...okay, maybe that's disqualified since the OP exempted "empty fields", but who among us hasn't heard the line "heads all empty and I don't care" and pictured seeing their sweetheart down by the river?
I would say Thom is stretching the topic a bit; the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium isn't really a theater, it's...... an auditorium, with a flat floor & a balcony, a smaller version of the Oakland Aud and like most towns have.
Did they have chairs on the floor for that '78 GD show Thom? Still doesn't qualify as a theater, just curious.
And I didn't go to the show there in '79 but I can't remember why. I wonder if I even knew about it (how did we survive before the internet?). It was on my 19th birthday so maybe I was otherwise occupied, but I should have gone to that show. Young & dumb.
Also, wasn't The Anderson Theater the Fillmore East before it was The Fillmore East?
I almost forgot (duh) two of the four Boston Music Hall Summer of '76 shows.
It was the tour where GDP gave Deadheads on that old-school mailing list a shot at mail-order tix before they went on sale to the public, so my buddy and I plan it out and both send in. The 1st night we were like 2nd row balcony, and the next night... the usher takes us down, down, down to 2nd row center- I think I hugged that dude and gave him a high-five, even though it wasn't invented yet.
Jerry was playing the Travis Beene back then. What a night, with all that fresh Blues for Allah stuff, although it was blazing hot in there. Was walking arounf Boston a few year's ago and stumbled onto it, now refurbished and called The Wang Theater.
>>>The Anderson Theatre was 2 blocks south of the Fillmore East on the other side of 2nd ave<<<
Ah, thank you.
As always, we learn as we go - a phrase/concept I first heard many years ago from a Fillmore East veteran when I was green as the hills and in a panic. What a GREAT and righteous lesson that was & is. It calmed me that night and over the years it has kept me sane. We ALL "learn as we go", because no matter where we are there's always more to learn.
And Local, this isn't my thread but I'm going to say that even the Greek doesn't count for this thread, as it's more of an "amphitheatre" than a theater, and if we're going to count amphitheatre's in here then we have to start counting dumps like Shoreline and all the rest of the sheds. Meh.
>>> as it's more of an "amphitheatre" than a theater
Good point, Lance. Sorry, LCL, but Kingswood get's the gong, also (was there, of course, so close to home).
Thinking back, its amazing the band bothered to cross the Canadian border back then, much less letting all of us doped up stoners in. Would never happen these days...
Never saw GD at an actual Theater (other than the aforementioned Starlght and Kingswood). Caught Jerry at the Tower in Phila. and Bushnell in CT. The Q at the Hult in Eugene, and various Phil iterations at Capitol in Port Chester.
>>>And by your definition the original Fillmore doesn't qualify for this thread<<<
IMO it certainly does not. It was & is a ballroom, not a theater.
Usually I'm fine with threads drifting away from their original intent, but the specific question of "theaters" that the GD played is (to me at least, as a venue nut) an interesting topic.
Mr. Felina would be happy with me; he was always quick to chastise any deviation from a thread topic.
I'm enamored with Klondell's shot of The Fillmore East from Monday night, which I consider The Mecca of classic rock. After I finally noticed the building next door had had a fire (or somethin'), I Google-Earthed that corner today- The Fillmore's 'ol lobby looks like a bank, and that corner place has been completely refurbished. I wonder what's happened to the actual theater? Any NYer's have that scoop?
As of 2013, the former lobby building is owned by the Apple Bank for Savings, which has a branch at street level, and the rest of the interior of the auditorium has been demolished and replaced with an apartment complex, Hudson East, with its entrance at 225 East 6th Street...
Loew's 46th Street Theatre to be Transformed into Nondescript 80-Unit Rental
Universal Theater opened its doors at 4515 New Utrecht Avenue on October 9th, 1927, a day the Daily Eagle called "one of the most disorderly first nights ever witness in Brooklyn" as more than 25,000 people attempted to get inside the 3,000-seat theater. Elaborately designed by architect John Eberson, the theater was made to be a replica of an extravagant Italian garden under a night sky – New York first "atmospheric theater." It was decorated with fountains, and a painted gold and blue dome that twinkling stars and other atmospheric effects got projected onto. Less than a year after its opening, it was bought by the Loew’s Corporation and renamed Loew’s 46th Street Theatre.
