No one mentions Bob Weir's incredible, haunting slide playing on this tune. Dude is so underrated as a compliment to Garcia's melodic genius. Such a wonderful pair on guitar, and this is a badass rendition of one of my favorite Jerry sung GD songs. NFA!

@sugarbeeps580

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Mirmelstein agreed

@Walti1919

4 жыл бұрын

agreed!

@jimsmith1277

4 жыл бұрын

I third that agreement. I was there that night. Fantastic show.

@hammertime714

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimsmith1277 Same here 3 absolutely amazing nights. Bobby was ripping all 3 nights but this slide on Althea blew me away.

@daveyboy8907

4 жыл бұрын

Bobs a tool

one of the best songs ever made. damn.

@michaelthomas5946

6 жыл бұрын

this music so good it can put a baby too sleep!!! Michael Thomas

@codyagans1894

4 жыл бұрын

It literally is one of the best songs ever made.

@lisica8458

4 жыл бұрын

Can't beat the Hunter-Garcia songs.

@tootsiebutts

4 жыл бұрын

remco de this just sent me into spinning in my kitchen #NFA ⚡️🌹⚡️

that is f****** the best Althea version ever recorded & I 've been to 57 shows. He literally tears the heart out of that guitar & your emotional heart as well.....

@daveyboy8907

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right,,this at 83

@williamlee266

5 жыл бұрын

For sure. Goosebumps!

@theronsnell396

5 жыл бұрын

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. Jerry is spot on...

@sugarbeeps580

5 жыл бұрын

My favorite show

@jamemacdonald9082

5 жыл бұрын

5:33

Their energy during the Brent years was just rippin Glad I was there to experience it all.

@karenl668

2 жыл бұрын

same..

@puahsloveable

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@austinglazer

2 жыл бұрын

I got into the dead about 2-3 years ago and have become a massive super fan. In the last few months, I have done a deep dive on Brent's time in the Dead and man oh man.... changed everything for me... hard to enjoy the experience at a D and C show after seeing some of these performances on youtube...

@daveyboy8907

Жыл бұрын

@@austinglazer yep 89 alpine valley shows were great..It's all downhill from here just check thst show out..

@asmrmylinda

Жыл бұрын

My favorite years

“To die, to sleep - to sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, for in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” (Hamlet)

It's one perfect song, in each note and word, a kind of unity/convergence/communion. Whenever Jerry's on, he's the totally humble servant the music, to the muse; he just disappears down the rabbit whole and takes the band and us with him. First saw the band in 72; regret that I didn't see them more (just 2 more times). I've spend more time in the past 6 months listening to their studio and (mostly) live recordings than I did in the previous 40 years, and it's been bringing those big goofy smiles to my face---yeah...they WERE kind, they still are, and their music is just as precious now as it was then.

@joeconti4392

8 жыл бұрын

+Warren Friesner well-said

@veek.6463

6 жыл бұрын

He's always on. Just sayin. Never heard him off and have been in over 1/3 of all their shows.

@markmuth2498

3 жыл бұрын

If transle

@markmuth2498

3 жыл бұрын

C

@WhiteMountaingirl

Жыл бұрын

Magic

so good; in 2019 as it was in '89. Miss Jerry, but his music lives.

@lisica8458

4 жыл бұрын

"His music lives" is probably the best tribute any musician can hope to get.

i smile cry every time I hear this. its as close to magic as iv ever been.

This show was on the day I was born :)

@djklock1724

9 жыл бұрын

You should be "Althea H"

@sugarbeeps580

5 жыл бұрын

Awe yer just a kitten

@jimsmith1277

4 жыл бұрын

You make me feel so old. I was there that night. I even remember this particular excellent performance of Althea. Great show.

