Nice photo archive

Bump --

Another great memory.....Springfield Civic Center May 11, 1978. At this show they pushed Keith's piano center stage to keep him awake (didn't work).

Double encore: Werewolves of London > J B Goode

Note Bobby is wearing Wolf mask

<The PA was falling over by the end of the show because the ice from the hockey rink was melting>

As I recall, the place was crowded and hot inside. The floor was packed. So some "brilliant" soul in the center of the ruckus decided to pry up the thick sheets of plywood covering the ice to cool the place down.

Only problem was, the 4 x 8 sheets were heavy and once they were lifted up, there was no place to put them. So they were passed over the heads of the crowd... which was really disconcerting, as you would be standing there minding your own business and then a giant sheet of wood appeared over your head and you had to hold it up before the crowd shoved it along.

And to make matters worse, the ice was too cold and too slippery to stand on -- so you had these "holes" in the crowd where the sheets of plywood had previously been -- making the floor scene even more cramped..

And even worse. some asshole stole my cherished denim jacket (yes, we wore them back then) with the Skeletons from the Closet design on the back, that I had tied to a pole way up in the bleachers. When I returned to get it, it was gone! Fukin thieves.

Thankfully not, Bucky.

Here's another great little known photo archive with some real gems:

Univ Mass photo archive  -- if you have time, who doesn't? poke around - there's a lot in there from two photographers Peter Simon and Jeff Alberson 

Grateful Dead performing at the Ark: L. to r.: Jerry Garcia (guitar), Pigpen McKernan (keyboards), Bill Kreuzman (drums), Mickey Hart (drums), Bob Weir (guitar), Tom Constanten (keyboards), April 21, 1969

Grateful Dead at Sargent Gym, Boston University: Dave Nelson playing guitar and singing, November 21, 1970

From a series of photographs depicting the Grateful Dead at Boston University's Sargent Gym. Opening for the Dead was a vaudeville chimpanzee act and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Here's some links but their Search feature worked pretty well

https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph009-vHG-sl093-i021​

https://credo.library.umass.edu/search?q=subject:%22Garcia,%20Jerry,%201...

There's just pages and pages of great photos from Peter Simon and Jeff  Albertson and many others. Hours of fun if you need to kill some time.

Linda Ronstadt at Paul's Mall: backstage, ca. November 1970

Bob Dylan performing at the Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, with the Rolling Thunder Revue: Mick Ronson (guitar) in the rear, November 20, 1975

Neil Young in performance, February 20, 1969

this is one of the most hilarious ones I found: (I love the kid peeking over the big guy's shoulder).

Albertson, Jeff (photographer)

Grateful Dead at Sargent Gym, Boston University: man with eyes closed in audience, November 21, 1970

county line ... sorry to hear that... best wishes to her and you.

As mentioned, there's lots of great stuff on that photo archive to keep your mind off things for a bit, too... not sure what it all has to do with it Univ of Mass, but I found Beatles to Bonnie Raitt. 

Re Dead, Yale Bowl  and MIT shots are in there..

Somehow it's possible to filter to rock bands and rock concerts using that box to the left