Grateful Dead 1993 Tour Documentary "And Miles to Go Before I Sleep" by Peter Shapiro | Relix 

I think I made a good choice joining deadhead culture.

After Brent passed away 😢 everything changed dramatically in my opinion I could feel that it was not the same and still followed the grateful dead in till Jerry died those where good days 🙏

Little secret for my brother & sister Deadheads going way back. Real miracle 🎟 tickets started before 1980 & were free, given out by unknown associates and friends of the Band!! All the way through to Jerry's passing!! How cool is that? They just come out in the parking lot and give them out to unsuspecting heads! BS passes, too! It has been done, I know cos I did it!! It felt awesome!! After meeting them in SF, my 1st show on east coast they gave me 10 tickets & 5 BS passes for me, 3 friends who had tickets & extras to give out miracles! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE GRATEFUL DEAD ❤ 🌹 💎

So cool to see Ice-T in a Grateful Dead video 😁🙏🏼 I'm a huge fan of both The Grateful Dead and Ice-T. Both are part of "MY PEOPLE!" 🔥🔥🔥🎶🎶🎶🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

My first show was 1973 and by the late seventies and into the early eighties I was seeing them a lot. Just took in the Wrigley Field D & C shows and had as much fun as ever.

I hate to say it but some of the phoniest, shadiest people I ever met were so called tour rats or heads. I know that is not the high % of people who went to Dead shows but man those few can really give a scene a bad name. Thieves, lazy and drug addicts...I saw them move over to Phish shows in 95...dont mean to be negative but some of the people in this doc reminded me of these cretins and it stuck a memory nerve.....

Really happy that my dad made the cut here. I remember him doing this interview so well. I was DEEP into the scene at this point and loved dragging him to shows circa 88-94. It gave him a renewed hope in finding what he thought was lost. I thank Walton and Barlow for bringing us in - it's a debt I can never repay.

Nice, I love vintage footage and Deadhead scene videos from the era. These videos are like catnip to me. Thanks for sharing! 2404 (~);} NFA

👻 That's right cannabis forever Nothing like getting Melo and enjoy the band.🎸I got on the bus 1968 .

I miss touring so much... It lived on for about 8-10 years after Jerry passed, through Other Ones, Phil & Friends, Ratdog, and some of the similar bands like String Cheese and Big Wu. Wasn't the same, but in some ways it got better; the crowds were lower, less drunks/people only there just for the party, no more dumbass gate-crashers. And there were still some stellar spots like Alpine, Deer Creek, The Gorge, Red Rocks, but then the festivals really started to take over and it kinda spelled the end for it. I mean Gathering of the Vibes, High Sierra Telluride BGF were amazing but something around 2005ish started to change. Maybe it was Bonnaroo, and the inclusion of acts (and their fans) that didn't "get it" idk. The community wasn't really there in the way it was in the past. You'd still see the same tour rats all over the country, but it was a smaller group that were still committed, but those still doing it were just as kind, caring, giving and loving as ever. Just beautiful. Ultimately, there was enough momentum to carry it forward nearly a decade after Jerry, but it had to slow eventually. There are still some great little festivals, and some fantastic bands in the scene to this day, but its just different... Heroin, cocaine, speed, Oxy's became nearly as common as doses or psilocybe. To those of my family still out there keeping the spirit of the Dead alive, bless you. I do my part to keep newer generations interested in the music and I don't think the interst will ever die. I'm just sad and miss all of the friends I've lost touch with since the fallout, but I'll always have the memories and they were the best years of my life. Forever Grateful, Forever Dead

i was a DH since the 70s, tribal kind community i miss you so, you were good to me we had an amazing time and i loved you. there are moments seared into memory.

The Gratefuldead kept me alive & well , partied my ass off !

There was no stopping Jerry from playing the guitar, he told the guys that he was gonna play the guitar every day with somebody. He was a true lover of the guitar.