It continued to operate as that until 1970, where it became a concert venue going by the name of the 46th Street Rock Palace, and then a bit later as Bananafish Garden where famous bands like The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Hot Tuna, The Bee Gees, and Steely Dan all performed.
This thread made me realize I never saw them in a theater either, and if Starlight is a theater than so is Red Rocks. Saw Jerry in the Orpheum in Boston and the Warfield. Always enjoyed watching people flee the Orpheum when they would crank Ethel Merman singing There's No Business Like Show Business, and people would walk through the tunnel into the lobby where at least 25% of the heads would turn and walk into the mirrors.
Earl- The theater portion of the Fillmore East was demolished and turned into condos in the late '90's, I used to walk by it every day on my way to work (managed to grab a brick from under the chain-link fence, still have it), the lobby portion was turned into a bank, which it remains today.
The above is The Auditorium Theatre, in Chicago, Illinois.
the Grateful Dead played there on August 22nd and 23rd, and again on September 21st and 22nd (with NRPS) of 1971. They also played four shows there June 25-29, 1976, and two shows there on May 12th and 13th, 1977.
The basketball court in Kentucky is definitely not a theater, but the auditorium in Bakersfield has a balcony, so I think that qualifies it as a theater. Also, the place in Bakersfield is part of Bakersfield High School, so "Not weed friendly" is not a surprise.
Which raises a question: how many high schools did the GD play?
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No stadiums or arenas or empty fields, please. Just theaters. Go
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I read that as no ginormous hockey/basketball arenas or fields where an improvised stage was thrown together. Just cool, tiny brick and mortar venues we all wished we'd seen the band at.
Okay, this is pretty weird. This pic cornbread posted above from the Uptown in Chicago looks very familiar to me.
I saw my first GD show at the Uptown on 11/16/78, and it might have been the doses, but I'm pretty sure I sat right behind these seats in the last row of the balcony.
Thank you Tom and Don for clarifying about The Fillmore East's auditorium- I will get to that fascinating fire story this evening.
Man, do we have some outrageously beautiful theater's in this country. Hopefully they can all be preserved, 'cuz ya' can't build 'em like that any more. Hard to imagine being that young and walking out on to stages like that to perform.
PS Green Lake might need a special dispensation for this thread- wow!
Dave, are you sure that shot of the Bakersfield Auditorium is accurate? It looks EXACTLY like Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.
It could be though, as just about every town big and small has a civic or memorial auditorium, and most look similar to each other.
Which is why I didn't think they qualified for this thread, since the GD probably played in every one of them, while actual theaters were relatively more rare for them.
Still, it's an old thread that has made it's point and probably should veer off in a more general direction.
But I just endlessly love the classic old movie palace/true theaters, and I'm loving seeing all the photos.
That place is Chicago looks amazing, as does the place in Cleveland (although the middle photo doesn't look like the same venue).
And the Olympia in Paris, oh my. Looks just about perfect for a rock show.
Recently restored to its original luster, it was not this beautiful when the Dead played there in 72, jam packed to the rafters with a highly exuberant crowd
Previously known as the Theater In The Round, this 3200 seat facility hosted The Jefferson Airplane & Friends on March 8th and 9th, 1968, with early and late shows on March 9th. The "Friends" were the Grateful Dead. In 1969, the Rev. Ralph Wilkerson bought the property and it became The Melodyland School Of Theology, and would function as a church that later had it's own high school, evangelical outreach programs and a drug rehab facility. It was demolished in 2003, and is the same site where the Anaheim House Of Blues sits today.
Still in operation, this theater in the round changed it's name to The Celebrity Theatre in 1972. The Grateful Dead played there on March 8, 1970. It was Vince Welnick's first time seeing the band. Apparently the revolving stage disoriented Bob Weir. A guest vocalist and harmonica player, suspected to be Elvin Bishop, sat in for much of the show.
