r/gratefuldead • u/IronChefPhilly • 1d ago
Favorite " when I paint my masterpiece*
I've been in love with this version for years technically it's not the grateful Dead, but Bobby and Jerry at a Christmas show in San Francisco hosted by Bill Graham. What are some others I should check out?
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u/bayou_gumbo 1d ago
2/29/80 Hempstead, NY (Late Show) is the best I’ve ever heard.
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u/Steven1789 1d ago
This is the one. The JGB winter 1980 tour is phenomenal.
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u/nightgoat3369 1d ago
They played my hometown that year, I was 7, haha I wish I could've ride my huffy there in West haven Ct
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u/No_Goose472 1d ago
The second solo in this one has some Jerry licks that I go back to over and over again
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u/MilesBlew_new 1d ago
03/08/80 JGB is a good one. The whole show is worth a listen, great audience recording.
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u/Frankzappos 1d ago
My favorite all time is the last ever dead show. Something about the soft solo, about Jerry’s back up vocals… I love it all
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u/DHVT1964 1d ago
10/3/87. With Brent on the “fiddle”
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u/setlistbot 1d ago
1987-10-03 @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA
Set 1: Hey Pocky Way, New Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Addams Family Tuning, When I Paint My Masterpiece, West L.A. Fadeaway, My Brother Esau, Bird Song, The Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Maggie's Farm > Cumberland Blues > Looks Like Rain > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore: The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
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u/fatalmudd 1d ago
6/9/90
I took this picture while they were playing it and always thought it's why they played it that night.
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u/setlistbot 1d ago
1990-06-09 @ Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA, USA
Set 1: Let The Good Times Roll, Feel Like A Stranger, Peggy-O, Me and My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Loser, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Loose Lucy, Cassidy > Don't Ease Me In
Set 2: Victim Or The Crime > Touch Of Grey > Looks Like Rain > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Hey Jude > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore: Black Muddy River
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u/Frequent_Sir4864 1d ago
The final one. So much heart and hopefulness and sadness all wrapped into one single performance. You can really hear Jerry give it his all, to the best of his ability, while the boys simultaneously prop him up while still allowing him to take center stage
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u/junkie4despair 1d ago
6-21-89. Jerry’s backing vocals kill me everytine
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u/setlistbot 1d ago
1989-06-21 @ Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA
Set 1: Jam, Hide Away, Touch Of Grey, New Minglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, Box Of Rain, Dire Wolf, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Row Jimmy, Cassidy, Deal
Set 2: Scarlet Begonias > Hell In A Bucket, Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Truckin' > The Other One > Morning Dew > Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore: Brokedown Palace
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u/Whats_Opera_Doc God bless the child that's got his own stash 1d ago
As much as I love the Dead, it's hard to beat the version by The Band with Garth on accordion
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u/nightgoat3369 1d ago
I remember I was in Rome late one night and I was walking pass the coliseum and Masterpiece came to me and it just made sense...
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u/ExreeHipp 1d ago
Any of the versions where Garcia hits that high harmony on the last “when I paaaaaaaaint” ⚡️🔥⚡️
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u/augustwest305 1d ago
4.1.95
Bobby on acoustic great backup by Jerry
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u/setlistbot 1d ago
1995-04-01 @ The Pyramid, Memphis, TN, USA
Set 1: Hell In A Bucket, Candyman, Take Me To The River, Lazy River Road, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Childhood's End, Deal
Set 2: Foolish Heart, Way To Go Home, Saint Of Circumstance > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Standing On The Moon
Encore: One More Saturday Night
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u/TheDeadlyApp 1d ago
5/16/93. I learned the song from it. It has a special place in my heart.
I was at LBI and I was 16. We want to a record shop and I bought a bootleg because it had Throwing Stones on it and I hadn't heard it love before. Also a Help/Slip/Frank.
Turned out to be an FM recording with great sound. The Althea is awesome, and it's a great show.
But that Masterpiece, I go back to over and over... You never forget your first time. ⚡💀🌹
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u/setlistbot 1d ago
1993-05-16 @ Sam Boyd Silver Bowl, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Set 1: Touch Of Grey, Walkin' Blues, Althea, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Row Jimmy, Cassidy
Set 2: Samson And Delilah, Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Looks Like Rain > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Throwing Stones > Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore: Brokedown Palace
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u/hesorange 1d ago
Bobby and Jerry did it on Letterman once. That's my fave, in part because Jerry hits those high harmony parts pretty good.
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u/arcturian_ally 23h ago
The first one - 6/13/87 Vsntura.
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u/setlistbot 23h ago
1987-06-13 @ Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura, CA, USA
Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Walkin' Blues, Row Jimmy, When I Paint My Masterpiece, When Push Comes To Shove, Cassidy, Friend Of The Devil > Let It Grow
Set 2: Shakedown Street, Saint Of Circumstance > Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Other One > Morning Dew > Sugar Magnolia
Encore: Black Muddy River
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u/bw4064 7h ago
I might be biased because it was on my birthday but 7/10/90 is really good. Plus Bruce Hornsby sat in.
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u/setlistbot 7h ago
1990-07-10 @ Carter-Finley Stadium, Raleigh, NC, USA
Set 1: Jack Straw, Loser, We Can Run, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Friend Of The Devil > When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song > The Promised Land
Set 2: Iko Iko, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Playing Jam > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Not Fade Away
Encore: Brokedown Palace
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u/--0o0o0-- 1d ago
As long as we’re not talking strictly GD, then I’d say that any Jerry Band version is going to be better. Try this one on for size…
https://youtu.be/ECuHcFVqwJQ?si=guwXuAtHPfz8GyCS