1987-09-16 Grateful Dead

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

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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

Released As

Enjoying the Ride

Set 1:
Touch Of Grey > Scarlet Begonias [1] , Little Red Rooster , Dire Wolf , My Brother Esau , High Time , Let It Grow > Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told > Devil With The Blue Dress [2] > Good Golly Miss Molly [2] > Devil With The Blue Dress [2] > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Wharf Rat [3] > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away

Encore:
Black Muddy River [4]

[1] Last known performance in Set 1 1978-12-31 (621 events ago)
[2] First performance in Set 2
[3] Released on The Music Never Stopped
[4] Crowd is doing NFA clap and Band starts to participate, the steers into a brief And We Bid You Goodnight instrumental

Average Song Gap

4.8

Songs By Album

In the Dark: 4
Workingman's Dead: 2
From the Mars Hotel: 1
Wake of the Flood: 1
Go to Heaven: 1
Ace: 1
American Beauty: 1

Songs Tags

garcia-hunter: 9
in-the-dark: 4
weir-barlow: 3
brent-song: 2
jerry-ballad: 1

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Touch Of Grey >	garcia-hunterin-the-dark	Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	4	3
Scarlet Begonias	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	2	10
Little Red Rooster		Bob Weir		2	4
Dire Wolf	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	10	36
My Brother Esau	weir-barlowin-the-dark	Bob Weir	In the Dark	7	3
High Time	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	8	2
Let It Grow >	weir-barlow	Bob Weir	Wake of the Flood	7	7
Don't Ease Me In		Jerry Garcia	Go to Heaven	6	2

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Bertha >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		4	5
Greatest Story Ever Told >		Bob Weir	Ace	5	18
Devil With The Blue Dress >	brent-song	Brent Mydland		5	0
Good Golly Miss Molly >		Brent Mydland		5	9
Devil With The Blue Dress >	brent-song	Brent Mydland		0	9
He's Gone >	garcia-hunter	Jerry Garcia		12	3
Drums >		Instrumental		1	1
Space >		Instrumental		1	1
Truckin' >	garcia-hunter	Bob Weir	American Beauty	3	4
Wharf Rat >	garcia-hunterjerry-ballad	Jerry Garcia		4	3
Throwing Stones >	weir-barlowin-the-dark	Bob Weir	In the Dark	2	3
Not Fade Away		Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, an...		5	3

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Tags	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Black Muddy River	garcia-hunterin-the-dark	Jerry Garcia	In the Dark	3	2

Run

GD - Madison Square Garden September 1987

Tour

Grateful Dead Fall 1987

Also Appearing

New York City Percussion Ensemble and Baba Olatunji

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Low: 64.1 °F
Feels Like High: 78.2 °F
Feels Like Low: 64.1 °F
Wind Speed: 15.0 mph
Humidity: 70.2 %
Moonphase: 0.79
Becoming cloudy in the afternoon.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Confirmed

Grateful Dead 1987-09-16 [Wed]

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

Set 1

Set 2

Encore