11/11/71, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. New Riders opened. Big stink over people standing in the aisles and up front, fite marshall threatening to cut power. 20 minute delay, Lesh to cops: "That's not necessary, man!". Garcia to cops: " Big man, big man!"
12/29/69 New Boston Tea Party. Had never heard a single note of GD. During Good Lovin' a big guy got onto the one-foot high stage and threw Weir's mic stand into the crowd.
Ya the frost was a special place. My only show there. The couple in there late fifties started having sex right next to me?? I was like wow!! this band has some power. have a buddy Sherwin who was at Magoos pizza in 65 for the Warlocks 1st show. i just feel blest to have seen 98 dead shows and about 30-35 JGB shows. Much Love all.........
Lassen 7/9/89 was my only show in 89 as I was out of the country a lot. But it was a goodie. Remember the whole play was on fire. I listen to it a lot also There a pro shot first set opening songs on youtube which is great. Tons of folks jumping onto the field.
Iko Iko Beat it on Down the Line Loser Good Time Blues Me and My Uncle Mexicali Blues Althea Box of Rain
Playin' in the Band Franklin's Tower I Need a Miracle Playin' in the Band drums The Wheel Dear Mr. Fantasy Playin' in the Band Around and Around Good Lovin' Baby Blue
Lizard Lips (lol) that 86 frost show or maybe the day before was some older guy with glasses sitting on the lip of the stage facing the audience with his legs dangling off the stage and digging it. I always wondered who he was. Did you see that? I think it was Willy Legate an old friend of Garcias after looking at pictures of him.
New Years Eve 1981 at the Oakland Coliseum (my home venue). I was six years old and my nanny, Polita Gonzales, took me....my dad and step mom were in Italy for a long vacation. That day and night were the most special. I know why I love Dark Star and The Other One....I melted completely sober, six years old, into those songs and the Phil Bombs! Polita introduced me to a completely different side of the world, and I've changed profoundly because of her showing me the Grateful Dead. Thank you Polita!!!!! After that show, I didn't go to a show on my own until 1988. There were ALOT of songs you don't usually get in this show.
4/5/82 Spectrum about a month before my 13th birthday. This is the best recording I can find. Love to get a soundboard. Lot of people have told me the next night was the better of the 2, but of course this one's special to me & I think it's a pretty good show.
For what it's worth Chuck, I was at both of those '82 Spectrum shows and while the 6th is arguably the better show I enjoyed the 5th much more. And that included having to leave during Wharf Rat because my brother was too high on acid. It was understandable, that second set was a mind melt.
9/2/78 for whatever reason was a brilliant show.... Peggy O....and that Lazy > supp to close the set was just.....great...everything else was gravy, and leaving with a sunset was pretty cool
McNichols Arena in Denver 1990. Was big into metal and hard rock and wanted to see what all my hippie friends kept raving about. Thought it would be an old country rock band with a big party in the parking lot. Ate the white blotter and went inside. Haven't been the same since.
Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Friend Of The Devil, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Jack A Roe-> CC Rider, Althea, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance
Might As Well-> Women Are Smarter, Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Spanish Jam-> Truckin'-> Morning Dew-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin', E: U.S. Blues
Sugaree, Minglewood Blues, Row Jimmy, Big River, Loser, Looks Like Rain, They Love Each Other, The Music Never Stopped, Scarlet Begonias
Set 2
Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower-> Dancin' In The Streets-> The Wheel-> Samson & Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Not Fade Away-> Drums-> The Other One-> Ship of Fools, Sugar Magnolia, E: Johnny B. Goode
Roosevelt Stadium was a total shithole. Best day of my youth at age 16, maybe the first day of my adulthood too. Great times...
Grateful Dead Live at Philadelphia Civic Arena on 1974-08-05
Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Dire Wolf, Me And Bobby McGee, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Around & Around Phil & Ned*, Mississippi Half Step-> It Must Have Been The Roses, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me & My Uncle, Scarlet Begonias, He's Gone-> Truckin'-> Jam-> The Other One Jam -> Space -> Jam -> Stella Blue-> One More Saturday Night, E: U.S. Blues
This nite changed my life forever and at 14, I was the most grateful and luckiest girl ever :) Also, this would be the first show for my now hubby as well (((( many moons later ~ Fate )))).
No, I was only six years old. Although I did gain some serious experience watching her husband trip balls on a puddle of craziness. Thank God, cuz I'm not a fan of dosing little children or animals. I was completely sober, but still melted! It's a very spiritual experience to me, and I'm glad I dosed for the first time on my own terms (~);-)
March 1981, Boston Garden, age 17....opened set 2 with Terrapin...although versed on the albums, I had no real clue what was going on....took 18 months, and time at Northwestern University under the tuneage of Joe T and buzz management schooling of The Ted, before I got it with shows 4 and 5 at Alpine Valley in August 82.
