Tonight, as I have since '95, I play this song to celebrate the life and cherish the memories of another friend, a devoted husband, a loving father, a man the likes of whom the world needs more of today. Tony, tonight it's with a tear in my heart that I play this Brokedown Palace for you; let the music guide you on the next step in your journey. Tonight you are pain free, smile down at us and save us a place at the table.
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
My best friend, lover, soul mate, roomate, husband, my whole life and all my hopes and dreams passed away four months ago. Inhadnt listened to them since. Not once. Grateful Dead and JGB was played from the living room surround sound so beautiful and loud every evening, you could hear it all the way to the barn, in the camper, it echoed throughout the valley where we had a small farmhouse on a creek. It was magical. My life was magical with him in it. This came on my youtube without warning today, first time in four months after ten plus years of that farm and the Dead echoing through the valley. I really really hope that is heaven, just like it was on that farm. Bonfires and drum circles. Love that transcends this life and lives on in the next. Rest in peace Rob. I hope you're watching Jerry play with Robert Hunter in heaven right now. That farm and music saved my life. Now it's all too painful, I had to move. I cant imagine anywhere else ever being so heavenly, i hope its exactly the same as our farm and the music that played through throughout the whole valley, right out to the mighty river where i know you're sailing about. I wish i could listen to our favorote music without crying over your passing sometime soon.
My brother went missing August 3rd, 2020 hiking the Berkshire Mountains. He was found this past Saturday (August 15) just a few days after his 57th Birthday in a ravine along a stream. This song has helped me shed the tears that sometimes are held back being strong for others.
I hope to return someday to a little bend in the Pinnebog River, rural Huron County Michigan, to say a proper goodbye to one of the finest men to grace my life. As the song goes, only the good die young and he was the best at making me feel unconditional love and joy. I'd take your cancer, your suffering, anything at all, to have one more swing at a whiffle ball, one more suckerfish speared, one more cruise down country-dirt roads. Sorry, I just came to ask how your dog's funeral went? I hope you sang this song with your whole heart.
I'm a Deadhead since I was 14 in 1973 thanks to my boyfriend, a guitar player w/o a Band, at the time. When I die my Son is going to spread my ashes somewhere very special to me, very close to Jerry & the Dead when the were young. In nature, my favorite place in Marin! Then he will play Brokedown Palace in My Memory. ❤ NFA
I am an eleven year old. My father loves the Grateful Dead and always sang me this song when i was young. When I hear this song it makes me cry. Of memories but they are happy. I believe this is my favourite song.
you dad rocks i am sure he loves you more than words can tell, GD the best scene (you will never see being so young) but take this peaceful song along with you forever. Be good
Kittykattomgurl I agree with Paul Kneissier yer old man rocks! I used to sing " Monkey and the Engineer" to my daughter when we would go on trips. she is 27 this year. Although her favorite song was " Oye Como Va" by Santana. Right on KittyKattonGurl keep on keepin' on friend
This is mine and my oldest brother’s favorite dead song. I found him dead 2/13/21 from overdose. This song could bring tears to my eyes before his passing, now there is no stopping them. He introduced me to the dead and I’m forever grateful. Miss him terribly, he was troubled in life unfortunately. His personal demons got the best of him. He’s at rest now. Hopefully Jerry met him on the other side with a smile and laugh.
Reading all these comments makes you feel the tremendous love people have in general, let alone the particular focused love. Just imagine that combined force... I lost mine too.
I lost my home of 50 years to Hurricaine Sandy and moved full time onto my boat. This song was on you tube and I watched it as I settled into the boat and it made me feel everything was gonna be alright :)
Goin to leave this Broke-down Palace On my hands and my knees I will roll roll roll Make myself a bed by the waterside In my time - in my time - I will roll roll roll In a bed, in a bed by the waterside I will lay my head Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul River gonna take me Sing me sweet and sleepy Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back back home It's a far gone lullaby sung many years ago Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home
brought my brothers ashes to the rivers he loved most and sang this tune for him... so the river could sing him sweet songs to rock his soul. Rest in paradise brother haus!
Some people are absolutely clueless. That girl sings her ass off!! In Jerry Garcia Band too!! I started listening at "wake of the flood" and I'll take the Keith and Donna years of either band any day!!
@@christophervolrath9090 it’s gets easier, but the pain never goes away. Sorry for your loss. Listening to this in memory of your dog and mine. Cheers to the amazing companions that are dogs.
Lost my sweet Miss Miesha to Lymphoma at only 6 years old before Christmas. I feel your pain. I wish your heart healing in the memories. Tragically gut wrenching
My moms favorite song. Rest In Peace mom on your second birthday in heaven. I love you. I miss you. I’m glad you let me grow up on tour. So many beautiful memories.
