42 Years Ago Today ~ Roosevelt Stadium - 8/04/76

https://archive.org/details/gd76-08-04.sbd.cotsman.12830.sbeok.shnf/gd76-08-04d1t02.shn

42 years ago today, August 4, 1976, my first Grateful Dead show @ Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, NJ. The place was a shithole. The experience was exciting and unforgettable for a 16 year old. I'll always remember the Ice Cream vendor inside the venue hawking his wares, yelling "Ice Cream! Ice Cream & Acid!" ~ The music was awesome, and the sense of shamanic freedom was liberating for a 16 year old kid. Bizarrely, Mr Jiggs the Tricycle-riding Chimpazee performed between sets. 

Honestly, for me The Dead were one of many great bands that I saw that Summer, like Yes, The Eagles, Boz Scaggs, Bromberg and others. It wasn't until the next year at Englishtown '77 (see Dick's Picks 15) with 150,000 people, that I became a Dead Freak forever. a term that pre-dated 'Dead Head". But with this first show, I was off to the races!!!

Here's the whole show on b& w Youtube!:
https://youtu.be/G1yLgdzAbXQ