Your List of Grateful Dead 81 - 83

When is this due?

(Surprised not to see 10/11/83 or 10/17/83 on your list)

seriously, can i turn this in on monday??

My dog ate my list.

I'll add 10-11-83, MSG. They brought back St. Stephen after a 5 year or so hiatus. MSG crowd gave a hearty roar in approval. The jam between Bertha and China Doll is pretty killer as well!

^see above you KK .. :)

I shouldn't blame the dog for being unprepared.

12/31/83, 8/28/82 in Veneta, and a few in the early '80s in Eugene because I love hometown shows.

Can I include the JG/John Kahn accoustic shows at South Eugene High School in 1982?

If we are including JG/John Kahn, then Oregon State Penitentiary show on 5-5-82  needs to be on the list. Fortunately i wasn't in attendance :)

 

Oh, I only listed some of the ones I went to. I have never heard a really good recording of the OSP show, have you?

im always looking for a good 81-83 show

thanks

boise 83 was the total shit...

 

parkwest? come on!!!

 

santa fe....

 

etc.

I have not either, but i like the rawness of the copies i've heard..  they are exactly perfect :)

All MSGs & Byrnes, One Nassau per run there and Baltimore '82 "Raven" show

>>> I have never heard a really good recording of the OSP show, have you?

This is the best one I've heard Judit. Sounds pretty sweet IMO. Audio only of course.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwjGO4jj7aM

 

 

PNW 81

Seattle 

Portland 

Eugene

and a month later

The Greek Theater 

 

Couple of Cap Centre, throw in a few Hampton, sprinkle with some Merriweather then toss in a hand full of Spectrum.

 

(not counting the JGB)

3/9/81 MSG
3/10/81 MSG
3/14/81 Hartford
5/1/81 Hampton
5/6/81 Nassau
5/8/81 Nassau
5/9/81 Nassau
5/12/81 New Haven
4/3/82 Norfolk
4/6/82 Philly
4/11/82 Nassau
4/12/82 Nassau
9/20/82 MSG
9/21/82 MSG
4/9/83 Hampton
4/17/83 Meadowlands
4/26/83 Philly
6/18/83 Saratoga
10/11/83 MSG
10/12/83 MSG

These are the ones I'm sure of, probably a couple or three more.

frost  oct 82

East coast yes, NYC, college no, first show 73, and we probably have seen each other at shows.

Starlight Theater, Kansas City, MO (8/3/82)

Mississippi Half-Step

Franklin's Tower

New Minglewood Blues

Peggy-O

El Paso

Cumberland Blues

Althea

Cassidy

Big Railroad Blues

Man Smart/Woman Smarter

Might As Well

 

Shakedown Street

Samson and Delilah

To Lay Me Down

Let it Grow

drums

He's Gone

The Other One

Stella Blue

Sugar Magnolia

 

Casey Jones

 

Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME (9/17/82)

 

Bertha

Promised Land

Candyman

C.C. Rider

Althea

Me and My Uncle

Big River

Dupree's Diamond Blues

It's All Over Now

West L.A. Fadeaway

Throwin' Stones

Deal

 

 

Touch of Grey

Man Smart/Woman Smarter

High Time

Estimated Prophet

Eyes of the World

drums

Spanish Jam

The Other One

Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad

Morning Dew

Sugar Magnolia

 

U.S. Blues

 

Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA (12/31/82)

 

Cold Rain and Snow

C.C. Rider

Cumberland Blues

Far From Me

Cassidy

Ramble on Rose

Looks Like Rain

Day Job

 

Sugar Magnolia

Sugaree

Man Smart/Woman Smarter

Ship of Fools

Playin' in the Band

drums

Not Fade Away

Deal

Sunshine Daydream

 

Turn on Your Love Light

Tell Mama

Baby What You Want Me to Do

Hard to Handle

Midnight Hour

 

Brokedown Palace

 

Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, VA (4/9/83)

 

Bertha

Promised Land

West L.A. Fadeaway

My Brother Esau

Candyman

New Minglewood Blues

Brown Eyed Women

Looks Like Rain

China Cat Sunflower

I Know You Rider

 

Help on the Way

Slipknot!

