Sunday, February 19, 1995 - Delta Center, Salt Lake City UT
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw China Cat Sunflower-> Sugaree I Know You Rider Walkin' Blues Samson And Delilah Alabama Getaway If The Shoe Fits Me And My Uncle-> * New Speedway Boogie-> Big River * Estimated Prophet-> Don't Ease Me In Drumz-> Space-> I Need A Miracle-> Attics Of My Life-> Johnny B. Goode --Encore-- Baby Blue
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Monday, February 20, 1995 - Delta Center, Salt Lake City UT
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Bertha-> Box Of Rain Greatest Story Ever Told Eyes Of The World-> Loser Playing In The Band-> Little Red Rooster UncleJohn's Band-> Ramble On Rose Jam w/o Jerry-> El Paso * Drumz-> Space-> Lazy River Road The Last Time-> Cassidy Stella Blue-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- Rain
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Tesday, February 21 - Delta Center, Salt Lake City UT
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Salt Lake City-> Foolish Heart Friend Of The Devil Samba In The Rain Wang Dang Doodle Truckin'-> Broken Arrow I Just Wanna Make Love To You-> Tennessee Jed That Would Be Something-> Black Throated Wind * Drumz-> Space-> So Many Roads Visions of Johanna-> The Music Never Stopped Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Liberty
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Friday, February 24, 1995 - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Help On The Way-> Scarlet Begonias-> Slipknot-> Fire On The Mountain Franklin's Tower Way To Go Home The Same Thing Saint Of Circumstance Althea Corrina When I Paint My Masterpiece * Drumz-> Space-> Loose Lucy Visions Of Johanna Let It Grow Turn On Your Love Light --Encore-- U.S. Blues
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Saturday, February 25, 1995 - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger Am I The Victim Or The Crime-> Peggy-O New Speedway Boogie-> New New Minglewood Blues Looks Like Rain-> * Row Jimmy Terrapin Station-> Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Drumz-> Space-> Easy Answers-> The Other One-> Deal Wharf Rat-> One More Saturday Night --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday, February 26, 1995 - Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Good Times Mardi Gras parade-> *** West L.A. Fade Away Aiko Aiko Queen Jane Approximately Samson And Delilah Lazy River Road * Shp Of Fools Mama Tried-> ** Estimated Prophet -> + Mexicali Blues ** Eyes Of The World -> + ++ Don't Ease Me In ** Drumz-> ++ Space-> +
I Need A Miracle -> Days Between + Not Fade Away + --Encore-- Box Of Rain
* With Bob Weir on the dobro thing. ** With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar. *** with Bill and Mickey and some Indian drummers, also Sikiru on talking drums. + With David Murray. ++ with Sikiru on talking drum.
Friday, March 17, 1995 - The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Here Comes Sunshine China Cat Sunflower-> Wang Dang Doodle I Know You Rider Peggy-O Samba In The Rain Queen Jane Approximately Truckin'-> Laszy River Road New Speedway Boogie-> Eternity Drumz-> Space-> Loose Lucy All Along The Watchtower-> Standing On The Moon-> Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Saturday, March 18, 1995 - The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
--Firt Set-- --Second Set-- Hell In A Bucket It's All Too Much West L.A. Fade Away Aiko Aiko El Paso Playing In The Band-> Ramble On Rose Uncle John's Band-> Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Drumz-> Space-> Jack-A-Roe The Last Time-> Promised Land Visions Of Johanna-> One More Saturday Night --Encore-- Rain
Sunday, March 19, 1995 - The Spectrum, Philadelphia PA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Alabama Getaway Samson And Delilah Walkin' Blues Way To Go Home So Many Roads Crazy Fingers Easy Answers Corrina-> Don't Ease Me In Matilda-> Unbroken Chain Drumz-> Space-> I Need A Miracle-> Stella Blue-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- Brokedown Palace
Wednesday, March 22, 1995 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw-> Am I The Victim Or The Crime-> Bertha Foolish Heart-> The Same Thing Saint Of Circumstance-> Lazy River Road He's Gone-> When I Paint My Masterpiece Drumz-> Space-> Tennessee Jed I Want To Tell You-> The Music Never Stopped Attics Of My Life-> Turn On Your Love Light --Encore-- The Mighty Quinn
Thrsday, March 23, 1995 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NC
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Mississippi Half Step Unbroken Chain Wang Dang Doodle Scarlet Begonias-> Cold Rain And Snow Fire On The Mountain El Paso Corrina-> Loser Matilda-> Easy Answers Bruce and drummers-> So Many Roads Drumz-> Space-> Days Between-> Good Lovin' --Encore-- The Weight
Bruce Hornsby on grand piano throughout (except he and Vince changed places on Days Between).