So glad that all those wonderful years with the Grateful Dead were before cell phones! They would have ruined the whole thing...

I was on this tour with my best friend... Our last tour. She has sadly passed on but these memories sustain me.

My favourite line here is - "All these tie-dyed, freaky lookin' people" ....... FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG HIGH PEOPLE !

Everything is life is either a blessing, a sign or a test

30 minutes into the video you have the law harassing and arresting harmless people for selling t-shirts without a license. Let`s look at this. There are evil people in this country who are kidnapping people, raping people, mugging people, stealing off people, etc... and the law chooses to waste time and money and energy going after harmless people who make arts and crafts. That`s the problem with America!

I was a "metal head" in 91... friends from Wisconsin drove to Cincinnati and took me to Buckeye Lake... changed my life. That same Summer I had a chance meet/ conversation with Timothy Leary at Union Terminal in Cincinnati and I happened to be out and about "micro dosing" on 1/2 hit I scored at the Dead show.

93 is when I moved to Eugene, OR and got to meet all the prankster kids.

Did west coast tour 93, 94, 95... A friend grabbed me for 93 tour. I was super sceptical. Hopped off tour, sold everything I owned, then followed them for 94 - 95 along with hopping on and off Phish tour and jumping around the country for various festivals and Rainbow gatherings. Best time of my life.

I was proud to attend all those shows at Buckeye from 91' on. The 90's Grateful Dead shows were some magical events and like it is said about every period of the Dead's career..You had to be there cause there was nothing like a Grateful Dead show..I'm beyond thankful for those shows in 93'...I saw Atlanta thru Chapel Hill and Richfield and Buckeye...That space was getting hot, smoking hot..One of my favorite Buckeye memories was looking back on 100,000 pairs of eyes and wide-open mouths when the guys brought out a real Train whistle and let that train horn blast...The stage lights turned like an oncoming train and the whistle roared..Only the Grateful Dead did that kind of stuff..Mind Blowing

The miracle ticket part was beautiful! Only place in the world that would happen✌️❤️

You got on the bus in 93’ while I left the Bay Area and began a homestead lifestyle. I missed these years in the 90s till Jerry became pure light. Great doc. Highlights some of the problems that came with the popularity. Contrasts that with the glue that was the good hearts of the many.

Man I hate seeing the gate crashers

Great interviews. Timothy Leary followed by William F. Buckley, Jr. I laughed my ass off.

Interesting in 2020 seeing the commentary on Pearl Jam after the career they've had and the relationship with the fans. Sorta Deadish. Also cool seeing Ice T.

I saw the Dead 5 times over the many years. Last 2 show's were at Autzen Stadium in Eugene Oregon. The one show was opened by Little Feat. The other show was the Indigo Girls. Great memories.

Ken Kesey said it well. About the magic. "That Crack". Sometimes moments in a show, when the crack, a shift, and it can be nourishing~ healing~uplifying~inspiring~ sharing. Can feel like a moment in a familiar dream ❤

What a long strange trip for us! For me...1974~1995! 💙😇💙 ( love the Niagara Falls scene!)

I was on the tour during this period. I had a wok and a stove that could burn gas from a normal gas station. I had a grilled cheese operation and also I was selling beer a lot and a guy I knew got us Calvin and Hobbes shirts to sell..

Buckeye Lake summer 93, friends and I gave a security guard 20 bucks a piece to walk us into the medical tent and lets us go into the show. lots of people jumping the fence that year. buckeye was a great venue to camp at

OMG....William F Buckley quoting the Dead?

Living on the east coast during the late 80s through mid 90s we were spoiled with so many Dead shows. MSG, Brendan Byrne, Giants Stadium, Albany, RFK, Spectrum. It was a magical time

Wow 51:06 one of my old housemates in college.. was childhood friends w my boyfriend. We all lived together and I remember when he became a DH. What a trip

Thank You guys for creating and sharing this! I saw plenty of West Coast 90's shows, but this was the one Summer East Coast tour I managed to do. My bro & I sold veggie fajita burritos in the lot & made it into every show. So many memories, thanks for taking us back to Shakedown Street Summer '93!

