It took some repeated listening to really grasp this song. It was so different than anything else the boys had come up with previously. It's certainly a masterpiece of music. And a helluva lot of fun to play. Thanks Jer
Hung out all night and all the next day on the sidewalk outside Winterland to see this show. Perhaps the most ethereal of any Grateful Dead show I've been to. My first show was 5-6-78 (easy date to remember) in Vermont and they played Terrapin there, too.
Quite agree... Always been a lot of unfair flak from hardcore Dead Heads about this Album... My favourite! I might but Anthem of the Sun second but there are quite a few good uns in the Catalog! I think Donna did a good job,,,, particularly on the Album version... so very unfair...
If I could be in any place, in any time in my life, my old bones would choose to stand right here at this show again, and view with my own eyes, Jerry and the boys, play this song and grace the world with beauty and love.
I wasn’t a Grateful Dead fan until my brother played a bootleg record of this performance when I was 18 and i was hooked. As a music fan if you can’t appreciate this you aren’t alive! Brilliant
Jerry. Jerry at his utmost finest. This video brought tears to my eyes, beautiful. It pains me that Jerry slowly went as he did, if only he could have been like this for another decade. Who knows what other miraculous treasures he could have manifested with the help of Hunter's poetic lyrics? It's truly a shame, Jerry lives on forever in our spirits and souls.
Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask. Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.
You are so right. Jerry was a gift to mankind, and his spirit still touches us when we listen to his music. It always has, and always will. Peace, everyone. Love each other.
This version of Terrapin is tops in my book. So clean, the jam at the end has beautiful contrast between power and light touch, and above all Jerry's singing in his prime. Play it F'ing LOUD! ;)
I moved to LA and missed this one.....Oh my God, Jerry at his sweetest. It brings something between chills and tears of joy to me to see vids like this. Yea, most generations don't get a shaman of the scale we did. His music lives on but we stillfknmisshim! When Terrapin Station, the album, came out, it was so amazing I used it to do tests on a new type of active phonograph cartridge that contained its own preamp. I listened to it a hundred times on different cartridge/needle combinations.
I'm so grateful that the dead allowed/kinda encouraging the recordings of their shows. I was 7 when Jerry died, but I've been able to listen to so many high quality live versions of every song (to the point that I haven't even heard 50-70% of them)
When I first heard the Grateful Dead I didn't like them. Then I heard this version of Terrapin Station while smoking a joint then it hit me. I finally understood the Grateful Dead and got on the bus right then and there. God bless the Grateful Dead, the greatest American band there ever was.
so HAPPY to have seen them play a few times before he passed. This song is the soundtrack of my adolescence. Miss those days, those times, those friends... and miss Jerry!
Oh ! What amazing energy and talent.... there never will be another on stand who can led us into another time and space as Jerry did with his guitar improvisions. Rest In Peace: Jerry Garcia for we will not forget you.
I remember this new years show all those years ago. I age and think . Will we ever see days like that again? I hope we will. The world needs to feel a bit lighter again.
Jerry & the Dead had the same effect on my life too...after my father suddenly died of a heart attack at home one night. A few years later when I heard "Live Dead" with "Death Don't Have No Mercy", I knew these guys weren't just some pop or rock band...that they were really talking about life, death and how we perceive and approach our existence. I was just a kid at the time, and they definitely gave me something to ponder along with music I found interesting. My dad was into jazz & I got it
Man, seeing Jerry really get into it like this is just awesome. My first show was in '91, past his prime for sure, but I am still so glad I at least got to see/hear him live. Miss him like no other.....
Just when you think you’ve figured all a song is about, especially with the grateful dead’s music, you’re only scratching the surface of it if you only listen to it sober-and any having prior, psychadelic experience or knowledge of something that happened decades ago at..shit man i was trippin there, didnt want to not post this comment
Bobby's rhythm tone in this song is where very few people dare to tread. Super thin and treble-y, but he's so brilliant that he makes it fit so well. Pretty crazy, really. Great job, Bobby
Bobby never got the credit he deserved. Phil adds a lot of texture but that means holding everything together and providing structure while Jerry played lead fell to Bobby. And he did it very well while still being extremely original and pretty consistent for having such a huge repertoire.
