| Identifier | 9036445 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | MB4 |
| Media Type | DVD |
| Media Count | 2 |
| Note | Broadcast |
| Trades Allowed |
Performance
| Grateful Dead 1987-08-08 MTV's Day Of The Dead, Various, Various | |
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| Set 1 | |
| Set 2 | |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | A day-long salute to the Grateful Dead on MTV, which
was playing Touch of Grey heavily in it's rotation at the time. Many believe this was the beggining of the end for the Grateful Dead. From "Skeleton Key - A Dictionary For Deadheads" - The success of "A Touch of Grey" is often cited for the influx of younger Heads onto the scene (though Steve Marcus believes it was MTV's "Day of the Dead"). "They kept cutting into the parking lot scene at Giants Stadium, saying, "Cool, dude, what a party!" And a whole shitload of folks came in to party. They didn't even know who the Dead were. You'd see a lot of people in leather with metal studs and pointed hair,'cause it was "Grateful Dead" - sounds like a metal band! They didn't have a clue. And a lot of the younger ones just didn't have Deadhead etiquette. When I started working for the Dead in 1983, the median age group was twenty-seven years old. By late 1987, it was down to about eighteen. That's a hell of a jump. But it's their band too." - Steve Marcus Here then, is MTV's "Day of the Dead". All blatantly official segments have been removed. Disc 1: MTV Day Of The Dead (22:41) Hosts: Julie Brown, China Kantner, Kevin Seal Reporters: Carolyne Heldman, Rich Shydner With a cast of thousands, including: Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart The Deadheads Disc 2: Dead On - The Grateful Dead Alive In The 80's (26:06) Special MTV documentary with appearances by: Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Dan Healy, Les Kippel, Toni Brown, Jacaeber Kastor, Bill Graham, Peter Martin, Stanley Mouse, Rick Griffin, |