1987-04-07 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:
Touch Of Grey > Minglewood Blues , Friend Of The Devil , Beat It On Down The Line , Stagger Lee , Mama Tried > Big River , West L.A. Fadeaway , Hell In A Bucket [1] , Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
Box Of Rain , I Need A Miracle > Bertha , Ship Of Fools , Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Morning Dew > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away

Encore:
Quinn The Eskimo

[1] Includes false start

Average Song Gap

4.36

Songs By Album

In the Dark: 4
The Grateful Dead: 3
American Beauty: 2
Shakedown Street: 2
Go to Heaven: 1
From the Mars Hotel: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Touch Of Grey >		Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	2	3
Minglewood Blues		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	4	3
Friend Of The Devil		Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	7	4
Beat It On Down The Line		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	4	7
Stagger Lee		Jerry Garcia	Shakedown Street	6	7
Mama Tried >		Bob Weir		5	11
Big River		Bob Weir		5	11
West L.A. Fadeaway		Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	8	5
Hell In A Bucket	Includes false start	Bob Weir	In the Dark	3	3
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	3	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Box Of Rain		Phil Lesh	American Beauty	2	2
I Need A Miracle >		Bob Weir	Shakedown Street	5	6
Bertha		Jerry Garcia		7	14
Ship Of Fools		Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	11	4
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) >		Bob Weir		3	3
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
Gimme Some Lovin' >		Brent Mydland and Phil Lesh		4	5
Morning Dew >		Jerry Garcia	The Grateful Dead	2	5
Throwing Stones >		Bob Weir	In the Dark	3	3
Not Fade Away		Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...		3	3

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Quinn The Eskimo		Jerry Garcia		7	4

Run

GD - Brendan Byrne Arena April 1987

Tour

Grateful Dead Spring 1987

Videos

Grateful Dead 4-7-87 Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford NJ

Images

Notes

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

Sources

Weather

High: 56.0 °F
Low: 44.0 °F
Feels Like High: 56.0 °F
Feels Like Low: 40.6 °F
Wind Speed: 21.9 mph
Humidity: 83.6 %
Moonphase: 0.29
Cloudy skies throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

1987-04-07 [Tue]

Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ

Set 1

Set 2

Encore