1987-05-09 Grateful Dead

Laguna Seca Raceway, Salinas, CA

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

Set 1:
Sugar Magnolia [1] > Sugaree , Me And My Uncle [2] > Mexicali Blues , When Push Comes To Shove , Tons Of Steel [3] , My Brother Esau , Tennessee Jed , Let It Grow

Set 2:
Touch Of Grey > Looks Like Rain > He's Gone > Drums > Space > The Wheel > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Around And Around > Sunshine Daydream

Encore:
Iko Iko [4]

[1] Last known performance in Set 1 1978-12-31 (583 events ago)
[2] Funiculi Funicula noodling before
[3] Brent sings "I can only hope my bass-player will cut me a little slack" during
[4] Last performance as encore 1984-06-21 (181 events ago)

Average Song Gap

4.9

Songs By Album

In the Dark: 4
Garcia: 2
Ace: 2
American Beauty: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1
Anthem of the Sun: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 7
weir-barlow: 4
in-the-dark: 4
cowboy: 2
brent-song: 1
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Sugar Magnolia >		Bob Weir	American Beauty	8	3
Sugaree	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Garcia	4	4
Me And My Uncle >	cowboy	Bob Weir		4	4
Mexicali Blues	cowboyweir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	4	4
When Push Comes To Shove	garcia-hunterin-the-dark	Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	2	3
Tons Of Steel	in-the-darkbrent-song	Brent Mydland	In the Dark	3	4
My Brother Esau	weir-barlowin-the-dark	Bob Weir	In the Dark	8	2
Tennessee Jed	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		11	9
Let It Grow	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Wake of the Flood	4	3

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Touch Of Grey >	garcia-hunterin-the-dark	Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	1	2
Looks Like Rain >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Ace	7	6
He's Gone >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		7	2
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
The Wheel >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...	Garcia	5	2
The Other One >		Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	1	3
Wharf Rat >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia		3	4
Around And Around >		Bob Weir		2	2
Sunshine Daydream		Bob Weir		21	34

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Iko Iko		Jerry Garcia		1	6

Run

GD - Laguna Seca Raceway May 1987

Also Appearing

Bruce Hornsby & the Range and Ry Cooder

Videos

Touch Of Grey (excerpts)

The Grateful Dead - Laguna Seca 1987 News Clip

Images

Notes

Hours after the gig fans were invited back in to perform as the audience for the filming of the Touch of Grey video. The band did not perform but were all present and chatted up the crowd.

lostlivedead: Grateful Dead Performances At Race Tracks 1969-88

Sources

Weather

High: 70.1 °F
Low: 53.0 °F
Feels Like High: 70.1 °F
Feels Like Low: 53.0 °F
Wind Speed: 17.2 mph
Humidity: 84.7 %
Moonphase: 0.38
Partly cloudy throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Time

12:00 PM

Ticket Price

$20.00

Grateful Dead 1987-05-09 [Sat]

Laguna Seca Raceway, Salinas, CA

Set 1

Set 2

Encore