partiers on the planet! LOL This was the night my oldest sis was sippin off everyone's drinks and she ended up pukin on the rug in the hallway. LOL Talk about bein caught! The house wreaked for a week after that! Ahh memories! :)
Someone must have slipped Jerry something in his Coke? Isn't this around the time he started speedballing with heroine and speed? Jerry's the gratest!!
Jerry's animated here...btw... I'm raising awareness about the Chinese Communist Party persecution of 70 million Falun Gong spiritual practitioners for 10 years in China. They are put in slave-labor camps, forced to make stuff sold here. A 2009 UN report said vital organs are even taken from them and sold on the black market. Falun Gong practitioners are peaceful, not terrorists. China is a country where all the jobs are going, remember? The media doesn't cover it. It must stop. Thanks.
I don't like this version at all. Jerry's obviously on cocaine or something as others have alluded to. Jerry acting like this seems weird and almost wrong in my opinion, it's not in the spirit of the Grateful Dead or himself. Jerry is a musician, not a Rock Star in the general sense of the word, but he's acting here like all the mainstream rockers of the time that he desperately did NOT want to be. This performance seems like a regression to me; it's almost embarrassing to listen to.
What? All I'm saying is that if you compare this performance to other U.S. Blues where Jerry was not coked up, there's a clear difference. I'm not broadly attacking Jerry, I'm attacking his decision to do coke before a show. To ME, it's like someone you really respect and admire (a serious musician) acting like an idiot because his drug use, on this particular night, got a little out of control... I want Jerry's liveliness to go into his music, not into his yelling. And on coke it can't happen.
He's not even going "that nuts". I mean can't Jerry have some fun once in awhile? If Pete Townshend acted like this on stage at the same time they woudl have said he was too mellow.
bryc I go back to Warlock Days in 1965. Before they changed their name. I'm from SFBay saw him only as we could all the years I did I know I don't have a clue what he took or didn't this night so wonder WHY you THINK you know? Not Spirt of GD? I watched him do a High Steppen Chuck Berry Duck Walk all the way across a flat-bed truck stage in Golden Gate Park 41 years ago for Free & just the Fun of it. This Rocks! How bout he's having a good time?
I know that Jerry hated Reagan from the first time he ran for Governor, and I know that he was apalled when Reagan emerged almost unscathed from the Iran-Contra scandal.Jerry also voiced opposition to the "Desert Storm" operation. Since everything that the US has subsequently done to Iraq is an outgrowth of Reagan's covert Iran policy, I have little doubt that Garcia would be outraged at the most recent invasion and occupation of Iraq..
I miss Jerry. If we tap our heals together three times can we go back?
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pacsk8lax 4 months ago
woweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
jneesan11 4 months ago
"US Blues" isn't my favorite Dead tune by any means - BUT THIS ONE IS FANTASTIC! Do my eyes deceive me, or was Jerry actually humping the Wolf?
eehmarie 5 months ago
Can feel the energy threw my computer speakers!!!!
doodahman1970 5 months ago
Great rock.
larryisfine 5 months ago
Cocaine is one helluva drug
matthewshelvey 5 months ago
Rock and Roll live to the limit. Great song with great guitars,percussions and vocals.
larryisfine 6 months ago
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fuck you all go to hell
nnasser007 6 months ago
WOW jerry !!!!
TheYankees2300 6 months ago
Haha, awesome.
Shotgunnova 7 months ago
This one goes out to - ME! hahaha.
tpodgwaite 7 months ago
Yep late 70s coke induced Dead. Always nice to see Jerry play with energy. It's rare to see him play with THIS much energy from any time period. Sad that within five years Jerry would stand onstage like a statue, the band's energy fed off of Jerry. Though from the dark period 83-85 there are some good performances, it's just seeing it (if it's videoed) or just knowing how bad Jerry was during that period taints it in a way. But there are some stellar shows from his worst depths into H.
Gossage54 7 months ago
Knock out song. Jerry in great form.
larryisfine 7 months ago
Question: How can anyone "dislike" a Grateful Dead music video?
Even poor video quality is better than none at all!
OHNOTHIMAGEN1 7 months ago
Nice Version...Jerry Smilin' cool
gratefulmule 7 months ago
2:44 SCARY JERRY!
wharfrat10 8 months ago
Does OSAMA HAVE THE U.S BLUES ???