@hammertime714

4 жыл бұрын

A mighty fine day/night we had on your birth. Alpine Valley was freakin magical

great stuff.. Althea is actually one of the few Dead tunes where I like the studio version as much as any live version, its so crisp and clear

@andylee237

Жыл бұрын

That or ripple

@charliecrocker8583

Жыл бұрын

or box of rain. the harmonies are hard to do live

@WhiteMountaingirl

Жыл бұрын

🔵⚡️🔴

@NoURider

2 ай бұрын

​@WhiteMountaingirl that's sweet 😊

The emotion in Jerry's voice and guitar playing send a shiver down the the spine.

That's how Altea is played!!!!!!!

There’s not one “jam band” guitarist I can stand for more than a short solo than Jerry. His notes made you happy, made you want to dance! Then you did dance....it’s begun. ✌🏻

Love it. What GREAT ENERGY this band had. Always loved the twin drummers and how their styles complemented each other. The late great Jerry Garcia's prowess never ceases to amaze me.

@WhiteMountaingirl

Жыл бұрын

🔴⚡️🔵🌹

@danross5060

6 ай бұрын

And don't forget the OG Mr Pigpen. His bluesy voice also like no other

@NoURider

2 ай бұрын

​@danross5060 never heard it. I know the old pig pen fans didn't like Brent as I really don't the older stuff, every one hates change I guess. Changes aren't permanent but change is ✌️😎✌️

Was staying near Alpine Valley at the summer home of my wife's family. Older son was four, younger boy just a few months old. And my sweet wife surprised me for my birthday, handing me a ticket for this concert. She stayed home with the kids, and I caught perhaps the best Dead concert of the 20 or so times I saw them beginning in 1971. My wife and I met at a Dead concert freshman year of college. What a wonderful evening, weather and music perfect.

@WhiteMountaingirl

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing 🔵⚡️🔴

Woohoo My Fav Dead tune I'm 62 from NY I now live in Germany for the last 10 ( zehn) Jahre

Put this in your pipe and smoke it!!! F*cking brilliant. I went to the 4th of July in Buffalo ("Truckin' Up to Buffalo"), Alpine (two nights after the "Downhill From Here" show), and Raleigh, amongst other places. It was so special and we knew it. Thank you, thank you for posting this!

@stephenguard4646

5 жыл бұрын

Allan Ostermann

I recently learned this on acoustic and I play it over and over and never get tired of it.

The fact KZread allowed an ad to be placed in the middle of this masterpiece is a disgrace. Straight up weak sauce.

@evanyardley81

3 жыл бұрын

Straight up got an ad like 5 minutes in. KZread's getting greedy.

@christheghostwriter

4 ай бұрын

Pay for premium.

I remember the first time I heard this song. It's been with me ever since!!!!!!

Wow! Randomly searching for versions of this sublime song, I just found this and that was recorded on the day I was born o/

My 27 Birthday Show !IWT.... saw my first Alpine show Summer Tour 1982.... Best Summer of my young life....

Althea one of the greatest names ever almost named my child after this song

Jerry is the man & lives on even in our children & our children's children. He's a LEGEND. I will never talk about him in past tense (~);}

do any of you children like to dance? well, I heard this song a few times and I was dancin' like it was 1969 all over again!! this song brought tears of happiness and sadness all at once. something about this tune brings the 'human' outta me. i'm totally in a dimension all my own and me and the Dead are the only ones with a key...or invitation

@NoURider

2 ай бұрын

I must have a copy of thar key 🙄

Words can't describe this magic, thank you

In the day of the the days of a favourite life, this music flows to fill it with grace. Forever grateful

I named my cat for this song... I put the lyric "Movin' with a pinch of grace" on her tag before I discovered what a klutz she is. XD Only heard it once in concert (Buckeye Lake '94) but it's always been a favorite, all stately and sinuous and sensual. The absolute, unbridled joy that went up my spine when I heard that opening riff was a genuine life experience I will always treasure.

They always seem to be having just a grateful time playing together. Sooooo coooool

My favorite verse is, " Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered to the extreme!"

@theronsnell396

4 жыл бұрын

My back might need protection....

@daveyboy8907

4 жыл бұрын

Me to fits me perfectly,, lol

@Guitargate

4 жыл бұрын

FACT!

