"In Jerry Garcia's original nearly five hour edit of the Grateful Dead Movie, he had the film opening with Uncle John's Band. A wonderful track, with a terrific performance filmed during the five night run (and later released as Bonus Track on the DVD in 2004), but it didn't have the weight of movie's opening sequence that Jerry wanted. In a typically inspired moment of brilliance, Jerry came up with the idea of opening the Grateful Dead Movie with a cartoon, just as films had been presented with cartoons going back to the Golden Age of Cinema. Gary Gutierrez was hired to create what, to this day, is one of the wildest, most visually stunning pieces of animation ever paired with music (heck, it's spectacular on its own!). To my eyes and ears, the Grateful Dead Movie is perfect, and part if its excellence is the opening sequence. When the crew breaks out of jail and lands themselves in Winterland to dance to the tune of U.S. Blues, it is a perfect cinematic, and Grateful Dead, moment." - David Lemieux

@oka4678

4 жыл бұрын

360P? Seriously? Is this 2006? You've released videos from this same movie in 1080P... You have enough respect for the music to release albums in 24-bit/192kHz, why not show the same amount of respect to the videos?

@AlwaysJihad

4 жыл бұрын

Keiran Higgins just be grateful man :)

@jebstewart666

4 жыл бұрын

@@oka4678 dude! Thanks for the laugh! Sitting here in my truck, filthy dirty, working construction, takin' lunch, 60 yrs old, and I just lost 40 yrs....my arms got all goosebumply, I felt that trippin' rush and I was there again just a sweatin' and grinnin' pin wheels covering the dashboard! Whatever format this is in it was pure and clean....woa boy!!! Peace! Luv u, mean it!

@dwiggzmasterflex

4 жыл бұрын

Keiran makes a valid point though, they've released other footage from this show in HD, and the fact that this is lower quality than standard def is sad, considering the beauty of the sequence.

@mikeeb6308

3 жыл бұрын

@@oka4678 What are you? A Grateful crybaby? Back in the day we would walk miles in 4 feet of snow just to meet the guy that would spin us a 4th generation copy of a bootleg cassette. Did we complain ? Noooo...! We smoked the guy out and may or may not have said thank you. The actual verbiage used is lost in a haze,but we were thankful.

I just came back to watch this... after seeing so many of the images re-appear in the Sphere opening night visuals. I love that Dead & Co did that..... like a retrospective! Made me smile, smile, smile.

@hcamaintenance5856

2 ай бұрын

same exact here. I remember seeing for the first time that skeleton riding his motorcycle while The Wheel is playing on original movie. Just that few moments of hearing Jerry play the pedal steel on that song blew me away and got me hooked on the Dead.

The only thing that makes sense these days is the Grateful Dead. Listen often!

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

And play it at high volumes, on a decent system. Get 'deadicated'! 😎👍

@hookahb8299

3 жыл бұрын

Man im hip

@willyabraham6576

2 жыл бұрын

i agree in all my sense!

@ericmelton4186

2 жыл бұрын

And Black Sabbath

@BB-yl6li

2 жыл бұрын

Everyday man Grateful Dead forever!!!

I had a music teacher in in 1981 that showed us part of the grateful Dead movie as a little education on acid rock she was a great teacher

I remember being a teenager and seeing this (opening sequence to The Grateful Dead Movie) on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert one weekend. That got me interested enough to buy an album, which, got me intrested enough to go see a show, which.... pretty much changed my life forever, man.

I saw the movie in a theater when it was released. They had quadraphonic audio system with massive monitor speakers temporarily set up. It was as loud as any concert I have ever been to.

@dougpotosky4102

4 жыл бұрын

It was great in a Theater!!!

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember it well. It blew my mind and I remained 'Deadicated', from thereon in!

@joekolar9717

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely better at this live performance. I drove up from LA to experience one night of this show. The Wall of Sound was something to experience live and this concert is by far the most memorable concert I ever had the pleasure to part of. I say that because the entire audience was a part of this scene.

