During the Grateful Dead’s performing history, they had several hometown venues. The main ones that come to mind are the Matrix, the Avalon, the Carousel/Fillmore West, the Fillmore Auditorium, Winterland, the Oakland Coliseum Arena, the Oakland Auditorium Arena/Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, and, toward the end of their performing career, Bill Graham’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, where the Grateful Dead performed 39 concerts from 1987 to 1995, including many mighty fine shows. From the first shows there in October, 1987, you could just sense how comfortable the band was at Shoreline.
I’ll run through a few of the highlights, both musical and historical, at Shoreline. In 1987, some of the first set has been included as part of the View From The Vault Vol. 3 DVD, so check that out for some excellent Shoreline footage. That DVD’s main feature is from the magnificent 6/16/90 show at Shoreline, which featured a stunning first set and some terrific, deeeeep jamming in the second set, including a monster China>Rider, and a jam out of Terrapin that goes so far that it goes right into Space, foregoing the usual Rhythm Devils segment for the most part. In 1989, on 9/29/89, the Grateful Dead broke out Death Don’t Have No Mercy for the first time in almost 20 years, and played it with a stunning intensity. Check it out on the So Many Roads boxed set. Bobby, Jerry and Brent each take a verse, and Jerry’s solo is as haunting as any he did on that song in 1969. I get chills just thinking about it. In 1991, the band played two three-night runs of shows at Shoreline, both runs with Bruce as a member of the band, and both with exceptional music at all three shows. In 1995, at the Grateful Dead’s last-ever Bay Area concerts, they invited out some very special guests, the Guyto Monks, to sit in during the second set jam on 6/2/95.
Welcome home, boys!
We'll update this page shortly after the show with the setlist and to recap each performance by The Dead as it relates to the context of the Grateful Dead's history at this venue or city.
Set 1
This is such a bizarre show in that it was scheduled four full days after the previous the show here. Split runs weren’t entirely unheard of for the Grateful Dead, with two shows at the Philadelphia Spectrum in January, 1979 split by a week coming to mind, but they were pretty rare. This second Shoreline show starts out with five pre-1975 songs, always a good sign to these ears. The opening Jack Straw was followed by US Blues, with an appearance by none other than Hippie Bill waving the flag. Way to go Bill!!!! Mason’s Children was a real standout at its first appearance on the tour in Charlottesville (I think…), so it’s nice to see it pop again for its third appearance of the tour. A couple of earliesh Garcia-Hunter tunes in Ship o Fools and Friend of the Devil are followed up by a later era Garcia-Hunter medley of Standing On The Moon-Terrapin-Standing On The Moon. Pretty cool. By all indications, they’re ready to pull out all the stops for the last Bay Area set of the tour.
Set 2I think I mentioned here that Estimated Prophet to open a second set, although somewhat rare for the Grateful Dead, was always a great opener. This is one of my favourite Weir tunes, so it’s been good to see it appear on this tour. Following this was a classic 1968 sequence of New Potato Caboose and Born Cross-Eyed, two tunes dropped by the Grateful Dead by 1969, so this has been a good tour for this type of song. One song I saw early on in the tour, in Worcester, was Cream Puff War, unfortunately played only that time on the tour. Not only is it a great little song, but it was played really well in its one and only performance in Worcester. I have really come to appreciate the entire alternate chorus of this song (both words and melody) that was included on the Rare Cuts and Oddities 1966 CD a few years ago. Check it out if you haven’t heard that album. Aside from that really cool Cream Puff War, there are 18 or so really good rare cuts. And oddities. From 1966. Dear Mr. Fantasy next has always been a good Shoreline song, as the venue, to me, is always associated with Brent’s era. Yes, they played loads of non-Brent shows 1991-1995, but the GD started playing here in 1987, and it was their outdoor Bay Area home during some very good Brent years. Another cool Rhythm Devils and Space sequence leads into the tour’s second Morning Dew, likely one of the most-desired