1987-04-06 Grateful Dead

Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals

Set 1:
Dancin' In The Streets [1] > Franklin's Tower , Little Red Rooster , Peggy-O , Me And My Uncle > Mexicali Blues , When Push Comes To Shove , Jack Straw > Deal

Set 2:
Feel Like A Stranger , Cumberland Blues , Tons Of Steel [2] , Saint Of Circumstance > Drums > Space > Terrapin Station > The Other One > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
Black Muddy River

[1] Final performance
[2] First performance in Set 2

Average Song Gap

5.8

Songs By Album

In the Dark: 3
Terrapin Station: 2
Go to Heaven: 2
Blues for Allah: 1
Ace: 1
Garcia: 1
Workingman's Dead: 1
Anthem of the Sun: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1
American Beauty: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Dancin' In The Streets >	Final performance	Bob Weir	Terrapin Station	21	last
Franklin's Tower		Jerry Garcia	Blues for Allah	4	7
Little Red Rooster		Bob Weir		6	3
Peggy-O		Jerry Garcia		14	9
Me And My Uncle >		Bob Weir		3	3
Mexicali Blues		Bob Weir	Ace	3	3
When Push Comes To Shove		Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	3	2
Jack Straw >		Bob Weir		4	8
Deal		Jerry Garcia	Garcia	11	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Feel Like A Stranger		Bob Weir	Go to Heaven	10	9
Cumberland Blues		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	7	7
Tons Of Steel	First performance in Set 2	Brent Mydland	In the Dark	4	4
Saint Of Circumstance >		Bob Weir	Go to Heaven	5	13
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
Terrapin Station >		Jerry Garcia	Terrapin Station	4	4
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	2	3
Stella Blue >		Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	4	5
Sugar Magnolia		Bob Weir	American Beauty	6	2

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Black Muddy River		Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	3	4

Run

GD - Brendan Byrne Arena April 1987

Tour

Grateful Dead Spring 1987

Videos

Grateful Dead 4-6-87 Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford NJ

Grateful Dead Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ on 4/6/87 Complete Show

Images

Notes

expost: Richard Gehr, "The Dead Zone," Village Voice, April 21, 1987, pp. 61-62, via Dick Latvala's Scrapbooks.

Historical

Sugar Ray Leonard beats Marvin Hagler for boxing's world Middleweight championship.

Sources

Weather

High: 46.1 °F
Low: 42.2 °F
Feels Like High: 46.1 °F
Feels Like Low: 33.4 °F
Wind Speed: 19.7 mph
Humidity: 90.0 %
Moonphase: 0.25
Cloudy skies throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

1987-04-06 [Mon]

Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Set 1

Set 2

Encore