My mom let me take a week off of high school to travel from Denver to see these shows in SF where my older brother lived. Sitting on the sidewalk outside of Winterland all day was so much fun, those are days i will always cherish "There is nothing like a Grateful Dead Concert"

@jamestriarsi7405

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bill Graham for the Fillmore East, and bringing the West to the East. Was there every weekend, the band didn't matter.but The Dead was the Best. They were there all the time, even bring the NRPS, that was a trip. " Who are they", must be good if they open for the Dead. Gerry would FU up on the petal steel, give you that big smile, and go further. Marmaduke, RIP. Quicksilver with Cippolina and Nicki Hopkins, a delight and classy jam act; no one like them now. Grace and the Jefferson Airplane loved the place, they'd come in mid-week and play for GA, cheep. Country Joe and the Fish, always had something new and big sound , Barry Melton. Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Alvin Lee, The Who..if you were a Music Freak this was the place. And you could SMOKE there,,,no hassle from the ushers. We always had 7th row left side, Gerry's side. He'd wave to us all the time, especially L. Garcia, the model. She thought they were related. Then it ENDED. Other places tried, but not the same, John Scheer, Capital, in NJ. a dump, a jerk....Still a Dead Head, Woodstock 69, Too.

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

And, there never shall be.

@bethseptember8

10 ай бұрын

They are not the best at what they do, But, They are the only ones who do what they do!

I love the little dude that falls to his knees playing air guitar right around 8:59.....you can almost feel the happiness that is emanating off him. :). God I remember that level of happiness you only get being so young and carefree and at a dead show- take me back home!

@kevincaldwell9202

3 жыл бұрын

Burnin' the Candle at both ends was fun back then.......

@MsSmitty9

2 жыл бұрын

Been there done that , got the tee shirt , Twirled a little and went home. 💃

I love the guy at 9:40, he's so happy!!

@davcav8372

3 жыл бұрын

He actually looks happier than most people on their wedding day

@bmt3315

3 жыл бұрын

@@davcav8372 haha! Excellent.

We need an Act of Congress to replace the Star Spangled Banner with U.S. Blues. I'd stand for (and dance to) the national anthem every damn time!

when you were raised by a dead head and this cartoon intro is one of your earliest memories...

I remember seeing this movie for the first time in 1978. Had my wineskin full of Boone's Farm Stawberry Hill and brought a bong. The theater was a cloud of smoke. Still the best concert movie ever made.

THIS, is the greatest thing to happen to youtube yet, and certainly is one of the greatest things to watch while stoned

@icuryy5826

4 жыл бұрын

🔜☯️☦☮ 🌱🥀⚘🌷🕊

The Dead mellows me out in these scary times. Good to be an old hippie I guess.

Give me 5. I’m still alive!! Ain’t no luck... I learned to duck! And wash my hands. Hang in there America and all the world We will get by

Hi everyone.... stuck at home. Quarantined. Haven’t been to work in 6 days.... can’t wait for Big Steve show later and my byte size delivery of June 1976 at midnight. Have listened to all of PNW, Giants Stadium, May 1977, Sunshine Daydream and all of #TIGDH for the past 9 days.... I hope all of you are doing well and keep washing your hands!!!!!....

@jonmarcus6343

4 жыл бұрын

Undead Chronic's Son if you have to be quarantined, it would be hard to think of something better to do than what you’ve listened to!

@chris7brook

4 жыл бұрын

Get ready to fight for the Freedom that is the Grateful Dead man,yes the virus is real and so is the Psy-op takedown techno financial crisis that's happening ( ' look at all those beautiful people rubbin' ana' psychedelic rock buck dancin' goin' on ), the fuckers that control the planet want to take it all away. #MoreThanAVirus #Theanswerto1984is1776 China is mostly back on line as of now, if this goes on more than 60-90 days in the USA? Mad Max / Brave New world, Black mirror coming out, once we lose these rights to be a deadhead like you see here, many will have to die to get those freedoms back to come close to living like that! Happy Trails! Peace

@carloskidde4776

4 жыл бұрын

I've decarbed and ready for quarantine if need be

@icuryy5826

4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Oregon USA. 🔜☯️☦☮ 🌱🥀⚘🌷🕊

@markthatcher6844

3 жыл бұрын

@@chris7brook Dude, I hope you dried out and got clean.