TheYankees2300 9 months ago
@TheYankees2300
Osama? LMAO!!!
OHNOTHIMAGEN1 7 months ago
wave that flag, Osama's dead!
itstristanyo 9 months ago
Thank you Duke film school or whomever shot this!
jimsgreenberg 9 months ago
Absolutely agree with other comments about coke - love the level of Jerry's energy and ear to ear smiles throughout the show. Check out the windmilling during Truckin' and the energy in Bertha!
jimsgreenberg 9 months ago
Encore ?
kocean1 9 months ago
@kocean1 Yes!
gratefulvideo 9 months ago
Raw dead. Jerry with the red shirt on perhaps. Excellent
larryisfine 9 months ago
HOLY S H I T !!!! That was freaking awesome. I need to hear the rest of that one. The Grateful Dead are the world's greatest rock and roll band.
TurnerBurnerSRQ 10 months ago 2
You know, I love Jerry to death, so to speak, but it is just incredibly sad how many of the comments here are about what kind of drugs he was or was not on at this show.
nlandess 10 months ago
@nlandess Jerry had no qualms about it, neither should you. I am a guitar player and it is completely true that certain drugs will have an impact on how you play.
casualtySR 7 months ago
@casualtySR I think you are missing my point here. I play music and am well aware the effect mood-altering substances can have on a performance. But the fact that it is the first thing people associate with a particularly animated performance - as opposed to him perhaps just naturally being in a good mood - is, to me, "incredibly sad." I am not trying to rain on anyone's parade. It just strikes me as regrettable he can't just be very happy, he has to be very high.
nlandess 7 months ago
@nlandess shrug.. judging by all accounts of the time period with the band it's most likely true...a combination of both at least. don't be sad about it though, it is what it is.
casualtySR 7 months ago
Most people will never understand this pure expression of power. Damn I feel lucky.
casualtySR 10 months ago
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YOU KNOW IT!!!!
rubyrose456 10 months ago
rockin
MrLeavs 10 months ago
Yeah, right, stick w/the coke, Jer, what r u crazy? "the coke" was a huge part of his problem. This is just a look at the guy BEFORE it became a huge problem. It blows my mind that so many of the deadheads out there never even saw this Jerry, the real Jerry Garcia. He had disappeared inside a drug induced shell that allowed him to continue supporting this gigantic jugernaut called the Grateful Dead. He didn't want all his friends to loose their great jobs and rich lives.
blakester1957 10 months ago
@blakester1957 Just curious - but where are you getting that info from? One of the biographies or something? I was jsut curious. And what happened when it actually became a huge problem? I hadn't read much about his coke problem, only the heroin, which seems to have become the popular focus and I am suspect about a lot of that mystique (the whole "dude! he went to egypt and smoked persian and became addicted!" etc.).
MrGrevy 10 months ago
I saw Jerry hundreds of times between 1977 and 1995 and I NEVER saw him do anything like this! Not ever close. Those of you who went to shows know exactly what I'm saying! This is completely and utterly unexpected !
jdeweyhs 11 months ago
Jerry's on some kick ass shit.............
andy23822 11 months ago
3:15-3:40. WOW! ENERGY BOMB
pongosgroove5 11 months ago
PURE MAGIC : HOT BAND + HI-SO/HI-INTELLECTUAL/HIGH-SPIRITED-CAMERON
CROWD . EAST -COAST -BERKLEY . THESE KIDS KNEW HOW TO PARTY-GRATEFUL-STYLE.THEY KNEW HOW TO ELICIT A RESPONSE FROM GD PLAYERS . A STUDENT BODY W/THE COLLECTIVE INTELLECT OF A MENSA CONVENTION CAN MAKE THINGS MOVE AND SHAKE. THEY GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORTH THIS NIGHT,4SURE. AND LOTS OF REALLY CLEAN DOSE
AROUND DURHAM/CHAPEL -HILL IN '78-'79. REALLY CLEAN-FUN-UP-STYLE
DOSE . SHIT ,I'M GETTIN'MISTY . I LOVE THE SCENE , MAN .
Mr31760 1 year ago
Jerry seemed like he had a great night. Go Jerr!!
cvmm428 1 year ago
Grate rendition...! ;-)
kewlbreez 1 year ago
I saw the Dead 81 times with Jerry, I was at the show the night before this one at WIlliam & Mary, Trust me, in his life Jerry was never this animated and mobile. There musta been something in the water....
