Grateful Dead — 1988-09-24 — Madison Square Garden, New York

Notes

With Mick Taylor on guitar 1 2
Only performance 1 2 3
With Suzanne Vega on acoustic guitar and vocals 1 2
Without Phil 1 2
With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on acoustic guitar and bass
Only performance (by GD) and final time played by any act last known performance on 1975-01-22 by JGMS
With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on bass, and Mark Rivera on saxophone
With Baba Olatunji on percussion and Michael Hinton on cowbell
With Bruce Hornsby on accordion
Without Phil 1 2
Last performance as encore 1984-10-12 (281 events ago)
With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and electric piano, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals
With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and accordion, Suzanne Vega on vocals, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals

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