Dave, for all of us stuck at home and quarantined - can you please post that 5hr edit by Jerry?! Thanks ✌♥💀⚡🌹

@hiterss

4 жыл бұрын

Now that be AMAZING

@Guanajuatoeddie

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@greengiant9739

4 жыл бұрын

The best band the whole wide universe....long live the GREATFULDEAD.....LONGEST LASTING CONTINUING TOUR🤣

@chaim5397

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@stephenpalazzolo5418

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, please do!!!

I remember seeing the movie in a theatre. It traveled with its own sound system. That sound system became the THX sound that many theatres have today. The cartoon/graphics - all done by hand before CG.

I watched this tripping balls so many times my vhs tape was ruined. Psychamuffakkindellik👀

If anyone out there has any kind of feelings please hold onto them there may come a time in your life when you’re feelings overwhelmed you but don’t push them away hold them close to you and listen to the grateful dead

@MK-su6eg

Жыл бұрын

That be deeep!,,? ..... but those who went to a concert like me never forget..... wow ....2 hours early parking lot was unforgettable fun,things to sell,swap ,free stuff, foods....etc..... then the lights go down and here we goooo, Yeahhhh!

@bethseptember8

10 ай бұрын

Feelings are what keeps us unique and powerfully alive.

Whenever Jerry and Bob smile, all is right with the world...

This video made me cry tears of joy while on shrooms

This looks like what I see when I close my eyes to go to sleep

Watch this on VHS, literally, hundreds of times, over the years.

Now I want to watch the Grateful Dead Movie tonight.

@SwensonRc

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

Right!

@phrtao

4 жыл бұрын

Me too !

This tickles my brain. The Grateful Dead are the masters of the mind. I needed this.

Friend's basement good acid one hell of a fun Saturday night lol

Ahh...to have the exuberance of a 16 yr old again. Still LUV this movie / Concert...especially the opening.

THE WHEEL! JUST IN TIME TO SAFE US! AND A LITTLE US BLUES! Ladies and Gentleman introducing the real Grateful Dead!

@ryanduda3179

Жыл бұрын

“If the thunder don’t get ya then the lightning will”❤🎉😊

Man the acid was so clean back then

@lenny3804

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Aronowitz still is

@MattAronowitz

4 жыл бұрын

One Bite it’s hard to find people this happy at a concert anymore

@ThomasBMawn

4 жыл бұрын

Still is! If not cleaner then ever! Lol

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattAronowitz It's even harder to see a live concert, period, these daze.

@yaboimysticmakashi

3 жыл бұрын

Same man.. but times gotta change

This blew so many college dorm minds in my day. This is an essential video to have to watch after chiefin’ up in the woods behind the dorms and came back to watch this animation and opening. And listened to music and shot the shit.

We’re all confused, what’s to lose, you can call this song the United States blues.

@cristianplummer0329

4 жыл бұрын

💯

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

'Wave that flag, wave it wide and high...'. 😎👍

@kevincaldwell9202

3 жыл бұрын

....BLOOZE!

Makes me wanna go watch the whole movie now. I think I will

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

Yes yes

@theone7569

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the shrooms

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigsimon7658 helll yeah! Man enjoy! 🗻🕋🗻

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigsimon7658 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qnaclNiGfMnXfbg.html

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

@@craigsimon7658 that's for u

Saw this at the Theater on Acid.

Imiss Gerry soooomuch😭and PigPen... And all the others that filled in and died over the years.. the resilience of this band is A true testement to the power of.... The MusicNeverStopped.... And so... THEY KEPT ON DANCING......CUASE THE MUSUC IS STUCK ON IFINITE😁

This entire Movie Concert Is Absolutely Mindblowing, I'm gonna be Listening to the June 1976 Boxset all day Tomorrow, oh Yeaaaah !!!!!! 💀⚡

@Guanajuatoeddie

4 жыл бұрын

GGP 420Boy WHOOOO HOOO! Me as well and I can’t wait!!!!!

