The Most Unique Grateful Dead Encore You Saw?

^My H.S. teacher gave me a cassette of that show and I played the heck out of it.  Loved that Scarlet Begonias>Fire on the Mountain.

Sorry that I'm not actually answering your question, though.

I'd say Dark Star at the Greek

China/Rider>OMSN at the Frost

Shakedown Street in San Jose

Silence at Shoreline

Greek Dark Star

First Day Tripper 12/28/84

I got all normal encores. 

But how about Box of Rain out of Space? 

Revolution

Satisfaction

Ripple

Caught a day tripper to close 2...but. followed by a US Blues...portland, maine..85

Attics

Blackbird Alpine 88' was pretty cool. Ripple at the Cap Center was awesome too. 

Gloria

12/30/82: with Tower of Power Horn section and Etta James, Hard to Handle>Tell Mama

OMSN 

And We Bid You Good Night

I don't think that I caught any unique encores.

IKO IKO?  (Laguna Seca '87)

Gloria?  (Chicago '92)

The Weight? (Las Vegas '91)

Knockin' on Heaven's Door > U.S. Blues? (Laguna Seca '88)

Tomorrow never knows-Baba o riley  Expo

Day Tripper, 12/28/84, SF Civic and 8/24/85, Boreal Ridge

Gloria 4-14-85, Irvine

She Belongs to Me, US Blues, 6/15/85, Greek

China Cat>Rider, 4/30/88 OMSN, Frost

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, 5/15/93-Sam Boyd Silver bowl, Vegas

There have been a few. Would need to go back over a lot of shows but one that jumps out was Satisfaction > Brokedown Palace. Think it was either 82 or 84 at MSG. Remember a lot of dates exactly but too many shows & too old to remember them all exactly. 

Oh, ya, i forgot all the early 90 s...

Lucy in the Sky

BABA

Few others im sure

"Did I hear someone say 'fuck the Christian right?'" - Bob Weir, Portland Meadows - 05/29/95

Not Fade Away

Terrapin

The Times They Are a-Changing (w/Dylan)

Rainy Day Women (w/Dylan)

Revolution

Satisfaction

Terrapin Station.

Nassau 91

I forgot

Day Job

I too saw the Nassau Terrapin & Dylan/Rainy Day Woman encores.

My 2nd & 3rd shows had no encore (6/22/76 & 4/22/77) so @ that time I thought that was "normal".

There have been a few. Would need to go back over a lot of shows but one that jumps out was Satisfaction > Brokedown Palace. Think it was either 82 or 84 at MSG>>>>

Encore was 3/10/81 @ MSG, capped one of my favorite early 80's shows, both sets killed, as did 3/9.. 

I was at the Nassau 91 show with the Terrapin.

I will have to listen to it again. I remember thinking as it started "how are they going to end it?".

Saratoga had double encores the 1st 2 times (83 & 84).  83 was Sat Nite/Don't Ease (I think), 84 was Satisfaction/Baby Blue

Alpine Vly 8/8/82 has a double too (Satisfaction/Brokedown) & in addition Bobby sings the lyrics to Wang Dang Doodle towards the end of Satisfaction.

"The Most Unique Grateful Dead Encore You Saw?"

Probably 'One More Halloween Night'

Dark Star @ Greek 7.13.84

I love it when at Ventura 7/18/82 for the encore everyone is chanting one more set and they came back with a Satisfaction>Brokedown

http://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1982/7/18/crowd

Oregon Country Fairgrounds in 1982;

Encore; Duprees Diamond Rag (Jellyroll blues)

First time they'd played that song in many years.  So many cool things happened at this show;  First time they played West L.A. Fadeaway, first Day Job (ok, that may not be a cool thing to some, LOL), A plane flyover at the end of the opener Bertha!  Ken Kesey introducing the second set.  Brent played an upright piano and his hammond B3 (no other keys). One of the best (if not theeee best) version of Althea, and several other songs.  The band was just smoking for this show!

There were 2 stages, next to each other, with folks like Robert Cray on the side stage, and Peter Rowan on the main stage.  The main stage was blank when we got there.  The drum risers roll out, the amps and mics get set up, monitors are checked, all while bands play on the side stage.  Then Peter Rowan does a great solo show, with all kinds of interesting EQing going on, on the main stage.  The Dead come out to a "cold mix" on Bertha.  Can't hear certain instruments at first, and you can hear Dan Healy dialing it all in, bumps in different instruments / vocals (oh there's the piano, lol), ends up sounding GREAT!  Different board sound than most shows (rumors are this was a rented PA, and theirs was leapfrogging to Seattle, I don't know if true, been too long).  This show would make a great official release.  

http://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1982/8/28

Other Unique Encore;