Friday, March 24, 1995 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NC
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger Here Comes Sunshine Stagger Lee Samba In The Rai New New Minglewood Blues Man Smart, Woman Smarter High Time Eyes Of The World-> If The Shoe Fits Drumz-> Space-> Black Throated Wind The Last Time-> Bird Song-> Black Peter-> Promised Land Around And Around --Encore-- Liberty
Sunday, March 26, 1995 - The Omni, Atlnta GA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Cold Rain And Snow Samson And Delilah Little Red Rooster It's All Too Much Ramble On Rose Crazy Fingers-> Me And My Uncle-> * Estimated Prophet-> Big River * Terrapin Station-> Lazy River Road Drumz-> Space-> Eternity The Other One-> Don't Ease Me In Morning Dew --Encore-- Johnny B. Goode
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Monday, March 27, 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta GA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Picasso Moon-> Aiko Aiko Sugaree Way To Go Home It's All Over Now Playing In The Band-> So Many Roads Uncle John's Band-> Let It Grow Drumz-> Space-> Days Between-> Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- I Fought The Law
Wednesday, March 29, 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta GA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw Unbroken Chain Row Jimmy Help On The Way-> Walkin' Blues Slipknot-> Jack-A-Roe Franklin's Tower Mama Tried-> * Corrina-> Mexicali Blues * Matilda-> Brown-Eyed Women Drumz-> Space-> Cassidy I Need A Miracle-> Standing on the Moon-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- U.S. Blues
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Thursday, March 30, 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta GA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey China Cat Sunflower-> Good Morning Little Schoolgirl I Know You Rider Friend Of The Devil Looks Like Rain Queen Jane Approximately Samba In The Rain Loose Lucy He's Gone-> Broken Arrow That Would Be Something-> Easy Answers Drmz-> Space-> Alabama Getaway Visions Of Johanna-> Throwing Stones-> Turn On Your Love Light --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Beer Barrel Polka "tuning" before China Cat.
Saturday, April 1, 1995 - Pyramid Arena, Memphis TN
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Hell In A Bucket Foolish Heart-> Candyman Way To Go Home-> Take Me To The River Saint Of Circumstance Lazy River Road Eyes Of The World-> When I Paint My Masterpiece* Drumz-> Space-> Childhood's End The Wheel-> Deal All Along the Watchtower Standing On The Moon --Encore-- One More aturday Night
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday April 2, 1995 - Pyramid Arena, Memphis TN
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Shakedown Street Here Comes Sunshine-> The Same Thing Eternity-> Althea Crazy Fingers-> Memphis Blues * Estimated Prophet-> Tennessee Jed Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land The Last Time-> Wharf Rat-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- Unbroken Chain
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Tuesday, April 4, 1995 - Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham AL
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger Am I The Victim Or The Crime-> Sugaree Aiko Aiko New New Minglewood Blues Corrina-> Ramble On Rose Terrapin Station-> Black Throated Wind * Drumz-> Space-> Don't Ease Me In Easy Answers-> Stella Blue-> Around And Around --Encore-- The Mighty Quinn
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Wednesday, April 5, 1995 - Civic Center Coliseum, Birmingham AL
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey Here Comes Sunshine Wang Dang Doodle Way To Go Home Stagger Lee Truckin'-> Me And My Uncle-> * That Would Be Something-> Maggie's Farm * Uncle John's Band-> Row Jimmy Jam-> ** The Music Never Stopped Matilda-> ** Drumz-> ** Space-> I Need A Miracle-> Morning Dew --Encore-- Johnny B. Goode
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar. ** With Willie Green on percussion.