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

I haven't received mine yet , can't wait

I too have danced like them, several times, in the presence of Jerry.

YOU CAN CALL THIS SONG, THE UNITED STATES BLUES!

This is incredible. Always one of my favorites. Eep Hour is so underrated and to hear it takes me everywhere! Great job, DL!

@stevescully3622

4 жыл бұрын

I was on the sound crew for a City run Slowmobile in the 70's. We had a 6AM call but nothing scheduled until 9. EEP HOUR was blaring at 6:05AM. Got in trouble.

My favorite Grateful Dead song.

Thank you for posting this.❤❤❤

Thanx for that. Long one of my favorite tunes.

gotta love LSD

@eggman615

4 жыл бұрын

Dose this face 😛

@craigsimon7658

4 жыл бұрын

😀

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

😎👌

We will get by ... this darkness has to end ...

I burned my whole soul out with the Grateful Dead hahaha I am that intro in every way hahahah

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

Aren't we all?

Beautiful that this was kept & restored to be able to be persevered like this. You already know if another band did a sequence like this during a show it'd be lost to time

@jamesm8132

Жыл бұрын

One of the most painful facts of Led Zeppelin, they jammed live but weren’t preserved like the Dead were

I know I’m very late to this party but this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen or heard.

@kennykaufman8263

27 күн бұрын

Belated welcome

1st! Classic track. Red and white, blue suede shoes

Ahhh, Jerry looked so young and thin!

@MattAronowitz

4 жыл бұрын

Eric Blaustein haha. I thought you were talking about the skeleton

Incredible TY!

For those curious, the first piece of music you hear is a clip of "Late For Super / Spidergawd" by Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzman.

I just watched this movie a few weeks back it was top notch 👌

That was my intro to the Dead when it was played on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. Excellent.

@markfrommaryland3825

3 жыл бұрын

It is amazing that this was ever played on Don Kirshner's show, which was so much about pitching product, as was he. They were truly dynamic aaahtists.

For anyone who’s ever “experienced” this band or this movie, I salute you!😵‍💫

@MK-su6eg

2 жыл бұрын

Bumper sticker......there's nothing like a GD concert, or now ...there is, WAS like a Grateful dead concert ??

3:33 - Translation of what U.S. Blues Skeleton is saying: "Ick oh age. Woppy na wuhh." That is all. :-)

SO FREAKING GOOD!!❤

It’s the best…love it! Love it all!

A perfect song for the occasion

My first taste of their music. I thought it was the way it was always going to sound and feel. And I thank the band that it was so much more.

Thanks kindly for the upload! It would be nice to see in HD if possible.

wish I was on Acid be more trippy

The amount of splicing and editing in this cartoon must have taken months. There’s thousands of images used. What editing techniques were used to make this?

I miss peace, pot and microdot. Most of all, I miss Jerry ❤️

Why 360p though? They released morning dew from the same show in 1080, would be amazing to see the animated intro in high def!!!

@waynej2608

3 жыл бұрын

And, it's a kick ass Morning Dew, at that. As is, Stella Blue!

Flashing back, sandeigo civic center, yup ....... next ...Pauley pavilion UCLA festival seating, man.. happy people, dancing, no need for negativity!! People are feeling like a big family party, trading red Rose's 4 some micro dots. Cause there's nothing like a GRATEFUL DEAD CONCERT! Ravers, this the OOgs of .party that never stop, cross country and world! RIP JERRY GARCIA! Peace love happiness listen to da dead daily dancing the day away with a smile!

Why Is the video not in 1080p??? This is from the movie !!

thank you so much , peace

Thank you.