My first show was in Landover that year (I got on late 😯) St. Patrick's Day. As with alot of us, that nite changed my life. Cheers! PS Miss ya Jer!

Very nice to see Pete Shapiro is a fellow Wildcat from Northwestern I got on the “bus” 73 at Nassau and have been on ever since Even saw Jerry play McGaw Hall in 75.....thanks for all the great music Pete you are an inspiration My son is an aspiring film maker and we went to Citifield last year on a Fathers Day miracle ! Keep on truckin’!

"Jerry is gone in one form, but like the magician that he is, he has explosively been transformed into a million Jerrys-one improvising in each of our hearts." - Ram Dass "Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven." Walter Savage Landor Keep on jammin' to what moves your soul!

Thank you for posting this for people to watch and those that were there an opportunity to look back. There was a lot of good and bad in the lot back then but if you ask those who were there, I feel they would say the good out weighed the bad. The love , respect and kindness most of us had for each other made us strong and we live in a better society now because of it. The main thing I loved about our community was it didn't matter who you were, what you look like, where you were from, who you knew....you were welcomed like family. The music is our bond and to this day it lives on 26 years after this film was recorded. What a long strange trip its been :-) Gonna say to my Sisters and Brothers ,keep the faith

Rock Scully is DEAD wrong. Jerry was 'that' good. In fact he was clearly better than that and more than most will ever know.

9:50 I once talked with a hubcap until security came up and took me inside to Rock Med, The kind woman there asked me if I could find my friends and said "have a great show" No need to fake anything life threatening, simply befriend an inanimate object!

Today, a ticket to see Dead & Company costs like $150 to start!! Things were way better back then in the 90s and before because ticket prices were so low!! I couldn’t afford to see Dead & Company at all! And I really didn’t want to without Jerry. Jerry was the light in the Grateful Dead. Without him it’s not the same.

Ahhh man! I’m so glad to find this!!! I sometimes forget about this part of my life. This is bringing back sooooo many memories, and I love it so much! Patchouli, ganja goo balls, gel tabs! KOA, trip and Emily’s, who I saw get married at their farm at one of the festivals they always held there in terra Alta West Virginia just up from the beautiful deckers creek. New river gorge. Buckeye Lake, three rivers stadium, where I saw the Grateful Dead for the first and last time. I was 10 years old, my parents had absolutely no interest in them and I begged, kicked and screamed until my mom bought me and her a ticket and took me to 3rivers on this tour shortly after Jerry passed, and that was it. I saw “the other ones” a bunch of times including once at the civic arena, where Robert hunter opened up, and played promontory rider. My 1964 Plymouth valiant signet 200 with the push button transmission that we used to take to all the festivals. I bought that car off of who would be my best friend for 2 decades with the first $1100 I ever made at my first job when I was 14 years old. We had so many memories in the car and my buddy had to sell it in order to buy his 1972 charger and it broke my fucking heart that the car was going to be gone forever. I couldn’t let it happen so I went out and got a job at age 14 and was the first $1100 I ever made. I bought the car off them like I said I bought it when I was 14 and 41 today and I still have that Car. In fact, I just began to restore it last month still has all the dead stickers on the back bumper and on the back windows and the sticker on the glove box door that says “ass gas or grass nobody rides for free.” my best friend who sold me the car was absolutely my ace. We used to hang out and get high on this old wooden bridge about 3/4 of a mile up the street from my house about 200 yards from my grandmothers house and my buddy before I knew him live right up the street across this bridge, and he stopped one day and said hey, do you guys wanna get high and we were like fuck you dude I’ll match you. So I match them that day in the second time I encountered this dude I was walking down the train tracks which this bridge was right on the side of the set of train tracks so I’m walking down the tracks with my buddy Nick, my other best friend, my oldest friend Who I met on the bus on my first day of kindergarten and like I said we were about 50 yards from the road at the bridge where they intersect it and all of a sudden he comes rolling up across the tracks in what is now my 64 Plymouth valiant, and he slams on the brakes when he sees us on the tracks backs up rolls down the window and yells to us. “Hey, hurry up get in!” we hit this back road and he pulls these 2 gallon size Ziploc bags out of his waistband full Boston at the seams with Durbin poison and I about shit a fucking brick. I never seen anything like it in my life. Up until then, it was all brick weed for me. Seedy schwag. It was on after that. I’ve been thinking about writing a book about my life. Recently I’ve met some new friends who didn’t know me then. And they are in a constant state of awe, at the stories!😂 they are always asking for a new story and think I should write a book. Love ya guys!!!!!

