My last show was Shorline, Sunday 6/4/95. Shoreline Ampitheratre, Sunday 6/4/95 ************************************* Bertha Wang Dang Doodle Peggy-O Queen Jane Approximately Loose Lucy Mama Tried -> Mexicali Blues Lazy River Road Cassidy Here Comes Sunshine Victim or the Crime Unbroken Chain Eyes of the World -> d/s -> I Need a Miracle -> Days Between -> Not Fade Away E: Brokedown Palace "Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell. Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul" were the last words I'll ever hear Jerry sing. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This is totally off a fried memory: 8/9/95 - Ratdog @ Hampton Beach Club Casino, Hampton Beach, NH -------------------------------------------------------------- Bombs Away Walkin' Blues City Girls-> Fever-> Eternity Youngblood Blackbird KC Moan Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The Winners* This Time Forever-> Shade Of Grey Heaven Help The Fool-> drum solo bass solo/Amazing Grace ("This is for Jerry!", Wasserman) Easy Answers*-> Throwing Stones* ENCORE ------ new song written by Matt Kelly for Jerry - Kelly on acoustic w/ Wasserman Knockin' On Heaven's Door * - Weir on electric. IF there are any additions or corrections, please post. I couldn't take a setlist last night. LAst night wasn't a show...it was a wake, and the sermon was given by Robert Hall Weir. Throwing Stones Weir sang over and over: "Papa's gone, we are on our own!" I have never seen such GUTS by any individual like a few thousand people witnessed by four men...especially Weir. At the end of an unbelievable Knockin', Weir, in anger and in pain, tossed his guitar to the ground and bolted stage right! The last verse included, "Why is it such a damn waste/ I believe I'm knockin' on Heaven's door." The Club Casino set up speakers outside in the parking lot for the ticketless...a grand gesture. Before the set started, Weir said: "Well, if there's anything our friend taught is, it's that music can be used to ease us through the sad times." Wasserman's Amazing Grace solo was indescribable, with tears streaming down his face at its bittersweet end. I have nothing but the deepest admiration for Bob Weir! He is a true brother! By all rights, he could have easily been in the bay area, but he chose to play. He needed to get it out of his system...a true musician paying homage to family! A true soul! At the end of Knockin', there were numerous chants of "JERRY, JERRY" before it segued into the NFA chant...for over 15 minutes!!!! I lost it at the end of Knockin'...I broke down...and then the NFA chant! For a Deadhead, there was no place you'd rather be than at Hampton Beach. You Know Our Love Will Not Fade Away! Papa's Gone, We Are On Our Own! ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ______________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release August 11, 1995 INTERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT BY MTV The Oval Office [snip interview on cigarettes/teens initiatives] Q I wanted to ask you if you were -- well, Jerry Garcia has affected millions of Americans. THE PRESIDENT: Me, too. Q Were you a fan? Have you ever been to a Grateful Dead show? And why do you think he affected so many people of different backgrounds and generations? THE PRESIDENT: Well, first of all, he was just a great talent. I mean, he was really -- he was a genius. And I was really pleased to see the Grateful Dead have one more great run around the country, you know, in the last couple of years and see all these young teenagers gravitating to a group that all of us liked 20 or more years ago. He had a great gift. And he even wound up putting out that line of ties. He had great ties. I would go around wearing Jerry Garcia ties and giving them away to people. So I was very sad when he died. But he also had a terrible problem that was a legacy of the life he lived and the demons he dealt with. And I would hope that all of us who loved his music and valued his contributions would also reflect on the consequences of, again, really self-destructive behavior. I mean, the lesson of Jerry Garcia's life is that he made a great contribution and he really was a -- he had at least two generations of Deadheads, you know. Q Is Chelsea a fan at all? Has she ever gone to a show? THE PRESIDENT: Yes, very much. But she and I were talking -- we had a long talk about it the other day, right before I left to come to the office. She called me on the phone. She's out of town, and she called me on the phone, and we were talking about it. And she was talking about all the kids in her school who are great fans of Jerry Garcia, and we had a long talk about it. But I would hope that as we mourn him and sort of feel grateful for what he did, we also -- young people should say, I'm not going to die that way. I'm not going to die in a clinic with a drug addiction. I'm not going to do it. You don't have to have a destructive lifestyle to be a genius and make