Forever and until the end of days I will forever be a grateful dead fan❤❤

My son loved the Dead , I miss you Pookie

It took Jerry 3 years to get it right and was it worth it. Filmed in 1974 released 6/2/77.

@markfrommaryland3825

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this as a college student new to California as a midnight show at the Orinda Theater over Christmas Break 1979. One of the best rock concert movies ever, comes as close as one can capture a Grateful Dead concert without actually being there. The cartoon is still brilliant, especially considering video editing with computers was nearly 20 years away when this was produced. I later became a high school history teacher, and when I wanted to try to explain what the zeitgeist of the late 1960s using a video, I picked this: wildly experimental, anti-authoritarian, hedonistic, both transcendent and at times self-indulgent, and a very tribal experience (the Winterland audience). My students though I had gone mad, until I explained it to them on a second, stop and go viewing, and then they got it. I did have to explain pinball machines to some classes, though. That was the first moment many of them had ever considered that the "hippies" were not just about drugs and sex (though they were that) but also a counterculture that had a strong ethical and anti-authoritarian political thread running through it, and had in common with other moments in U.S. history (the Transcendentalists, the Beats) a rejection of the prevailing morality in favor of something more honest, more celebratory of the senses, more ecstatic. I've retired, but I wonder how I might use this in comparison with more recent musical critiques of mainstream society, such as hip-hop.

@scotthilton6495

3 жыл бұрын

@@markfrommaryland3825 you're a good man to go back and explain to the students some of the hidden meanings in the animated beginning, my favorite is Lady Liberty holding the scales and what makes them move. So deep, so true and compelling.

@purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988

5 ай бұрын

Lsd brings all cultures together.

I bought my first Harley,,rode proud

7-4-2020 coronavirus pandemic lockdown playlist THANK YOU!

beautiful

The guy at 9:41 was having so much fun just another classic trope of being a dead head

animeted music videos are my fav cant wait to see more from the future

What a trip Love you all brothers and sisters

We're all confused. What's to lose? #flattenthecurve. Stay well Dead Heads.

I have been looking for this song ✨🪐🪩

Love the Music ♥️🎸🎹♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️🌟♥️

that there is some fiiiiiiiiiine animation

When I first saw the movie, I was so hoping the entire movie was just a cartoon with live music backing it.

If you aren't already singing alobg my time the Live Band hits, you are NOT Alive!

Now that takes me back

Is this what heaven looks like?

Right on man!

Ain't nuthin' like it - never will be again.

Its 2024 & I don't see videos like the begining cartoon anymore. Where have all the artist gone? The answer is bolwing in the wind

Anyone else get the symbolism of the 3rd pinball shot launching you into hyperspace…..? 😁

Only can imagine

Right on ✌️😁

... a band beyond description!

@richardnaronis7839

24 күн бұрын

Love it

I watch this every 4th of July

1979 University Theater ... midnight movie, some sticky thai buds and Good Ole GD movie ...

A daily Dose of The Dead is good for the mind, body and soul… ✌️😎

UNCLE SAME, THATS WHO I AM, BEEN HIDING OUT, IN A ROCK AND ROLL BAND

Red and white, blue suede shoes I'm Uncle Sam, how do you do? Give me five, I'm still alive Ain't no luck, I learned to duck Check my pulse, it don't change Stay seventy-two come shine or rain Wave the flag, pop the bag Rock the boat, skin the goat Wave that flag, wave it wide and high Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my I'm Uncle Sam, that's who I am Been hiding out in a rock and roll band Shake the hand that shook the hand of P.T. Barnum and Charlie Chan Shine your shoes, light your fuse Can you use them old U.S. Blues? I'll drink your health, share your wealth Run your life, steal your wife Wave that flag, wave it wide and high Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my Back to back chicken shack Son of a gun, better change your act We're all confused, what's to lose? You can call this song the United States Blues Wave that flag, wave it wide and high Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my My my my oh my my my my Summertime done, come and gone, my, oh, my

I love you all so much

@brianmcglade8164

4 жыл бұрын

Back at ya !

Yes!!!!

oh yeah