Friday, April 7, 1995 - Tampa Stadium, Tampa FL
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw Eyes Of The World-> Peggy-O Saint Of Circumstance Little Red Rooster Samba In The Rain Loose Lucy Unbroken Chain When I Paint My Masterpiece Corrina Visions Of Johanna Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land Easy Answers Days Between Not Fade Away --Encore-- .S. Blues
Friday, May 19, 1995 - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas NV
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Picasso Moon Here Comes Sunshine Friend Of The Devil Way To Go Home Wang Dang Doodle Playing In The Band-> Althea Uncle John's Band-> Queen Jane Approximately Drumz-> Space-> Deal Easy Answers Standing On The Moon Around And Around --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Saturday, May 20, 1995 - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas NV
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Mississippi Half Step China Cat Sunflower-> The Race Is On I Know You Rider Lazy River Road Samba In The Rain When I Paint My Masterpiece Man Smart, Woman Smarter Tennessee Jed Truckin'-> Eternity Drumz-> Space-> The Last Time-> That Would Be Something-> Morning Dew --Encore-- One More Saturday Night
Sunday, May 21, 1995 - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas NV
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw Samson And Delilah West L.A. Fade Away Unbroken Chain Little Red Rooster Eyes Of The World-> Ramble On Rose Corrina-> Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Drumz-> Space-> So Many Roads Spanish jam-> Promised Land The Other One-> Days Between-> Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Liberty
Wednesday, May 24, 1995 - Memorial Stadium, Seattle WA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey Aiko Aiko New New Minglewood Blues Saint Of Circumstance Lazy River Road Way To Go Home Me And My Uncle-> * I Want To Tell You Big River * Estimated Prophet-> Bird Song Drumz-> Space-> I Need A Miracle-> Wharf Rat-> Turn On Your Love Light --Encore-- U.S. Blues
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Thursday, May 25, 1995 - Memorial Stadium, Seattle WA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger Foolish Heart Bertha Am I The Victim Or The Crime Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Samba In The Rain Peggy-O He's Gone-> El Paso * Drumz-> Space-> Tennesee Jed The Wheel Cassidy Throwing Stones Not Fade Away --Encore-- The Mighty Quinn
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Friday, May 26, 1995 - Memorial Stadium, Seattle WA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Help On The Way-> Scarlet Begonias-> Slipknot-> Fire On The Mountain-> Franklin's Tower Playing In The Band-> The Same Thing Uncle John's Band-> Lose Lucy Drumz-> Space-> Eternity * Easy Answers Don't Ease Me In Stella Blue-> Good Lovin' --Encore-- Liberty
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday, May 28, 1995 - Portland Meadows, Portland OR
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw Samson And Delilah Peggy-O Way To Go Home Wang Dang Doodle Crazy Fingers-> Row Jimmy Corrina-> When I Paint My Masterpiece* Drumz-> Space-> Brown-Eyed Women All Along The Watchtower-> Let It Grow Black Peter-> Around And Around --Encore-- Box Of Rain
Chuck Berry opened. * With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Friday, June 2, 1995 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Alabama Getaway New Speedway Boogie-> Greatest Story Ever Told That Would Be Something Candyman Way To Go Home Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Saint Of Circumstance Ramble On Rose He's Gone-> El Pas * Drumz-> Bird Song Gyuto Monks-> Promised Land Easy Answers Standing On The Moon-> Around And Around --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Saturday, June 3, 1995 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Hell In A Bucket China Cat Sunflower-> Althea I Know You Rider Little Red Rooster Samba In The Rain Brown-Eyed Women Playing In The Band-> Broken Arrow Uncle John's Band-> Stagger Lee Drumz-> Space-> Eternity * Box Of Rain Stella Blue Throwing Stones-> One More Saturday Night --Encore-- Liberty
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday, June 4, 1995 - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View CA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Bertha Here Comes Sunshine Wang Dang Doodle Am I The Victim O The Crime Queen Jane Approximately Unbroken Chain Loose Lucy Eyes Of The World-> Mama Tried-> * Drumz-> Space-> Mexicali Blues * I Need A Miracle-> Lazy River Road Days Between-> Cassidy Not Fade Away --Encore-- Brokedown Palace