Originally named The Music Hall, this venue opened on October 31, 1894. It was modeled after the Concertbegouw concert hall in Amsterdam. It eventually became known as The Lyric Opera House, then The Lyric Theatre, and today is known as The Modell Performing Arts Center.
The Grateful Dead played there on February 9, 1969, serving as the opening act for The Chambers Brothers for an early and a late show. No tapes have ever surfaced for these shows, and there is scant information about them.
The Grateful Dead played an early and a late show here on October 18, 1970. There was no opening act as the New Riders had not yet joined the tour. Bear was in jail, and no tapes of these two shows have surfaced. The photo of Phil with the two ladies at the drum kits and Pigpen looking on was taken this night and is one of the only documents of this show.
From Minneapolis City Pages
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With the Dead's chief early concert taper, Owsley Stanley, in jail, their fall 1970 tour, including their sole show at the Guthrie, is barely documented. Except, that is, for one intriguing photograph by Tom Berthiaume. Dead bassist Phil Lesh sings at center stage, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan leans on the band's amps at the rear. Seated at the drum sets, however, aren't Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, but two fashionably dressed young women, more mod than hippie. A call to Berthiaume several years ago yielded nothing more than the memory that the photo was almost definitely taken between the evening's early and late shows, and not during the performance itself. Beyond that he remembered nothing.
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Beacon
Beacon
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The Hult Center!
The Hult Center!
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the tower theatre
the tower theater
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alladin
alladin
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Stanley
Stanley
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Boston Music Hall
Boston Music Hall
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CAPs:
CAPs:
Portchester & Passaic (Saw 1 GD & 1 JG/JK there)
Other than those, RCMH and Baltimore CC, every other place was an arena or a stadium for me.
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yes- the Aladdin - great
yes- the Aladdin - great theater
Never saw GD there - but caught two stupendous Allman Brothers shows there in 94 & 95
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Eastown Theater Detroit
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Warfield & Radio City
Warfield & Radio City Theaters in 1980
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Fabulous Fox Theater
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Ohio Theater
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Paramount, Portland.
Paramount, Portland.
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Saw my first 3 shows at the
Saw my first 3 shows at the Palladium,NYC
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Rainbow Theatre, London 4
Rainbow Theatre, London 3/20, 3/21, 3/23, 3/24 ,1981
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There's a lot if no time
In SF alone...
The Straight Theater, Warfield Theater, Harding Theater, Orpheum Theater, Palace of Fine Arts Theater
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Fabulous Fox - St Louis
Fabulous Fox - St Louis
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sorry- didn't see the link
sorry- didn't see the link above
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Cool thread
Cool thread
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Would love to go to the fox
Would love to go to the fox one day. Beautiful theatre.
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http:/
http://jerrygarciasbrokendownpalaces.blogspot.com
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Uptown
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Really cool thread
Really cool thread
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Unless I missed it above?
Unless I missed it above?
fillmore east
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And felt forum at msg (no
And felt forum at msg (no idea what it's called today)
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Anyone see the Stones in 2002
Anyone see the Stones in 2002 when they played the Tower or Aaragon Ballroom?
I bet that was a tough ticket
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Palace Theater Waterbury Ct
Palace Theater Waterbury Ct 9-72
Jerry Band played there a few times as well in the 70's
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Saw the stones at the above
Saw the stones at the above mentioned capital in Passaic June '78 a week after I saw GD there. What a schleep from Brooklyn , both were worth it
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Cafe au Go-Go in New York
Cafe au Go-Go in New York City must have been fun.
Also the Electric Circus in New York City
Then there was the 46th Street Rock Palace in Brooklyn, NY
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Sacramento Memorial
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
1/22/70, 8/12/72, 1/17/78, 6/28/79
I went to the '78 show, great Other One.
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Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA
Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA
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The historically registered
The historically registered Shea's Buffalo in the winter of '79.
