Weir's shredding shortly after 02:00 - I get goosebumps everytime, and then the pace just picks up and suddenly I'm in heaven. A great version of a great song with pretty good sound and on top of that, we can hear Weir's awesome rhythmic backing. Garcia in all honor but Weir was a fucking beast on that guitar at times.
Yup. Bob Weir's role in the Dead tends to be underrated. He's so strong on rhythm guitar (backed, of course, by two great drummers) that Phil can play that low counterpoint against Jerry's solos instead of having to hold down the bottom the way most bass players must do.
One of only about 5 or 6 shows I got to see w/ my Dad... Now him & Jerry are together again, looking down on us & the farm... Even though they're not physically present not a day goes by that we aren't touched & guided by them... We have been fortunate & are blessed daily...
Bob is amazing here. I can really see what Jerry was talking about when he says he took alot of his directions in solos from Bob. Plus this is like the best china cat rider with brent I ever heard. And I LOVE Brent
Not my first show but it was my first bootleg.....and the jam in this is absolutely one of the swaeteset you will hear. Bob....musically had one of his best years in 88.
Woohoo! I was there and lovin' it! Hampton shows -- well, the seven (or eight?) I went to were always fun - good scene, good sound inside, that big, wide open arena floor with plenty of boogie room. The Dead clearly loved playing there, hence the infamous Warlocks shows of '89.
Awesome moment starting at 8:53 - I wish I was a headlight on a Northbound train.....I WISH I WAS A HEADLIGHT ON A NORTHBOUND TRAIN. Great take on a classic...I always LOVED it when Jerry, Bob and Brent sang together.
I had tickets to this hampton run,but didnt make it to the shows. Pulled over in georgia by the highway patrol,profiled, too many dead stickers on my 1982 Buick Electra. They took all my money and my car ,among other things. Still got the ticket stubs.
lemmee guess: Bad Cop, No Donut...Legalize It (with giant green fan leaf) 20 or 30 dead stickers. A Bob Marley, I'M not as think as you Stoned I am...and then wonder why you get pulled over....lol
OMG... mind numbing! This 88 show is awesome. It's slightly tinny when you first start listening, but as soon as the ears adjust there is a separation of instrumentation and energy that is off the charts. 88 is an illusive year video wise, this is the first I've seen of the short hair. The Might as Well from this show is strong too. Thanks for posting big time.
When this show was played, I was awaiting the day of my first show (6-25-1988). Only out of the military for a few months, I was ready to get back to concerts...live music. Fun. Thank you, for this video.
They always played great shows at Hampton and I was lucky enough to live in the area from 81-95, so saw quite a few. And, oh., the wonderful, seemingly effortless groove of Phil...bliss.
Love the little hestitation dance Jerry and Bobby do around 6:40, approaching the mics for the vocal on "Rider". Just listening to tapes, you suspect something like that is happening when they play their semi-infinite intros, and it's fun to see it on video.
fantastic, thanks. i saw the '86 and '87 Hampton runs, but not these. I love this view of the stage, which I've only seen in Hampton 88 vids (the Sugar-Scarlet-Fire is phenomenal..) Great to see hands on instruments of all 3 (4 really.) Interesting to me that feels a bit like Bobby is dragging Jerry along through the transition jam ... whole thing a bit expedited ..Jerry gets pretty fired up in the very last jam though.. Nice thx again
LessThanFace Productions You guys are awesome. My bf & I appreciate all of the hard work you put into getting these shows out there, not to mention the amazing synching, editing, etc that you do.
I have to say...no one chooses to be an addict. And true it may be but I feel he's owed more than that. To accuse Jerry of choosing heroin over essentially every fan and even fans that LOVE him to this very day is false. In fact..i feel more responsible for just feeling like my over enthusiastic way...as many people had with them...that touring kept rehab on a distant horizon that was reached only when the schedule allowed.
I think at the european Tour 1972 in Frankfurt/Germany, my first contakt with dead, we are on the concert from19.30 to 24.00 hour and after the famos concert we drive directly from Frankfurt to Amsterdam, arived good old Amsterdam at 7.00 in the morning, a lot of speed help us.
boy 88 was the year of shortest jams ever ... interesting stuff from Jerry in the last Rider solo listen to Weir on Sugaree and Stranger from Laguna Seca '87 if you wanna hear some interesting stuff from him from this era...
I am slightly bothered by Jerrys verse scree up. makes me worried for him. but I will say that this China Rider is up there with Europe '72, imho! miss you guys Jerry and Brent.
I agree, but it's hard to call Bob a merely a rhythm guitarist. He seems to invent chords on the fly and at times (if you isolate him) it sounds like he and Jerry are at different gigs! I prefer to call him a rhythm guitarist and on-demand textural accompaniment specialist. Put on headphones and listen to him from about 5:17 to 5:38. Just ridiculous.
they never made it all up! they were rehearsed enough that if weir started playing a riff, garcia would chime right in same riff. that's not all off the cuff, some is rehearsed. ya have to learn someones song enough to get the chorus line. wonderful transition here.
I think 1990 was the last truly great dead year, like you said. Yes there are some wonderful shows after Brent died, but Jerry was running out of steam and that was that. Here are some suggestions from 1988 to 1990 ---> 7-2-88, 6-10-90, 7-12-90, 7-18-90, 7-6-90, 3-27-88, 7-15-88, 7-16-88, 7-17-88, 8-18-89, 8-19-89, 7-2-89, 10-26-89, 3-22-90, 3-28-90, 3-29-90, 3-15-90, 5-6-89, 5-7-89, 7-15-89, 7-17-89, 7-18-89, 7-19-89, 9-29-89, 9-30-89, 10-1-89, 10-18-89, 10-19-89, 10-20-89, 10-8-89, 10-9-89
I only discovered them in 2003! And even so, what a long strange trip it's been. Europe was my first and it remains my favourite album :0) And the 5 who disliked this must have been too high to click on the correct thumb! Or maybe they just miss their baby from rolling in their arms...