Thursday, June 15, 1995 - Franklin's Field, Highgate VT
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey Here Comes Sunshine Wang Dang Doodle Samba In The Rain Peggy-O Truckin'-> El Paso Rollin' And Tumblin'-> Ramble On Rose That Would Be Something-> Black Throated Wind He's Gone-> Loose Lucy Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land Box Of Rain-> Standing On The Moon-> Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Liberty
Sunday, June 18, 1995 - Giant's Stadium, East Rutherford NJ
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger China Cat Sunflower-> Bertha IKnow You Rider The Same Thing Way To Go Home Stagger Lee Samson And Delilah Eternity * Eyes Of The World-> Deal Drumz-> Space-> Spanish Jam I Need A Miracle-> Wharf Rat-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- Lucy In The SkyWith Diamonds
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Monday, June 19, 1995 - Giant's Stadium, East Rutherford NJ
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Cold Rain And Snow Aiko Aiko Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Unbroken Chain Ramble On Rose Samba In The Rain It's All Over Now Corrina-> Lazy River Road Matilda-> Me and My Uncle-> * Drumz-> Space-> ** Big River * The Other One-> ** Don't Ease Me In Stella Blue-> Throwing Stones-> Turn On Your Love Light --Encore-- Brokedown Palace
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Wednesday, June 21, 1995 - Knickerbocker Arena, Albany NY
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Hell In A Bucket Scarlet Begonias-> Loser Fire On The Mountain Take Me To The River Man Smart, Woman Smarter Row Jimmy It's All Too Much Broken Arrow Playing In The Band-> Promised Land Drumz-> Space-> Easy Answers-> Morning Dew --Encore- U.S. Blues
Thursday, June 22, 1995 - Knickerbocker Arena, Albany NY
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey Help On The Way-> Walkin' Blues Slipknot-> It Must Have Been The Roses Franklin's Tower When I Paint My Masterpiece Samba In The Rain So Many Roads Estimated Prophet-> The Music Never Stopped Terrapin Station-> Drumz-> Space-> In a Silent Way jam-> All Along The Watchtower-> Black Peter-> Around and Around --Encore-- I Fought The Law
Saturday, June 24, 1995 - RFK Staium, Washington DC
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw Aiko Aiko Althea Way To Go Home Little Red Rooster Saint Of Circumstance-> Friend Of The Devil New Speedway Boogie-> El Paso * That Would Be Something-> So Many Roads Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land Days Between One More Saturday Night --Encore-- Black Muddy River
Bruce Hornsby on piano the entire show. * With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday, June 25, 1995 - RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Shakedown Street Box Of Rain Wang Dang Doodle Rain Jack-A-Roe Samson And Delilah Mama Tried-> * Ship Of Fools Mexicali Blues * Truckin'-> Loose Lucy Rollin' And Tumblin' Picasso Moon Samba In The Rain-> Drumz-> Space-> Wharf Rat-> Not Fade Away --Encore-- Brokedown Palace
Bruce Hornsby on piano the entire show. * With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Tuesday, June 27, 1995 - The Palace, Auburn Hills MI
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Greatest Story Ever Told-> Am I The Victim Or The Crime-> Bertha Foolish Heart New New Minglewood Blues It's All Too Much Ramble On Rose Corrina-> Queen Jane Approximately Drumz-> Space-> Lazy River Road The Last Time-> Eternity * Standing On The Moon-> Don't Ease Me In Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Liberty
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Wednesday, June 28, 1995 - The Palace, Auburn Hills MI
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Mississippi Half Step China Cat Sunflower-> Good Morning Little Schoolgirl I Know You Rider Loser Way To Go Home Black Throated Wind Estimated Prophet Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Uncle John's Band-> Big Railroad Blues Drumz-> Space-> The Music Never Stopped Easy Answers-> Attics Of My Life-> Good Lovin' --Encore-- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Friday, June 30, 1995 - Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh PA
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Hell In A Bucket Rain West L.A. Fade Away Box Of Rain Take Me To The River Samba In The Rain Candyman Looks Like Rain-> When I Paint My Masterpiece Terrapin Station-> Bird Song Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land I Need A Miracle-> Standing On The Moon --Encore-- Gloria
