1988-09-24 [Sat]

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Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

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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
Guest Musicians
Mick Taylor (partial show) - guitar
Suzanne Vega (partial show) - acoustic guitar, vocals
Daryl Hall (partial show) - guitar, vocals
John Oats (partial show) - guitar, vocals
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (partial show) - acoustic guitar, bass
Mark Rivera (partial show) - saxophone
Baba Olatunji (partial show) - percussion
Michael Hinton (partial show) - cowbell
Bruce Hornsby (partial show) - vocals, electric piano and vocals, accordion
Jack Casady (partial show) - bass

Set 1:
Iko Iko , Feel Like A Stranger , West L.A. Fadeaway [1] , Little Red Rooster [1] , Box Of Rain , Ramble On Rose , When I Paint My Masterpiece > Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
Chinese Bones [2][3] , Neighborhood Girls [2][3] , Crazy Fingers > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) , Every Time You Go Away [2][4][5] , What's Going On [4][6][7] , Drums [8] > Space > The Wheel > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away [9]

Encore:
Good Lovin' [4][10][11] , Knockin' On Heaven's Door [4][12]
[1] With Mick Taylor on guitar
[2] Only performance
[3] With Suzanne Vega on acoustic guitar and vocals
[4] Without Phil
[5] With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on acoustic guitar and bass
[6] Only performance (by GD) and final time played by any act last known performance on 1975-01-22 by JGMS
[7] With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on bass, and Mark Rivera on saxophone
[8] With Baba Olatunji on percussion and Michael Hinton on cowbell
[9] With Bruce Hornsby on accordion
[10] Last performance (by GD) as encore 1984-10-12 (281 events ago)
[11] With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and electric piano, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals
[12] With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and accordion, Suzanne Vega on vocals, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals
Run
GD - Madison Square Garden September 1988
Tour
Grateful Dead Fall 1988
Title
Rain Forrest Benefit
Also Appearing
Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Images
Notes
  • gratefulseconds: Mick Taylor Brings It To 9th Night at MSG 1988-09-24
  • Madison Square Garden, New York City September 1988 Report originally aired Dead Head TV episode 007 - October 1988.
    • Historical
  • James Brown faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an Augusta, Georgia, building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges.
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 73.1 °F
    Low: 60.2 °F
    Feels Like High: 73.1 °F
    Feels Like Low: 60.2 °F
    Wind Speed: 16.1 mph
    Humidity: 50.0 %
    Moonphase: 0.46
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    Show Certainty
    Confirmed
    Setlist Certainty
    Confirmed
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    17617
    Gross
    $871,875.00