The Making of "Built to Last" documents a rare behind the scenes look at the Grateful Dead's thirteenth and final studio album, Built to Last. The behind the scenes footage contains members of the band working on three songs for the album: Picasso Moon, Blow Away, & Just a Little Light. The footage was filmed at Club Front Studio in San Rafael, CA on March 1st 1989.
The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.
This project was done with humor, truth, and sarcasm. At the University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC, where I went to college, there were many fans of The Grateful Dead. They called themselves Deadheads. I had not heard of the band before attending the school. I listened to the music, and I didn't understand why people felt so passionately about the band. I was intrigued. So in 1986, I decided to try and understand these people and the music they loved, and to create a video of my quest. This documentary project is the result. Enjoy.
Recorded on Shakedown Street in Albany, NY during Grateful Dead's Summer Tour, 1992.
In 1993, Grateful Dead took the stage at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Hebron, OH. On hand that night was Peter Shapiro, at the time a Northwestern film student spending a month on summer tour alongside cameraman Philip Bruell. The Buckeye Lake show opens and the Heads document the swelling Dead scene.
Drop out of school to ride with the Merry Pranksters. Form America’s most enduring jam band. Become a family man and father. Never stop chasing the muse. Bob Weir took his own path to and through superstardom as rhythm guitarist for The Grateful Dead. Mike Fleiss re-imagines the whole wild journey in this magnetic rock doc and concert film, with memorable input from bandmates, contemporaries, followers, family, and, of course, the inimitable Bob Weir himself.
Grateful Dead show on July 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley.
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2001.
Set 1: The Music Never Stopped(Grateful Dead cover) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) Me and My Uncle(John Phillips cover) Row Jimmy(Grateful Dead cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy(Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude(The Beatles cover) (coda only) Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Iko Iko(Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) Set 2: Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) (> 'Cissy Strut' jam >) Looks Like Rain(Bob Weir song) (tour debut) (>) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Wheel(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Wharf Rat(Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Touch of Grey(Grateful Dead cover)
Set 1: Good Times(Sam Cooke cover) Big River(Johnny Cash cover) (tour debut) Friend of the Devil(Grateful Dead cover) They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) Black-Throated Wind(Bob Weir song) (tour debut) Big Railroad Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) Johnny B. Goode(Chuck Berry cover) (tour debut) Set 2: Eyes of the World(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'Dark Star' verse 2) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) Shakedown Street(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Eleven(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Death Don't Have No Mercy(Reverend Gary Davis cover) (>) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover) Encore: Knockin' on Heaven's Door(Bob Dylan cover) (Bobby on acoustic guitar) (tour debut)
Set 1: Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Dear Prudence(The Beatles cover) (Tour debut) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) (Tour debut) Set 2: Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Milestones(Miles Davis cover) (Tour debut) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) (>) Throwing Stones(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song) (Tour debut) Encore: Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)
Set 1: Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Smokestack Lightning(Howlin’ Wolf cover) (with Truckin tag) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) High Time(Grateful Dead cover) (>) All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover) (>) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) Set 2: Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Morning Dew(Bonnie Dobson cover) Encore: Brokedown Palace(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (Reprise) (>) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)
Set 1: Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) Alabama Getaway(Grateful Dead cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Big Boss Man(Jimmy Reed cover) Peggy-O([traditional] cover) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) (>) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) Encore: The Weight(The Band cover)
Set 1: Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too(Tampa Red cover) Ramble On Rose(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Crazy Fingers(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) (>) Dancing in the Street(Martha Reeves and the Vandellas cover) (Tour debut) Set 2: Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) Estimated Prophet(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Stella Blue(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sugar Magnolia(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sunshine Daydream(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: U.S. Blues(Grateful Dead cover)
This documentary explores the Deadhead phenomenon. For thirty years, Jerry Garcia played guitar and sang for the Grateful Dead, and by doing so, inspired a modern cultural phenomenon: the legions of nomadic fans that made a communal way of life out of following Jerry and the Dead, the Deadheads. The End of the Road began shooting three months prior to Garcia's death in 1995, on the road with the wandering family of Deadheads- on what would be the final tour with Jerry and the Grateful Dead. Featuring a soundtrack by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, the film celebrates this social, political and cultural movement in its twilight.
Set 1: Jam (>) Cassidy (Bob Weir song) (>) Deal (Jerry Garcia cover) Samson and Delilah ([traditional] cover) Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red cover) Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead cover) If I Had the World to Give (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ([traditional] cover) Set 2: Althea (Grateful Dead cover) Estimated Prophet (Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider ([traditional] cover) (>) Eyes of the World (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums (Grateful Dead cover) (with Oteil Burbridge) (>) Space (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson cover)
Jerry Garcia, legendary lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and David Grisman, virtuoso mandolinist and founder of "Dawg" music… Now, for the first time ever, the musical matrimony and extraordinary friendship of Garcia and Grisman is traced in the award-winning documentary Grateful Dawg.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the "core four" original members - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir - reunited at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th and 5th for the most anticipated concerts in recent history. Joined by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby. Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead is the original members' last-ever performance together nearly 20 years to the day of the last ever Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia, which took place at the same historic venue.
Set 1: Good Times(Sam Cooke cover) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Smokestack Lightning(Howlin’ Wolf cover) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Me and My Uncle(John Phillips cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy(Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude(The Beatles cover) (coda only) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Eyes of the World(Grateful Dead cover) Shakedown Street(Grateful Dead cover) (>) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Milestones(Miles Davis cover) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sugar Magnolia(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sunshine Daydream(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover)
Set 1: Feel Like a Stranger(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Samson and Delilah([traditional] cover) Friend of the Devil(Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too(Tampa Red cover) Ramble On Rose(Grateful Dead cover) High Time(Grateful Dead cover) Let It Grow(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2: They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) (1973 version) (>) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) (Mickey Hart raps verse 3) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Eleven(Grateful Dead cover) (>) U.S. Blues(Grateful Dead cover) Morning Dew(Bonnie Dobson cover) Encore: Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)