The Nerdy dude on the bass... lol.... Love it! Phil Lesh used to piss Jerry off when he thumped it! Oh so I read... His job is to shed light... not to master... the only thing missing was Donna singing Sunrise!
There are bands and there are bands. This one is on a shelf of its own. Our backyard boys gone astral. I was very surprised a few summers ago when, standing 20' in front of Robert Plant at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood he said, "I haven't been here in years, since the days of the superbands, you know, like THE GRATEFUL DEAD." At which point I involuntarliy screamed JEEEEEERY! with my hands and forefingers shooting to the sky And Plant smiled as he continued on in his comments.
The millisecond the sun set on a crystal clear summer night in T.O. they played this epic beauty. Easily my favourite Dead song. Thank-you for posting and thank-you The Grateful Dead for the rush. ( By the way years earlier my friend Svend jammed them into his car to run them to " Coronation Park " for their 1970 T.O. free concert. He was one of the few roadies on the legendary " Festival Express " . This is for Svend .
Something I listened to on cassette tape for years..a very murky and warbly recording. Thanks for putting up the video, the sound is great, and I love the interplay with Phil and the drummers towards the end.
Look at Phil !!! He is the greatester 6 string bass guitarist that will ever, and I mean EVER live!! But, he had a great friend in Jerry, and the rest is HISTORY!!!
Jerry Garcia will be a source of inspiration long after we are dead. I was hooked at my 1st show, actually hooked when I received Workingman's Dead from my Grandfather known as "Pa"as a freshman in high school, 1985.As soon as "high" school was over I went straight to the boys. Sure hope they have a version of the Dead with those that have passed. It would be Jerry, John Kahn on Bass, Pig and Brent sharing some keyboards and Pig playin harp. Drummers? maybe Keith Moon? Bonzo? Wow, I wanna see!
Lostsailor, I couldn't agree more. I remember the day I wept a river! A cover band by the name of "Ouga Buga" (No lie!) played at a place two days later it was on pier and beam... many heads showed up, and we literally danced so hard we broke some floor joists! Friggin love Terrapin Station!
yes. yes. grooving sound that just had to be created. 28 years old and just happy to be alive and yes enjoying life and listening to good music. Peaceful music that makes me happy. notice I said the music. period. be happy. be kind. I love you. -Adam
Jerry turned himself onto heroine unless someone snuk it into his cigarette or iv, which I don't think is the case. We all make life decisions and Jerry liked to experiment with everything regardless of the lows it brings as well as the highs. It's all part of life, learning, and experience, and the ultimate lesson that nothing is inherently fullfilling here in this world except music.. which is beyond the body and beyond what you can put into the body. Love to Jerry!
This iz sooo sweet, only way it could be any betta iz if "At a Siding" wuz snuck in. I have a boot where there iz some bonus stuff, it haz them at a soundcheck doing "Terrapin" WITH "Siding" right where it goez on the LP! Blew me socks off 1st time I heard it az I wuzn't expecting that at all.
I'm jazzed that so many people still recognize the magic after all these years. I saw this show which included, among many other wonders, an incredible set by the Blues Brothers. As John Belushi was probably my second greatest idol after Jerry at that point in my life, I basically orgasmed through my ears. It was lemon scented chocolate flavored neon lit earthquake shaking rolling thunder fuck all! And it left a mark that I will take with me wherever I go in this world or the next.
Jerry and the Dead at their best. A true masterpiece.
What I would given, to experience this fully. Magical.
I don't know why Terrapin got so much criticism when released - it's brilliant
It took some repeated listening to really grasp this song. It was so different than anything else the boys had come up with previously. It's certainly a masterpiece of music. And a helluva lot of fun to play. Thanks Jer
It’s why I’m on the bus. Terrapin first, now, and always.
Agreed
I loved it the first time I heard it.
It's a masterpiece
this may be the greatest story ever told! get goose bumps every
time I listen to it!...
"Inspiration moves me, brightly." Words I have lived by for decades. Thank you, Jerry for my mantra.
Hung out all night and all the next day on the sidewalk outside Winterland to see this show. Perhaps the most ethereal of any Grateful Dead show I've been to. My first show was 5-6-78 (easy date to remember) in Vermont and they played Terrapin there, too.