No idea how that happened in the middle of January in the NE, but it was insanely cold and a weak show by their standards. Gorgeous place still.
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The Mosque Theater
Richmond, Virginia
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Anderson Theatre, NY
Anderson Theatre, NY
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Saenger Theater
Saenger Theater
New Orleans, Louisiana
Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, California
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Paramount Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Eagle's Auditorium
Seattle, Washington
Marin Civic Center
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For Earl.
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^ Nice, LCL- were you there?
^ Nice, LCL- were you there? It was even cold in the theater.
Never went to UB, so I suppose I paid... 7 bucks? Dang.
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Arlington Theatre Santa
Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara 1/13/1978
https://archive.org/details/gd78-01-13.sbd.clugston.4629.sbeok.shnf
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No Earl, my first show wasn't
No Earl, my first show wasn't until 9-24-82, 2 hours East of Buffalo on the Thruway, in the quaint little town of Syracuse,
in a tiny venue called the Carrier Dome. I imagine you're familiar with it!
I can't remember who gave me the ticket, I just found the handbill for the show in a box. (Second printing).
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Shrine Auditorium
Shrine Auditorium
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Atlanta's Fox...mail ordered
Atlanta's Fox...mail ordered one day late, still got both '85 shows, one downstairs
Pittsburgh's Stanley
Passaic's Capitol...April Fools
Radio City
St Louis' Fox...got both shows via mail order Summer '86, canceled due to coma
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>>> in a tiny venue called
>>> in a tiny venue called the Carrier Dome. I imagine you're familiar with it!
Yes, LCL, was in attendance all three times they played that ridiculously bad-sounding building.
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The theater of the mind...
The theater of the mind...
...okay, maybe that's disqualified since the OP exempted "empty fields", but who among us hasn't heard the line "heads all empty and I don't care" and pictured seeing their sweetheart down by the river?
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I would say Thom is
I would say Thom is stretching the topic a bit; the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium isn't really a theater, it's...... an auditorium, with a flat floor & a balcony, a smaller version of the Oakland Aud and like most towns have.
Did they have chairs on the floor for that '78 GD show Thom? Still doesn't qualify as a theater, just curious.
And I didn't go to the show there in '79 but I can't remember why. I wonder if I even knew about it (how did we survive before the internet?). It was on my 19th birthday so maybe I was otherwise occupied, but I should have gone to that show. Young & dumb.
Also, wasn't The Anderson Theater the Fillmore East before it was The Fillmore East?
Still qualifies for the thread, just curious.
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I was gettin o0ld with gettin
I was gettin old with gettin old.. also some in Berkeley and Oakland?
nice thead no politics!!! only love
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wasn't The Anderson Theater
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Village Theater / Loews
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The Anderson Theatre was 2
The Anderson Theatre was 2 blocks south of the Fillmore East on the other side of 2nd ave.
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Crystal Ballroom with its
Crystal Ballroom with its "floating floor":
The bouncing floor can sometimes be a bit disorienting when the bounce gets out of time with the beat of the music.
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I almost forgot (duh) two of
I almost forgot (duh) two of the four Boston Music Hall Summer of '76 shows.
It was the tour where GDP gave Deadheads on that old-school mailing list a shot at mail-order tix before they went on sale to the public, so my buddy and I plan it out and both send in. The 1st night we were like 2nd row balcony, and the next night... the usher takes us down, down, down to 2nd row center- I think I hugged that dude and gave him a high-five, even though it wasn't invented yet.
Jerry was playing the Travis Beene back then. What a night, with all that fresh Blues for Allah stuff, although it was blazing hot in there. Was walking arounf Boston a few year's ago and stumbled onto it, now refurbished and called The Wang Theater.
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Greek Theater
Greek Theater
Kingswood Music Theatre
Starlight Theatre
Loophole!
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Earl, I also had the dubious
Earl, I also had the dubious honor of seeing all three Carrier Dome Dead shows as well as the five times they played Rich Stadium.
Those places sucked but we got to see them in much smaller confines nearby, and they consistently played well in Western NY.