MWLUCKY 1 year ago
I dig this clip a lot! Jerry seems to be having a blast!! Always nice to catch some late 70's dead! I'm not saying that 80's dead isn't bad but jerry seems more energenic during the 70s might be the drugs but whatever diggin the clip! Wish i was there! Totally born in the wrong generation!
tomheuchan1234 1 year ago
Why can't people just enjoy the clip, instead of feeding us their bullsh*t opinion about what drugs they might or might not have been on... just dig the clip!
Zepster77 1 year ago
Jerry on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MrEconline 1 year ago
"Give me five! I'm still alive! Ain't no luck, I learned to duck!" I hear that... haha.
soul0luos 1 year ago
Hot, just all around hot... best US Blues "I've" ever seen. And I've seen a couple of 'em. Wish, actually, I could of seen this show a Duke (didn't start seen them till 85 though, oh well). Just has a great feel to it. They are all going off!
justlike2399 1 year ago
Run your,steal your wife!
deadheaddion 1 year ago
is it just me or is everyone here really on their shit? flawless
never done blow but i imagine this is what its like
TheShampow44 1 year ago
I am uncle sam, that's who I am!
jebstertolston 1 year ago
Was there some bet going on as to who could be the bigger Rock Star for the evening? I gotta say, they are gettin' it pretty good there, and then Phil the Orchestra Master directs traffic. Great stuff. Sorry about Donna Jean getting lost in Bobby's bellbottoms.
shipofthesun 1 year ago
Jumpin' Jerry!!! I play this when my spirits need lifting.
guitarvocs 1 year ago
It was a helluva show.
tarheelu4ia 1 year ago
I'm gonna steal your WIFE!!!! lol....I think that's the cocaine talking ;)
bennyvega100 1 year ago
An epic leap! Always nice to see a happy and uncharacteristically energetic Jerry Garcia, video has made me smile each time I have watched it.
sgkleone 1 year ago
The REAL THING only comes along every so often.
Jerry LIVES. His music keeps him alive in our hearts and minds.
PEACE
GBZ10TROY 1 year ago
I have slightly different take on that... The "do your own thing" model proved to be Jerry's demise. we should have all cared enough to let him or anyone else who is hurting themselves to that degree know of our concern. We ALL basically watched him kill himself slowly. To this day i will not pass up the chance to reach out and help an addict. I miss him too much.....
SanFranciscoVoice 1 year ago
Summer's not the same without Jerry
RIP
Raoul33 1 year ago
wave that flag!!!
smacygra 1 year ago
lyrics, what lyrics?
elkhartmartin 1 year ago
i was at this show. house lights on , we danced we laughed we cried hilarity ensued.
babzc 1 year ago
I acknowledge the drug use, but it doesn't always have to be about drugs. Sometimes as a performer, you just feel it. The band is FEELING IT and just completely cranked on it on this night. So fun to watch.
pcrowley384 1 year ago 4
@pcrowley384 Yeah most definately agree with this statement. It's weird but if I refer to the Dead and drugs it's usually the ones that I was on, or unfortunately discussing the pitfalls of a heavier use....... But I don't think I've really ever said "yeah these guys are high and loving every minute of it", but this was a feel good and FUN performance and one that I haven't seen from them often. They still found a way to amaze me. I'm diehard Panic (R.I.P Mikey) but homage to the masters!
ThePanicHawkeye 3 months ago
Jerry is AMPED! lol!
thnksno 1 year ago
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLAYING OF OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM... 0:04
gtz1975 1 year ago 2
Sound on this is amazing! Rocking my comuter speakers! Thanks for posting.
doodahman1970 1 year ago
Very cool video, first show for me was New Haven Ct May 5,1977, the 77-79 run of GD was the best!!! Thanx fir sharing this, seeing Jer so energenic is almost strange.... the only time I caught him dancing around like that was at the '79 Rochester NY show where he did a "Chuck Berry" stroll across the stage, talk about an incredible nite!!!!
Bssgrl 1 year ago
no junk no soul. h is a harsh mistress
kylenlucy 1 year ago
I hightly doubt Jerry was doing much coke in those days you retards.
xKeVyOx 1 year ago
@xKeVyOx Yeah, it's not like any rock bands were doing coke in the late 70s! Don't be silly!
