In my little room at the top of the hill in Martinez, California. I ate a piece of paper a dude I knew in Berkeley had traded for a joint, and tuned in the radio. For the first time I heard the Grateful Dead playing live in real time. A milestone moment in my life.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha Slickrock
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 10:53 am
Nice, Roarshock.
Nice, Roarshock.
I had a milestone moment also. I met a young lady for the first time. She's in the bedroom sleeping.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 10:56 am
Good for you, Slickrock.
Good for you, Slickrock. Obviously you met the right young lady, and I heard my absolutely perfect band.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert Lloyd_Klondike
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 11:22 am
Good Lovin >>>Samson
Good Lovin >>>Samson
yeah man
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mylar Mylar
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 12:22 pm
My first GD NYE away from
My first GD NYE away from Winterland. FUN!
Brought a few people to the show for their first live Dead experience.
They especially enjoyed the baby bottle that was passed through our space in the crowd.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: felina mrfelina
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 12:22 pm
I hadn't even found the
I hadn't even found the Beatles at that point.
Did you know that show was being broadcast or was is just a damn fine coincidence?
Those seemed to happen a lot in those situations.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Spirit zoner Rudy_McDoobie
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 03:25 pm
Nice! My first GD NYE was 10
Nice! My first GD NYE was 10 years later.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mr. Sunshine State Earl
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 05:55 pm
Killer quality and the sound
Killer quality and the sound of the band when I fell in love with 'em.
Thanks for sharing!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff JR
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 05:58 pm
I wasn't even 1 years old yet
I wasn't even 1 years old yet. Y'all are old motherfuckers up in here.
Great show, only to be trumped by 3/23/74 which is the best Cow Palace show of all time (but you guys already knew that).
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Hitchhiker awaiting "true call" Knotesau
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 06:30 pm
I like 12/30/86
I like 12/30/86
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 07:03 pm
"Did you know that show was
"Did you know that show was being broadcast or was is just a damn fine coincidence?"
Oh yeah, I knew. KSAN was on all the time back then. I was well aware of the Grateful Dead, had listened to their records, and, just after my birthday weekend in October that year, received much teasing from my friends for failing to attend Day on the Green with The Who and The Dead. It was 6 months later in June 77 when my friend Fred said no more excuses and dragged my ass off to Winterland.
For our younger Zoners, we who were around then are not necessarily old. Someday you will understand when you are looking back 30, 40, 50 years, if you are lucky.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 07:15 pm
Old is a state of mind, and
Old is a state of mind, and Jerry, Phil and the boys taught and continue to teach me how to stay young.
Creaky now, but still young.
On this night 40 years ago a couple of my friends were at the show. They tried to get me to go but I was uneducated and I smirked at them.
Sigh.
But thank the Gods I did become educated a couple of years later, an education I hope continues for a long time to come.
There's still so much to learn.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: felina mrfelina
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 08:05 pm
>>>I wasn't even 1 years old
>>>I wasn't even 1 years old yet
I was 6.
>>>They tried to get me to go but I was uneducated and I smirked at them.
Man, I really wish I could have talked to you back then--I would have convinced you to go, there's no doubt in my mind. I wouldn't have had to tell you about your mantra as an old man in doing so, either.
And THEN 10/21/78 would have really hit you where you lived.
>>was 6 months later in June 77
6/7 or 6/9?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: felina mrfelina
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 08:19 pm
Roarsock...when we have our
Roarsock...when we have our countdown with our daughter at 8, we've got the balloons and a little confetti and I just decided it's going to be Sugar Magnolia from this show at Cow Palace in honor of this thread.
She's really pumped.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 08:21 pm
06/09/77 Thanks Fred!
06/09/77 Thanks Fred!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 08:22 pm
Mr. Felina... Way cool. Happy
Mr. Felina... Way cool. Happy New Year!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jeff JR
on Saturday, December 31, 2016 – 08:42 pm
Happy new years guys.
Happy new years guys.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry heathentom
on Sunday, January 1, 2017 – 07:22 am
In '76 I wasn't ready, so it
In reality I wasn't ready in '76, and I believe it would have been a big mistake if I'd have gone to that show.
I might well have hated it and never gone back.
Every step along my musical path has been just exactly perfect, each step taken at just the right time.
And I'm still stepping, sometimes even high-stepping into town.
Damn the little room was rocking tonight.
I love rock 'n roll concerts.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Roarshock Roarshock
on Sunday, January 1, 2017 – 07:30 am
Happy New Year Lance, friend
Happy New Year Lance, friend I met on the Zone, and then in real life, even though we had been in the same room many times before.
Happy 2017. See you at the show!
Happy New Year Everybody!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: ............. Jambone
on Sunday, January 1, 2017 – 08:35 am
Youth is a state of mind, not
Youth is a state of mind, not a time of life. Another way of saying what lance said above, that was the header on the front of a prayer card at my Dads funeral in april 78. A week later , i turned 18, and rcvd American Beauty for a gift from my non dead head sister in law. I listened to that over and over ....and went to my first show 3 years later. I never asked my Mom who picked out that quote on prayer card, but ive been quoting it, and living it, ever since.So, ....thanks Dad, for the quote....thank you Lynne for the gift. Its a gift i have given now numerous times to many many children of friends mine (and my own) when theyve turned 18. I wrap American Beauty up, and include a lil card, and usually end up writing that quote in the card somewhere.
My friends all laugh and shake their heads as their child opens it. And everg single time, ill get a phone call a week or two later....usually from parent, sometimes from the 18 and one week old, saying "wow, i never knew the Grateful Dead sounded like...(and you know the rest of the story).
Happy 2017....all
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lord Kalvert Lloyd_Klondike
on Sunday, January 1, 2017 – 12:30 pm
I lived about 15 mins from
I lived about 15 mins from the COW that year--Glen Park-SF
Didn't get tickets for the show but recorded it on KSAN on a crappy little Superscope cassette deck --had the tape for years of course.
Some friends showed up at our house that night for drinking and drugging - and wouldn't go home. I had to run them out of there the next morning whilst they were still drinking hot buttered rums- I needed breakfast.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: felina mrfelina
on Sunday, January 1, 2017 – 01:07 pm
>>>In reality I wasn't ready
>>>In reality I wasn't ready in '76,
You were ready.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees FaceOnMars
on Saturday, October 21, 2017 – 07:53 pm
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