And I met a guy who was living in Honduras 11 years ago who ran away from home at 14 from So. Cal. to San Fransisco in 65. Lived there till 67 when he went back home. He would hang at the Dead house in the Haight. Said he knew all those guys. Said it was totally free. You could just walk in and grab a bite to eat if there was food. Said speed killed the scene. His name was Jimmy. I wonder if Row Jimmy is named for him.
Saw on youtube a vvid from the 60's where the diggers are giving out free food in the park. I recognized Jimmy in the vid getting free handouts.
Dillon Stadium - Hartford, CT
7/16/72
Set 1:
Promised Land - Cold Rain And Snow - Black Throated Wind - Sugaree - Playin' In The Band - Tennessee Jed -
Jack Straw -Deal - Mexicali Blues - Stella Blue - Cumberland Blues - Me And My Uncle - Mississippi Half-Step >
Sing Me Back Home - Casey Jones
Set 2:
Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > He's Gone > The Other One > Looks Like Rain - Ramble On Rose -
Sugar Magnolia - * Not Fade Away > * Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > * Hey Bo Diddley
Encore: Johnny B. Goode * With Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley & Jai Johnny Johnson without Phil
First Mississippi Half Step
5 bucks...dead, abb, and i blv marshall tucker...one of my older brothers went, which is only show any of my 3 older siblings went to...he says he strictly went to see ABB ....and for the "event" etc...
It was summer of 1969...We headed into the city to see a free show up in central park. We were running late and then we got sidetracked. We show up in the park and we head towards the music. We end up getting there very late and caught the last 15 minutes of the dead. June 22, 1969. Went to Woodstock but did not see any music. Heard stuff in distance but no actual sighting of a band on a stage.
Next up an early show in February 1970 at the Fillmore East love, the allman brothers, and the gd.
Now it is a Friday night in May 1970. 16 years old. All psyched out and ready for an evening with the riders and gd at the Fillmore. I left the house with a ticket for the early show. I met up with a crew of people from the neighborhood (Bay Ridge). I then was given a ticket for the late show while I was inside the Fillmore watching the riders. I was talking to the usher in the back and said that I was going to have to call my mother about the late show. He said come with me and took me to the office to meet with Kip (house manager). Kip said go ahead and use the phone and call your mom. So I called mom and told her that I was going to stay for the second show and that I would probably be headed to breezy point in the am and would be home in the afternoon. As expected did not go over well but it went over. Kip provided me with a house pass and stated that I did not have to leave the building between shows. I did leave the building to meet with friends. We hung around grabbed some beers. We all went back in. it was a double great show on a Friday night way back in may 1970.
That was the day that I got on the bus and have never looked back.
After this is was a whole bunch of shows in the nyc city area at places that mainly don’t exist. (the fillmore, action house (needed fake proof), the Anderson theatre, the academy of music, 46th street, Roosevelt stadium, gaelic park, capitol in portchester, capital in nj, Stanley theatre, felt forum, manhattan center, and a monstrously long weekend at watkins) I kept trying to hit as many nyc shows as I could up to some of the beacon shows in 1976.
I never stopped listening. In fact I mainly listen to dead, phil, and riders as my main music but I slowed down on dead shows for a long time. I hit up a couple of dead shows at MSG but did not go to a lot of dead related shows until phil came along. Then it has been phil and ratdog as often as possible.
As previously stated in other postings – god bless the grateful dead…
Although I'd listened to a couple of their albums for a few years before, my first three shows were Buffalo 89, Hamilton 90 second night, and Buffalo 90. No wonder I kept seeing shoes after Brent died.
DJ Easy Wind- 8.4.76 was my 1st show also!! Just graduated high school in June....headed down to beautiful Jersey City with some friends and that was the start of having the Grateful Dead be part of my DNA.
Next show - Red Rocks 7.8.78
Third show - Giants 9.2.78
All 3 shows are in heavy rotation on the listening devices!
Mississippi Half-Step, New Minglewood Blues, Ramble on Rose, Cassidy, Brown-Eyed Women, Lazy Lightnin'-->Supplication, Crazy Fingers, El Paso, It Must Have Been the Roses, Music Never Stopped
Help on the Way-->Slipknot!-->Franklin's Tower, Looks Like Rain, Eyes of the World, Samson and Delilah, High Time, Dancin' in the Streets, Wharf Rat, Drumz-->The Other One, Morning Dew
Mississippi Half Step-> Franklin's Tower, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Peggy-O, It's All Over Now, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Shakedown Street, Passenger, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Black Peter-> I Need A Miracle-> Bertha-> Good Lovin'
DJ Easy Wind; thanks for posting the colored pictures from Roosevelt Stadium. I've never seen them before. I did stumble upon the video about a year ago, what a trip! You're right it was a shit hole, but I would go back in a minute. The boys did a couple of great shows there.
