The Grateful Dead have played at this 16,000 capacity amphitheater in Southern California fifteen times since 1983. This sold out three-night run in 1989 is their last appearance due to Orange County officials shaking their heads and pointing their fingers. Irvine was also quite the traffic nightmare, preventing heads from getting inside in time for the first set open. Musical highlights include Jerry’s second break-out of his new MIDI guitar, providing sounds of a french horn, or was it a trumpet?
Correspondent: Donya Fahmy.
Camera: Jeff Loomis, John Niles.
Music: Jerry’s Kids.
Photos: 1989 Robbi Cohn/dead images.
Computer Graphics: Nanaimo – Kadea Graphics, Carolyn Cox.
Originally aired on Dead Head TV episode 013 – June 1989.
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