songs to hear on this tour. Going back to the 1968 well as they’d done earlier in the set, China Cat Sunflower comes out of Dew. I’ve heard a few people seeing shows on this tour say “I hope they play stuff from Anthem and Aoxomoxoa,” and for those of you who were hoping for that type of stuff, this is a good set. Add to that a Dew from the first album in 1967, and you have some dyn-o-mite! (hey, I saw Good Times on TV the other night…) older Grateful Dead stuff. Add to that I Know You Rider, and you have an always-great way to end a set. After the encore on Sunday at the first Shoreline show, a few people were speculating if they’d try to do something extended for this encore, or would they do a more standard one song encore then head north. The former guess won out, with a triptych of great songs, Scarlet>Fire>Deal. Add the last two encores up and you pretty much have an entire set of great songs. Pretty darn cool. Safe travels as you go north…
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(Set 1)
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Jack Straw
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U.S. Blues
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Mason's Children
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Ship Of Fools
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Friend Of The Devil
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Standing On The Moon
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Terrapin Station
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Standing On The Moon
(Set 2)
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Estimated Prophet
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New Potato Caboose
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Born Cross-Eyed
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Dear Mr. Fantasy
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Drums
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Space
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Morning Dew
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China Cat Sunflower
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I Know You Rider
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Donor Rap
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Scarlet Begonias
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Fire On The Mountain
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Deal
(Encore)
Comments
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gonna be aparty tonight. thanks boyz
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song list to 5/10
As always if you see an error let me know
SONG SHOW #
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (acoustic) 2,16
Alabama Getaway (Warren vocals) 2,9
All Along The Watchtower 1,11,16
Alligator 6,14
Althea 5,15
Bertha 3,11,19
Big Boss Man 3
Big Railroad Blues 2
Big River 7
Bird Song 5,12,20
Black Peter 11,19
Born Cross-Eyed 6,10,16
Box of Rain 8,14
Brokedown Palace 10,17
Brown Eyed Women 4,9,15
Built To Last 8,16
Candyman 8
Casey Jones 4,13,18
Cassidy 2,10,20
Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks) 1,8,14,19
China Cat Sunflower 5,10.16
China Doll 18
Cold Rain and Snow 4,14
Come Together 2,17
Comes A Time 4,14
Cosmic Charlie 1,10,19
Cumberland Blues 4,11,15,18
Crazy Fingers 3,13,18
Cream Puff War 6
Cryptical Envelopment 10,15
Dancin in the street 5,17
Dark Star 2,9,12
Days between 5,13
Deal 6,13
Dear Mr. Fantasy 12
Death Don't Have No Mercy 9
Deep Elem Blues 18
Dire Wolf 8
Doin' That Rag 3,13
Don't Ease Me In 9
Dupree's Diamond Blues 5,14
Easy Wind (Warren vocals) 2,9,18
Estimated Prophet 1,12
Eyes of the World 7,12
Feel Like A Stranger 5,12,18
Fire On The Mountain (Warren vocals) 6
Fire On The Mountain (w/ Branford Marsalis) 12
Foolish Heart 3
Franklin's Tower 1,12,15,20
Friend Of The Devil 14
Gimme Shelter 10,20
Good Lovin' 6,15,20
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 6,15
Glory Road (acoustic) 2,11
G-L-O-R-I-A 3
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad 5,9,16
Greatest Story Ever Told 11
Hard To Handle 14
Hell In A Bucket 6,17
Help On The Way 1,15,20
Here Comes Sunshine 6
He's Gone 1,10,15
High Time 3,12
Iko Iko 8,16
I Need A Miracle 1,16
I Know You Rider 5,13,17
Imagine 16
Into The Mystic 4,16
It’s All Over Now 7
It’s All Over Now Baby Blue 9
Jack Straw 1,9,14
Johnny B Goode 5
King Solomon's Marbles 2,11,18
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 9