I’m on a late 70’s kick. I can only imagine what you must of saw being live.
8:31 The moment between Phil and Jerry might be my favorite glimpse of magic. Jerry's reaction to Phil being in the zone is what life is about.
Phil's bouncing around like he's playing with Phish. Definitely dropping those bombs we all love!
Yes, those big "bunker bustin' bombs"!
He sings "To get to Terrapin" so matter-of-factly. It's amazing.
Best Band ever, Period!!
@@danwhitman4471 The memories are amazing!
Because thats the Mission.
In my opinion, the single greatest song and performance by the Dead!
Quite agree... Always been a lot of unfair flak from hardcore Dead Heads about this Album... My favourite! I might but Anthem of the Sun second but there are quite a few good uns in the Catalog!
I think Donna did a good job,,,, particularly on the Album version... so very unfair...
My favorite song...such a musical masterpiece.
Lucky for you they got it on video.
Agreed!♥️
Definitely my Favorite Terrapin by far 77-78 were awesome 87 had my second favorite
Jerry's soft subtle voice on this recording is just pure gold
He's so gentle with that first solo. It really sounds like someone crying to me. Making those specific notes cry out.
If I could be in any place, in any time in my life, my old bones would choose to stand right here at this show again, and view with my own eyes, Jerry and the boys, play this song and grace the world with beauty and love.
it’s a time machine isn’t it, listening to this music...
Youthful nourishment? A Fountain of Youth when we listen.
@@susanrobertsen3667 Agree! I was struggling for the best way to describe it. You did it! 😊❤️
Goosebumps!!!!! By far my favorite version of Terrapin Station. An absolute masterpiece 👏
I wasn’t a Grateful Dead fan until my brother played a bootleg record of this performance when I was 18 and i was hooked. As a music fan if you can’t appreciate this you aren’t alive! Brilliant
Jerry. Jerry at his utmost finest. This video brought tears to my eyes, beautiful. It pains me that Jerry slowly went as he did, if only he could have been like this for another decade. Who knows what other miraculous treasures he could have manifested with the help of Hunter's poetic lyrics? It's truly a shame, Jerry lives on forever in our spirits and souls.
Inspiration, move me brightly. light the song with sense and color; Hold away despair, more than this I will not ask. Faced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.
There is nothing like a Grateful Dead Concert.
You are so right. Jerry was a gift to mankind, and his spirit still touches us when we listen to his music. It always has, and always will. Peace, everyone. Love each other.
Couch locked, wishing I could go back in time 💙
This version of Terrapin is tops in my book. So clean, the jam at the end has beautiful contrast between power and light touch, and above all Jerry's singing in his prime. Play it F'ing LOUD! ;)
I moved to LA and missed this one.....Oh my God, Jerry at his sweetest. It brings something between chills and tears of joy to me to see vids like this. Yea, most generations don't get a shaman of the scale we did. His music lives on but we stillfknmisshim!
When Terrapin Station, the album, came out, it was so amazing I used it to do tests on a new type of active phonograph cartridge that contained its own preamp. I listened to it a hundred times on different cartridge/needle combinations.
Miss you Jerry. Some rise, some fall, some climb, to get to Terrapin !!!!!!!!
Favorite. Dead. Song. EVER.
And what a great version! Thanks for posting!
Me too! This many years later.
I'm so grateful that the dead allowed/kinda encouraging the recordings of their shows. I was 7 when Jerry died, but I've been able to listen to so many high quality live versions of every song (to the point that I haven't even heard 50-70% of them)
Love,love,love! You can dance however you want to the Dead; this song is perfect for Ballet! Our Jerry boy is deeply missed,every day...
When I first heard the Grateful Dead I didn't like them. Then I heard this version of Terrapin Station while smoking a joint then it hit me. I finally understood the Grateful Dead and got on the bus right then and there. God bless the Grateful Dead, the greatest American band there ever was.
This is my happy place!
4/18/2023 Checkin' in. Peace Love & Bong Hits ✌☮
inspiration...move me brightly
What a beautiful Terrapin. I missed this show and had never heard it. Such pure Jerry joy! Loooooooove it!
Terrapin Station is a masterpiece...why is it not more known?
Utterly awesome!!
I've traveled with the Dead For a few years! That song will always have a very special meaning to me!!!
It's a Masterpiece that I've been listening to for over 50 years
You are witnessing a master at work
so HAPPY to have seen them play a few times before he passed. This song is the soundtrack of my adolescence. Miss those days, those times, those friends... and miss Jerry!
Wow.. what an awesome version! Let my inspiration grow... In spoken rhyme suggesting rhythm...loved Donna Jean....
Oh ! What amazing energy and talent.... there never will be another on stand who can led us into another time and space as Jerry did with his guitar improvisions. Rest In Peace: Jerry Garcia for we will not forget you.
this is one of my all time favorite albums. thanks to the folks who shared this with us!
I remember this new years show all those years ago. I age and think . Will we ever see days like that again? I hope we will. The world needs to feel a bit lighter again.
Jerry & the Dead had the same effect on my life too...after my father suddenly died of a heart attack at home one night. A few years later when I heard "Live Dead" with "Death Don't Have No Mercy", I knew these guys weren't just some pop or rock band...that they were really talking about life, death and how we perceive and approach our existence. I was just a kid at the time, and they definitely gave me something to ponder along with music I found interesting. My dad was into jazz & I got it
Awesome
Man, seeing Jerry really get into it like this is just awesome. My first show was in '91, past his prime for sure, but I am still so glad I at least got to see/hear him live. Miss him like no other.....
Any Dead show is better than none.
They were human , fallible like all of us...
Let my inspiration flow.
absolutely beautiful. the grateful dead always helps
Inspiration❤️ grateful this video is here💜⚡️💜
Yep & grateful there’s people like us who feel the connection that transcends time and space.
It brings back too many memories to see Jerry singing and playing. Living the grateful dead- 24/7/365 forever
..and the Whistle is Screamin' !... Terrapin ! Whooo-Whooo Yeaaah !
I love seeing Jerry when he was younger...
Just when you think you’ve figured all a song is about, especially with the grateful dead’s music, you’re only scratching the surface of it if you only listen to it sober-and any having prior, psychadelic experience or knowledge of something that happened decades ago at..shit man i was trippin there, didnt want to not post this comment
Blessings, stranger 🎵🎶🐦
❤❤❤😎🧡
thank you.
Bobby's rhythm tone in this song is where very few people dare to tread. Super thin and treble-y, but he's so brilliant that he makes it fit so well. Pretty crazy, really. Great job, Bobby
Bobby never got the credit he deserved. Phil adds a lot of texture but that means holding everything together and providing structure while Jerry played lead fell to Bobby. And he did it very well while still being extremely original and pretty consistent for having such a huge repertoire.
The video footage here is brilliant
Wonder what it was like to read old poems and look out a window to lighting crashing to write a masterpiece
The Nerdy dude on the bass... lol.... Love it! Phil Lesh used to piss Jerry off when he thumped it! Oh so I read... His job is to shed light... not to master... the only thing missing was Donna singing Sunrise!
There are bands and there are bands. This one is on a shelf of its own. Our backyard boys gone astral. I was very surprised a few summers ago when, standing 20' in front of Robert Plant at the Greek Theatre in Hollywood he said, "I haven't been here in years, since the days of the superbands, you know, like THE GRATEFUL DEAD." At which point I involuntarliy screamed JEEEEEERY! with my hands and forefingers shooting to the sky And Plant smiled as he continued on in his comments.
THANKS FOR POSTING...AND THE AUDIO IS AWESOME! YOU CAN HEAR HOW PHIL BRINGS IT!
The millisecond the sun set on a crystal clear summer night in T.O. they played this epic beauty. Easily my favourite Dead song. Thank-you for posting and thank-you The Grateful Dead for the rush. ( By the way years earlier my friend Svend jammed them into his car to run them to " Coronation Park " for their 1970 T.O. free concert. He was one of the few roadies on the legendary " Festival Express " . This is for Svend .
Right on¡!!!!¡!!!
Something I listened to on cassette tape for years..a very murky and warbly recording. Thanks for putting up the video, the sound is great, and I love the interplay with Phil and the drummers towards the end.
My favorite version in my bday year to boot. Thank you Jerry
Donna Jean is from Muscle Shoals where I'm from! My favorite era of the group!