For me….first show 1972…then about 250…it was about the music…if the music wasn’t transcendent the rest didn’t mean sh..

Hello Bradley Fish! Love seeing folks I know in these videos. Still think about my first show all the time. Life changing. Nice to revisit the scene. Love to all!

Toured from 89-95. Best time of my life for sure. Changed my whole outlook on life.

Don't understand Rock skully sayin they r not that GREAT ? Lame. U made $ off them bud

It's what You do if You find out...oh I can play I can sing I can make songs...oh and my friends do it. And now new friends were doing it! YEP

Brings back memories of all the Feds and Agent Provokers.

Miss their concerts. 1st show was Englishtown in '77 the last was with Dylan, '95 I believe in Highgate Vt. Terrible show but still a great scene.

Thank you for sharing. I was going to college at the same time just a few blocks over. Brought back so many great memories. Thanks.

Summer 93 was great.. so was spring 93 and fall :)

Just at the 17 minute mark the guy said that camping at shows was crushed by forces outside the band. Thar's not true. One of the major problems that began to eliminate camping was the behavior of people. Maybe not all the people, but people all the same. Not only that, but it became even more problematic when many many tickerless people showed up, which wasn't so new, but people who came not for the music, but to party outside the venue.

None of the commentors say anything. They're speaking and forming sentences, but they don't say any specifics.

I’m a “new” Deadhead but I’ve always loved the communal aspect of the Dead shows.It’s one of the few places where every person’s inner light,positivity and kindness shines brighter than anything.I’ve had a guy walk up to me and hand me a fat joint and pat me on the back and say have fun.Where else on the face of the earth are you going to find someone who will just hand you a joint without a single alterior motive other than to brighten another fans day.

Kesey’s quarter trick lol. I’d be thinking, thank god this isn’t a magic class

Man....glad I found this

looks like living the dream.

Ken Kesey just claimed that the dead are 99.99995554% mediocre and 0.00005556 percent completely transcendent.

Buckeye Lake is awesome I was blessed to see the GD there 3x including Bruce on the accordian and the Violent Femmes opening up,,

Great job on this piece!

21:22 BIG facts to all the poser jerks.

Reminds me why I got into shooting live music and festivals. It has never really been about the music for me, I love the community and the memories that are made at these events.

I was at Buffalo and surprised to hear people were crashing the gates. I must’ve missed it being inside having a GRATE time listening to Sting. Got to see Jerry up close playing beautifully on Tea in the Sahara. Wonderful memory :)

Timothy Leary fuck yeah man✨⚡️🌸🌼👍👍✌️✌️

Wow -- Kesey looks so wan and tired here. He'd been through a lot by this time.

I hope these people found new loves and new places after Jerry died. Bless you all!!

30:21 There’s Todd, but where are Dakota and Emily? 😂

Gee, I wonder why most people think cops suck!

The preference of alcohol (over other substances) at Dead shows in the 90s really turned me off of wanting to attend shows. My last 'live' Grateful Dead show was the summer of 1990, I just sat back and listened to tapes and read about the scene collapsing upon itself until Jerry's death in 1995. Even today a really good Dead & Co. show is usually walked all over by concert attendees that have alcohol dependency problems...pounding beers and getting shitty drunk at shows and having their "good time" all up in your space. *TBH alcohol is ruining most concerts for me today.

