Grateful Dead - Bertha (Orchard Park, NY 7/4/89) 

Please please please .......release sunshine daydream 72' show again.

Awesome

Agreed David! The deal was ridiculous from this show

We love you Dave keep it rockin

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Yeah it's sad he died

But he made all of us happy

69

At 74 it doesn't change, it just gets better!! Keep loving the Dead!! Keep being young!!

🤣 malfunction junction

Fitting- you definitely don’t want to “come around there anymore” lol

There's another track you can jam to next time you're stuck at the DMV.... its called DMV by Primus, from their Pork Soda album. It really puts the emphasis of loathing in your ears when dealing with the DMV.

They didn't want to be considered any better than the people attending, made it a family affair and not praising a God whos really only a musician 🙂 provided a safe , comfortable vibe. Nothing matches it

You don't need to dress to impress lol.

@@NoURider jerry had mentioned multiple times how he didnt want to be viewed and worshipped. he really was just a regular bloke like the rest of us

Kinda like you're in their backyard at a barbecue and they just decide to start playing for 50,000 of their friends.

Si

Yes, that is true. Makes me wish I could go back.

Forever Dead

This is so true really miss quitting my job and going on tour 😂❤

@jedmydog It was nice to have all that freedom back in the day.

Glad we have technology to preserve the greatest band!

Hes not really gone, he still Brings love to the soul god bless the grateful dead

That’s awesome 👏🏼 😎

The parrot thought it was feeding time.

I mean I guess but why not take psychedelics and enjoy the dead as well? And honestly while you are capable of enjoying the music sober , the music is by the dosed for the dosed. It really only makes sense on LSD , there music literally sounds like it's turned upside down when your dosed. You can have a much larger appreciation for the music because that's how it was intended to be heard .

Sweat.

You got that right brother.

You’re all doing very well. I can’t believe how many of you have made it. It doesn’t get better than this. You’ve been very successful. They have rewritten the Bible. Many looked for their old copy and couldn’t find it. Mel Gibson did a mockery of them trying one witch stick after another. “Put your hands in the air. This is a mockery. Fentanyl is the new black jack • organized crime want to keep the monopoly on drugs 😢 0ne simply harvest the skin off the homeless people 🌈sold on this black web. Everyone looks like they are on drugs sick all the time never have any money • most use a vaccine . they killed the Jews again. and blame results of perverted sex and the hate groups, on our cars • 😆 I was laughing so much when I found out, a man has to take hard drugs to have sex with a woman 🤣 😂

Believe it if yòu need it

Agreed. Those pictures of his girls he has on his piano always makes me both happy and sad. Wow, they are now nearing middle age. OMG.

I love his body movements, thats how you know its coming straight thru the soul. RIP BM!

This was 3 years after the coma

@@buckodonnghaile4309 doesn't matter, still f-ing AMAZING that he was able to come back to that level of dexterity after what he went through

Nope the best version is skull & roses.

I have heard the bullshit rumor of him having to relearn guitar. LOL Can't believe everything you read or hear of the Dead.

@@timothy3732 well I’m sure he didn’t forget everything lol probably just a few techniques

Know our love will not fade away.

Lesh loyalists forever!

✌🏼🍄

Who doesn't love a good Bertha??

When Phil's on the band's on...

When any chorus occurred, everyone went nuts. The entire concert. I have experienced this in a few Dead shows. What seems to have happened is that we all went off into our own trip during a stanza, because we all tripped out. But when the chorus brought us all back together, we seemed to be one person again. We would all just start yelling because we were so happy to be among a large group. I still have my shirt from this concert.

Because Jerry got arrested in ‘85!

Agreed 100%

Phawk Babylon phawk cops phawk yeah yes I Jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah

PAL it isn't a seven minute song because of those simple nine words - right ? I enjoy all of the Dead's earliest stuff, but insipid comments annoy me - like totally MAN.. Were you in San Francisco Golden Gate Park in the summer of 1969 , like I was ?

Yeah, a great musical connection but at the same time their own personal addiction to heroine, it shows how they couldn't hide that other connection.

YES

so soothing

Who wears short shorts? Bob wears short shorts, daisy dukes even. 😏😏

Jerry is magical all by himself !