Very nice you got to see them on that '76 tour. Mrs. LCL was there also.
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>>>The Anderson Theatre was 2
>>>The Anderson Theatre was 2 blocks south of the Fillmore East on the other side of 2nd ave<<<
Ah, thank you.
As always, we learn as we go - a phrase/concept I first heard many years ago from a Fillmore East veteran when I was green as the hills and in a panic. What a GREAT and righteous lesson that was & is. It calmed me that night and over the years it has kept me sane. We ALL "learn as we go", because no matter where we are there's always more to learn.
And Local, this isn't my thread but I'm going to say that even the Greek doesn't count for this thread, as it's more of an "amphitheatre" than a theater, and if we're going to count amphitheatre's in here then we have to start counting dumps like Shoreline and all the rest of the sheds. Meh.
This is a fun thread, let's keep it pure.
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>>> as it's more of an
>>> as it's more of an "amphitheatre" than a theater
Good point, Lance. Sorry, LCL, but Kingswood get's the gong, also (was there, of course, so close to home).
Thinking back, its amazing the band bothered to cross the Canadian border back then, much less letting all of us doped up stoners in. Would never happen these days...
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"Did they have chairs on the
"Did they have chairs on the floor for that '78 GD show Thom?"
42 years ago, can't recall.
And by your definition the original Fillmore doesn't qualify for this thread.
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^ I'm sure you'd enjoy
^ I'm sure you'll enjoy someone agreeing with you every Blue Moon, Thom.
Fillmore West- a ballroom that doesn't fit.
Fillmore East- a theater all the way.
Let's keep it pure around here...
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My post was pretty clearly
My post was pretty clearly tongue in cheek; just pointing out that these places actually are CALLED "theaters", even though
they are outdoors and most of us here would of course refer to them as amphitheaters.
(think of the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare's place).
I have zero intention in trying to screw up this wonderful thread that isn't full of bullshit.
(thanks for calling out Thom; I've seen both Dylan and Neil several times at the Sac. Mem. Aud., and my first thought when he posted that was,
it is decidedly not a theatre). Cool place for a show, though.
And Earl, I know a few people who did not make it over the border in '87 for the Kingswood show. We drove from Alpine and barely made it in,
and we were being super careful. In '84 I took a chartered bus and we sailed over the border, in and out. Now that was a fun little amphitheater!
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Never saw GD at an actual
Never saw GD at an actual Theater (other than the aforementioned Starlght and Kingswood). Caught Jerry at the Tower in Phila. and Bushnell in CT. The Q at the Hult in Eugene, and various Phil iterations at Capitol in Port Chester.
Probably forgetting a few...
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It was along time ago in a
It was along time ago in a galaxy far far away...
Seeing the Grateful Dead in small places…what good times
Able to stand outside and talk with the Dead or the roadies between sets or right after the shows.
46th Street - Brooklyn
Stanley - Jersey City, NJ
Capitol - Portchester
Capitol - Passaic
Academy of Music – 14th Street - NYC
Fillmore East – East 6th street and Second Avenue - NYC
Felt Forum – MSG – NYC
Beacon - NYC
Not a theatre but a club / bar Action House out on Long island – I needed fake proof to get in.
oh to be a teenager again for most of these shows and then a young man with no cares at all at the Beacon..
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>>>And by your definition the
>>>And by your definition the original Fillmore doesn't qualify for this thread<<<
IMO it certainly does not. It was & is a ballroom, not a theater.
Usually I'm fine with threads drifting away from their original intent, but the specific question of "theaters" that the GD played is (to me at least, as a venue nut) an interesting topic.
Mr. Felina would be happy with me; he was always quick to chastise any deviation from a thread topic.
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>>>And by your definition the
double - derp
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The Strand Lyceum Olympia
The Strand Lyceum
Olympia
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Lance is definitely cracking
Lance is definitely cracking the whip in retirement!
I miss Felina's zest for perfection, but I was just pointing out there are a few places the Dead played
that are called "theaters" that are not really theaters, in the sense most Dead Heads (and other theater-goers)
consider.