I'm 18 my dad just passed he was the biggest deadhead ever and his 69 charger has custom plates "Dedhead" and a Grateful Dead sticker rip dad I love you
My dad passed this year on June 27th, two days after my 18th birthday and my warm memories of listening to his scratchy grateful dead bootlegs are what have pulled me through. When he was on his death bed in a coma, I sang ripple to him just an hour before he passed--could swear I saw him crack one last smile before he went. Much love to you, I know your comment is a year old, but I know I'll still be missing my old man a decade from now and I know you're probably still missing yours too.
I was fifteen feet from the stage at the end of this show as they began this song ... less than a minute into it, I chanced to look around, and half the people near me were in tears.
Donna is epic --> Sang on an Elvis track / long ago Mussel Shoals sound check it she is a Fab singer. I believe if she sang in todays world with an earpiece she could have heard herself, She was really set to fail without her own monitor so she sang her ass off to make up for it so she could hear herself
MissMisery1997 Beautiful name! That was the name I picked if we had a girl! We had a beautiful baby boy and decided to name him Hunter. This is my favorite lullaby to sing to him.
50 years ago next month I met a beautiful young woman who was not really a Dead fan, but we fell madly in lcve anyway. In March 1974 I took her to the "Sound Check" concert at the Cow Palace that rolled out the Wall of Sound PA system. I guess she liked it well enough - or at least liked me well enough. We married in 1975. She passed away 7 months ago after 47 years of bringing me more happiness than I could ever deserve. This is one of the songs I listen to when I want my sad tears of loss to be happy tears of gratitude and sweet memories. "Fare you well; I love you more than words can tell." On every live recording of this song that I've heard Jerry's solos have such feeling; the guitar is crying, and I hear the same sound I hear in my heart.
Beautifully stated. Ain't Love & Life something? All the best on your journey....that river will still sing sweet songs & the music will never stop...👍🍁🍂
My daughter’s father, Greg, passed away unexpectedly in front of her 09/17/20, 10 days before her 13th birthday. He was also the best friend I’ll likely ever have, and we miss him terribly. He was older than me, and although I wasn’t a huge Dead fan prior to his death, I have been since. The Grateful Dead channel played a concert from 6/26 (Greg’s birthday) the entire first long drive I took following his death. I think Greg put that satellite station on my radio that evening as I certainly didn’t. Anyhow, today marks the 3 month anniversary of his death and I’ve listened to this song with tears rolling down my face several times. I just played it standing near the memorial we made at the top of my stairs, I’m pretty sure he’s here... It’s now my absolute favorite song ever. Be safe everyone and treasure those you love, while their body is still living, you never know when this life will forever change.
Jerry was quoted, " only about 10% of music played is the GOOD STUFF, THE MAGIC, AND WHEN ALL IS RIGHT IN THE UNIVERSE" This is definitely in the 10%!!!!
Be was quite the guy, late shows after jerry dies he would even preach in between sets, but everyone was everwherr, shit even me I just wanted to DANCE. I MISS THE OLD YOUR ING DAY GREATLY, MAYBE I KNOW YOU RIDER... 😆
My cat of 16 yo just die today i can’t stop crying, thanks jerry for keeping me up in those hard times. Listen to the river sing sweet song to rock my soul.❤️ i love you more then words can tell. RIP FLOCON❄️
I loved Jerry from my first show and still love him. I wish others would remember how it used to be, before all the hate that's evolved, and everyone who went to "church",as us deadheads call a Grateful dead show! Nobody, nobody can ever do what Jerry did for us fortunate ones who lived,eat, and loved the way Jerry taught us! RIP my friend
Brokedown Palace helped me understand death, the passing of loved ones. Heck, I miss Jerry as much. He used to buy comic books from me out of my Haight Ashbury comic books & concert poster store I had from Nov 1976 thru early 1992. So did Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Robin Williams, Bruce Lee, so many more lost souls we muse "What if...?" for
Robert Beerbohm. Hello. What store was It? The white rabbit? I went up.north last year ..noticed the underground headship was GONE as well as the psychedelic shop too. In Berkeley I cried a lot ...for there r no hippies now. It was very sad to see this. 24 years since I myself has bailed for Hawaii, then was caught up in film biz trying to keep going, moved to Hollywood. Being a cowboy bad guy biker hippie historical figure..id sure prefer not to be in L.A. if I could still work elsewhere.
U ain't just whistling Dixie brother! These guys had a way of touching something deeper... Ripples of sound, resonating somewhere deep, primal,... fare U well, fare U well, I've loved U more than words can tell. Listen to the river sing sweet songs that rock our souls!
I left Winterland after this song, took a bus downtown, took another bus to SFO, rode a plane to LAX, spent a few hours waiting for the morning buses to run, rode another bus to Wilshire and Westwood Blvds and walked home, got on my bike and rode to school where I had a morning bicycling class. Oh to be 18 again.