Box Of Rain,  Greek Theatre Bzerkly in 1986

They broke it out on the East coast, but rumor was they hadn't played it out west.  This was day 3 at the Greek and they still hadn't played it.  The first set gets going, the crowd keeps yelling "Box of rain" between songs (ends up being an 11 song first set).  Next, a pretty standard second set with the common US blues Encore.  The band leaves the stage, the crowd starts chanting "Box of rain", nobody leaves, the chant gets louder and louder (and surprisingly unison for a dead crowd).  Meanwhile, the gates are opened up for people to leave, but instead, the throngs of crowds out in the street start pouring INTO the Greek!  The stage crew is removing the mic stands, taking off the cymbols, while the whole place chants.   I bet at least another thousand (if not 2) people cruised into the theatre over the first 10 minutes alone.  At some point (15 - 20 mins?), Jerry and Bob appear at that backstage table they often sat at before coming onto stage (can see from the higher seats), and the crowd settles down, the street folks continue to pour in (getting crowded in there), and the mics and cymbols get put back up (another 10 minutes +), and the Dead came back out and performed a wonderful version of Box of Rain to everyone's absolute delight!  One of my all time favorite Dead moments.

http://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1986/6/22

https://archive.org/details/gd1982-07-18.fob.unknown.vansant.100203.flac16

Providence '87 (?) ~ Some shithead threw a bottle that hit Bill Kreutzman in the head at the end of the show. Billy came out and flipped the guy the bird. That was the encore.  

My favorite encore was 'We Bid you Good Night' at Hampton 10/08/89 though.

Lovelite Alpine Valley '89 was pretty cool.  AWBYGN was great, too.

I fought the law bust out Richfield Spring 93

Lucy in the Sky Deer Creek 93

Baba Oriley tomorrow never knows buckeye 92 msg 93

GLORIA

Only one US Blues in 60 or so shows Vegas 94

>>>>>>> Sideshow, SPAC '85 also had a double encore: Johnny B. Goode/Baby Blue.

Well if they did a double in '88 they'da been 4 for 4

Casey Jones Deer Creek 92

Encore: Baby Blue > Johnny B. Goode

University of Iowa 8/10/82

Cool thread

>>>>Encore was 3/10/81 @ MSG, capped one of my favorite early 80's shows, both sets killed, 

Well at least I got the decade right. Thanks for the reminder and yes it was a stellar show. 

Frost 86 had a Miracle>US Blues encore. Have they ever done Miracle before or after in the encore slot?

summer 94 at Shoreline. No encore. I don't recall if it was all 3 nights or just the first 2 that had no encore.

pretty sure they did an encore on sunday. the previous nights they ran afoul of shoreline's noise curfew.

It's all about the Ripple.  That was the biggest one...probably ever.

6/23/88 Blackbird>Brokedown

Brent cracks up during the blotched Blackbird (ahem, Bobby) and the band carries on. A casually cool ending to an epic run and fantastically good time had by all

The Ripple ^^^

Just amazing...and what a year...88, 3 nighter in htfd w louie louie on 4/5, and a great 4/4 show, we,went straight to centrum from there for 2 out of another 3...just a great week that just "mushroomed" into saratoga one off quickly followed by oxford maine in july, september brought them to cap center first from west coast, and there was no way we were missing it...first maryland show for alot of us (all year i was going to shows w same 15-20 friends, mostly from uconn), the ripple was on the second night of a 3 night run, and we were not sure if we were going to last night, some of us may have had tickets, but i know i didnt (for third)...after that double encore, OMSN, RIPPLE, outside the show was just amazing...i just remember sitting in front of a fire in a circle of heads, and we were all listening to this older couple...really "telling" us what we had just witnessed...they had been on tour forever...seen so many shows, i just sat there w my eyes glued to fire, but my ears to this cpl, telling stories, laughing, crying, laughing, ...drums in distance...man, i get chills thinking about it...just such a special night...i stayed next night, but didnt go in, i didnt even really try to get in, i just wandered lots all night.....amazing memories, amazing Ripple, 

We skipped philly, or i did for some reason, i have no recall of those shows, although i may have caught one, i know we were all talking about the 9 at MSG upcoming...we were all planning...how the fuck can i get to 6,7,8, or god forbid 9 shows in 10-11 days? Most of my friends just blew off school, but i had a job...i ended up hitting six of the msg..and that was my 88...wow...what a great year and really just six months for me april-september...and of course, an FM broadcast, as always, at end of year to close out 88....i started seeing shows in 81....but ive never been the same since 88...lol...you all know what i mean, im sure...

Uncle Johns Band 10/31/80

StrawBud, apparently we saw many of the same shows.

I did the 4 at Alpine, then Buckeye Lake, and Pittsburgh that summer.

It was nice to end the 100+ degree summer mini-tour indoors with air conditioning and a (blue light cheap) hotel bed.

Liberty

Just kidding... maybe...

I caught Liberty 3X

Gloria

IFTL

OMSN

UBC

Mighty Quinn

So I'm guessing UBC would by far be the most unique of the bunch.

'88 Dead, although my first year on the bus, was riddled with some really raw good stuff and serious vibes throughout. It all seemed to evolve into the great energy of '89 and then the spectacular musical escapades of 1990....and then Brent checked out, as it were. Nothing since has been nearly as great to my ears.

