Grateful Dead – 7/17/89 – All Over Now – Alpine Valley (Night 1 of 3)

The aforementioned clip is from the concert video, Downhill from Here. It was recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, near East Troy, Wisconsin, in July 1989. It was 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, and by Pioneer Entertainment on LaserDisc in 1997. The video has a running time of two and a half hours.

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”.

Set List from July 17, 1989

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)
July 19, 1989 – first set:
“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)

And the band played on…

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