I want this to be a 100% true recount of what happened. I see sandy-brown, wavy hair navigating SoCal mass transit with an efficiency second only to a Swiss timepiece. Hopping bikes, busses, planes, to busses, back to bikes....tires screeching to a hault in time for roll call...I want this to be true SO DAMN BAD! Problem is I remember 18. And 18yo me ain't making it past the parking lot. Not after that show, not after any of their shows, let alone this night. If you read this please don't admit Im right! Just chalk it up to taking in another seminal rock show, they were pretty much weekly. Say you took it for granted, good music was so plentiful back then! Say you didn't know the 80s were coming, and as far as you knew - the well of meaningful rock music would run deep forever. Tell us Poison, Whitesnake, and Ratt weren't even a twinkle in your eye. Just...whatever you do....DO NOT admit I'm right that this is fiction. Repeat after me: "I swear to you on everything you deem sacred, I made that fucking cycling class at (USC, UCSB, SDSU, etc) on-time, tires smoking, tripping my balls off! Hoffman's ride ain't got shit on morning cycling class June 9th, 1977." P.S. Feel free to copy/paste the response I generated for you. You'll grow into a bicycling legend, and I will be your #1 fan.
@@Hffuvdssthkk True story but remember Winterland didn't really have a parking lot and I loved my cycling class at Uni Hi on the Westside of LA and I only a few weeks left of high school and how cool is it to tell your cycle class friend Aaron Schenidermann that you saw the Dead last night and I'm here at 7:30am to tell the story of one hell of a show.
@@Hffuvdssthkk Many of us did just that. With each piece of the puzzle that is our life falling into place like dominos toppling over. Happy minds transcended tired bodies as we entertained the miracle of our spirit. Peace.
I sent the following text while listening to this song. I have no earthly memory of typing this, let alone texting it. I hope the message was delivered on-time, as intended...I mean...what more could a storyteller hope to accomplish? The text to a dear friend: There are fewer gifts I will ever be able to share with you than THIS...June 8th, 1977 - Winterland Ballroom Arena - Brokedown Palace. It was an encore, impromptu playing. It was never done better if you ask me. It was a mf'ing Wednesday! Ask yourself, what have I EVER done on a Wednesday that comes close to this?! Nothing? That's right...nothing! This is the greatest hump-day, afterthought, encore ever played. I mean, who does encores on Wednesdays after playing 3 hours? The Grateful Dead. Fuckin-A man...we were born almost exactly 30 years too late. Shoulda been '49 instead of '79! "Magic is what we do. Music is how we do it." -Jerry Garcia "Momma, momma many worlds I've come since I first left home." -Robert Hunter (Brokedown Palace) Snuggle into bed, turn down the lights, surround yourself with loved ones, and ask for 7 minutes and 45 seconds of mindful listening. Your souls will intertwine and mingle before eventually settling back to their rightful host, but your hearts...your hearts will be forever fuller. - end of text I doubt I'll ever top that text. I'm super proud to have gotten swept up in the magic, albeit, almost 44 years after the last note shot off into space. RIP to all taking this one to Dreamland tonight.
A good friend of my parents and someone I called Uncle lost his battle to cancer he was a big deadhead and lived right on the water used to take rides on a pontoon boat and listen to the grateful Dead and enjoy the outdoors miss him every time I hear this song or any other dead songs 😥God bless you Uncle Jim missing you always😥😥
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
My sister asked .i would play this at her funeral. I said was never gonna happen.im 60 now. She took me first show at 14. I love you more than words can tell. Mare 🌹
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
what a beautiful ballad. friend of mine just lost his father this past week. freaky and unexpected death. i posted this for him on fb. keep on truckin folks. life is precious
This song touches us each in so many different ways. It makes you feel and experience. Makes you want to smile, cry, and laugh all at the same time. So delightful.
To me, Grateful Dead were the stuff of myth and legend. Can you even come close to imagining all the amazing psychedelic trips that have been had under the influence of their music? Godspeed Captain Tripps and all the rest. Keep the cosmos rocking for all time.
Of course you have your own experiences, but you can't know what it's like to be inside the mind of someone else, let alone the mind of that person under the influence of LSD or shrooms. Although certain experiences are shared (e.g. tracers, swirling shapes) there are so many parts to the experience that cannot be matched. Memories that form the shape and character of the mind birth different effects of the affect and present experience.
The mere structure of our minds and our worldviews also shape our psychedelic experience. There's probably a lot more to it that I'm not even mentioning
If you close your eyes and think about some random colors or patterns, they will look much different than lots of other people's imagining of the same thing. Just to give an example
I guess you were "under the influence" when you wrote your comments? :D It doesnt appear to be that structured :D I had the same thoughts before, especially since acid doesnt really "take me away" compared to anybody I ever met. Even in absurdly high doses.
