Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here

Downhill from Here
Downhill from Here DVD cover
Directed by	Len Dell'Amico
Produced by	John Cutler Phil Lesh
Starring	The Grateful Dead
Edited by	Bill Weber Jeffrey Norman
Distributed by	Monterey Home Video
Release date	October 7, 1997
Running time	150 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Downhill from Here is a concert performance video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, near East Troy, Wisconsin, in July, 1989. Produced by Len Dell'Amico and Grateful Dead Productions. It was released by Monterey Home Video, on VHS in 1997 and on DVD in 1999, with a running time of 2 hours 30 minutes, and by Pioneer Entertainment, on LaserDisc in 1997.

Most of Downhill From Here was recorded on July 17, 1989. However, the last four songs of the first set – "Row Jimmy", "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "When Push Comes to Shove", and "The Music Never Stopped" – have been replaced with the last three songs of the first set from July 19 – "West L.A. Fadeaway", "Desolation Row", and "Deal".

"The Music Never Stopped" from July 17 is included in the albums Weir Here and Fallout from the Phil Zone. The latter also includes "Box of Rain" from July 19, and "Foolish Heart" from that date is a bonus track on Built to Last.

The title of the video is a play on words referring to the steep slope of Alpine Valley's general admission section, and perhaps also to the notion that 1989 through 1990 was the band's final peak period.

Track listing[]

First set[]

• "Let The Good Times Roll" (Cooke) >
• "Feel Like A Stranger" (Weir, Barlow)
• "Built To Last" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Me and My Uncle" (Phillips) >
• "Cumberland Blues" (Garcia, Lesh, Hunter)
• "It's All Over Now" (B. Womack, S. Womack)
• "West L.A. Fadeaway" (Garcia, Hunter)
• "Desolation Row" (Dylan) >
• "Deal" (Garcia, Hunter)

Second set[]

• "China Cat Sunflower" (Garcia, Hunter) >
• "I Know You Rider" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)
• "Playing in the Band" (Weir, Hart, Hunter) >
• "Uncle John's Band" (Garcia, Hunter) >
• "Standing On The Moon" (Garcia, Hunter) >
• "Drums" (Kreutzmann, Hart) >
• "Space" (Garcia, Weir, Lesh, Mydland) >
• "The Wheel" (Garcia, Kreutzmann, Hunter) >
• "Gimme Some Lovin'" (S. Winwood, M. Winwood, Davis) >
• "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead) >
• "Not Fade Away" (Hardin, Petty)
• "We Bid You Goodnight" (traditional, arranged by Grateful Dead)

Encore[]

• "Johnny B. Goode" (Berry)

Credits[]

Grateful Dead[]

• Jerry Garcia – guitar
• Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
• Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
• Phil Lesh – bass
• Brent Mydland – keyboards
• Bob Weir – guitar

Production[]

• Len Dell'Amico – director/producer
• John Cutler and Phil Lesh – sound producers, mixers
• Candace Brightman – lighting director
• Dan Healy – concert sound
• Bob Bralove – sound designer and programmer
• Allen Newman – line producer
• Bill Weber – video post editing
• Jeffrey Norman – audio post editing
• Terry Donahue – technical director
• Billy Steinberg – senior video

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