In 93 I caught RFK and JFK shows. Big fun.

Dayton chicls are 😅

🎉oh yeah 💯

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!

Why is the quality of this so terrible? I expect better from relix!

@19:21 ths signs it needed to be over are right infront of you. It was our scene,....then it became this, then it was over. Glad to have lived it while it was too busy just enjoying being to pretend it was something else.

36:57 Is that the girl from the Neuro Soup RU-vid Chanel??

smile smile smile....

Probably one of the best shows of the shows that have been shown and it just goes to show don't ever know! Yeah reminds me of my first show what was that back in 72 Town Inn where was it Roosevelt Stadium also a good year for a pretty damn good record I mean what then decides to pack up and go to Egypt what the ?

I got a really bad case of gonorrhea at a Dead show

Thankyou soo much mr Barlow

Thanks for sharing !! I did most of this tour I was looking for my family ..... I miss papa bear

My son is 12 and he loves the Grateful Dead!!

Thanks! Medicinal-I could watch clips of people getting miracled all day! Those are moments of deep deep joy-

Does anyone know who the guy in the last interview is?

By the 90s, the band started their obvious slide downhill, which mostly crystallized around Garcia's addiction and failing health. I had lived in the Bay Area for 20 years and had to stop going to shows because what I was seeing and hearing was just sad. I like that the scene continued, but even that turned dark in the latter days with the Dead relegated to playing gargantuan, crappy venues and the crowd resorting to outbursts of violence to gain free entry. I truly feel that if they had wrapped things up in '89, Jerry might still be alive and vital today.

Im stoned

My 2nd Show. 1st Show was 1992 at Buckeye Lake.

Been a long time. Missing it.

Got to see 25 to 30 west coast shows. Sold shirts and did 4 summers tours. Best job I ever had, life changing Fer sure. Even did the Last D&C shows in SF just to try and catch a glimpse of the “good ol days”. The folks were just as Beautiful in 2023 as they where in the 90’s. NFA

It's interesting...that guy was talking shit about Louisville...like that city illegalized LSD use. Actually Bear, the manufacturer of all the LSD in America in the 60s and 70s and beyond, was born in and from Shelbyville KY, which is ten minutes outside of Louisville,and his family lived right down the road from me. I basked in benefits. We used the dogma there as camoflauge.... I think that dude just needed a beer or something....we had some serious weirdness passing through that city

It was fun while it lasted. First show in 89. Then dead-icated for 91 summer tour starting in Vegas and ending my run at the shoreline shows and back to college. 92 saw most of the summer tour. . 93 saw the scene getting toxic….gate crashers started to ruin everything. Band was getting fed up. Cars getting broken into and fights in the parking lot…etc. by 94 things turning ugly. So sad. But I regret not seeing more shows in last tours . I’d give anythiby to be thee agin. So many friends no longer around or lost among the years. I still dream of going to shows. The feeling of rolling into the parking lot, the smell of the lot in the air…kind bud, burning sage, grilling cheese sandwiches, the feeling of having a ticket, and the energy as you walk into the venue walking through the spinners and the packed gate entrances to the stadium/arena and the vibe of the crowd…..all this etched into my memory bank. was such a “long long time to be gone…and a short time to be there” But I’ll never forget.

❤😂don’t know this guy

Great Documentary Peter. My kind of SHOW. 1972 a passage in time between old & new. Great Perspective.

Ken kesey was hard on the dead

Kids these days...we can only tell em, show em and know its not the same

Late to the party but so was I. Still welcome.

Saw my first show in 1990 foxboro stadium, I was 16 the dead played bid you goodnight for the encore there was no going back after that I graduated high school (92’) I packed a backpack and went on tour with some friends. I was in tour from 92’-95’ when Jerry died

Good Time's........👣🐾