When I went to New Orleans in 1985 for a big family gathering, my brother and I went over to the Saenger Performing Arts Center
(where of course the Dead played two shows in 1980 between the 15 night Warfield stand and the 8 shows at Radio City,
and one show at the start of the fall '82 tour).
We went up to the box office and politely asked if we could take a quick look at the theatre. "No, absolutely not, not now."
I actually started begging, like I was trying to get in to see the Dead that night!
"Please, we have to leave tomorrow, there is no one who can take us in there real quick?"
Even at my young age I'd quickly gained an appreciation for these old places, and wanted to see all of them I could.
We were snubbed, but I did take this photo that day.
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Can't remember what was on
Can't remember what was on the marquee, but the posters in the windows were advertising the upcoming musical:
Big River
Too much
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I'm enamored with Klondell's
I'm enamored with Klondell's shot of The Fillmore East from Monday night, which I consider The Mecca of classic rock. After I finally noticed the building next door had had a fire (or somethin'), I Google-Earthed that corner today- The Fillmore's 'ol lobby looks like a bank, and that corner place has been completely refurbished. I wonder what's happened to the actual theater? Any NYer's have that scoop?
I concur this is a really fun thread...
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ICC Berlin
ICC Berlin
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the Fillmore East gone many
the Fillmore East gone many moons now
As of 2013, the former lobby building is owned by the Apple Bank for Savings, which has a branch at street level, and the rest of the interior of the auditorium has been demolished and replaced with an apartment complex, Hudson East, with its entrance at 225 East 6th Street...
Tom
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Loew's 46th Street Theatre to be Transformed into Nondescript 80-Unit Rental
Universal Theater opened its doors at 4515 New Utrecht Avenue on October 9th, 1927, a day the Daily Eagle called "one of the most disorderly first nights ever witness in Brooklyn" as more than 25,000 people attempted to get inside the 3,000-seat theater. Elaborately designed by architect John Eberson, the theater was made to be a replica of an extravagant Italian garden under a night sky – New York first "atmospheric theater." It was decorated with fountains, and a painted gold and blue dome that twinkling stars and other atmospheric effects got projected onto. Less than a year after its opening, it was bought by the Loew’s Corporation and renamed Loew’s 46th Street Theatre.
It continued to operate as that until 1970, where it became a concert venue going by the name of the 46th Street Rock Palace, and then a bit later as Bananafish Garden where famous bands like The Grateful Dead, The Byrds, Iron Butterfly, Hot Tuna, The Bee Gees, and Steely Dan all performed.
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This thread made me realize I
This thread made me realize I never saw them in a theater either, and if Starlight is a theater than so is Red Rocks. Saw Jerry in the Orpheum in Boston and the Warfield. Always enjoyed watching people flee the Orpheum when they would crank Ethel Merman singing There's No Business Like Show Business, and people would walk through the tunnel into the lobby where at least 25% of the heads would turn and walk into the mirrors.
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The Allen Theater
Cleveland, Ohio
October 29, 1971
https://archive.org/details/gd71-10-29.sbd.miller.24999.sbeok.shnf
NRPS opened
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Earl- The theater portion of
Earl- The theater portion of the Fillmore East was demolished and turned into condos in the late '90's, I used to walk by it every day on my way to work (managed to grab a brick from under the chain-link fence, still have it), the lobby portion was turned into a bank, which it remains today.
The story of the fire on the corner is a pretty famous tale, it happened during a Who show in 1969. Read the whole story here; https://whoshaq.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/binky-vs-the-copthe-who-at-the-fillmore-east-the-true-story/
Sounds like it was a hot show.
