Jerry showing emotion during songs
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Nothing puts a smile on my face like seeing Jerry do something beyond smiling, or the occasional skip and hop during a rollicking Brent song. These are three that popped to mind.
4-12-78 Durham: A wild-ass U.S. Blues with Jerry screaming and actually jumping in the air for the last chord. He was windmilling on Truckin a couple songs prior. We can probably chalk this up to some killer blow, but this is an excellent show regardless. One of the best of 78.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eViobWoVLJo
8-11-87 Red Rocks: Jerry's so goddamn fired up during the end of Ship of Fools he points to the crowd three times while delivering the last verses. If there's a better version than this, please tell me. BTW, there's time stamp for Ship on this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKWblRKJE8
3-24-87 Hampton: Jerry imitating Weir's mannerisms during the Terrapin outro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3IeYXmGSK4
Anyone have any others? Maybe not a link, but an occasion where Jerry's so "into it" he does something out of character.
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2-11-86 The Henry J. Kaiser
2-11-86 The Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks9kVAhDh8g
The band opens the show with a China>Rider. Jerry is looking animated, healthy, and engaged, and his voice sounds stronger than it had through most of 1985. He is swaying back and forth and practically hops during the "wish I was a headlight on a northbound train" line. Supposedly, he had stopped using heroin the month before. Maybe it was that, or that the Neville Brothers were in the house and about to join them for the first time during the 2nd set, but he seems particularly extroverted here. 1986 would turn rough by the Summer Tour, and he would suffer his coma in August, but at this point he seemed to be building on the momentum from 1985.
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Grateful Dead 10/18/1984
Grateful Dead 10/18/1984
I seem to remember tears streaming from Jerry's eyes during the encore
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Can't think of any offhand,
Can't think of any offhand, but Jerry made me cry every time I witnessed a To Lay Me Down
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Lots of emotion in his
Lots of emotion in his singing when they played So Many Roads
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Standing on the Moon usually
Standing on the Moon usually got Jerry going. Be with you! I would rather be with you!
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Check out the 4/27/77 show
Check out the 4/27/77 show from Passaic. Jerry is pretty animated throughout. And while you're at it see if you see me at and my friends around 2:53 and me again around 4:00 into scarlet.
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https://relisten.net/grateful
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1991/06/07/17-standing-on-the-moonfla...
SOTM from Deer Creek 6/7/91 is my favorite!
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Jerry was asked once if if
Jerry was asked once if if got emotional singing songs. Simple and perfect,"every time."
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The Stella Blue from 3/21/94
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How about the negative?
How about the negative?
Check out Jerry's nasty snarl at Weir right before Women.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQdPS5D3J6c
It was one of the weakest New Year's shows they played and at the Coliseum as opposed to the Civic Center the year before-my first NYE.
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I was at that NYE show, the
I was at that NYE show, the night before I though was much better (First Quinn the Eskimo to start 2nd set if I recall)
Saw the greek theatre shows a few months later, and those were the weakest Dead shows I ever saw, was pretty lucky w/ the rest...
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Agreed Druba! 12/30/85 was
Agreed Druba! 12/30/85 was better. Glad I saw the 84 NY run!
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Jerry Garcia Band ~ Rhapsody
Jerry Garcia Band ~ Rhapsody In Red ~ 3/17/1978 ! Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637FC1GrSSY
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I went to every NYE/rub show
I went to every NYE/run show from 81 till 91 and 12/31/85 was the WORST by a mile . Just awful and that sinking feeling when I realized no 3rd set was rough. I agree 12/30 was much better and Mighty Quinn breakout as well on 12/30.
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Carlos Santana with Jerry
Carlos Santana with Jerry Garcia 08/02/89
Jerry comes in at about the 11 min mark --- check out when Carlos gives him the nod to take his first solo about 13 / 14 min...Jer's dancin by the end of the tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3TliKN9aOw