Franklin's Tower

Truckin'

Smokestack Jam

drums

Throwin' Stones

Black Peter

Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad

One More Saturday Night

 

Satisfaction

 

Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (6/18/83)

 

Bertha

Jack Straw

Bird Song

Mexicali Blues

Big River

Althea

Hell in a Bucket

Deal

 

Scarlet Begonias

Fire on the Mountain

Playin' in the Band

drums

The Wheel

Playin' in the Band

Morning Dew

Throwin' Stones

Not Fade Away

Touch of Grey

 

Don't Ease Me In

One More Saturday Night

 

Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (10/15/83)

 

Feel Like a Stranger

Dire Wolf

New Minglewood Blues

Brown Eyed Women

Wang Dang Doodle

Big Railroad Blues

Let it Grow

Day Job

 

China Cat Sunflower

I Know You Rider

Playin' in the Band

China Doll

drums

St. Stephen

Throwin' Stones

One More Saturday Night

 

Brokedown Palace

>>>East coast yes, NYC, college no, first show 73, and we probably have seen each other at shows.

 

Nice touring Shufffle!

Still makes me shake my head when I think that I was getting off to live versions of songs, like Birdsong for example (starting in '83), that some of you guys were getting off to when I was learning to spend my days w/out wearing diapers.

It's nutty.

 

 

 

Paris Hippodrome 10-17-81
Hartford Civic Center 04-18-82
Boston Garden 09-18-82
New Haven Coliseum 04-22-83
Philadelphia Spectrum 04-26-83
Harrisburg City Island 06-22-83
Boise Pavilion 09-02-83
Park West 09-04-83
Hartford Civic Center 10-14-83
Hartford Civic Center 10-15-83

>>>Hi uptown. Nice to se you posting. Gonna check out that show a bit later.  

Two shows...the big one being 10/10 but 10/9 is no slouch either.  Both have their own distinct feel.  Blessings to those of you were were in attendance for that 2pac. 

Great seeing you KK...hugs your way my man.

 

 

 

 

 They brought back St. Stephen after a 5 year or so hiatus. MSG crowd gave a hearty roar in approval.<<

 

A shame that roar was more exciting than the tune, tho'.

 

Still, it checked the box, if nothing else:)

"Checked the Box"  

Ridiculous>guess you were not there

Ummm.......Big Tours those years... Like to take That Ride Again...

 

 

AGAIN.... 

 

AGAIN......

What did you guys do to jerry those years?

>>>Ridiculous>guess you were not there

 

You didn't have to be there to hear the electricity in that Stephen.

It's just something people liked to say in the old days to make them feel better about missing it.  Similar to Egypt. 

Today it's just simple clown comment.

 

 

Ridiculous>guess you were not there<<

 

I was there.

 

That's how I know.

 

The initial  reaction was huge, mine included.

 

The performance?

 

Meh.

OK, I'll turn my list in early.

Every Metro area show (Nassau, MSG, and Ct shows from 81-83)

Plus favorite shows that I went to, that translate great on tape, CD, or Stream.

3/13/82

3/14/82

9/14/82

NYE Run Oakland Aud. 1982

4/16/83

10/11/83

10/17/83

 

Sorry working all week end, then wine fair on monday, (((COTE ROTIE, CONDRIEU))).SIHRA tuesday and just finished a 22 hr day ..back at it in three hours,, um can i get an automatic extention.? And does anyone want to buy a restaurant? 

The Good Ol' Days! Great to be from upstate NY from a Dead related perspective.

