Watch Entire Jerry Garcia Birthday Tribute “Move Me Brightly.” Four Hours of Great Music.

 

Jerry Garcia would have turned 70 on Aug. 1, and to mark the occasion, two days after his birthday members of the Grateful Dead family threw an online musical party that was a live free webcast in HD from bandmate Bob Weir’s TRI Studios in San Rafael.  We present the video of that show below.

Actor Luke Wilson (“The Royal Tannenbaums,” “Old School,” “Bottle Rocket”) was the emcee the show, billed as “Move Me Brightly,” after a line in the Garcia/Robert Hunter song “Terrapin Station.”

Carlos Santana honored his fellow guitar great via a video interview. David Crosby’s poetic tribute, “Cause I’m Missing Him Tonight,” written specifically for his old friend, was read during the show. Garcia’s daughters, his brother, Tiff and ex-wife Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia were on hand, as will the world’s tallest Deadhead, Bill Walton.

Weir heads a growing lineup of musicians who performed, including Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson, Joe Russo and Jeff Chimenti from Furthur, Mike Gordon of Phish, Paul Simon’s son Harper Simon, psychedelic folk musician Jonathan Wilson and Bay Area singer-songwriter Cass McCombs.

“The Jerry magic is still there,” said producer Justin Kreutzmann, 43-year-old son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. “All these cool people wanted to be involved, but not by reaching for the hanky and talking about the old days. Everything with Jerry was about humor and great music, so we’re trying to do this in a way that would make him chuckle.”

UPDATE: Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. The video was removed from YouTube. However, you can at least check out the detailed set list. 

Related Links

• Check out our piece on Old & In The Way
• Check out our piece on the Dead’s Terrapin Station
• Check out our piece on Bobby and The Midnites 

“Move Me Brightly” Celebrating Jerry Garcia’s 70th Birthday

TRI Studios San Rafael CA

Setlist

1.  The Wheel
2. Cumberland Blues
3. Loser
4. Mississippi Half Step
5. Dire Wolf
6. Dupree’s Diamond Blues
7. Tennessee Jed
8. Ship Of Fools
9. They Love Each Other
10. Bird Song
11. New Speedway Boogie
12. Loose Lucy
13. Friend of the Devil
14. Mission In The Rain
15. Ramble On Rose
16. Catfish John
17. Shakedown Street
18. Terrapin Station
19. He’s Gone
20. Eyes Of The World
21. Scarlet Begonias
22. Don’t Let Go
23. Days Between
24. Franklin’s Tower
25. E: U.S. Blues
26. Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad
27. Ripple

 Personnel

• The Wheel & Cumberland Blues (Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Donna Jean Godchaux, Neal Casal, Jon Graboff, Jason Roberts, Joe Russo, Jeff Chimenti)
• Loser (Casal, Russo, Weir, Mike Gordon, Chimenti, Godchaux, Jim Lauderdale, Roberts, Graboff, Adam McDougall)
• Mississippi Half Step (Weir, Gordon, Jim Lauderdale, Godchaux, Graboff, Casal, Chimenti, Russo)
• Dire Wolf (Weir, Harper Simon, Gordon, Russo, Godchaux, Graboff, Chimenti, Josh Kaufman, Sam Cohen)
• Dupree’s Diamond Blues (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Gordon, Cass McCombs, Sam Cohen, Josh Kaufman)
• Tennessee Jed (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Weir, Roberts, Graboff)
• Ship Of Fools (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Weir, Graboff)
• They Love Each Other (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Jonathan Wilson, Graboff)
• Bird Song (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Graboff)
• New Speedway Boogie (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Roberts, Graboff)
• Loose Lucy (Weir Solo Acoustic)
• Friend of the Devil (Lauderdale, Simon, McCombs)
• Mission In The Rain (Chimenti, Casal, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, Wilson)
• Ramble On Rose (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Wilson)
• Catfish John (McDougall, Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Godchaux, Gordon, Weir, Wilson, Graboff)
• Shakedown Street (McDougall, Chimenti, Simon, Godchaux, Chris Tomson, Godchaux, Gordon, Weir, Kaufman, Cohen)
• Terrapin Station (Chimenti, Godchaux, Russo, Gordon, McCombs, Weir, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff)
• He’s Gone (Chimenti, Russo, Godchaux, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff)
• Eyes Of The World (McDougall, Chimenti, Simon, Godchaux, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Lauderdale, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff)
• Scarlet Begonias (Chimenti, Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Russo, Godchaux, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff)
• Don’t Let Go (Chimenti, Finn, Godchaux, Graboff, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Wilson, Simon)
• Days Between (Chimenti, Casal, Russo, Weir, Gordon, Kaufman, Wilson, Cohen)
• Franklin’s Tower (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, Tomson, Lauderdale)
• U.S. Blues (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, Lauderdale, Finn)
• Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad (Chimenti, McDougall, Casal, Russo, Simon, Weir, Wilson, Godchaux, Gordon, Kaufman, Cohen, Graboff, McCombs, Lauderdale, Finn)
• Ripple (Chimenti, McDougall, Godchaux, Simon, Wilson, Tomson, Casal, Roberts, Kaufman, Weir, Gordon, Russo, Wilson, Lauderdale, Graboff)