@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.

3 жыл бұрын

Drugs are "A" major contributor to selfishness, especially its prevalent nature given the demagraphic. Selfishness is the polar diametric opposite of altruism. Jesus Christ dieing on the cross was the absolute superlative act of altruism... What is the chief end of man ? Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Search on KZread for William Lane Craig and... 1. The cosmological argument 2. The contingency argument 3. The teleological argument 4. The ontological argument 5. The moral argument There is a reason why something rather than nothing and it is predicated on the uncaused, non contingent, first cause of all contingency… God Seek Christ Jesus the Redeemer

@Goodywagon

3 жыл бұрын

Mine too....

Althea is one of those tunes that will put you in dancing hippie heaven.

@NoURider

2 ай бұрын

Bertha 😉

WOW! One of the best versions I've heard! Thanks for posting it!!! :)

87 - 89 Alpine. What a party! Alpine placed hundreds of stacks of fork lift crates though out massive parking areas. Leaving the show, at the gates on top of hill, you could see large fires everywhere reflecting light on the clouds. What a night! Of course, they threw us out after 89.

It's actually an amazingly animated jerry for this time period. I was on tour during this time and he had his good. Ights and bad nights. This one was stellar

this when was feeling good and he is clean here

@hammertime714

4 жыл бұрын

they were on fire that spring, summer, fall, winter, into '90, up until Brents untimely passing.

Love this song. I was a couple of years into the Dead when Go to Heaven came out, the first studio album since I got on the bus. A local alt weekly gave GTH a tepid review, and singled out Althea as "a lot of pointless noodling". For the longest time I thought I was the only one who loved this song. So glad to see this placed among the canon of great Jerry tunes!

LOVE this song. Great riff, great lyrics.

Jerry is one of those very rare guitar players who I recognize after just a coupla notes. I can recognize his guitar as easily as his voice. Carlos Santana and Keith Richards are guitarists I quickly recognize..but not so much the voice. Althea is a great song; it reminds me of Cold Rain and Snow. I love the line "...and now I'm trying to catch her." Jerry died in 1995 but he truly does live on.

@augustwest6637

7 жыл бұрын

right on sir!! best song ever

@brettbillings2987

7 жыл бұрын

My parents aren't Dead fans but I guess in college he decided he was too cool for a while and left her hanging and then had to Try and catch her which I think is pretty cool

@420deadshows

7 жыл бұрын

He lives on in the Grateful Dead tribute bands that have kids that never saw him play a note

@SanFranciscoFatboy

6 жыл бұрын

jerry was althea.... he is singing about himself. ( imho)

@veek.6463

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah Farz is right- if you realize your twin flame is you. If you realize a God is you. If you realize you are entirely reaponsible for all beings- then yes of course- it is a conversation of unity. Love.

I was at this show. Still have my ticket stub. Great summer shows at Alpine valley.

@guyfawkes8263

7 жыл бұрын

80s dead by far my favorite

@Anonymous-vb8nw

7 жыл бұрын

100% right by me; Brent was the best. Always sad when I see the pix of his kids on the keys, don't understand it, but it is what it is. Glad to not judge and accept that life is often difficult.

@vikes468

7 жыл бұрын

Summer of '89 was magical summer at Alpine. I saw the Dead, Who and Stones that year. And it rained at this show like crazy..Great memories.

@Zalnut1

7 жыл бұрын

Great show, who shot this, it's well produced.

@DennisCampbell777

6 жыл бұрын

I did the mudslide on this evening, and I had pavillion seats, a little mud never hurt nobody.

This is the best Althea I've ever heard or seen!!! Thanks for putting it on here. Althea's always been my favorite song by my favorite band!!! So maybe my favorite song of all time! I was lucky enough to see Jerry & the boys play it 7 times total; between 12/89 to 12/94. (Favorite song has to be: either Althea or Shakedown!)(Or: Time or Learning to Fly ; by Pink Floyd)It's hard to pick a favorite song of all time!!!