Date          Event                             Warm Up                         Venue                          City State

3/13/1981 Grateful Dead                Got Shown The Light       Memorial Auditorium   Utica NY

9/26/1981 Grateful Dead                                                         Memorial Auditorium   Buffalo NY

11/4/1981 Jerry Garcia Band                                                   Palace Theater            Albany NY

2/11/1982 Bobby & The Midnites   Joan Jett                           Auditorium Theatre      Rochester NY

4/8/1982  Grateful Dead                                                           War Memorial              Syracuse NY

4/9/1982  Grateful Dead                                                            War Memorial              Rochester NY

4/14/1982 Grateful Dead                                                         Civic Center                 Glens Falls NY

6/16/1982 Jerry Garcia Band        Bobby & The Midnites         Music Mountain          South Fallsburg NY

6/18/1982 Jerry Garcia Band        Bobby & The Midnites         Coliseum                    Cape Cod MA

9/17/1982 Grateful Dead                                                           Civic Center                Portland ME

9/18/1982 Grateful Dead                                                         Boston Garden              Boston MA

9/20/1982 Grateful Dead                                                           Madison Square Garden  New York NY

9/21/1982 Grateful Dead                                                           Madison Square Garden New York NY

9/23/1982 Grateful Dead                                                           Coliseum                          New Haven CT

9/24/1982 Grateful Dead                                                           Carrier Dome                   Syracuse NY

11/13/1982 Jerry Garcia Band                                                   Bushnell Auditorium         Hartford CT

4/9/1983   Grateful Dead                                                              Coliseum                          Hampton VA

4/12/1983 Grateful Dead                                                         Broome County Arena         Binghamton NY

4/15/1983  Grateful Dead                                                         War Memorial                      Rochester NY

4/22/1983   Grateful Dead                                                        Coliseum                             New Haven CT

4/23/1983  Grateful Dead                                                         Coliseum                             New Haven CT

5/26/1983  Jerry Garcia Band                                                    Auditorium Theatre            Rochester NY

6/4/1983   Jerry Garcia Band    Late Show                               The Chance                        Poughkeepsie NY

6/8/1983    Bobby & The Midnites                                             The Chance                        Poughkeepsie NY

6/18/1983  Grateful Dead                                                           SPAC                                 Saratoga NY

6/20/1983  Grateful Dead                                                           Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia MD

6/21/1983 Grateful Dead                                                             Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia MD

6/22/1983 Grateful Dead                                                            City Island                            Harrisburg PA

10/14/1983 Grateful Dead                                                         Civic Center                            Hartford CT

10/15/1983 Grateful Dead                                                         Civic Center                             Hartford CT

10/17/1983 Grateful Dead                                                        Olympic Center                        Lake Placid NY

10/20/1983 Grateful Dead                                                        Centrum                                   Worcester MA

10/21/1983 Grateful Dead                                                        Centrum                                     Worcester MA

10/22/1983 Grateful Dead     The Band                                    Carrier Dome                              Syracuse NY

11/26/1983 Jerry Garcia Band   John Hammond                      Forum                                        Binghamton NY

12/11/1983  Jerry Garcia Band                                                   Laker Hall (SUNY)                     Oswego NY

>>>11/4/1981 Jerry Garcia Band, Palace Theater  - Albany NY

Love it Markd! That was the best JGB I ever saw.  Met and hung out with Essra Mohawk JGB vocalist before the show.

 

Hey KK's next homework assignment should be JGB shows.

7-17/18-82 the first 'weekend at the beach'-ventura county fairgrounds

 

7-17/18-82....

Piggyback with the return to the Rocks, 7/28 esp., and the Alpine weekend Aug 7th and 8th.

OK KK I can start to play along....I'll start w 1981...The shows I am listing all were meaningful to me in one way or another

3/7/81 Cole Field House saw songs like Birdsong and others that I had not seen electric. Also my first electric Aiko Aiko

3/9 and 10/81 MSG-Do I really need to explain LOL ?? Both of these shows were AWESOME and Wheel-China Doll was an epic moment for me. Also The Sushi Restaurant I worked for catered the show so we had passes both nights (only time I ever had passes)

5/1/81 GRATE show and my first Hampton show. I didn't miss another until 1989 OUCH!! Couldn't get out of Yom Kippur Breaking the fast, or was it Rosh Hashanah? one of the Jewish Holidays cost me those 2 shows. Thanks Thom from The PZ for the discs to this show they are awesome!! Killer Wharf Rat at the 81 Hampton show

5/2/81- Spectrum I remember really liking this one a lot. Especially the Scarlet- Fire and Terrapin

5/6, 8 and 9 -Nassau-Loved all 3 of these especially the He's Gone and Caution Jam on 5/6

9/26/81- My first show as a Freshman in College. What a show!! Killer Morning Dew. Plus Playing -Bertha -Estimated-Going Down The Road Feeling Bad pre drums was REALLY REALLY good!!!