Schmoedipus 1 year ago
@xKeVyOx LOL 78 was like the height of jerry's coke usage get with it man
PinkFloydrulez 1 year ago
i have never seen jerry move so much
lazulitooth 1 year ago
you gotta love dancing Jerry!
ritachentaipei 1 year ago
jerry kicks ass
BetePete 1 year ago
Is Jer havin a blast playing this tune....'78 was a good year!
socalvoice 1 year ago
My ex went to this show and said she got hit in the head with a frisbee before the show. That's why I checked out the show to see if it was on YouTube. Funny to look back on this. Bob sported a DUKE shirt on an album cover I believe, too. (I am quite sure someone is going to get all Wikipedia like on me and tell me exactly what album cover that was, but what the hey!)
hjp11222003 1 year ago
@hjp11222003 , At roosevelt stadium I saw a asshole fling a wine bottle into the crowd! I don't know if it got anyone, but I still cringe at the thought of it! Anyway, your ex is a lucky lady if you know what I mean!
MrSharkey11 1 year ago
This is The Dead at their best. They are having fun and tripping their total brains out, The Mothership is going Full Tilt Boogie this night. The best Dead era -75 to 83 or so, before the heroin got to Jerry. Then they had a good run from 87 to 91. I logged in over 30 shows from 82 to 93, so I missed this version of the Dead. Like I have always said, the best and worst music shows I have ever seen were The Dead.
rhynohyni 1 year ago
I saw 170 shows from '77 to '95 and I never, and I mean never saw Jer come anything close to this!!! I mean the "fist pump" at Hartford in '87 was big news back then! (Check out the Satisfaction from D.C. in July of '86 right before the coma....Jerry comments about Bob DURING the song and the solo that follows are very cool...Also, the Sug. Mag. from Meriweather Post Pav. in '83= very funny stuff!!!!!!!)
jdeweyhs 1 year ago
I have seen over 100 GD shows, cannot recall Jerry ever being this energetic, and if you look at the rest of the guys they are ALL on. This show was exactly one year before I was introduced to the band. Timing is everything i guess.
tennesseejed69 1 year ago
Yeah it sucks becoming a deadhead now because you know you have NO chance of seeing them live. But then again at least all the other guys in the band still tour, it's better than nothing. I'm hoping to see The Dead or Further sometime before I die dammit! BTW def. never seen Jerry move this much and I've been watching lost of Dead clips on youtube. Even in the late 60's, I've never seen footage of Jerry being so animated. This must've been a hot show.
rawkus1167 1 year ago
enuf dopey drug references...it was like breathing...Mars Hotel was a great American apex for this band
dalidivinci 1 year ago
Anyone remember those Foxboro shows in July in the mid to late eighties? Hearing this song made it TRULY THE 4TH OF FUCKIN SUMMER !! Steal ya wife baby....steel ya wife
nebnis81 1 year ago
@nebnis81 7/4/87...crazy hot, as I recall. One of my favorite times at a show. Not fade away!
mudcatbluez 1 year ago
i really wish i was alive when the dead had shows like this. i became a deadhead about 2 years ago and did not pick it up from my parents. they never went to a dead show when they were younger and it really sucks knowing that i never will either. i would do anything to see one of jerrys jams live. at least phish is around and i can go to those. theyre alot of fun but u cant really compare it to a grateful dead show
manofthebass7 1 year ago 3
Superb. I've never seen Jerry move so much. (I was an 80's head)
webgeek6 1 year ago
damn i wish i was 18 during these times... this is real music.... name me one group that does this kind of stuff anymore.... the mid 60's to late 70's were the shit if you were there. this is the shit
wtractor024 1 year ago 4
@wtractor024
one word phish.........
clapt0nisgod13 1 year ago
true... but still not the "magic" of jerry
wtractor024 1 year ago
@wtractor024 Widespread panic.
SuperAlexkol 6 months ago
wow, I remember this! I was a junior at Duke in 1978 and attended this concert!
Neuroslicer 1 year ago
f&ck yeah! best ever motha's who don't think so!
grateful1nate 1 year ago
Jer should have stayed with the coke and laid off the H!!
pjp729 1 year ago 27
@pjp729 , He should have laid off both! Just think how much better his playing would have gotten if he did! It blows my mind to think about it! Nobody's saying you can't get high, but at least try to be a little more moderate about it! Anyway, I often wonder about that. It's all history now of course.