a contribution. You don't have to do that." ------------------------------------------------------------------ A fare thee well to Jerry I heard the news today (oh boy) as millions across the country must have -- by a message on my answering machine. Others might have gotten the call at work or heard it on the news, but I'm sure that an extraordinary number of phone calls today began with "Did you hear the news?" And that news was sad and irrevocable, as the death of a loved one always is. Jerry Garcia, brilliant musician, cultural icon, artist, tie entrepreneur, the face that launched a thousand tye-dyed t-shirts, even an ice cream flavor -- but first and foremost the shining guitar star of one of rock's most enduring and beloved groups -- was gone. Tragically. Prematurely. The heart and soul of the Grateful Dead had played his final chords. There will be those who will focus on the nature of his untimely passing, but for me and millions that's just a sour final note in the symphony of his life. Yes, drug abuse shortens and ruins lives. Yes, he might have been less self-destructive with his enormous gift and thus have kept on bringing us the joy of his sublime sound for a while longer -- but I'm skeptical about whether this kind of finger-pointing does any good in reaching the ones who most need to be reached. Or as one Dead song puts it, "You know better, but I know him." Joni Mitchell sang "You never know what you got till it's gone," and now that the hour of reckoning has arrived, it is painfully clear: we have lost a lot. Like the day John Lennon was shot (or for some, Kurt Cobain), Jerry Garcia's passing is a genuine personal loss. Music touches us all on some level that we might not otherwise even know exists -- and the Grateful Dead shined that special light into our hearts and souls for more than a generation. At their best, their music could make you feel like you were just a cloud-hop or two shy of heaven. These were the moments that you lived for -- they made all the heat, crowd, logistical hassles and interminable drum solos seem like a more-than-fair price of admission. During these peak moments -- and you certainly didn't need any artificial help to get there -- strangers or concert companions would turn to each other and just smile at eachother in shared and knowing appreciation. Words weren't necessary at those moments -- the music was saying it all. Especially Jerry's trademark cascading silvery stream of lead guitar notes -- pure, sparkling, and sublime. No wonder Bill Graham once said, "The Grateful Dead aren't just the best at waht they do -- they're the only ones who do what they do." There was history at a Grateful Dead concert, too. You were part of some unbroken chain going back to a kinder, gentler time. It's fashionable to dismiss such naivete these days, and the Dead have always been an easy media target, but those who ridicule peace, love and searching for spiritual wisdom may have lost far more than the carefree innocence of their youth. Grateful Dead concerts were for children of all ages. It is impossible to categorize a group as legion and diverse as Deadheads and foolish to try. For some, Dead concerts created at least a temporary oasis from the wears and cares of everyday. For others, it was a traveling tribal gathering of like-minded souls. But mostly it was about the music and Rorschach-blot-like soul-searching ambiguity of the lyrics. Once again, the Dead might have put it best: "Some come to laugh the past away. Some come to make it through one more day. Whichever way your pleasure tends, if you plant ice you're gonna harvest wind." But from that cup no more. The long, strange trip of the Grateful Dead has reached its final destination, a somber note to a shining summer's day. Thank you Jerry, for the music, the memories, and the beautiful songs from your soul. You made the world a better place, and you did so much more than entertain. You inspired me. You uplifted me. You helped me grow. And many, many more. I just hope, somehow, you know. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Jerry, Yet I was blessed with five absolutely glorious shows - Vegas and Soldier Field this year, and I'm so grateful for that. Yes, I wish I could have "gotten it" earlier; I wish that I had been to 500 shows instead of only 5. But I am so fortunate and privileged to be on the bus for this short, sweet time, and to have shared the magic, that small piece of heaven on earth. I'll always have those precious memories and the music. It's more important now than ever for me to spread the love, joy, and peace that has flooded my heart. Bye Jerry. We love you and will miss you so much. But we will have you and your music in our hearts always. May the four winds blow you safely home. Peace, Craig "Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go." ------------------------------------------------------------------ Donna Godchaux MacKay, currently residing in Florence, Alabama, was