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The above is The Auditorium
The above is The Auditorium Theatre, in Chicago, Illinois.
the Grateful Dead played there on August 22nd and 23rd, and again on September 21st and 22nd (with NRPS) of 1971. They also played four shows there June 25-29, 1976, and two shows there on May 12th and 13th, 1977.
https://archive.org/details/gd1971-08-23.sbd.miller.125886.flac16
https://archive.org/details/gd1971-10-22.sbd.gans.miller.112821.flac16
https://archive.org/details/gd1976-06-29.139633.sbd.betty.gastwirt.mille...
http some ://archive.org/details/gd77-05-13.sbd.miller.9393.sbeok.shnf
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Bakersfield Memorial
Bakersfield Memorial Auditorium
January 14, 1978
5000 seat venue. 2000 people were there. Tickets were free. 1 cop per 100 people in the audience. Not weed friendly.
https://archive.org/details/gd78-01-14.sbd.vernon.16114.sbeok.shnf
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Knights Hall
Bellarmine University
Louisville, Kentucky
December 7, 1968
The site of the only known GD performance of "Rosemary".
https://archive.org/details/gd68-12-07.sbd.naines.16944.sbeok.shnf
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^Not theater's Dave. Just
^Not theater's Dave. Just sayin'
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Yes, since folks want to keep
Yes, since folks want to keep this thread pure, the above two are decidedly not theaters.
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The basketball court is
The basketball court in Kentucky is definitely not a theater, but the auditorium in Bakersfield has a balcony, so I think that qualifies it as a theater. Also, the place in Bakersfield is part of Bakersfield High School, so "Not weed friendly" is not a surprise.
Which raises a question: how many high schools did the GD play?
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Berkeley High West High, AK
Berkeley High
West High, AK
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August 21st, 1969
The Green Lake Aqua Theater
The final show ever at this venue, where Led Zeppelin and The Doors previously performed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lake_Aqua_Theater
https://archive.org/details/gd69-08-21.sbd.cotsman.13850.sbeok.shnf
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Since when has anything on
Since when has anything on the Zone been pure?
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No stadiums or arenas or empty fields, please. Just theaters. Go
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I read that as no ginormous hockey/basketball arenas or fields where an improvised stage was thrown together. Just cool, tiny brick and mortar venues we all wished we'd seen the band at.
Feel free to chime in Slacker.
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On second thought, the
On second thought, the basketball court in Kentucky does have a proscenium arch, which is typically seen as a defining quality of many theaters.
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Okay, this is weird. This pic
Okay, this is pretty weird. This pic cornbread posted above from the Uptown in Chicago looks very familiar to me.
I saw my first GD show at the Uptown on 11/16/78, and it might have been the doses, but I'm pretty sure I sat right behind these seats in the last row of the balcony.
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Thank you Tom and Don for
Thank you Tom and Don for clarifying about The Fillmore East's auditorium- I will get to that fascinating fire story this evening.
Man, do we have some outrageously beautiful theater's in this country. Hopefully they can all be preserved, 'cuz ya' can't build 'em like that any more. Hard to imagine being that young and walking out on to stages like that to perform.
PS Green Lake might need a special dispensation for this thread- wow!
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Dave, are you sure that shot
Dave, are you sure that shot of the Bakersfield Auditorium is accurate? It looks EXACTLY like Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.
It could be though, as just about every town big and small has a civic or memorial auditorium, and most look similar to each other.
Which is why I didn't think they qualified for this thread, since the GD probably played in every one of them, while actual theaters were relatively more rare for them.
Still, it's an old thread that has made it's point and probably should veer off in a more general direction.
But I just endlessly love the classic old movie palace/true theaters, and I'm loving seeing all the photos.
That place is Chicago looks amazing, as does the place in Cleveland (although the middle photo doesn't look like the same venue).
And the Olympia in Paris, oh my. Looks just about perfect for a rock show.
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Dig the freeloaders in the
Dig the freeloaders in the boats behind the stage in the Led Zeppelin picture from Green Lake in Seattle!
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I would have half-expected
I would have half-expected Peter Grant to have done a flying cannonball and sunk them with his fat ass.
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Never heard the history of
Never heard the history of Aqua Lake Theater when I lived in Seattle..great quote from the LMA comments:
<< I remember people diving from the high diving platforms into the pool between the band and the audience.>>
First-ever Easy Wind, too.