Jerry's voice obviously got better as he aged,such an underrated guitarist,all around awesome musician 😎

Yup 🙂

Bill always was, lol.

Listen to 71 to 74 when billy was alone. Him phil and Keith made magic and pushed jerry and bobby further into space.

@@christopheroconnor2632 Agreed!

Nah yo...Oakland NYE 87 kills this.

@@christopheroconnor2632 he said 80s and nobody wants a spacey bertha ...claude have mercy no

Enough said.

Yes sir

They r the best band ever & did more shows then any other band ever all over the world ! 😫💀👻✌️🫶🏼

They are the most essential American of all time. They combined Blues, Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, and Rock - all indigenous American Music forms, and synthesized them into a wondrous American anthem. They are a musical Whitman.

I concur. Hyryder 🎉

Yep yep 🌹

Grew up San Rafael Marin county San Francisco..69..late.comer..fitty show jgb Jerry too. LSD.shrooms Jah love Jah Herb Jah jerrymylitus Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah Herb

Lots of Smiles😉

I was with him in 88 made him 20 minutes toget back on stage , we hugged so hard after doing my 95% pure coke a gram line , he brushed the ones he had off onto the floor !

Even better one decade before...1979

Agreed. The band never more was the same without Brent

Same

My grand-ma and your grand-ma were sit-tin' by the fire

I love 89 Dead 😭

@@Karmakatt6 I don't care what anyone says. 1989 Grateful Dead was the best musical year of the band. You can have your 1977 etc etc.

@@daniellamont7265 1989 was the start of my Days with the Dead...is was Great!

What a sad, ridiculous thing to say.

Brent played with so much soul

I think it really eased the pressure on Jerry to have this young passionate cat taking more of the spotlight. I think if Brent didn't die and was with the band in 95 when Jerry died , they would have kept touring .

@@cosmicslopass hell, I think if Brent hadn’t died jerry may not have died so soon after. It seemed like he was the light for Jerry during those years. It was always just a matter of time for Jerry, but his health took a drastic turn for the worse after Brent’s death. Also, after Brent, Jerry seemed much happier playing in JGB than the Dead. Some of the happiest, best performances of his career until the big H got ahold of him again. At the end of the day, Brent dying and the pressure of constantly having to keep the Grateful Dead machine moving is ultimately what killed jerry. If only Jerry could have taken a well-deserved year or two off to focus on himself.

@@STSGuitar16 i find it strange that the band kinda just kept going after Brent died. I'm not even a big fan of the 80s dead (69-74 is where i get my kicks) but it was clear Brent was the future of the band. The band was in a firm direction and playing with purpose because Brent kept them on their toes. It's disgusting what the grateful dead machine became, Jerry was literally dying in front of the fans and no one really seemed to care. They should have taken a long break after Brent's passing instead of just pretending his death wasn't a total blow to the band. Like your brother you've been playing with for nearly 10 years just died , take a step back and re evaluate . There's more important things at stake then keeping a party going

@@cosmicslopass yeah man, i totally agree with literally everything you just said. 69-74 are also my favorite years, followed by late 70s and then ‘89 and ‘90. Don’t listen to anything after Brent just because it absolutely lacks his presence. I mean, they had to hire two keyboardists just to try to fill the massive hole Brent left, and obviously it just wasn’t anywhere near the same. They also got suuuuuper cheesy midi sound going a lot in the early 90s that I don’t care for at all. But yeah, it goes back to the fact that they had literally hundreds of people on their payroll that depended on the band for their livelihood. I imagine it would pretty damn hard to tell someone (let alone 100+ people), “sorry, this steady career you’ve had with us for 15-20 years is suddenly stopping indefinitely and you’ve got to go find a new job to support your family.” I know Jerry felt that pressure probably more than anyone, but I’ve heard several of them talking about that situation. It became a big business (still is a massive business with the Dead and Co era) and they couldn’t just put the brakes on suddenly and bring everything to a stop. Plus they all said that if the Dead quit, Jerry would just go out and tour with JGB instead, so like I said, it was always a matter of time for Jerry after Brent. Videos from 1995 are straight up sad to watch, man. Jerry was obviously in a very bad way. I just don’t think there was really anything anyone could have done to stop it from happening. They were totally stuck between a rock and a hard place. Sucks that it ended up how it did, but hey, let’s just celebrate the awesome stuff about the band. They have given us untold hours of bliss and jams and I am very thankful for that. I’m 25 and found the Dead my freshman year of college and never looked back once. I was hooked instantly (shoutout to Skull and Roses Bertha and Mama Tried for being my gateway songs into the dead lol). I found the sound of the band and Jerry’s voice to be completely entrancing like no other person or band i had ever heard. They just had such a damn good sound. Their music is totally timeless now. It feels like it was never written, it has just existed for all of time. And it is every bit as incredible now as it was when it was happening live. Best damn band out there. Sorry for writing a novel here but I just felt like writing something lol