interviewed by the Birmingham Post-Herald in its Friday edition. Here are some highlights. Donna turned on the television and heard the news about Jerry's death moments before she was called by the Dead's San Rafael, Calif., office. "My first thought was, 'What are the fans going to do?' His death leaves a vacuum in their lives that will be profound. My heart goes out to them." "I understand the fans. For them the Dead was like a religion. It gave them something to belong to. And Jerry was the focal point of that belonging." Donna attended the Dead's April 4 show in Birmingham. The next morning, Jerry called her at her hotel and invited her for coffee. "Jerry was very talkative, reminiscent about the times we'd had. We laughed a lot. He was extremely happy, almost effervescent, just a sweetheart." Donna said of that meeting that she saw no signs of any drug problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------ From: jckarcher@aol.com (JCKarcher) Subject: GG Park, SF 8/13 I just got back from Golden Gate Park, the site of a public memorial for Jerry Garcia, and probably the last large gathering of DeadHeads. I thought I'd share what I saw. I arrived around 10 am and it was already pretty full. I had an image of Jerry that I had done on the computer a few years ago and I wanted to leave it on the altar. I was able to squeeze my way to within six feet of it, but could get no further. I looked over and saw a procession of banners coming towards us. There was a booming drum rhythm along with it. I wondered how they would get through the densely packed crowd. I found out. Security personnel were clearing the way for a drum procession led by Olatunji. I had to inch a little closer to the altar as he walked right by me. He was followed by Mickey Hart, then Phil Lesh, then Bob Weir and the rest of the band, along with Paul Kantner, Zakir Hussein and Pete and Sheila Escovedo, among others. They made it to the podium above the altar. The rhythm was kept up for a few minutes, after which Olatunji led the crowd in an african invocation. I didn't understand the words, but chanted them as loud as I could. I don't remember the exact order of the speakers, but here's what some of them said: Mickey told us we were the fuel that drove the bus. Phil said he considered Jerry as a friend, a teacher and a brother. Jerry's wife said Jerry died in his sleep, with a smile on his face. Bob Weir was very emotional. He said thet we could reflect Jerry's love back up to him. He was telling us how he loved Jerry when he just couldn't speak anymore. This may be rougher on him than anybody. Vince Welnick's voice shook as he said that when he first saw Jerry he thought he had seen Santa Claus. Tearfully, he said he still believes in Santa Claus. Wavy Gravy was in full clown costume. He referred to himself and Jerry as a "double dip". He read Robert Hunter's poem to Jerry, and I could see tears smearing his greasepaint. Annabelle Garcia, Jerry's daughter, thanked us all for putting her and her sisters through college, and making it so they wouldn't have to work at Dairy Queen. It's good to see she has her father's sense of humor. Paul Kantner read the poem he had written for Bill Graham. John Perry Barlow looked miserable. He said the only word he could think of at this time was "love". When the speakers were done, Mickey led the drummers into the 3-2 beat of not fade away. We all chanted "you know our love will not fade away" as they left the stage. From: Paul_L._Goeltz@virtualvalley.com (Paul L. Goeltz) Subject: golden gate park today wow, it was to much just got back from golden gate park and what a moving experience, besides myself everyone broke down during the eulogys , especially by jerrys wife and bobby who caused everyone to break down. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday August 13, 1995 Golden Gate Park Polo Field, San Francisco CA Jerry Garcia Memorial Gathering Mississippi Halfstep - Wake of the Flood Dark Star - 4/27/69 Sugaree - Garcia Dark Star->Spanish jam - 2/11/70 Dire Wolf - Reckoning Lovelight - 2/28/69 Days Between - Spring tour 1994 composite St. Stephen - unknown 1968 Terrapin - 9/3/77 Doin' That Rag - 3/2/69 Mason's Children - 12/28/69 I've Been All Around This World - Bear's Choice Good Lovin' - 4/10/71 jam (in Dark Star) - 9/19/70 PARADE The parade featured two of the large heads that have appeared at many of the "holiday" shows at Oakland, dragons, a Dixieland band played on a flatbed truck, drummers in a New Orleans funeral procession. The procession ened at a little stage above a shrine for Jerry. People that initially went on the stage included members of the band, Babatunde Olatunji, Paul Kantner, Zakir Hussain, Pete and Sheila Escovedo... CEREMONY speakers in order: Babatunde Olatunji Deborah Koons Garcia "...He died in his sleep with a smile on his face. He was working hard to purify himself, and we thought it was going to be for a good long life but it was for another journey. And he loved his life. He loved all of you. And what I learned from Jerry was to open my heart and live fully in the moment... ...What a great guy Jerry Garcia was, He would have loved this. He is loving it." Annabelle Garcia "We love each and every one of you because you put us through college. And we didn't have to work at Dairy Queen... ...I know that he's watching us all. `Even though he's gone, every single one of us has to keep it going." Wavy Gravy He read Hunter's "An Elegy for Jerry" and his own haiku. "We are experiencing 'Good Grief' Today!" Bob Weir "...Take your heart, take you face, and reflect back some of the joy that he gave you ... he filled this world full of clouds of joy. Just take a little bit of that and reflect it back up to him, or wherever he is, just shine it back to him..." Steve Parish Mickey Hart "...you were the fuel that drove the bus... ... If the Grateful Dead did anything, we gave you the power. You have the groove, you have the feeling. . . . You take it home and do something with it. We didn't do this for nothing." Phil Lesh "Jerry was a friend of mine. He was my brother. He was a wounded warrior. And now he's done with becoming. Now he is being. Jerry, God bless you. Go with God. I love you. [to audience] And he loved you too. And we love you. Keep it coming..." Bill Kreutzman Paul Kantner He read the poem that he read at the Bill Graham Memorial entitled for the "Good of All". Vince Welnick "...when (I) first saw Jerry I thought I had just seen Santa Claus... I still believe in Santa Claus." John Perry Barlow Had one word to share with us - "love". It's All Too Much->Iko Iko - 3/18/95 Beautiful jam->Dark Star - 2/18/71 Scary jam - 10/25/73 Alligator->Caution - 8/23/68 drums->space - 3/18/95 That's It for The Other One->New Potato Caboose-> Born Cross-Eyed->Spanish jam - 2/14/68 Death Don't Have No mercy - 9/29/89 Scarlet Begonias->Fire on the Mountain->Corrina->Matilda - 3/23/95 Believe It or Not - 7/17/88 jam->bass solo - 2/24/73 Ramble On Rose - Europe '72 Sugar Magnolia - 97/73 jam - 9/21/72 Morning Dew - Europe '72 The Wheel - Garcia St. Stephen - Live Dead Box of Rain - American Beauty I Bid You Good Night - unknown 1968 Greensleeves ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Memorial Transcription [Golden Gate Park Polo Field 8/13/95] Here's a transcription of the speeches from the memorial in Golden Gate Park. I think there were about 50,000 people, in comparing the size of the crowd to the crowd at the Cal State, Dominguez Hills concerts in 1990, which was supposedly 40,000. 8/13/95 Memorial Transcription Babatunde Olatunji: (Incantation: call and response with crowd.) "This world is without end. And so was the life of our friend and our brother, Jerry Garcia. (More call and response with crowd, in Olatunji's native language: Ah-ye, ah-ye Jerry Garcia long (?). In this world without end, ah-ye, ah-ye.) The celebration of the spirit of a-jah-jah, say a-jah-jah (crowd responds). Eh- mi-lu (crowd responds). The I am that I am, he has become one of the great spirits, the only spirit that you and I shall become. The one spirit that rules the whole universe. More call and response with crowd: Ah-ye, ah-ye , Jerry Garcia long. Oh, long. Ah-ye, ah-ye. Ah-ye, ah-ye. (More in his native language -- I couldn't even attempt to spell it!) Oh ya. "Thank you all, thank you all for being here. We are celebrating ourselves. We are celebrating the great spirit of our brother and our friend. Yes, please remember that he has played his role, his part. The rest is left to you and I. Remember his contribution to make our lives much richer, happier and beautiful. Please, I am very honored to introduce to you a very wonderful lady. His wife, Deborah." Deborah Koons Garcia: "What a great guy Jerry was! He would have loved this, he is loving it. He was a big-hearted, generous, wonderful, hard working man. I want everyone to know that he died in his sleep with a smile on his face. He was working hard to purify himself and we thought it was gonna be for a good long life, but it was for another journey. But he loved his life, he loved ALL of you. And what I learned from Jerry was to open my heart and live fully in the moment. And for that, and for everything else, and for all the beauty in his life, I want to say thank you, Jerry, I love you." Annabelle Garcia: "I know that he's watchin' us all. And my Dad always told me that if it weren't for you guys there was no way it could've lasted the way that it did. And I want each and everybody here to know that even though he's gone, every single one of us has to keep it going. And if that means by being kind to someone we don't particularly care for, and if that means being kind to a cop who's givin' us a hard time, and if that means making sure that you're kind to your children and to your children's children, and to their children. You gotta make sure above all that you're kind to our Earth that we belong to and that gave him