MrSharkey11 1 year ago
@MrSharkey11 I wish people could just lay off jerry and the way he lived his life christ none of you have contributed 1/1000000 the good he did....and all we do is boo hoo hoo the end sell out 8k plus shows then talk smack....no offense to you sharky just needed a spot to write
Toppersbazaar 1 year ago
@Toppersbazaar , That's not exactly true, I think any real person contributes what they can to make a difference to the human condition. In reality it all boils down to service,and nothing but! It's true that jerry gave much of himself in the music that touched all of our lives,he performed a great service to humanity! He laid his soul on the funeral pyre of true art and in the end it consumed him.I think any true person tries to leave some mark of goodness on the world before they are no more
MrSharkey11 1 year ago
@MrSharkey11 i agree with you and me
Toppersbazaar 1 year ago
@pjp729 he should have laid off of both, neither did anything good for him, or anyone else for that matter...
kewlbreez 1 year ago 2
These guys provided a "defining relationship" for me & it has stuck with me all the years of my life. Thank you Grateful Dead & Gratefulvideo for posting this. This music & memories of those days have kept me going through thick & thin. AND THE MUSIC... JUST ROCKS.
dusblues2 1 year ago
Ahhh, gettin my fix of this bad ass version, this reminds me of the Stagger Lee from the Egypt dvd for the boisterous vocals not to mention performance.
wbfree 2 years ago
just watch jerrbear
myhungryhippo 2 years ago 2
even though Bobby added that bad riff in the song, Jerry makes it shine!!!!
curtwoj 2 years ago
ah i was there, three weeks before my youngest was born ,i stood a bit farther back from the stage thinking he wouldnt be as affected by the sound lol hes a death metal musican and composer now, i shoulda known better lol lol
babzc 2 years ago 3
My oh My!
fishtownboy 2 years ago 4
Must have had some good coke at Duke that spring....
LSDISGOOD4U 2 years ago 38
@LSDISGOOD4U straight outta B'more. Twenty years later the shit was still following the same path. SO many colleges concentrated in one relatively small triangle that coke becomes a "must have" item.
arfletch75 1 year ago
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bennyvega100 1 year ago
@LSDISGOOD4U Dude, i had been thinking the same thing .. then saw this post... it only takes two to confirm the one... ;-)
AngelVomit 7 months ago
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jburde 2 years ago
helll yeaaah Gracia was out of his mind on this one.
mendex2006 2 years ago 6
Truly a UNIQUE version of U.S. Blues, glad it was caught on video cuz no one would fully believe an accurate description of the boys on-stage antics that night!
My first show was a year later 5/6/79 Broome Cty Arena, Binghampton, NY. It was hotter than a mo-fo inside that place. I was standing right in front of Jerry, he looked awful.. pale, weak, sweating...I really didn't think he was long for this earth. Glad I got 16 good years with the man!
What a difference a year makes!
TallBrianFromNapa 2 years ago 4
gotta love cameras..esp in the 70's
Hunsanity 2 years ago 3
rock out jerry :]
deadhead614 2 years ago 3
my god they are flying just flying
derekgulker 2 years ago 3
Whoa! Best U.S. Blues ever, perhaps? So much added "Umph"! Great stuff!
Bodhidrop 2 years ago 3
Love Jerry here doing his best Pete Townsend impersonation at 1:25!
tjhillgardner 2 years ago 5
@bigriverbum: Thanks for the insights. It sure is fun to see the band so energetic. I really like this '78 show at Duke. Its great to have the milky old vid of the show.
arcatasteve 2 years ago
the reason the boys were so animated and "rocking out" during this song is because the people running the venue were dicks to them. telling them they couldn't play so long, had better not encourage "the pot" smoking and other sh*t. so the band decided they'd try and work the crowd into a frenzy and piss off the promoters. i'd say they did their jobs
bigriverbum 2 years ago 3
OMG this is awesome
RedsoxFan20042007 2 years ago
jerry's feeling it....lol
stashJ8 2 years ago
Wow, this is one of the best ive seen and listen to, simply awesome. God, i wish i was at this show
Luckyanus 2 years ago 3
not to mention this is probably one of the sickest us blues ive ever seen, the whole band is just so animated and on there game, billy poundin on his set like no tomorrow, jerry windmillin, and even jumpin, bobby being bobby, phil with a huge smile, doesnt come better than this
gratefulpat6595 2 years ago
well, w/o reading any other comments, this was a big cocaine era for the dead, and jer was flying high durin this one, no doubt, yes high energy as well, but jerrys just so out of control.... rock and roll BAND!! STEAL YO WIFE@@@@ def some coc pre this encore, nevertheless, the grateful dead with or without drugs is the best thing ever to happen with music..