Oh man...they were all magical performances...I was fortunate to have seen them three times... Only once tripping..also saw Bob and his band at the Golden Bear...a small club!!!!

Sorry, after listening to this for the 14,743rd time, I know for sure this is the best Bertha. For many reasons..

i had always thought

Amen.✌️

I AGREE SO GOOD TO HAVE THAT INSIDE TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE THIS MUSIC TO HELP US ALONG

Try to live in "the escape c

Every single time, brother. That’s why I listen to them every single day.

My all-time go-to happiness song!

@Jeff R. "era" might not be the right word but there are so many ways to come in and dissect the Dead. Part of the fun!! I guess the keyboardists are broadly defined "eras" and I definitely think the post-coma stadium run with Brent has its own feel somehow. And it was SO good :)

Scarlet/Fire 6/30/87 Toronto, smoking. Check it out.

Er… fires?🧐🧐

@@spanqueluv9er I believe he’s referring to versions of Fire on the Mountain.

ABSOLUTELY FUCKING LUTELY!!!!!

Me too❤️

We were on tour from 87-90, Jerry and the boys were so dialed these years....solid memories....

@@jdub6153 partial to these years myself!⚡❤👍🏻

had a photo pass

Nothing like a BUFFALO DEAD SHOW I LIVE TEN MINUTES AWAY FROM THE PARKING LOT, BUT BEEN IN MANY, THANK YOU JERRY 😇 AND THE BOYS

Again the Grateful Dead s Music was NEVER played on commercial radio stations.

After Brent died, I had immediate depression. After Jerry passed, I was in shock for months as it soaked in. The loss doesn't hurt anymore but I definitely will always miss those days.

@@davidr1676 yes definitely

I was born in 91. Just be happy you were able to witness this magic in person.

I still cry & never will stop until I die so I can b with the man I love ❤️ Jerry Garcia !❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹☮️💀👻🪐👽❤️‍🔥💥☄️

I will always miss the Gratefuldead forever ❤️😥🥲😢✌️💀😵‍💫🥰😘😍

I agree. Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, NY 7/4/89

Memories... worth more than gold...

lucky you! Dead forever!

I was at this show also. Worth every penny spent for sure

I was there too. My last show. Man I both regret it and don't regret it at all.

Me too

To b 30 again would b nice for me !

Best part of the song imo

The synergy between Jerry and Brent especially was like 1+1=10

5:19

Semper Fi, Mac!

That's funny makes me feel like going back home

Go.✌️

Get on the bus and wander when you can. Try new things and expand your perspective while you're young.

I’ve gone on two road trips since I first posted this comment. But y’know, I’m always eager to go on more.

@@fortmcmurrayoilbaronsfan7 enjoy this big ol rock of ours. Lots to see! ❤️

You they wrote this song about a fan in the studio that was always falling and wobbling around the room. Pay close attention to the lyrics

Switch to youtube music. Better than spotify

RU-vid- do it all

Jerry's dance moves are energetically plunky... he's really feelin the groove...

@@krissantos6624 when he's dancin', his fingers are romancin'!!

That sideways stealie is totally cool.

why don’t you arrest me!

The soul of the GD died with Jerry

​@hamerplayer1229 no, never. He wouldn't allow it. It wasn't the same but the soul lived on and always will for true fans

STOPS ? So you mean like Cosmo Cramer when he took over as "BUS Driver but he had to keep making all of the stops" ? W-t-F are your thinking , DOOooooodd ?

@@gorkemkirkegaard7022what

my favorite bertha

Lee Perry come back.. Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️ Jah sisters Jah Trey Jah Duane Africa Ethiopia Addis Ababa Selassie I Jah