life and gave me life and gave each one of us life. And there's no way that this could happen in any other country in the world than America. And I want you all to remember that we are Americans and my father was one of the greatest Americans that was ever born. And I also want you to know, on behalf of my other sisters, we love each and every one of you guys -- y'all put us through college! And made it so we didn't have to work in Dairy Queen. And we're gonna keep the faith for as long as we can. And I want you guys to respect each other and love each other. And think to yourself when something's wrong: what would Jerry do? And keep it up, you know? You gotta keep together. And be grateful." Wavy Gravy: "Two words I got from Charles Schulz and "Peanuts": Good Grief! We are havin' some good grief today. John Luis Borge (sp.?) says every time you say a line of William Shakespeare you become William Shakespeare at that moment. Well I've been asked to speak for Robert Hunter, so Bob, like the Dalai Lama says, all I can do is my best. This is an elegy for Jerry. [Hunter Elegy] "And then this short one is from me, the old psychedelic relic, Jer. We're a double dip. This is a haiku for Jerry on the day of his demise: "The fat man rocks out Hinges fall off Heaven's door "Come on in," says Bill" Bob Weir: "I don't know where to start, but here I go. Um, you know, I think I owe Jerry an immense debt of gratitude for, you know, showing me how to, how to live with joy, with mischief. And so, what I think I want to do is give some of that back to him now, make him complete, make him whole. And so, I want to ask you all to join me, not just now, but daily. Take your heart, take your faith, and reflect back some of the joy that he gave you. He filled this world full of clouds of joy. Just take a little bit of that and reflect it back up to him, or wherever he is, just shine it back to him. Thanks." Steve Parrish: "You've seen us up here scurryin' around, runnin' around all these years. I wanna just tell you we did it because we loved you, too, all of you, you were great. You're the best people there are. Thank you. Thank you VERY much." Mickey Hart: "Well, if the Grateful Dead had been anything, it was about, it gave you the power. You have it now. You have the groove, you have the feeling. We've been working on it for almost thirty years now. So what are you going to do with it? That's the question, okay? Now you take it to your, take your Dead heads, and you take 'em home, and you do something with all this. We didn't do this for nothing, you know. I mean, so it's not over, you see. That's the thing about music, it's what is the commodity, you know, what do you get at the end, you know, beside just the ya-yas and a new car and all that. You get the power and you get the wisdom and the insight to deal with the everyday life. And that's what music is all about. And it'll help you. It'll help you in these times, it'll help you forever. So. That's what we were all about. We shared thousands of great grooves, magic moments. All of us. You were as much a part of the Grateful Dead as anyone. You made us go on, you know, in the Midwest when we were playin' and no one was there and then you started comin' and then these more people, and then more. So this means a lot to all of us, and you kept us goin', y'know, and you were the fuel. You were part of it, a big part of it. You should know that, take that with you. We all love you for that. Thank you." Phil Lesh: "Jerry was a friend of mine. He was my brother. He was a wounded warrior. And now he's done with becoming. Now he is being. Jerry, God bless you. Go with God. I love you. And he loved you, too. And WE love you. Keep it comin'." Bill Kreutzmann: "Hello. For me it is about the highest moment of my life was when the band was playin' and cookin', and playin' with Jerry and these guys behind me. That's the best. There's nothin' higher for me. I've not found it any other way. So keep it alive, and I love you very much, and thanks for your support. It's amazing." Paul Kantner: "Dudes. Jerry in his weaker moments used to call me Pauly. Nobody else does that and I'm sorta gonna miss it. (Crowd shouts "Pauly" at him.) Okay, that's it. I brought a poem along that I read for Bill a while back. Some of the words that fit here today, I hope. It's called "For the Good of All". (I didn't transcribe this poem because it's very long.) Vince Welnick: "Hi there. The first time I ever lay eyes on Jerry I believed in Santa Claus. And he could be ornery at times, but that was just his body talkin', not his soul, because I never ever met a kinder man in the whole world. Everybody's askin' the big question, and love is the answer. And I'll always believe in Santa Claus." John Barlow: "They asked me to come up here and speak a word, and rarely in my life have I had so few of them. And so I'll just speak one: love." == Drummers lead crowd in "Not Fade Away" chant and procession files off stage. ==