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Palace Theater Waterbury Ct
Palace Theater Waterbury Ct
Recently restored to its original luster, it was not this beautiful when the Dead played there in 72, jam packed to the rafters with a highly exuberant crowd
https://images.app.goo.gl/Sq7uVJ1t2wZUCyXF6
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I'm too lazy to figure out
I'm too lazy to figure out how to post pics, but here is the aforementioned Shea's Buffalo, just as spectacular as the rest on this thread.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sheas+buffalo&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&...
A little digging to find out the Tiffany dude was involved in the incredible ornateness of some of these, including Shea's Buff.
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Cool story about The Lyceum
Cool story about The Lyceum in NYC:
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/02/theater/newsandfeatures/a-theaters-ti...
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Melodyland Theater
Anaheim, California
Previously known as the Theater In The Round, this 3200 seat facility hosted The Jefferson Airplane & Friends on March 8th and 9th, 1968, with early and late shows on March 9th. The "Friends" were the Grateful Dead. In 1969, the Rev. Ralph Wilkerson bought the property and it became The Melodyland School Of Theology, and would function as a church that later had it's own high school, evangelical outreach programs and a drug rehab facility. It was demolished in 2003, and is the same site where the Anaheim House Of Blues sits today.
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P.N.E. Garden Auditorium
Vancouver, British Columbia
The Grateful Dead played here on July 29, 1966. Their performance was released on vinyl in a 6500 piece limited edition for Record Store Day 2017.
https://archive.org/details/gd66-07-29.sbd.vernon.9051.sbeok.shnf
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For "Theater in the Round",
For "Theater in the Round", there's also the Phoenix Star/Travelodge Theater in Phoenix, AZ, still open as the Celebrity Theater.
http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2017/03/june-22-1968-travelodge-theater-phoenix.html
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Absolutely killer work on
Absolutely killer work on this thread, Dave and Co. Lovin' the pix.
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If
The Star Theatre
Phoenix, Arizona
Still in operation, this theater in the round changed it's name to The Celebrity Theatre in 1972. The Grateful Dead played there on March 8, 1970. It was Vince Welnick's first time seeing the band. Apparently the revolving stage disoriented Bob Weir. A guest vocalist and harmonica player, suspected to be Elvin Bishop, sat in for much of the show.
https://archive.org/details/gd1970-03-08.sbd.miller.113359.flac16
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The Lyric Theatre
Baltimore, Maryland
Originally named The Music Hall, this venue opened on October 31, 1894. It was modeled after the Concertbegouw concert hall in Amsterdam. It eventually became known as The Lyric Opera House, then The Lyric Theatre, and today is known as The Modell Performing Arts Center.
The Grateful Dead played there on February 9, 1969, serving as the opening act for The Chambers Brothers for an early and a late show. No tapes have ever surfaced for these shows, and there is scant information about them.
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^^ Makes sense for poor
^^ Makes sense for poor Bobby who's dyslexic.
^ Modell is the bazillionaire owner of the NFL Ravens.
Again, super-cool finds, Dave.
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The Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Grateful Dead played an early and a late show here on October 18, 1970. There was no opening act as the New Riders had not yet joined the tour. Bear was in jail, and no tapes of these two shows have surfaced. The photo of Phil with the two ladies at the drum kits and Pigpen looking on was taken this night and is one of the only documents of this show.
From Minneapolis City Pages
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With the Dead's chief early concert taper, Owsley Stanley, in jail, their fall 1970 tour, including their sole show at the Guthrie, is barely documented. Except, that is, for one intriguing photograph by Tom Berthiaume. Dead bassist Phil Lesh sings at center stage, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan leans on the band's amps at the rear. Seated at the drum sets, however, aren't Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, but two fashionably dressed young women, more mod than hippie. A call to Berthiaume several years ago yielded nothing more than the memory that the photo was almost definitely taken between the evening's early and late shows, and not during the performance itself. Beyond that he remembered nothing.
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Dave: he shoot's, he
Dave: he shoot's, he scoooooores!
^ Gorgeous place- great find!