gratefulpat6595 2 years ago
hey man thanx for the 4-12-78 post enjoyed watchin them all thanx for sharin'
deadheaded71 2 years ago
i wish i could find a torrent of this show
rambleonrose93 2 years ago
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Happy Birthday Jer (a few days early). Love to see this animated Jerry and the windmills.
tduffy2 2 years ago
ma vi amooooooooooo!!!
henry196625 2 years ago 2
Happy Birthday Jer (a few days early). Love to see this animated Jerry and the windmills.
tduffy2 2 years ago 2
i think the boys were a little boozed up for this one! great energy though!
mikemizwinskimusic 2 years ago
awesome!!
olbrantz10 2 years ago 2
LOL JERRRY! YEAH!
mikejr41387 2 years ago 2
Jerry Bear forever
thejollylama1 2 years ago 2
Man I love these guys!!! They were THE band. Miss Jerry, he was beautiful. The Dead w/o him is like the Beatles w/o John.
rocknhippie 2 years ago 2
"The Dead" are allegedly playing tonight at Rothbury...wonder what the encore will be? Sorry boys, but there ain't nothing like the real thing!
hipmaf420 2 years ago
The Dead at Rothbury 2009 were spectacular beyond belief.. you have no idea what you missed.. & I miss the crap out of Jerry too, but I could go to a show like the Dead's at Rothbury any given day of the week.. They did US Blues as an encore.
ascheylus 2 years ago 3
you missed out on the real thing ,..rothbury was one of those rare nights when it all clicked even without jerry ,..its all about the energy and it was there at rothbury try and find someone who was really there to dispute it
muckstar23 2 years ago
happy 4th of july all, from new york new york, sounds so nice I got to say it twice!!!
mcgyverracing 2 years ago
thank you! BIG US ups from charlotte, nc
bukemaster 2 years ago
This is so hilarious, what a beaut this guy was. Just a treat to see him having such a blast. If Ralph Kramden had played guitar, this is what it woulda looked like.
ghchock33 2 years ago
Nothing beats them ol' U.S. Blues at a live show. Man Jerry was dancing all over this one! "Careful folks, or we'll have to call the fire marshal on ya!" hehehe
Hendrixphishinfloyd 2 years ago
looks like jerry liked this one
samsonhon 2 years ago 2
Sorry, this is a smoker... no ifs ands or butts. I may be wrong but it seemed to me Jerry was maybe coked up but if he was chasing he didn't have that explosive emotion, but the subtlety. Like radio city dvd, he's toasted but plays such sweet versions whereas here he may be straight or maybe the extra energy is coke but it aint his heroin. Love this version, love 78 more and more.
wbfree 2 years ago
Not that I need to defend myself but it seems I didn't adequately explain my point in the above post. I was responding to the guy below, "bryceschmidt" about the cocaine. I never even thought about it until I read the comment. I watch this video every month or two because it gets me off so much to see his energy and the band just exploding. So read his comment and then read mine and maybe it will make a little more sense, maybe not. It certaintly wasn't even negative.
wbfree 2 years ago
This was on my Mom's 36th bday, and for a change I can look at this & remember where I was at the time...I was 7 yrs old & we were having a Pool party at our house in San Diego, CA. My Mom & Dad were Cops at the time & they were some of the biggest partiers on the planet! LOL This was the night my oldest sis was sippin off everyone's drinks and she ended up pukin on the rug in the hallway. LOL Talk about bein caught! The house wreaked for a week after that! Ahh memories! :)
cowgurlhank 2 years ago
1:26-1:30 priceless
donveill 2 years ago
Someone must have slipped Jerry something in his Coke? Isn't this around the time he started speedballing with heroine and speed? Jerry's the gratest!!
celter07 2 years ago
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Jerry's animated here...btw... I'm raising awareness about the Chinese Communist Party persecution of 70 million Falun Gong spiritual practitioners for 10 years in China. They are put in slave-labor camps, forced to make stuff sold here. A 2009 UN report said vital organs are even taken from them and sold on the black market. Falun Gong practitioners are peaceful, not terrorists. China is a country where all the jobs are going, remember? The media doesn't cover it. It must stop. Thanks.
darinmaclachlan 2 years ago
Every time I watch clips like this of The Dead, I always feel like I'm part of a Freak Brothers comic strip...or R. Crumb.