@@sodaaccount nah I mean probably just smoking weed that day but I have ADHD and ramble a lot. That's interesting I've heard a number of people say certain drugs don't affect them crazy like for others
Lost a brother today. Dementia is a hard road. But he is now laying along the riverside. Enjoying the light. Going home. Fare thee well, John. RIP my brother..
this song moves my soul. the grateful dead has been my favorite band for 20 years and I've heard this song a million times and it still gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes every single time.
I Thank God every single day that I got to see so many Dead And JGB so many times and got to see and feel that positive energy and got to see JERRY GARCIA play and sing and play thank you
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
Wow, just watched this on the 20th anniversary of Jerry's passing. It is also about 7 months since my dad passed. This was so beautiful it made me cry.
they knew how to do it, this song just touches the soul, the blues and the light, the essence. this song has been with me throught the years and the difficult times, always helps. i wrote a letter for my niece the day she was born, she will turn 4 this year and someday when she grows older she will read that letter and somewhere between my words she will find ''fare you well, i love you more than words can tell, listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul...-grateful dead'' and i like to think that she will search and listen to this song and hopefully her heart connects with the dead, they were more than just a band, they were/are medicine. love to everyone listening to them and to everyone who is struggling with life.
Great Brokedown. I always loved this song. I know a lot of people start heading out to beat crowd when this was the encore. But it can be one of Jerry's most emotional singing and playing. Also it has a special place for me - this was the last song I saw Jerry play at Giants Stadium 95. Fare thee well Jerry. I love you more than words can tell.
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
My Dad David Hale would have been 60 today. He spent is youth following the Grateful Dead. This song brings me comfort and tears. Hope Jerry is giving him a private show in the sky!
Grateful for all that is, goes beyond words, pure Love, pure Bliss, pure Joy, right here right now i get it, on the Bus, all is well, Blessings to this planet, Blessings to all,
What a silky smooth voice young Papa Bear had back in the day!! Your band(s) continue to inspire warmth and love between musicians.. In turn passing harmony to the world. What an incredible version.
Wonderful choice of images to go with this song. At this moment this song is important to me. I miss summers that had Jerry and all the rest, all those who came and went, A summer without the Grateful Dead is like winter.
I am over 70, we did not have this taught in school, my mother's family were part of the highlanders and were on Juno beach, we learned about this at home.
I completely understand how this songs clearly makes you feel and I know just how emotional exactly how it feels to lose the person we love, I lost my wife 4yrs ago on a crossroads she was hit by a drunk truck driver, It’ would be nice to talk to you more if you don’t mind ??
I am not a "DeadHead," but man, I wish I had a chance to follow them around in the 70s. I am so thankful these recordings exist for easy download on Archive.
Sometimes words really just dont do justice. Expressing everything that cannot be expressed through language, only emotion, music and of course love. I love you more than words can tell...
Going to release Fakir my love's ashes tomorrow. Will play this song . Letting go is hard work soothed by the river, nature and jerry's voice and the beautiful lyrics. Jerry and Fakir both Leos born and gone in early august. I miss you big spirits. Shine on us.
Donna was a directive from the unit at the CIA responsible for the creation of the band. The jerry/bobby romance narrative had run it s course. This unit was also responsible for the various Jerry's subbed in and out over the years....by my count there were five maybe six different individuals who played jerry. My personal favorite is Hairy Jim. Hairy Jim played from around 1980 to approximately 84-85. Hairy Jim was replaced by Round Johnny who played from 85 to the crisis in 87 when he died. So yeah, five maybe six jerries in all....3 of them are still alive and playing....So they could put one of the original versions of the dead on the road again....But Bobby being Bobby and Phil is being a prick about the contract details...much love
Joe Quartaro, a while back I read in the comments of one of the Grateful Dead songs posted here multiple posts regarding the story of the CIA and the Grateful Dead, detailing how Barton Hall was pre-recorded and they used holograms on stage. Were you the person who posted it and may I please ask which video I can find it on? I wanted to give it another read and cannot find them...
not me....I am a semi-retired engineer in the defense industry....specializing in Chaos theory and Quantum mechanics. In terms of Barton Hall most of the tricks given to Band to experiment with lead directly back to Radio Corporation of America and Bell Labs. Holograms sound( :) ) like a bell labs area....good luck
I heard that…she had good nights & those other nights,,..giving her credit & props…dig the positive aspects and refreshing to hear and see this (and hear this version…sweet)!!
Nothing was ever negative about the dead shows back then. The music took you where it would without a guide of shame. It was your trip and no one else's. Donna was part of that for me. Appreciate the music take a ride or get off and wave. It wouldn't have been the same without her. What if Joanne Baez was with the dead full time. Would have been another scene another ride. Where would it have taken me? Like Van wrote.To pastures not greener but meaner?