Lazy River Road 2
Let It Grow 6
Liberty 8,16
Little Red Rooster 11
Looks Like Rain 9
Loose Lucy 7,14
Loser 7,18
Lost Sailor 9,18
Maggie's Farm 7
Mason's Children 3,15
Me and Bobby McGee 7
Me and My Uncle 8,18
Mexicali Blues 16
Midnight Hour 8
Milestone 5,12
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo 3,14
Momma Tried 7
Morning Dew 15
Mountains of the Moon 5
Mr. Charlie 8,17
New Potato Caboose 1,12
New Minglewood Blues 4
New Speedway Boogie 3,14,19
Not Fade Away 4,18
One more Saturday night 5,10,15,19
Passenger 2
Peggy-O (acoustic) 2,9,16
Playing In The Band 3,7,14
Playing In The Band (Reprise) 14
Pride of Cucamonga 2,13.16
Promised land 7
Ramble On Rose 7,13,18
Revolution 8,15
Ripple 2,11,18
Row Jimmy 11
Saint of Circumstance 9,18
Samson And Delilah 1,6,11,15
Satisfaction 6,19
Scarlet Begonias 6,12
Shakedown Street 1,10,14,19
Ship Of Fools 10
Sittin' On Top Of The World 13
Slipknot! 1,6,15,20
Smokestack Lightning 7
So Many Roads 8
Stagger Lee 8
Standing On The Moon 3,16
Stella Blue 7
St. Stephen 3,10,15,20
Sugar Magnolia (with Tipper Gore on drums) 2
Sugar Magnolia 14,20
Sugaree 4,10,20
Tennessee Jed 8,17
Terrapin Station 5,13
The Eleven 3,10,20
The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) 8,17
The Other One 4,10,15,20
The Music Never Stopped 1,13
The Weight 11,18
The Wheel 6,13
They Love Each Other 7,17
Throwing Stones 4,17
Till The Morning Comes 11
Tomorrow Never Knows 11
Touch Of Grey 1,9,13,17,20
Truckin' 1,7,17
Turn On Your Love Light 6,12
Unbroken Chain 4,10,17,20
Uncle John's Band 2,6,10,15,20
US BLUES 12
Viola Lee Blues 4,11,19
Wang Dang Doodle 16
Weather Report Suite Part 1 8,17
West LA Fadeaway 4,11,16
Wharf Rat 19
When I Paint My Masterpiece 9
Whiskey in the Jar 18
Women Are Smarter 13
space/ 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910.11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
rhythm devils drums 1,2,3,45,6.7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20
DRUMS WITH Fire dance 20
4/28*With Branford Marsalis
Fire On The Mountain*
Birdsong*
Feel Like A Stranger*
Turn On Your Love Light*
(Set 2)
Estimated Prophet>*
Milestones>*
Drums>*
Space*
Dear Mr. Fantasy>*
Dark Star>*
Eyes Of The World*
(Encore)
Franklin's Tower*
SHOW NUMBERS
#1. 4/12 Greensbor , NC
#2. 4/14 Washington, DC
#3. 4/15 Charlottesville, VA
#4. 4/17 Albany, NY
#5. 4/18 Worcester, MA
#6. 4/19 Worcester, MA
#7. 4/21 Buffalo, NY
#8 . 4/22 Wilkes-Barre, PA
#9. 4/24 Uniondale NY
#10 . 4/25 New York, NY
#11. 4/26 Hartford, CT
#12. 4/28 E. Rutherford, NJ *With Branford Marsalis
#13. 4/29 E. Rutherford, NJ
#14. 5/1 Philadelphia, PA
#15. 5/2 Philadelphia, PA
#16. 5/4 Chicago, IL
#17. 5/5 Chicago, IL
#18. 5/7 Denver, CO
#19. 5/9 Los Angeles CA
#20. 5/10 Mountain View, CA
#21. 5/14 Mountain View, CA
#22. 5/16 Quincy, WA
#23. July Rothbury Fest. MI
Populate the Universe (the whole thing).
22 years since my last show. Yowza
Shoreline here I come - Caltrain leaves in 35 minutes, 30 minute walk from there, tickets can be bought there? (if not I'm screwed), and then, THE LAWN OF THE DEAD!
Truckin' got my chips cashed
Truckin' got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin' like the doodah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin' on
DoDa Man ;^ )
Without love in the dream it'll never come true
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Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia
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Hey ZD Wulf! How are you
Hey ZD Wulf!
How are you brother? Well I hope! Just noticed there isn't a #19 next to Scarlet -Fire song list above from the Forum show.
Hope you are having a bright sunny day..
Be well!
Zombie D Wulf show list
Also need a 19 for the Dark Star at the Forum.
Always love the stats!
Last night in CA and one more to go!
I hope you all have a real good time. I will be thinking about you all!
Joe
@sbedford... Me too! Zomby
@sbedford...
Me too!
Zomby has been nailing it all tour. Zomby D! Can't thank you enough for keep the rolling tally here...
Promise Land tonight???
songlist
thanks for spotting those,
I'm just waiting for Saturday to get here so I can see them at the gorge. Shoreline sunday was great I got my
Franklin's Tower
Cassidy
Uncle John's Band
Unbroken Chain
Sugar Magnolia
Saint Stephen
Touch Of Grey
I was hoping for an IKO and a woman smarted, but you'll get those tonight at shoreline.
I can't wait to see what they do At the Gorge
oh well
Woman Smarter, oh my I proved it didn't I.