9/27/81-Landover I remember this show being a bit flat but I caught my first Baby Blue so it makes the list.

!2/26, 27, 28, 30 and 31/81-My first New Years Run. Went to everyone after until they stopped in 91. 12/26 has a SICK Scarlet Fire and Big Boss Man bust out as well as The Eleven Jam in the second set. 12/31/81 was the best Grateful Dead show I ever saw. Unfuckingreal!!! The whole run was just AWESOME.

I'll get to 82 when time permits

 

 

I've babbled often enough about my favorite shows from this era, so I'll mention just one that probably won't be listed by anyone else...

12/12/81 Fiesta Hall - San Mateo Fairgrounds

It was not a Grateful Dead show, but a funky, fairly amateurish little event put on by Joan Baez and billed (poorly) as Dance for Disarmament with Mickey's band High Noon and an acoustic set with Joan Baez & Friends featuring Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir & Phil Lesh. No mention of the Grateful Dead or of Brent or Billy being there.

Maybe the "innie's" knew how the show was going to go but I think most people there and certainly myself and my friends were expecting to see Jerry & Bob play some acoustic music, which was happening fairly often at that time, and just have it be a fun little night. The hall wasn't very big and the show didn't sell out so I figure most people thought that was going to be it. For me I certainly didn't expect to see the Grateful Dead play electric that night, so when they did it was a damn blast.

It wasn't the best GD show I ever saw; they didn't jam at all, just rocked out a handful of standards, but everything is played well with energy and good fun, especially Cold Rain & Snow, but because of the surprise of the GD set, hearing electric rockers after all the acoustic playing and the general under-the-radar nature of the event it is one of the most memorable GD shows I ever saw.

http://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1981/12/12

 

(The only shots I took that night that came out. I have no idea why most were out of focus or just botched. Or maybe I do?)

 

 

 

<<What was your first show and did you go to school in tri state area?upstate New York?  >>

KK

Sorry, was off grid for a bit. Ground water done flooded my finished basement on Thursday. Been bailing and ripping carpet out non-stop ever since. 99% of carpet out, many more miles til I sleep!

First show was 8/31/79 @ Glens Falls, NY Civic Center. Cost $9.50! Was heading in to Senior year in high school (Albany High) and while into music (SPAC was back yard and could catch bunches of shows on lawn for $6), was clueless on the Dead. Sat in amazement, had no knowledge of songs and they didn't play an encore. The next night, they played the great Holleder Stadium show in Rochester (if I'd only been on the bus!).

Next show was Utica 3/13/81 and got shown the light. No pyschedlics. Just the light. Since then, things ain't been the same :)

Went to LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY. Good spot to have shows come to or near by and certainly in the "corridor" for Spring and Fall tours before they really started summer stuff.

My list is primarily built on ticket stub evidence and what's left of long term memory (sketchy at times, can't imagine why). On that note, it was recently pointed out to me that for the JGB show at the Chance, we only had tix for the late show, but we apparently were on the fire escape trying to listen the first show and somehow the door popped open and we got in. I don't recall that, but do recall it being fearful of it's stability as well (again, of course, there may have been other influencers as part of that paranoia).

