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HOTTEST CONCERT ACT--
BIGGER THAN PRINCE OR MADONNA... OR ANYBODY.
♪ YOU KNOW OUR LOVE WILL NOT FADE AWAY. ♪
♪ YOU KNOW OUR LOVE WILL NOT FADE AWAY. ♪
WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE MALCOLM X.
WERE FEELING A LITTLE LONELY THIS SUMMER.
5%.
NOW, MAYBE IT WAS MTV OR C.D.s THAT KEPT PEOPLE AT HOME
OR MAYBE IT WAS THE RECESSION
BUT THROUGH IT ALL, ONE BAND KEPT SELLING OUT.
WE ASKED OUR OWN BUCK HENRY TO DISCOVER THEIR SECRET.
( rock music )
( switches to man singing Schubert in German )
( Grateful Dead music )
( German song returns )
( Grateful Dead: "Sugar Magnolia" )
Grateful Dead: ♪ TRUCKIN', GOT MY CHIPS CASHED IN ♪
♪ KEEP TRUCKIN'... ♪
This is another Grateful Dead album.
( music stops )
( Grateful Dead music starts again )
( engine sputtering )
Grateful Dead: ♪ SUGAR MAGNOLIA, BLOSSOMS BLOOMING... ♪
( engine stops )
Cassette lists-- press "1."
Tour dates-- "2."
You've got 1-900-USA-DEAD.
Woman: I've got a Volkswagen van
and I'm driving from Santa Barbar■■to Squaw on Friday.
I need someone to share gas with me.
♪♪ TRUCKIN', GOT MY CHIPS CASHED IN ♪
♪ KEEP TRUCKIN', LIKE THE DOO-DAH MAN ♪
♪ TOGETHER, MORE OR LESS IN LINE ♪♪
♪ JUST KEEP TRUCKIN' ON ♪
Grateful Dead: ♪ GOING TO HELL IN A BUCKET ♪♪
♪ PLEASE COME AND JOIN THE RIDE. ♪
♪ PLEASE COME AND JOIN THE RIDE. ♪
WE CAN SAVE THE PLANET WITH HEMP.
♪ JOIN THE RIDE ♪
♪ RIDE, RIDE, JOIN THE RIDE NOW ♪♪
♪ PLEASE COME AND JOIN THE RIDE. ♪
I'M BUCK.
I'M CHUCK.
CHUCK! HOW MANY CONCERTS
HAVE YOU BEEN TO?
APPROXIMATELY 300.
THREE HUNDRED.
WHAT A WONDERFULLY WASTED LIFE.
IT WAS EASY.
DO YOU SELL THE SHIRTS
TO BE ABLE TO BE WITH THE BAND
OR ARE YOU WITH THE BAND IN ORDER TO SELL THE SHIRTS?
OH, MAN... WHAT DOES TIM SAY?
KE
THE SAKE OF THE SONG.
IT'S ALWAYS WHAT... IT'S THE SONG.
THIS IS ALL PART OF... IT'S A NONJUDGMENTAL BEAUTY.
THERE ARE SO MANY HAPPY PEOPLE
AND EVERYONE'S, YOU KNOW, TURNING AROUND
AND HOLDING HANDS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD TO TOUCH.
TOUCH, TOUCH.
OKAY.
LOVE, LOVE.
JERRY GARCIA IS LOVE.
I THANK JERRY GARCIA FOREVER AND EVER
FOR SAVING THE EARTH AND EVERYONE ON THE EARTH.
WE DIDN'T REALLY INVENT THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
THE CROWD INVENTED THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WE WERE SORT OF STANDING IN LINE
AND IT'S GONE WAY PAST OUR EXPECTATIONS-- WAY PAST.
WE HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG WITH IT
TO SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO NEXT.
Man: READY? LET'S GO!
♪ NOW THE RACE IS ON ♪
♪ HERE COMES PRIDE AT THE BACK STRETCH ♪
♪ HEARTACHES GOING TO THE INSIDE ♪
♪ MY TEARS ARE HOLDING BACK, TRYING NOT TO FALL ♪
♪ MY HEART'S OUT OF THE RUNNING ♪
♪ TRUE LOVE'S SCRATCHED FOR ANOTHER'S SAKE ♪
GUYS, YOU WANT TO GET THIS ONE?
Garcia: WE NEVER COULD SELL RECORDS.
IT'S LIKE WE SELL TICKETS--
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY
YOU WANT TO SEE TICKETS?
I'LL SHOW YOU TICKETS.
1985 THROUGH 1991.
IT'S A LITTLE LATE ESE, ISN'T IT?
WELL, WE SAVE THEM.
THAT'S PART OF THE CULTURE.
HOW MANY CONCERTS HAVE YOU TAPED?
I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I WOULD IMAGINE SOMEWHERE NEAR 400 OF THEM.
SO YOU HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND HOURS?
OH YEAH, I'VE GOT ABOUT 800 SHOWS.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE FIRST THING WAS
THAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS?
YEAH, BECAUSE THEIR RECORDS BACK IN THE '70s SUCKED.
THE SOUND QUALITY WAS TERRIBLE
AND THE ONLY SHOWS YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT ARE DECENT
ARE LIVE SHOWS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ENERGY OF THE MUSIC IS
AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD ARE REALLY GOOD AT LETTING US DO IT.
( crowd cheers and whistles while band warms up )
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Garcia: THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST PLACES IN AMERICA
THAT YOU CAN REALLY HAVE THIS KIND OF FUN
YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE POLITICAL CLIMATE AND SO FORTH.
( Garcia singing )
♪ ON THE CREST OF A WAVE... ♪
Garcia: SOCIALLY, WE'VE JUST ABOUT ABANDONED MOST OF OUR RITUALS.
THIS IS REAL; THIS IS REAL FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
INCLUDING OURSELVES.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD
IS REALLY THE ESSENCE OF IT.
IT'S WHAT IT CAN DO TO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS.
WE'RE MORE INTO TRANSPORTATION THAN WE ARE INTO MUSIC, PER SE.
I MEAN, THE BUSINESS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD IS TRANSPORTATION.
( playing final chord )
( audience cheering )
Dead: ♪ BUT JESUS LOVES YOU THE BEST ♪
♪ AND I BID YOU GOOD-NIGHT ♪
♪ GOOD-NIGHT, GOOD-NIGHT. ♪
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM;