![]() It just wasn’t how we spoke to one another and boy… He said, “Your words never stuck in my throat.” And I thought, “What? This is coming from Jerry?” Because we took each other 100 percent for granted. He started complimenting me, which is something he had never done before. Looking back, the conversation was rather strange on his part. We were getting a writing session together. The last time I ever spoke to Jerry, he called me on the phone about a week or two before he died. Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well: 5 Hours of Intermission Music WrittenĪs the band became what they became and Jerry became an icon, your words became the public’s vision of his vision. Jerry was so brilliant that anything that he tackled, he could have done well. I believe Jerry would have been capable of it had he chosen to open his heart and soul to people through words as well as through guitar. He wrote a verse for “The Other One” - the “you know he had to die” verse - but that’s about it. “St.Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead Lyricist, Dies at 78ĭid Jerry write any songs before he started adapting yours? Did he ever write lyrics? “Let It Grow” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium “Cold Rain And Snow” from 7/4/89 at Rich Stadium “Feel Like A Stranger” from June 26th, 1993 at RFK Stadium “Truckin’” from 10/18/74 at Winterland Ballroom “They Love Each Other” from 12/27/83 at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium “Samson And Delilah” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Arena “ Truckin'” from 10/30/80 at Radio City Music Hall “Let It Grow” from 6/9/91 at Buckeye Lake ![]() “Uncle John’s Band” from 7/17/89 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre “Foolish Heart” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake “Sugaree” from 10/18/74 at Winterland Arena ![]() “Black Peter” from 7/8/90 at Three Rivers Stadium ![]() “Eyes of the World” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake “Cold Rain & Snow” from 6/14/91 at RFK Stadium “Cumberland Blues” from 7/17/89 at Alpine Valley “Uncle John’s Band” from 6/25/93 at JFK Stadium “Casey Jones” from 12/31/78 at Winterland Arena “Touch of Grey” from 6/16/90 at Shoreline Amphitheatre “When Push Comes To Shove” from 7/24/87 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum “Brown Eyed Women” from 7/1/92 at Buckeye Lake “Ship of Fools” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium “Uncle John’s Band” from 10/19/74 at Winterland Ballroom “Wharf Rat” from 7/6/90 at Cardinal Stadium “The Wheel” > “All Along The Watchtower” from 6/11/93 at Buckeye Lake “Mississippi Half-Step” from 7/16/90 at Rich Stadium “Fire On The Mountain” from 10/31/80 at Radio City Music Hall “Standing On The Moon” from 7/7/89 at JFK Stadium “Sugar Magnolia” > “Scarlet Begonias” from at Rich Stadium “Playing In The Band” from at Buckeye Lake Previous installments of the Dead’s ongoing All The Years Live series have included: Grateful Dead – “China Cat Sunflower” > “I Know You Rider” – Mountain View, CA – 10/2/87 Watch the Grateful Dead perform “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider” at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 2nd, 1987. ![]() They’d been scheduled to play Shoreline in the late Summer of 1986, but Jerry’s diabetic coma meant they had to delay their first performance there a year. Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager David Lemieux notes in the video’s description,įrom the Grateful Dead’s very first show at Shoreline Amphitheatre, we have this typically hot, energetic China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider feature the quintessential 1987 Grateful Dead sound. This concert actually marked the Dead’s first appearance at the recently-constructed venue, which Bill Graham designed in 1986 to resemble the Dead’s “Steal Your Face” logo from above. While Shoreline proved to be a fan-favorite venue for Deadheads and the band alike, playing there 39 times between 19, this is only the third All The Years Live entry to feature the iconic venue. This twofer entry highlights the Dead’s performance of “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider” at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA on October 2nd, 1987. The latest installment in the Grateful Dead‘s All The Years Live archival video series is available now on the band’s YouTube page. ![]()
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