The '70s were a scruffy time in U.S. history, for sure. ;-)
Arkady63 2 years ago
I'M GONNA STEAL YO WIFE!
B34N 2 years ago
this is the greatest! look at em go! so much energy
Aum420 2 years ago 2
Clearly before Jerry became a professional at chasing the dragon
Hotpuppy 2 years ago
imagine this being your spring weekend show
greateststory72 2 years ago
This song and Grateful Dead make me proud to be an american.
knw318 2 years ago 5
Don't agree at all with Scmidtty. I is good to see Jerry with some life, Go watch 1995 if you want sedated Jerry footage
kiss742000 2 years ago
Agreed
Coked up or not..........Its cool to see him so animated and having a great time!
Rock on
stezothewhitenegro 2 years ago
I don't like this version at all. Jerry's obviously on cocaine or something as others have alluded to. Jerry acting like this seems weird and almost wrong in my opinion, it's not in the spirit of the Grateful Dead or himself. Jerry is a musician, not a Rock Star in the general sense of the word, but he's acting here like all the mainstream rockers of the time that he desperately did NOT want to be. This performance seems like a regression to me; it's almost embarrassing to listen to.
bryceschmidt 2 years ago
eat your words
snunn12 2 years ago
take my word for it jerry was a rock star,...and how many times have u seen captain trips....?
muckstar23 2 years ago
What? All I'm saying is that if you compare this performance to other U.S. Blues where Jerry was not coked up, there's a clear difference. I'm not broadly attacking Jerry, I'm attacking his decision to do coke before a show. To ME, it's like someone you really respect and admire (a serious musician) acting like an idiot because his drug use, on this particular night, got a little out of control... I want Jerry's liveliness to go into his music, not into his yelling. And on coke it can't happen.
bryceschmidt 2 years ago
He's not even going "that nuts". I mean can't Jerry have some fun once in awhile? If Pete Townshend acted like this on stage at the same time they woudl have said he was too mellow.
drummer78 2 years ago 2
6749er 2 years ago
Thank you 6749er
I saw them at the beacon in NYC
rocked so hard his glasses flew cross the stage....
the whole band was on!!
MAGIC
mlufetarg 2 years ago
Loved the MAGIC
They sure made some
Good Old Greatful Dead
Happy Trails Buddy
From sea to shining sea
6749er 2 years ago
this is # 1 THE BEST EVER
vrob69 2 years ago 2
These are real musicians playing real songs. You can't get this kind of stuff anymore.
Exilemainstreet 2 years ago 4
There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert, period!!!!!
ivhs72 2 years ago 4
Wow...never seen Jerry so into it. Good crowd as well.
kiss742000 2 years ago
cocaine anyone..............
donveill 2 years ago 4
74-78 was staple....im 23 and am infatuated with...wtf im such an old soul.
phunkegruuven 2 years ago
man in 15 and im infatuated with them. sucks to be an old soul. every band we like is either broken up or someones died =[
axlroserulez 2 years ago 2
Cut a rug Jer!
hohwband 2 years ago 2
Wow, what a version. 78 rocks.
wbfree 2 years ago 3
I tried REALLY hard to get a petition going to get THIS song to be the National Anthem for the United States instead of the Star Spankle Banner...
gtz1975 2 years ago 6
yeah it should be.the only good star spangled banner is jimi hendrix's version from woodstock 1969
folkrockm14 2 years ago 2
@gtz1975 hahaha i could get down with that
PinkFloydrulez 1 year ago
I know that Jerry hated Reagan from the first time he ran for Governor, and I know that he was apalled when Reagan emerged almost unscathed from the Iran-Contra scandal.Jerry also voiced opposition to the "Desert Storm" operation. Since everything that the US has subsequently done to Iraq is an outgrowth of Reagan's covert Iran policy, I have little doubt that Garcia would be outraged at the most recent invasion and occupation of Iraq..
Sammystranny 2 years ago
now the party is starting!!!dffd!!!
fluffydolly 2 years ago
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6749er 2 years ago