2/17 - a special date, 41 & 39 years ago tonight

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I guess I post these every year, but good for me...

Two of the greatest Grateful Dead shows I ever saw. Keith & Donna's final concert in 1979, which was also the band's first show at the Oakland Coliseum, and the second night of a two-night benefit run at the Warfield, which also happened to be Phil & Jill's first date, in 1982.

February 17th, 1979 & 1982. Two brilliant shows, two nights that live in my personal infamy.

Check 'em out, if you have the time. Or MAKE the time, because they're both GREAT shows...

https://archive.org/details/gd1979-02-17.145263.sbd.troy.smith.miller.cl...

https://archive.org/details/gd1982-02-17.sbd.miller.112408.flac16/gd82-0...

 

Well, ok. It's 42 years ago for the first one. 

It's late and the years all blend together after a while.

But the memories do not.

Thank god or goodness or luck for the Grateful Dead.

Long live the Grateful Dead.

I didn't have my camera at the '79 show, but I did at the Warfield show in '82.

Some of my favorite photos from one of my favorite shows...

 

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Bob on slide,, please Lord noooooooooooooooooooooooo