@WhiteMountaingirl

Жыл бұрын

🔴⚡️🔵🌹

I remember when the entire 7/19/89 show was available on youtube. And without commersh. That's how old I am. Wow. The first set of 7/19/89 is better than the 2nd set. Top 3 Altheas. Dirty West LA. So fun. So fun first set. All love.

(One of their) Greatest Songs!

Wow was at all 3 of the show's they played that year. Rained like cat's and dogs. But I had the best time of my life. Thank you brothers

best band ever, old enough to have been there, as they say nothing like a grateful dead show., have to thank Mr hunter as well

@cindybarfield4766

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...I've seen them perform together..just JG and RH at the Chrysler Hall Center in Norfolk Va...Kudos to one hell of a collaboration !

@blahblah606

4 жыл бұрын

For me it's a three way tie for greatest American bands. P-Funk, Velvet Underground, and the Dead.

Man, was at all Alpine shows from ‘86 to ‘89, still gives me goosebumps, MAGICAL!

My favorite version of Althea.

The band was on freakin fire all three nights at the greatest summer venue for shows and camping. this was probably one of the last summer tours with camping on site. Even though it rained buckets and made it a slippery place we survived and were blessed with these three gems . Enjoy as these bring back nothing but great memories.

Haa, kids! I graduated high school in 1984 and saw my first show in 1982. I love sharing this music with kids; 17 and 12.

Great song, and this is one of the best versions I've heard. Thank you!

This is so damn ripping!! The way Jerry launches his whole body into the solo at the end of each verse is about as animated as he got since maybe the early 70’s. He was going into one of his last runs, and indeed one of his best, from about ‘89-‘92. So glad I got to be a small part of it.

This is my favorite Althea ever!!! Amazing tone!!!

@MulberryGate

Жыл бұрын

ding!

Thank you. Seen this a zillion times, but in the Nick of Time, with new eyes. Nice work. Very professional, slice of life.

Incredible. God I miss this band and Jerry.

I love Jerry and this song....its so sad and joyous at the same time

Love this tune !! ❤ So blessed to see over 30 shows from 81- 93 . The magic lives forever ✌🎵🌏

Thanks Barbara ( babs) for bringing me to see the dead in L.A. '94. I just made it and was hooked from the start. I got to see the dead 5 times and the other bands since. I would still be listening to metallica and goo goo dolls feel me?

The good old days

There is no such thing as a "best" Grateful Dead song. Having said that, Althea is truly one of the all time greats. A wonderful edgy, kinda dark, totally rockin', guitar scorching, a little scary Grateful Dead original. I just plain love Althea!!

Admirable! I could seen 'em at the Stadium 365 in Oakland, short time before they played at the Alpine Valley music theatre.

Good to be living with the Dead!

My personal Favorite Dead Song.Jerry KILLS THIS.The band Were on top of THEE WORLD AT THIS TIME.MUSICALLY TIGHTER THAN EVER.THIS WAS A SMOKIN HOT TOUR 89 ROCKED.

@charlie.something

7 жыл бұрын

true. all true.

@lisica8458

6 жыл бұрын

"Tighter than ever"? Apparently you never listened to the Dead in the '60s or '70s.

SCHWEET, thanks for sharing!

GRATEFUL way to start my day........................

that outro is everything. I could listen to it forever

Recently, when I listen to the Dead, I get increasingly impressed with Phil Lesh's contrapuntal bass. He was always unfavorably compared to Jack Casady, who Phil admitted was one of his models. But in my view, he wins the competition (if indeed there was one) on subtlety.

@yesprobablyyes2588

3 жыл бұрын

Phil is a patient animal

@tomgilpin306

3 жыл бұрын

Phil was the perfect bassist for that band: cerebral, open-minded, well-versed. Casady was the master of tone.

This one is magic

anyone that rocked the electric koolaid acid show as a freckle faced 16 year old had was and is special x only got to see them twice alexandra palace london and bath festival uk -they didnt leave the us much my car would be naked without a deadhead sticker so thank you for the chance to view so much i missed x

That was a nasty Althea, Jerry's tone is wicked. "Nobody messin' with you, but you."

