I could be biased because I saw shows there, but I think the band's Greek Shows are, across the board, better than at any other venue they played repeatedly.

These '86 shows were no where near the '85 shows (I was at both). Jerry almost died after the end of this tour and it was apparent on the first tune (Midnight Hour) that Jerry was struggling with his playing. Listen to how sloppy the first solo is. I have played jazz guitar for 35 years and this was one of those +/- a fret nights were Jerry was a step high or low and was really struggling. I remember him almost falling over during Midnight Hour. These shows wre such a letdown after the year before.

truly the best outdoor venue, this hometime feeling show is gr8 from the midnight hour i remember the "hey kids what time is it?" intro
Uncle johns as a 2nd set openr was unusual as was the 2nd set fire opener at these shows, later repeated in buffalo july 4, i beleieve
the good lovin w/intros/comments, "sweet sweet summertime" if i recall it was anice warm summer day begininng of summer, what a way to start off the summer???!!!! bobby goes roud the band "who needs lovin, drummers, that keyboard guy, phil and ol garcia..like a teddy bear and theres u " and brent doiong the motown "hey baby in the background" did rest of tour in fact almost every show this year coast 2 coast, was a gr8 up/down year of course w/jerry's coma after the RFK stadium in which the dead went into Terrapin and jerry was not on stage, hot and muggy crowd getting hosed down w/dylan that tour i beleieve and that wasit for several months as the fat man recovered to return for the december oakland shows as good as ever, followed by several years more b4 the end some good some not so good, miss ya jer, hope ur good

a nice sounding show, and captures the crowd energy, but Bob's voice sounds pretty off to me and nothing super-exciting

The other reviews were accurate. I had good friends and good fry for the first and third shows. On the second day,we kicked hack in the soccer court area where the speakers were. There was some wild police in riot gear getting bottled by some biker/Berzerkoids over some chick smokin a J. It happened right next to the soccer sceen, on the same side of the street. Real comic and sad at the same time. What a thing to remember... that guy got beat down by like at least six unifoms, and nothing happened to the chick not even popped. That theater rules

My first Greek show and my first time dosin'. The buzz started workin' it's way in between sets, as the sun was goin' down. Peaking for post D/S. My oh my!

Comes a Time was deep, crazy and passionate. Roll call during GL was great! Everybody say "Phil! How do you do?!?!

And there's Ol' Garcia...

Took me until the Sunday afternoon show to fully recover. Check out the Sunday show as well. Nice mellow afternoon at what I think HAS to be the best outdoor venue.

For anyone who didn't get a chance to "Peak at the Greek" check out this link to Susana Millman's website with her pictures of Greek 8-18-89. The second pic appears in the booklet in Without a Net. A mutal special friend got Susana to make a beautiful enlargement of the first pic for me, and had it beautifully framed. She gave it to me the night my dad died.

Check out the rest of Susana's pics too, and order one if you please.

I have to agree with Ben, this was a great show. For me this is a peronal fave because I was at this set of shows with my ex-wife on our honeymoon. Although the marriage didn't last we had a blast during this run and when Bobby does the roll call during Good Lovin' it brang back some fond memories.

What I remember most about this show was the Comes a Time. The first verse and following chorus had such a great build up and Jerry's solo afterwards just took off and the song kept building up. Jerry dod came in late for the 2nd verse after that solo. The crowd just started cheering in the middle of the last chorus for no apparant reason but it just kept building up and Jerry took that energy into his singing. Great moments there.

While it's hard to compare any Greek show to the 20th Anniversary run a year ago or the Dark Star show in '84, still the best Dead experiences and shows during the 1980s were at the Greek. This show was a great one too.