Grateful Dead - 1988-09-24 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY (FM)

Grateful Dead

1988-09-24

Rain Forest Benefit

Madison Square Garden

New York, NY

FM Recording

256 kbps (vbr)

Artwork Included

CD 1:

1st Set

01. Iko Iko

02. Feel Like A Stranger

03. West L.A. Fadeaway

04. Little Red Rooster

05. Box Of Rain

06. Ramble On Rose

07. When I Paint My Masterpiece

08. Don't Ease Me In

CD 2:

2nd Set

01. Tuning

02. Chinese Bones

03. Neighborhood Girls

04. Crazy Fingers

05. Women Are Smarter

06. Every Time You Go Away

07. What's Going On >

08. Drums >

CD 3:

2nd Set (continued)

01. Space >

02. The Wheel >

03. Throwing Stones >

04. Not Fade Away

Encore

05. Good Lovin'

06. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Special Guests:

- Mick Taylor on West LA and Little Red Rooster Rooster

- Suzanne Vega on Chinese Bones, Neighborhood Girls and Knocking On Heaven's Door

- Daryl Hall and John Oats on Every Time She Goes Away and What's Going On,

- Baba Olatunji & Michael Hinton on Drums

- Bruce Hornsby on Not Fade Away

- Jack Cassady on Good Lovin' and Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Grateful Dead - 1988-09-24 - Madison Square Garden, NY (FM)

As promised earlier, here’s the Grateful Dead from September 24, 1988, 24 years ago today, performing a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to help save the rainforest. It was only fitting for MSG to be the site of this benefit since the venue had a long tradition of hosting concerts for social change. For example, the "The World' Greatest Arena" was the site of what is considered the first large scale rock benefit show, The Concert For Bangladesh in 1971. The Garden also hosted The MUSE concerts in 1979, The ARMS Concerts in 1983 and would be the site of the Concert For New York in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy. For the rain forest benefit, The Dead were joined by an unusual assortment of special guests, making this one of the most unique concerts they ever played. Former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor sat in with the band during West LA Fadeway and Little Red Rooster. Suzanne Vega, famous for the tune Luka, sang Chinese Bones and Neighborhood Girls. Daryl Hall and John Oats joined the Dead to perform Every Time She Goes Away and What's Going On. Opening act Bruce Hornsby sat in during Not Fade Away, while old pal Jack Cassady from the Jefferson Airplane joined in on Good Lovin' and Knockin' On Heaven’s Door. Download this FM broadcast to hear the Dead and friends do their part for the rainforest, then go here to make your own contribution.