My favorite Grateful Dead tune....
I was there, that was a great version. I love when they do tuning > jam > lady with a fan.
His job is to shed light and not to master.
One of the Grateful Dead songs ever
Thank you so much for posting :(... Miss my friend. Still. Always with you, man.
Look at Phil !!! He is the greatester 6 string bass guitarist that will ever, and I mean EVER live!! But, he had a great friend in Jerry, and the rest is HISTORY!!!
Jerry Garcia will be a source of inspiration long after we are dead. I was hooked at my 1st show, actually hooked when I received Workingman's Dead from my Grandfather known as "Pa"as a freshman in high school, 1985.As soon as "high" school was over I went straight to the boys. Sure hope they have a version of the Dead with those that have passed. It would be Jerry, John Kahn on Bass, Pig and Brent sharing some keyboards and Pig playin harp. Drummers? maybe Keith Moon? Bonzo? Wow, I wanna see!
love this version.. seems so relaxed!
absolutely gorgeous
well said - i miss him every year that passes
They were all feeling good bless their hearts
One of the greatest songs ever written.
Jerry Garcia is in heaven!!
Lostsailor, I couldn't agree more. I remember the day I wept a river! A cover band by the name of "Ouga Buga" (No lie!) played at a place two days later it was on pier and beam... many heads showed up, and we literally danced so hard we broke some floor joists! Friggin love Terrapin Station!
The eleven is the greatest dead song ever. But Terrapin might be the greatest song ever recorded in the history of music 🎶 🎵 🤔 🤪
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💛💛💛💛pure gold!!
yes. yes. grooving sound that just had to be created. 28 years old and just happy to be alive and yes enjoying life and listening to good music. Peaceful music that makes me happy. notice I said the music. period. be happy. be kind. I love you. -Adam
Inspiration move me brightly
At 10:19 Bill reaches over and hits the bell on Mickey's cymbal! Love that dude!
Heavenly In It’s Brilliance
Rueful of the western dream
this, i suspect, is the 'mother of all terrapins''
OMG the drums!!! I've never focused on them the way I did in the finale to Terrapin.
Thank you.
Jerry turned himself onto heroine unless someone snuk it into his cigarette or iv, which I don't think is the case. We all make life decisions and Jerry liked to experiment with everything regardless of the lows it brings as well as the highs. It's all part of life, learning, and experience, and the ultimate lesson that nothing is inherently fullfilling here in this world except music.. which is beyond the body and beyond what you can put into the body. Love to Jerry!
Truly a classic of rock and roll!❤😂🎉
Masterpiece
I miss Jerry... 😘
this is so mellow...RIP Jerry.. "SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND" i love you guys
This one is Amazing! At one point everyone looks at eachother and agrees.
The perfect song.
listening to this 5 minutes before a phone job interview. getting me in the proper head space :)
Hope it went well my man!!!
@@richieboy6825 reading this comment made my day, only in the comments of dead videos would you get this kind of support!
Love this one! I use to have the dvd "Closing of winterland" but lost it when I moved. Thanx for the upload!!!
Masterpiece!
sublime
this /robert Hunter’s luminous transcendent stringing together of words 🌹⚡️💙💀💙⚡️🌹 🌊🌊🌊🌈
MASTERPIECE
If its the last Keith and Donna show in Oakland I was there!
Top 5 GD song. Amazing.
This iz sooo sweet, only way it could be any betta iz if "At a Siding" wuz snuck in. I have a boot where there iz some bonus stuff, it haz them at a soundcheck doing "Terrapin" WITH "Siding" right where it goez on the LP! Blew me socks off 1st time I heard it az I wuzn't expecting that at all.
Unreal.
I'm jazzed that so many people still recognize the magic after all these years. I saw this show which included, among many other wonders, an incredible set by the Blues Brothers. As John Belushi was probably my second greatest idol after Jerry at that point in my life, I basically orgasmed through my ears. It was lemon scented chocolate flavored neon lit earthquake shaking rolling thunder fuck all! And it left a mark that I will take with me wherever I go in this world or the next.
You are right. It does inspire a lovely polity. "Mad Nice." I knew of a sailboat named Mad Zephyr many years ago.
The fact that this video ends early breaks my heart