Conversations With The Deadheads

Jerry Garcia, legendary lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and David Grisman, virtuoso mandolinist and founder of "Dawg" music… Now, for the first time ever, the musical matrimony and extraordinary friendship of Garcia and Grisman is traced in the award-winning documentary Grateful Dawg.

CBS TV news special hosted by Harry Reasoner explores the way-out world of the Hippies and the Haight-Ashbury psychedelic 1960s LSD scene. Footage of LSDs users experiencing bummer trips. The Diggers, the Oracle and cool street and Golden Gate Park scenes with hippies tripping out. The Grateful Dead are interviewed and are shown performing "Dancin' in the Streets" on a flatbed truck in Golden Gate Park. The Hippie Temptation!

Drop out of school to ride with the Merry Pranksters. Form America’s most enduring jam band. Become a family man and father. Never stop chasing the muse. Bob Weir took his own path to and through superstardom as rhythm guitarist for The Grateful Dead. Mike Fleiss re-imagines the whole wild journey in this magnetic rock doc and concert film, with memorable input from bandmates, contemporaries, followers, family, and, of course, the inimitable Bob Weir himself.

This project was done with humor, truth, and sarcasm. At the University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC, where I went to college, there were many fans of The Grateful Dead. They called themselves Deadheads. I had not heard of the band before attending the school. I listened to the music, and I didn't understand why people felt so passionately about the band. I was intrigued. So in 1986, I decided to try and understand these people and the music they loved, and to create a video of my quest. This documentary project is the result. Enjoy.

The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.

Set 1: New Speedway Boogie (Grateful Dead cover) They Love Each Other (Jerry Garcia cover) Mama Tried (Merle Haggard cover) Easy Wind (Grateful Dead cover) Ramble On Rose (Grateful Dead cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude (The Beatles cover) Bird Song (Jerry Garcia cover) Set 2: Sugaree (Jerry Garcia cover) St. Stephen (Grateful Dead cover) (>) William Tell Bridge (Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Eleven (Grateful Dead cover) Iko Iko (Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) (>) Drums (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space (Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Need a Miracle (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Wharf Rat (Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones (Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Black Muddy River (Grateful Dead cover)

Set 1: Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Dear Prudence(The Beatles cover) (Tour debut) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) (Tour debut) Set 2: Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Milestones(Miles Davis cover) (Tour debut) (>) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) (>) Throwing Stones(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song) (Tour debut) Encore: Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)

Set 1: Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) It Must Have Been the Roses(Robert Hunter cover) (Tour Debut) Big River(Johnny Cash cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) (>) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Iko Iko(Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Wharf Rat(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) Touch of Grey(Grateful Dead cover)

This documentary explores the Deadhead phenomenon. For thirty years, Jerry Garcia played guitar and sang for the Grateful Dead, and by doing so, inspired a modern cultural phenomenon: the legions of nomadic fans that made a communal way of life out of following Jerry and the Dead, the Deadheads. The End of the Road began shooting three months prior to Garcia's death in 1995, on the road with the wandering family of Deadheads- on what would be the final tour with Jerry and the Grateful Dead. Featuring a soundtrack by Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia, the film celebrates this social, political and cultural movement in its twilight.

Grateful Dead show on July 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley.

Set 1: Feel Like a Stranger(Grateful Dead cover) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer on vocals) Mama Tried(Merle Haggard cover) Alabama Getaway(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer on vocals) Dear Mr. Fantasy(Traffic cover) (John and Bob shared vocals) (>) Hey Jude(The Beatles cover) (Coda) (everyone on vocals) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) (John Mayer on vocals) Set 2: Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) (Oteil on vocals) Estimated Prophet(Grateful Dead cover) (with 'Get Up, Stand Up' by The Wailers tease) (>) Eyes of the World(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (with Oteil) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) All Blues(Miles Davis cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (Bob and John shared vocals) (>) All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover) Morning Dew(Bonnie Dobson cover) Encore: Brokedown Palace(Grateful Dead cover) (Bob and John shared vocals)

