Grateful Dead - 1987 Summer Tribute (LoloYodel)

The Grateful Dead (Summer of 1987) - a LoloYodel re-mix (2012)

If YOU were around NJ or Oakland in July 1987, YOU might be on these videos !! Ouuuuh, gobelins ! Otherwise, classic stuff and also cool little insights if you dare watch 'til the end (including Garcia on peddle steel and Jerry's regular remarks filled with wisdom and love towards the end) !

3 various segments mixed : News Coverage clips (Dead Heads), Dylan & The Dead and two MTV shows ...

1987 seemed, in retrospect, a big transition year: post Jerry-coma, their 1st hit single "Touch of Grey" which made some believe it was the beginning of their demise, huge stadium shows ... and others who said "everything is possible from here".

Segment One (videos thanks to "Graceful Duck Archive"). When possible, I edited out the geeky TV newsroom introductions. Geez they look(ed) plastic and brought nothing special to the footage.

July 1987 Oakland
0:08 - 5:26 : Evening Magazine (KPIX, Channel 5) broadcast on 7-14-87
Nice interviews, historic footage, and plenty of live concert clips (Frost Amp. 1985 & 1987, and very cool Greek Theatre 1981, notably at the 2:56 min. mark)
5:27 - 6:46 : Everning News (KRON, Channel 4) broadcast on 7-24-87 (Dead/Dylan news report)
Reporter: Don Knapp. Nice exchange with ol' Uncle Bobo (Bill Graham) at the 6:15 min. mark.
6:47 -- 9:41 : Everning News (KGO, Channel 7) broadcast on 7-24-87 (Dead/Dylan news report)
Reporter: Aaron Edwards
9:42 -- 11:22 : Everning News (KPIX, Channel 5) broadcast on 7-24-87 (Dead/Dylan news report)
Reporter: Stan Wilson

Segment Two (video thanks to "Brokedown House Production")
7-24-1987 Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, California
Pro-shot (not the best quality video), Set 3 : Dylan & The Dead
11:25 : "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (with Jerry Garcia on peddle steel !)

Segment Three (videos thanks to "Graceful Duck Archive").
8-8-1987 MTV "Day Of The Dead"
Starts at 15:45 (a day-long salute to the Grateful Dead on MTV)
Again, I edited out almost all of the TV studio pre-segment introductions (essentially those of Ms. China Kantner) which were essentially "dead air".
... again, the dead heads, making "In the Dark". The show, parking lot, shots were certainly prior to the July 12th 1987 Giants Stadium, NJ concert.

2nd part (28:55 to end) : Special MTV documentary "Dead On - The Grateful Dead Alive In The 80's" with appearances of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Dan Healy (that's him in the thumb nail !), Ken Kesey, Les Kippel ("Relix" Publisher), Toni Brown, Jacaeber Kastor, Bill Graham, Peter Martin, Stanley Mouse, Gary Gutierrez, Rick Griffin...
An overall view of the Grateful Dead now (well 1987) and before ...
Again, I edited out the flabby TV segues and MTV "ads".

Long live The Grateful Dead !