Sunday, July 2, 1995 - Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Here Comes Sunshine Scarlet Begonias-> Walkin' Blues Fire On The Mountain Dire Wolf Am I The Victim Or The Crime It's All Over Now It's All Too Much Broken Arrow New Speedway Boogie-> Desolation Row * Drumz-> Space-> Tennessee Jed Attics Of My Life-> Let It Grow Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- The Mighty Quinn
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Wednesday, July 5, 1995 - Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights MO
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Feel Like A Stranger Aiko Aiko Peggy-O Playing In The Band The Same Thing Crazy Fingers Loose Lucy Corrina-> Childhood's End Drumz-> Space-> El Paso Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Don't Ease Me In Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away --Encoe-- Black Muddy River
Thursday, July 6, 1995 - Riverport Amphitheatre, Maryland Heights MO
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Mississippi Half Step Eyes Of The World Take Me To The River Unbroken Chain Big Boss Man Samba In The Rain-> Me And My Uncle-> * Truckin'-> Big River * He's Gone-> Brown-Eyed Women Drumz-> Space-> Cassidy The Last Time-> Stella Blue-> Around And Around --Encore-- Liberty
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Saturday, July 8, 1995 - Soldier Field, Chicago IL
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Jack Straw China Cat Sunflower-> Sugaree I Know You Rider Wang Dang Doodle It's All Too Much Althea Saint Of Circumstance-> Queen Jane Approximately Terrapin Station-> Tennessee Jed Drumz-> Space-> Eternity * The Other One Don't Ease Me In Visions Of Johanna One More Saturday Night --Encore-- U.S. Blues
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday, July 9, 1995 - Soldier Field, Chicago IL
--First Set-- --Second Set-- Touch Of Grey Shakedown Street Little Red Rooster Samson And Delilah Lazy River Road So Many Roads When I Paint My Masterpiece * Samba In The Rain Childhood's End Corrina-> Cumberland Blues Drumz-> Space-> Promised Land Unbroken Chain Sugar Magnolia --Encore-- Black Muddy River Box Of Rain
* With Bob Weir on acoustic guitar.
Sunday August 13, 1995 Golden Gate Park Polo Field, San Francisco CA Jerry Garcia Memorial Gathering
What follows is mostly a setlist posted to rec.music.gdead by David Gans (with a few embellishments). If anybody has more complete transcriptions of the speeches please share them. Note the music was previous recordings; except for the parade and drumming there was no live music... It is estimated that about 20,000 people were there.
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 with speakers, see below
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
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.
-- Jolie
8/13/95 Memorial Transcription (Everything was interpreted in sign language for hearing impaired Deadheads)
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.
"Jerry, my friend, you've done it again, even in your silence the familiar pressure comes to bear, demanding I pull words from the air with only this morning and part of the afternoon to compose an ode worthy of one so particular about every turn of phrase, demanding it hit home in a thousand ways before making it his own, and this I can't do alone. Now that the singer is gone, where shall I go for the song?
"Without your melody and taste to lend an attitude of grace a lyric is an orphan thing, a hive with neither honey's taste nor power to truly sting.
"What choice have I but to dare and call your muse who thought to rest out of the thin blue air that out of the field of shared time, a line or two might chance to shine --
"As ever when we called, in hope if not in words, the muse descends.
"How should she desert us now? Scars of battle on her brow, bedraggled feathers on her wings, and yet she sings, she sings!
"May she bear thee to thy rest, the ancient bower of flowers beyond the solitude of days, the tyranny of hours-- the wreath of shining laurel lie upon your shaggy head bestowing power to play the lyre to legions of the dead
"If some part of that music is heard in deepest dream, or on some breeze of Summer a snatch of golden theme, we'll know you live inside us with love that never parts our good old Jack O'Diamonds become the King of Hearts.
"I feel your silent laughter at sentiments so bold that dare to step across the line to tell what must be told, so I'll just say I love you, which I never said before and let it go at that old friend the rest you may ignore.
"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. ==