Everytime I hear Gerry sing his voice goes straight to my soul

I love how the notes Bobby plays after the mishap with the lyrics “friends are getting most concerned” sound exactly like “uh-oh”. Gotta love that!

'unlike anyone else'...sure. I hear it. but, since the sixties were the first era of the Dead..and when I met them, Althea was an underestimated tune. I never heard it til recently...but that's another story. God is Love, but the Dead are transcendence. Play on!~

Attended all three shows in AV rained every night. Helicoptered to the shows and back with the band and my friend Bill W. Choppers were grounded on the 3rd night due to poor visibility and bad weather. Drove back to Lake Geneva in vans. Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed a few weeks later on the same helicopter ride in poor conditions. God Bless SRV

I sure do miss him

thanks for technology! reliving it right now @ 47!! love it

You gotta love how JERRY JUST ROCKS THIS SONG. LOVE ALTHEA

This is my favorite Althea.

Right on brother! I believe Jerry always had a special bond with the keyboardist.

This is the best part 8:16 like a light shining down from heaven.

@ruzziduzzi

7 жыл бұрын

I read your comment and thought, 'gee I wonder what that looked like?' Then I scrolled back up at the video and much to my surprise it was at 8:15 and then BOOM! Nice call by you and good timing by me, the Dead, the Universe and the song.

@fartybutt5206

7 жыл бұрын

Heck ya buddy this is prob my all time favorite Dead song. I actually really like the later stuff.

@ruzziduzzi

7 жыл бұрын

I often have felt that this was my favorite Dead song too, but its so hard to pin it down to just one. It certainly would be in any of my top 5 or top 10 for sure 100% . And I am with you as far as the later stuff, I think right about here they really hit a peak. Strange, now that I am relistening to it while responding to you, it occurs to me that somewhere I do have a juicy Alpine Valley boot on cassette tape, and it just might have this very Althea. I guess I will have to look thru the boxes of tapes later, Cheers!

@fartybutt5206

7 жыл бұрын

That'd be awesome, I don't know why this song wasn't included on the dang DVD. Oh well we have it here now.

There are things you can replace, and others you cannot...

Absolutely love the sounds at the beginning. Fantastic performance (~);)

this song hits home everytime

Althea and TLEO......2 best first set vibes!!!

"Can't talk to me without talking to me" can't argue with that

definitely one of my favorite Jerry up front songs, in all its versions, quite possibly my favorite. I never thought that Bobby's cheezy, rubbery slide ever added anything to the song's magnificence

Utter brilliance! Garcia hits 4th dimensional notes here, unlike no one else.

@charliemoore7760

3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated/underappreciated guitar players of all time

Jerry is shining here. Damn Brilliant.

was on this tour. at these shows. lots of rain, good x. i was hoping the fare thee well shows would have been in alpine. 3 more nights camping there would be really sweet.

@tamaraeandrews

7 жыл бұрын

I was hoping that too, the reunion several years back was nice

Oh God, beautiful. Just beautiful.

Great companion version on Without A Net. From spring tour that same year.

this is the best audio I've ever heard of the dead........wow..........this is like Toronto back in the day.....

I love you all!!

Jerry enjoyed that one, you can see it on his face at the end

3:30 is were all words just drop for me and althea speaks in completion :) jerry's true light shows in this segment

This is one of the times that Jerry Garcia is in complete communion with the song. Happens on other songs too. He is one with the song. And the band follows.

God I Miss Jerry I REALLY MISS Dead Tour😔

so sick. so sick. this whole first set was better than the second set of this show. how rare is that. no shit. every song was pristine.

so bad ass!!!! thanks!!!! made me whole again!

I was at this show - amazing!

In my opinion, one of the best songs ever made!

@philbarrows424

2 жыл бұрын

Ever Composed...

Awesome to SEE Jerry commanding space, love this band phase #fluxcapacitor