July 7- July 13, 2008

This week we're going spend some time along the Grateful Dead's summer tour of 1989, checking in to four shows over a five night span in the middle of the tour.

Our first stop this week is the stunning concert on 7/7/89 at Philadelphia's ultra cool, and rather decrepit, old venue, JFK Stadium. Allow me to preface this week's music by saying that I sure do hope we see a DVD release of this show some day, as not only is there stellar multi-track audio of this concert, but there is also great quality multi-camera video similar to that of the Truckin' Up To Buffalo DVD. From 7/7/89, we're very happy to bring you the end of the first set, Loser, Let It Grow, Blow Away. All three songs here are played beautifully, and powerfully.

Next up is two nights later, on 7/9/89 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, home of the world champion New York Giants football team. Yo, Tiki, how's the broadcast booth look now? From the opening night of the two night run at Giants Stadium, with have the excellent Shakedown Street>Jack Straw. I've always loved both of these renditions and have put this combination on many mixed tapes. The band showed up to these two New York area shows ready to play, as evidenced by the way they opened the shows.

And, while we're visiting Giants Stadium, we'll listen to the opener from the second show, 7/10/89. Not quite as strong as our previous selection(s), it is nonetheless excellent and is demonstrative of the consistent quality of 1989 Dead. From that show, Feel Like A Stranger>Franklin's Tower.

Lastly this week, we'll check in to the first night at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on 7/12/89. The closing sequence of this show was typical of the era in terms of both song selection and performance quality, and features I Need A Miracle>Dear Mr. Fantasy>Black Peter>Lovelight.

Stop by next week for more great music, including the other great Lovelight we mentioned last week. See you then.

David Lemieux
vault@dead.net

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7/7/89 DVD

On July 7th, 2008 purple said:

Great news about the potential of a DVD being released of the concert at Philadelphia on 7/7/89. If it is comparable to the Buffalo DVD we are certainly in for a treat. Keep up with all the great work you are doing from a fan in Scotland.

what purple said!

On July 7th, 2008 gdradio said:

I was at all of these shows and they were awesome! a DVD of 7/7 would be great!

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Philly and the summer run

On July 7th, 2008 ironsideny said:

this run of shows was very strong and the thought of having BLOW AWAY on dvd from that show is very enticing,i remember just looking around at the faces of everyone while Brent poured his heart out after that amazing first set

thanks David again monday is better for the great wake up selections

they closed that old venue following that gig didnt that

structurally unsound after we danced the last bit of mortar from those bricks

peace and tunes

summer '89

On July 7th, 2008 smallz said:

One of my favorite eras of Dead, '89-'90 is noted for it's consistently strong playing, and these selections are a prime example of what you can expect. Thanks so much David.

7/9 - 7/10

On July 7th, 2008 skenisahen said:

my first 2 shows! thanks!

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On July 7th, 2008 lethedoom said:

lethedoom

Feel Like A Stranger>Franklin's Tower is a dead link @10:00am pdt

thanks for the heads up, lethe

On July 7th, 2008 marye said:

now reported!

7/9/89 < My 2nd Show !! > Off The Hook !!

On July 7th, 2008 josh e bear said:

Hey Hey David, happy summer to you , and all reading this ~

I was waiting to see if you were going to drop some summer bombs like Giants stadium opening show 1989 ,, and you did !! thanks bro ~

that was only my 2nd show, and i was still learning songs from the GD library,,( I hate to admit this, but i didnt even know the 2nd set opener of China >Ryder) But in My Heart and Head, I knew it real welll,,.,., sayin '

but damn !! I knew that Shakedown > Jackstraw Opener,, it was soooo smoking thumpin and hot !! let me tell you all what i observed :

1st off, Everybody , the whole dam crowd , was on Psychedelics !!! for sure,, I myself was on Shrooms and ate a Tab, ( for good measure) wooo weeeee colorful nite ~

i was with a crew of about 6-7 friends, on the floor, just to the right of the soundboard...

2nd : the place was packed ,, Packed !!

and right before the boys came on, i saw EYES in the Clouds in the Sky, and met the most amazing gal from somewhere else in the world,, she was beautfiul and her Eyes were amazing.. it was like,, uh, , where am i ?

3rd !! the boys rolled out and started thumping Shakedown,, and to the left of the stage, all these Heads who wanted to be on the floor, started to WATERFALL over the 1st tier seats and jump down on to the floor ,, it was nuts, and i was so high, i saw a color waterfall of humans ,,, it was out of hand ~ ,,,Josh E Bear !!

4th , amd most exciting > ! < during the "just got to poke around " part of the jam,, Everybody near us , all US KIDZ, started spinning and danicing in and out of each other,, poking and having soooooooooo much fun, it was great, what a experience for me,, and at one point, somebody poked me,, and it was RICHARD NIXON ~ haha, or , a guy with a mask on ,, maybe it was Hunter Thompson ,, who can say fur sure who i really saw ...
I STILL LAUGH AND SMILE WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I HAVE THOSE TAPES ~
Other High-lites from that nite : Bird song, Brown Eye Woman , China > Ryder,,
and my all time Fav GD SONG : Truckin !!! yes !!!

drums and sapce were nice, and i learned so much and saw the most amazing people from all over,, that was it !! i was hooked ...

there is so much more to that nite that i cant even write here,,, but, i will say this , coming back home to my 'hood late that evening,, on every street sign and stop sign i looked at

all i saw was the "stealie" everywhere i looked,,,, and i knew i was fuckin high !! hahah

God Bless the Grateful Dead, The Dead Heads, Family, Tapers and Everybody Else ~

I miss it dearly and treasure what i experienced and hold it near everyday !! go Jah !!

stranger->frank

On July 7th, 2008 marye said:

should be working now. Please speak up if it is not. Thanks!

re:stranger->frank

On July 7th, 2008 lookatitright said:

Working now for me. Thanks!