Downhill from Here
Downhill from Here DVD cover
Directed byLen Dell'Amico
Produced byJohn Cutler
Phil Lesh
StarringThe Grateful Dead
Edited byBill Weber
Jeffrey Norman
Distributed byMonterey Home Video
Release date
October 7, 1997
Running time
150 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Downhill from Here is a concert performance video by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, near East Troy, Wisconsin, in July, 1989. 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, with a running time of 2 hours 30 minutes, and by Pioneer Entertainment, on LaserDisc in 1997.

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".

"The Music Never Stopped" from July 17 is included in the albums Weir Here and Fallout from the Phil Zone. The latter also includes "Box of Rain" from July 19, and "Foolish Heart" from that date is a bonus track on Built to Last.

The title of the video is a play on words referring to the steep slope of Alpine Valley's general admission section, and perhaps also to the notion that 1989 through 1990 was the band's final peak period.

Track listing

First set

July 19, 1989 – first set:

Second set

Encore

Credits

Grateful Dead

Production

  • Len Dell'Amico – director, producer
  • John Cutler and Phil Lesh – sound production, mixing
  • Candace Brightman – lighting director
  • Dan Healy – concert sound
  • Bob Bralove – sound design and programming
  • Allen Newman – line producer
  • Bill Weber – video post editing
  • Jeffrey Norman – audio post editing
  • Terry Donahue – technical direction
  • Billy Steinberg – senior video

References

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