I'm in the first show in 79 club 1/8/79 

Etta shows will absolutely make the list. I have many for 82 as I went to almost 40 shows that year

I'm in the first show in 79 club 1/8/79 

Etta shows will absolutely make the list. I have many for 82 as I went to almost 40 shows that year

Ditto KK .... And,

>>

3/4/81 U. MD up until drums, someone took the air out of the set going into the jam

3/ 5&6/ 81 Stanley Pittsburgh

Glens Falls 79-80-81-82 never a miss at this venue

5/ 16&17 /81 Cornell & Syracuse

7/14/81 Alpine Valley empty and fun as shit

9/25/81 Lehigh

12/31/81 NYE

Spring Tour 82,Duke to Baltimore, Hot Hot Hot.

Red Rocks 82 All three nights,

12/31/82 NYE With Etta James & Tower of Power

Burlington 4/13/83

4/17/83 Brendan Byrne Arena NJ (Stephen Stills)

6/18/83 SPAC NY through Poplar Creek, IL - 8 show mini tour

Red Rocks first two nights only

10/17/83 Lake Placid

I'm another '79 baby... Springfield 1/15/79 as a sophomore in HS , then 5/79 @ UMass , and 11/79 in Providence .

There was Boston , Providence and Lewiston in 1980

Only Boston and Hartford in '81 (honorable mention had tix for Orlando in November w/Allmans and Outlaws) 

Hartford , Red Rocks , OK City , Kansas City , St. Louis , Portland , Boston ,Syracuse in '82

Brendan Byrne , UMaine , Providence , New Haven , Saratoga , Frost , Hartford , Worcester , Syracuse  '83

Probably missed a couple and not to mention JGB or acoustic, Midnites, etc ...

 

 

I was backstage for 12/30 ( 1st set), and 12/31/82.

I helped build the Mushroom float for free admission and Baked Ziti.

 

I know exactly what you're saying, KK.

Oakland Aud 12/28/82 I remember this was quite hot and post drummers was a barn burner>>>>

List should also include Baby Blue, rare that the band returns to the stage for another encore, and 12/30/82, with the NYE preview for the encore, kicked some serious butt..

No '81 Stanley Theatre shows ? Those Jim Wise recordings are excellent !

4/3/82-The Scope..Good show, very up tempo Eyes of The world . I still wish they played Hampton instead. 

4/12/82-Nassau this show was en fuego!!! 

4/14/82- Glenn Falls- Really good show and my only show at this venue which I had heard so many good things about . 

4/17 & 18/82  Hartford both were very solid shows liked both a lot. 

4/19/82-Baltimore also a very solid show. Loved On The Road Again electric 

7/17 & 18/82 Ventura my first non NYE shows in California and my first SoCal shows. Both were really good especially 7/18 Crazy Fingers bust out 

7/27, 28 and 29/82-Red Rocks ..My first Red Rocks shows and I really liked em all. I thought I was getting my 1st St. Stephen 7/28 until it turned from a St. Stephan Jam into Black Peter. Ouch!! Still a smoker though. 

7/31/82- Manor Downs really good show. both sets!! Music-Deal to close the first set was GRATE and the whole second set was Grate!

8/1/82 OKLA City Zoo Amphitheatre- Show was somewhat flat but it was a Jerry Birthday show so it makes the list.

8/3/82- Starlight Amphitheatre - AWESOME venue and a great show. Loved the pre drums Lay Me Down-Let It Grow and post drums He's Gone-Other one. !! Was a really nice night as I recall in a most awesome venue I wish I made it back. 

8/4/82 - Kiel Auditorium - My first Stagger Lee and it was smoking. Was also a really nice change of pace to see an indoor show after many outdoor shows on this tour . This is the type of show you can't judge by set list The Boys were SMOKING!!

8/6/82- St Paul MN - Liked this show a lot!! Lazy Lightning-Supplication-Might As Well to close 1st set was RIPPING!! Nice Scarlet-Fire-Sailor-Saint as well to open second set 

8/7 & 8/82 My first Alpine shows. Both nights were SMOKERS. Music-Sugaree-Music to open 8/7 was really cool. Good show through and through and 8/8 Far From Me- Scarlet-Fire to open second set was Killer. Also was always great to see John Cipolina on the stage w the boys as he was on 8/8 for post drums 

9/14/82 University of Virginia- Very solid show and was traveling with my new friends Irish & Strak and others I met on summer tour. We had a BLAST or 2 or 20 !! 

