''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991'' is a live album by the rock band the
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...
. It contains five complete concerts on 14 CDs. The shows were recorded at
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands or The Swamp) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and it primarily hosted sp ...
in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 10,022, reflecting an increase of 1,109 (+12.4%) from the 8,913 counted in the 2010 census. on July 12, 1987, July 9 and 10, 1989, and June 16 and 17, 1991. The album also includes a video of the June 17, 1991 performance, on two DVDs or one Blu-ray disc. It was released on September 27, 2019, in a limited edition of 10,000 numbered copies.
[
The June 17, 1991 concert was also released as a separate album called '' Saint of Circumstance'', on three CDs or five LPs.][
The video of the June 17, 1991 concert was shown in theaters on August 1, 2019, as that year's Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies.][
''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991'' was nominated for a .][
]
The Giants Stadium concerts
The July 12, 1987 concert was part of the Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour
The Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead 1987 Tour was a concert tour by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead taking place in the summer of 1987 and consisting of six concerts. Each concert began with one or two lengthy sets by the Grateful Dead of their o ...
. The two sets of music by the Grateful Dead included in ''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991'' were followed at that show by one set by Bob Dylan, performing with the Dead as his backup band.[ '' Dylan & the Dead'' is a live album recorded on that tour.
At the 1989 concerts the opening act was ]Los Lobos
Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, ...
. At the 1991 concerts the opening act was Little Feat
Little Feat is an American rock band formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George and keyboardist Bill Payne in 1969 in Los Angeles. George disbanded the group because of creative differences shortly before his death in 1979. Surviving ...
.[
From 1978 to 1995 the Grateful Dead performed a total of 14 concerts at Giants Stadium.][
]
Track listing
July 12, 1987
Disc 1
:''First set:''
#"Hell in a Bucket" (Bob Weir
Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...
, Brent Mydland, John Perry Barlow) – 6:25
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...
, Robert Hunter Robert Hunter may refer to:
Arts
* Robert Hunter (painter) (died 1780), Irish portrait painter
* Robert Hunter (encyclopædist) (1823–1897), British editor of the ''Encyclopædic Dictionary''
*Robert Hunter (author) (1874–1942), American sociol ...
) – 8:11
#"Greatest Story Ever Told" (Weir, Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
, Hunter) – 4:24
#"Loser" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:46
#"Tons of Steel" (Mydland) – 6:24
#"Ramble On Rose" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:55
#"When I Paint My Masterpiece
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" is a 1971 song written by Bob Dylan. It was first released by The Band, who recorded the song for their album '' Cahoots'', released on September 15, 1971.
Background
Dylan himself first recorded the song at New ...
" ( Bob Dylan) – 4:55
#"When Push Comes to Shove" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
#" Promised Land" ( Chuck Berry) – 3:54
#"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:01
Disc 2
:''Second set:''
#" Morning Dew" ( Bonnie Dobson, Tim Rose) – 10:08
#"Playing in the Band
"Playing in the Band" is a Grateful Dead song. The lyrics were written by Robert Hunter and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir composed the music, with some assistance from percussionist Mickey Hart. The song first emerged in embryonic form on the self-t ...
" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 9:12
#"Drums" > (Hart, Bill Kreutzmann) – 7:14
#"Space" > (Garcia, Phil Lesh
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
, Weir) – 3:22
#"The Other One" > (Weir, Kreutzmann) – 6:28
#"Stella Blue" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:34
#" Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:11
#" Not Fade Away" (Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...
, Norman Petty) – 9:08
July 9, 1989
Disc 3
:''First set:''
#" Shakedown Street" (Garcia, Hunter) – 13:31
#" Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 5:49
#"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:26
#"Victim or the Crime" (Weir, Gerrit Graham) – 7:55
#"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:56
#" Queen Jane Approximately" (Dylan) – 6:46
#"Bird Song" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:42
Disc 4
:''Second set:''
#" China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:58
#" I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:10
#" Samson and Delilah" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 7:28
#"Built to Last" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:29
#" Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 10:55
#"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 10:00
Disc 5
#"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:06
#" Gimme Some Lovin'" > (Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his disti ...
, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) – 5:15
#"Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 6:33
#"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:12
#"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 13:38
:''Encore:''
#"Brokedown Palace" (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:53
July 10, 1989
Disc 6
:''First set:''
#"Feel Like a Stranger" > (Weir, Barlow) – 8:20
#"Franklin's Tower" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) – 9:13
#" Walkin' Blues" ( Robert Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:08
#" Jack-a-Roe" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 4:50
#"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 6:59
#"Tennessee Jed" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:28
#"The Music Never Stopped" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:19
#"Don't Ease Me In" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 3:42
Disc 7
:''Second set:''
#"Foolish Heart" (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:01
#"Just a Little Light" (Mydland, Barlow) – 5:16
#"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 6:42
#" Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 12:54
#"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 20:15
Disc 8
#"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 10:11
#" Iko Iko" > ( James Crawford) – 8:01
#" All Along the Watchtower" > (Dylan) – 5:41
#"Morning Dew" (Dobson, Rose) – 10:43
#"Sugar Magnolia
"Sugar Magnolia" is a song by the Grateful Dead. Written by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir, it is one of the most well-known songs by the band, alongside such hits as "Truckin'", "Casey Jones", "Uncle John's Band", "Touch of Grey", and fellow sugar-a ...
" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:30
:''Encore:''
#" Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan) – 7:58
June 16, 1991
Disc 9
:''First set:''
#"Picasso Moon" (Weir, Barlow, Bob Bralove) – 7:23
#"Bertha" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:29
#" Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon
William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...
) – 9:30
#"Candyman" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:33
#" Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again" (Dylan) – 8:46
#"Stagger Lee" (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:28
#"Let It Grow" (Weir, Barlow) – 12:43
Disc 10
:''Second set:''
#"Jack Straw" (Weir, Hunter) – 7:25
#"Crazy Fingers" (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:32
#"China Cat Sunflower" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 7:05
#"I Know You Rider" > (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) – 5:37
#"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:17
Disc 11
#"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 13:47
#"I Need a Miracle" > (Weir, Barlow) – 6:35
#"Black Peter" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:35
#"Throwing Stones" > (Weir, Barlow) – 9:06
#"Not Fade Away" (Holly, Petty) – 10:37
:''Encore:''
#"Box of Rain
"Box of Rain" is a song by the Grateful Dead, from their 1970 album '' American Beauty''. The song was composed by bassist Phil Lesh and lyricist Robert Hunter, and sung by Lesh. In later years, the song was a favorite and the crowd would sho ...
" (Lesh, Hunter) – 6:14
June 17, 1991
Disc 12
:''First set:''
#"Eyes of the World" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 15:26
#"Walkin' Blues" (Johnson, arranged by Weir) – 7:01
#"Brown-Eyed Women" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:10
#" Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, Ron McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:32
#"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 5:28
#"Loose Lucy" (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:16
#" Cassidy" (Weir, Barlow) – 7:11
#"Might as Well" (Garcia, Hunter) – 6:41
Disc 13
:''Second set:''
#"Saint of Circumstance" > (Weir, Barlow) – 10:55
#"Ship of Fools" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 8:01
#"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 1:14
#"Truckin'" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir, Hunter) – 6:55
#"New Speedway Boogie" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 9:12
#"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 0:55
#"Uncle John's Band" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 11:18
#"Dark Star" > (Garcia, Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, Weir, Hunter) – 8:05
#"Drums" (Hart, Kreutzmann) – 12:30
Disc 14
#"Space" > (Garcia, Lesh, Weir) – 8:47
#"China Doll" > (Garcia, Hunter) – 5:07
#"Playing in the Band" > (Weir, Hart, Hunter) – 4:35
#"Sugar Magnolia" (Weir, Hunter) – 10:53
:''Encore:''
#" The Weight" (Robbie Robertson
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in ...
) – 6:20
Notes
Personnel
Grateful Dead
*Jerry Garcia
Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...
– guitar, vocals
*Bob Weir
Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...
– guitar, vocals
*Phil Lesh
Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.
After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...
– bass, vocals
* Bill Kreutzmann – drums
*Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...
– drums
* Brent Mydland – keyboards, vocals (1987, 1989)
* Vince Welnick – keyboards, vocals (1991)
* Bruce Hornsby – keyboards, vocals (1991)
Production
*Produced by Grateful Dead
*Produced for release by David Lemieux
*Recording: John Cutler
*Mixing: Jeffrey Norman
*Mastering: David Glasser
*Art direction, design: Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson
Dylan and the Dead – July 12, 1987
At the July 12, 1987 concert, after the Grateful Dead played two sets of music, Bob Dylan performed a set of songs with the Dead as his backup band. This music is not included in ''Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991''. The song list was:[
:''Third set:''
*" Slow Train"
*" Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
*" Tomorrow Is a Long Time"
*" Highway 61 Revisited"
*" It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
*" Ballad of a Thin Man"
*"]John Brown John Brown most often refers to:
*John Brown (abolitionist) (1800–1859), American who led an anti-slavery raid in Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859
John Brown or Johnny Brown may also refer to:
Academia
* John Brown (educator) (1763–1842), Ir ...
"
*"The Wicked Messenger
"The Wicked Messenger" is a song written and originally performed by Bob Dylan for his album ''John Wesley Harding''. The song was recorded at Columbia's Studio A, Nashville, on November 29, 1967.
Structure and instrumentation
The song's inst ...
"
*" Queen Jane Approximately"
*" Chimes of Freedom"
*" Joey"
*" All Along the Watchtower"
*" The Times They Are a-Changin'"
:''Encore:''
*"Touch of Grey
"Touch of Grey" is a 1987 single by the Grateful Dead, and is from the album '' In the Dark''. The song is known for its refrain "I will get by / I will survive". It combines dark lyrics in the verses with upbeat pop instrumentation. The music ...
"
*" Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Charts
References
{{Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead live albums
Rhino Records live albums
2019 live albums