Set 1: Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) I Need a Miracle(Grateful Dead cover) Here Comes Sunshine(Grateful Dead cover) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) The Music Never Stopped(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2: New Speedway Boogie(Grateful Dead cover) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> Jam (theme mashing up… more ) Black Peter(Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones(Grateful Dead cover) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)

Set 1: Samson and Delilah([traditional] cover) Cold Rain and Snow(Obray Ramsey cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Comes a Time(Jerry Garcia cover) Mr. Charlie(Grateful Dead cover) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover) Set 2: They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) Fire on the Mountain(Grateful Dead cover) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'Playing in the Band' reprise) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) Encore: The Weight(The Band cover) Ripple(Grateful Dead cover)

Set 1: Shakedown Street(Grateful Dead cover) (Bob and John shared vocals) (>) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (John and Bob shared vocals) (>) Ramble On Rose(Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too(Tampa Red cover) (John Mayer on vocals) Dancing in the Street(Martha Reeves and the Vandellas cover) (John and Bob shared vocals) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer on vocals) Let It Grow(Grateful Dead cover) Set 2: China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (Bob and John shared vocals) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (John and Bob shared vocals) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (with Joe Russo) (with Oteil) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Eleven(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Stella Blue(Grateful Dead cover) (>) U.S. Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (Bob and John shared vocals) Black Muddy River(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer on vocals)

Set 1: Jam (>) Cassidy (Bob Weir song) (>) Deal (Jerry Garcia cover) Samson and Delilah ([traditional] cover) Friend of the Devil (Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too (Tampa Red cover) Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead cover) If I Had the World to Give (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ([traditional] cover) Set 2: Althea (Grateful Dead cover) Estimated Prophet (Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider ([traditional] cover) (>) Eyes of the World (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums (Grateful Dead cover) (with Oteil Burbridge) (>) Space (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson cover)

Set 1: Good Times(Sam Cooke cover) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) Black-Throated Wind(Bob Weir song) Dire Wolf(Grateful Dead cover) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) Going Down the Road Feeling Bad([traditional] cover) Set 2: They Love Each Other(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) He's Gone(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (> 'The Other One' verse 2 >) Days Between(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) Encore: One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)

Set 1: Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) Alabama Getaway(Grateful Dead cover) Jack Straw(Grateful Dead cover) Big Boss Man(Jimmy Reed cover) Peggy-O([traditional] cover) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cassidy(Bob Weir song) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Viola Lee Blues(Cannon’s Jug Stompers cover) (>) Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Doll(Grateful Dead cover) (>) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Standing on the Moon(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Not Fade Away(The Crickets cover) Encore: The Weight(The Band cover)

Set 1: Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (>) Deal(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Tennessee Jed(Grateful Dead cover) It Hurts Me Too(Tampa Red cover) Ramble On Rose(Grateful Dead cover) Brown-Eyed Women(Grateful Dead cover) Crazy Fingers(Grateful Dead cover) (Tour debut) (>) Dancing in the Street(Martha Reeves and the Vandellas cover) (Tour debut) Set 2: Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) Estimated Prophet(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 1) (>) Terrapin Station(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Stella Blue(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sugar Magnolia(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Scarlet Begonias(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Sunshine Daydream(Grateful Dead cover) Encore: U.S. Blues(Grateful Dead cover)

Set 1: Truckin'(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Smokestack Lightning(Howlin’ Wolf cover) (with Truckin tag) Althea(Grateful Dead cover) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) High Time(Grateful Dead cover) (>) All Along the Watchtower(Bob Dylan cover) (>) Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) Set 2: Help on the Way(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Slipknot!(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Franklin's Tower(Grateful Dead cover) St. Stephen(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Cumberland Blues(Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Other One(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Morning Dew(Bonnie Dobson cover) Encore: Brokedown Palace(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Playing in the Band(Bob Weir song) (Reprise) (>) One More Saturday Night(Bob Weir song)

View from the Vault, Volume One, sometimes known simply as View from the Vault, is the first release in a series of DVDs and companion soundtracks by the Grateful Dead known as "View from the Vault". The audio is taken from the soundboard and the video from the video screens at the concerts. The first volume was recorded and filmed at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on July 8, 1990 with bonus material recorded two days earlier at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville. The set was certified Gold by the RIAA on February 2, 2001.