9/17/82 in my top 20 shows I've seen possibly top 10. Was RIPPING start to finish. First Ashes, Second Touch of Grey. The Whole show absolutely SMOKES. The Grateful Dead always brought their A game to Maine!!!!

9/18/82 Also a show I really enjoyed. Phil & Bob sharing the mic on Throwing Stones was way cool. Only second time I saw Phil sing. Smoking Far From Me. 

9/20 & 21 MSG- Always a fun time at my home venue. Loved the Playing Crazy Fingers as an opener on 9/21 not to mention China Rider to close 1st set 

!2/26, 27, 28, 30 & 31/82- Love the NYE run was my favorite run of shows until they stopped doing then(not including 85 at The coliseum ). 12/28 was off the hook. Sick Satisfaction I remember being w KK in the 2nd set and we were loving the whole set. 12/30 w the Etta & Tower of Power preview was way cool and NYE was also awesome. I remember it taking time to grow on me but like KK says above "Mama cooked a chicken and thought it was a duck" . I owe my buddy from kindergarten as does KK for leaving early to get on line so we were able to score our NYE ticket. KK asked Bill Graham for his Chicken Salad recipe

 

83 yet to come  

 

 

 

 

>>>List should also include Baby Blue, rare that the band returns to the stage for another encore, and 12/30/82, with the NYE preview for the encore, kicked some serious butt..

The 12/28/82 Baby Blue encore was about 20 minutes after the second set had ended. We were outside the building and Bill Graham said "get back in, the band is going to play some more."

Dragon breath fog drive home that night across the Golden Gate Bridge, everything was glistening.

I  this thread.  It builds community through shared memories and experience. It involves the best band ever and it feels like everyone is smiling behind their posts!  Me likey.

I just made a video CD made from pro Getty film footage of the 12/82 Oakland Aud party and interviews with Brent and Mickey, that I will upload to YouTube (eventually).

It look only around 10 min. long, but it's festive.

Let us know when ya do! fer sher

I will, fly. Half way there.

KK you should b thanking Schwervo mot Lee. I wonder if Lee is a zoner . He's another buddy from RVC that I hit shows with. Did Brick make it over to Viva? 

Here you go fly and all. New videos of the Oakland Aud 1982, with a Mickey & Brent interviews I posted at YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfX14o85YJuT_GyESYWe-ZQ

 

 

. Yay! thanks for sharing!

(((raises hand)))

 

um, mr Jam???

 

when are we going to get our homework back?

>>>I helped build the Mushroom float<<<

That float lives on, first at Bill Graham's home and since his death backstage at Shoreline Amphitheatre.

 

Holy smokes! The Mushroom Float lives on. I am going to save that picture. Thanks Lance.

 

every show i went to during that period was the best show ever on a consistent basis for me. from the stubs i still have i recreated my 81-83:

feb 5 1981  JG lehigh

sep 26 1981  GD buffalo aud. $9.50
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-09-26.aud.unknown.willy.9418.shnf

sep 27 1981  GD capital center va 
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-09-27.110722.set2.nak300.grabski.flac16

oct 30 1981  JG tower philly
oct 31 1981  JG tower philly

sep 21 1982  GD msg
https://archive.org/details/gd1982-09-21.sbd.miller.33684.sbeok.flac16

jun 10 1982  Bobby & the Midnights -beacon

june 1 1983 JG - roseland

oct 12 1983 GD msg
https://archive.org/details/gd1983-10-12.senn421.grabski.33340.flac16

 

Oops, somehow I left out Santa Fe 83! Both shows were great. And the next one in Austin at Manor Downs. As we were exiting the Downs in Texas, there were barrels full of unripped GD Ticketron tickets. We grabbed hands full and those tickets were our entry salvation for many a show for tours well into the mid-80s. Our MO was to always look for the ticket taker with the thickest set of eye glasses. :).