'88 Alpine was HOT and dry for sure, Deadly. What an unbelievable helluva good time though! I think my entire being was re-shaped that week.

Nice post, Noodler.

....I almost forgot about that "We Bid You Goodnight" (followed by "JB Goode") on 7/17/89 (of the famed 'Downhill From Here' release) after its 11 year hiatus. Had 7th row smack center and it left me stunned.

"I fought The Law (and the law won)" @ Richfield, OH Spring '93. Word was that the band wanted to play as scheduled the night prior but "the law" (state police) basically said 'no' by stating they would not provide security for it due to the massive snowstorm that seemed to come out of nowhere/flurries. 

Needless to say, the party that refused to be cancelled rolled right into the local Holiday Inn - a sight and memory that remains one of the most epic takeovers of a hotel I have ever witnessed.

And We Bid U Goodnight actually wasn't an encore that night because they didn't leave the stage.  After that NFA that was pretty god dam special to anyone there and paying attention, Phil walked over to Garcia and started to talk about something and soon after they played the Bid U.

Some of those NFA>GDTRFB>NFA combos they played in 1970 to 1974 are the stuff of legend.  The pairing of those songs signify that golden era.  They are monsters together.  Garcia didn't follow GDTRFB with a NFA very often after the year 1974.  I'm guessing 2, 3 maybe 4 times. That night in Alpine Valley was one of those scarce pairings.  My guess is Phil thought the version was so special he wanted to celebrate it (and that second set) by dusting off that historical ditty (Bid U) and bringing it off the shelf.  Garcia was incandescent during that NFA that night.  He bent some notes that are still with some of us.

So many people who were there and who weren't there don't realize the Bid U is part of that second set, not an encore.

Sure, it's nit picking but it signifies how special that set and that night really was.

I was there strawbud. Memorable indeed. 

Downhill from Here really captures that NFA. So good

Good call, felina. I do have and hold certain very distinct memories like that but obviously not everything. According to Deadbase V (which goes through 1990), the last "GDTRFB>NFA" before that '89 Alpine extravaganza was on 6/22/83 and, yep, not too common at all after the early 70's. I completely believe your recollection of the "Bid Ye" and love those beautiful details but Deadbase does list it as an encore. No big deal, I do think you are 'right' for what it's worth. Specialness beats nit pickiness ;)

I wasn't there but recall how special that Boston Garden 91 double encore after that sweet tour ending show..9-26-91...Brokedown>WBYGN

Admittedly, I was somewhat transfixed on the power of the drummers that night at Alpine....as I could not tell who or what was driving things into such a frenzy. Good Times. The music and/or audience drives the band.

Yeah...Deadbase fucks up a ton.  I don't begrudge them.

Deadnet is usually more on it regarding the specifics.

http://www.dead.net/show/july-17-1989?page=1

>>>Downhill from Here really captures that NFA.

It's a nice video for sure (more than nice) but to my mind it actually doesn't capture the power of that night--not even close.  I'd guess many would think that no matter how pristine the vid is.  Funny how that works.  It's like a decent movie adaptation of some incredible book or something.  I'm really glad we have it though.  It's kinda cool seeing the younger me going crazy to that godly Rider. 

Cool and Thanks! I agree - Downhill From Here is GREAT and I am very grateful it has been officially released but it does not capture the night and its overall significance (but does any recording really do that anyway?). It seems dark (as in not very well lit or bright) ) and subpar in sound  quality as well when compared to, say, Truckin' On To Buffalo...to be nit picky, as it were. 

I was also at that Buffalo show - it was raining hard by the end of the 2nd set - and had a great time for sure but, for whatever reason at the time, I thought the show a couple night's prior at Foxboro was "better". So much happens and feeds into one's experience.

....nonetheless, the DEW at Buffalo was earth-shattering!

Alpine 6-23-88 

E1: Blackbird

E2: Brokedown 

Great NFA at Buffalo too with Garcia and Brent talking to each other throughout.  When those two get into their dances, both loud and quiet, it's pretty freaking great. 

Also, I've been told Deadbase fixed that Alpine setlist error.

I don't want to malign the good people over there unjustly. 

As far as the Alpine 6/23/88 magic goes...I'm probably the only one on earth who doesn't hold that fuck-up on Blackbird as something special.

That second set was a lot of heat, with a frenzied, electric post-space that was reportedly heard by the Russians on the Soyuz spacecraft!  Plus the debut of Believe it or Not in the pre-drums, a pretty emotional moment for Garcia himself.  That Blackbird was going to be gorgeous and a sublime encore with Garcia playing his way on that Beatles masterpiece...the fact that Brent laughed and stumbled was a treat for many in the audience but if he had just made his fuck up and was quiet about it, they could have recovered and it would not have been a big deal.

I get that it's fun and all but he took a bulldozer to what would have been really beautiful.  Like I said, I think I'm the only one who's not happy it happened. 

Red Rocks, July 8, 1978.

Weir in a full werewolf mask and them playing a song the radio had played into the ground.

After the initial shock we all loved it!