Aoxomoxoa Ox: my 3&4 shows were RedRocks 8/30&31/78 Roosevelt to Redrocks two different worlds,in what seem to feel like such a short period of time.
I started listening to the Dead in the Fall of '76. I was unable to make it to a show until the 1-10-79 show at Nassau Coliseum. I was in the 22nd Row Center with my friend Jordan and a few other good friends. It was an awesome experience. I have heard this show referred to as being an "End of an era show". The last time they ever played Darkstar and St. Stephen at the same show, let alone in the same set. Happy I got to see Keith and Donna, as I had been listening to shows for about two years at this point. To this day, a soundboard of this show has not appeared. The show also opened on a Chuck Berry Song and closed on a Chuck Berry Song. Then they encored with a Chuck Berry song.
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (1/10/79)
Promised Land, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, El Paso, Row Jimmy, Passenger, Loser, Music Never Stopped
Shakedown Street, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Good Lovin', Dark Star, Drums/Space, Wharf Rat, St. Stephen, Around and Around
"I gotta admit I was kinda glad when Phil and Ned got done, That shit was starting to freak me out."
A guy I worked with that summer, a few years older than me. came up to me at work the next day and said the exact same thing. I wasn't in a unusual state of mind so I hadn't really noticed, but later (when I was a bit more experienced with psychedelics) I realized just how weird that stuff must have been.
Nassau Coliseum 11/2/79 This whole run rocked and so did this show. Sound quality is off the charts for this one, just give the 1/2 Step 3 minutes for it to kick in. 30 mins of 1/2->Franklin's right out of the gate for my dead live career.
Set 1
Mississippi Half Step-> Franklin's Tower, El Paso-> Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Deal
Set 2
I Need A Miracle-> Bertha-> Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Casey Jones
Rich Stadium 90'. Blew my mind. Real nice video of the show on youtube. Jerry looks very healthy and entirly engaged. l did not realize my luck seeing this show at the time, but l was hooked. Did not understand why the 8 or so shows l would catch until the end would ever hold up. Brent died shortly after this show and it really did go downhill after 91'.
My first show. 4/21/78 Rupp Arena in Lexington KY. There were like 2000 people in a brand new basketball arena that at the time held about 23,000. It was a great show and my only time to see Keith and Donna with the band. When I asked DJ last year if she remembered how empty the place was, she told me she could not remember the show. I said well.... you were there.
April 6th, 1982, Philly Spectrum (The Rectum). Went with a neighbor who turned me on a few months ago with a Long Beach tape with Airto and Purim on it, forget the date. Snowing on the way in, Cold Rain And Snow opener, Lost Sailor, St. Of Circumstance. Was electric for the show, 2nd level right side of the stage. Never seen or felt anything like it before, jumped on the bus and been riding it ever since.
Memory of a dude after the show: Came to our car to see if his keys fit. They did not, so off to the next car he went, searching for a car that fit his keys. Guy was determined and probably eventually found his car either by perserverence or when the number of cars left in the lot got small his odds got better! Good Times!
Yeah, that was probably us RocknRye. On 4/6/82 we were partying in my friends brand new Chevy Blazer right before the show and rushed out of the truck too quickly and left the keys in the ignition with the truck running.
We made the decision to go the show anyway and maybe the truck would still be there.
Came out of the show and the truck was still there running with the keys locked in it.
We tried for hours to get in it, until we were the only vehicle in the Spectrum parking lot.
All the local locksmiths were not open because of the storm and holiday.
Then some kids looking to breaking into cars should us how to take out the lock module with a knife and we were out of there.
Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger, Dire Wolf, Minglewood Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Wang Dang Doodle, Big Railroad Blues, Let It Grow-> Day Job
Set 2: China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Playin' In The Band-> China Doll-> Drums-> Saint Stephen-> Throwing Stones-> One More Saturday Night, E: Brokedown Palace
Mine is a strange one that was attended by a very small crowd of about 3000 people in the brand new 21,000 seat UK basketball arena in Lexington KY. April 21, 1978. I remember telling my friends sister who took us that "these guys aren't very popular around here it seems." The place looked totally empty except for the floor and a few hundred scattered in lower seats. I asked Donna once in a car ride together if she remembered that show at all. She told me she did not. I did see a double encore too! Werewolves and US Blues!
^^^1989, Portland Maine. Little Feat opened. Loved it!^^^
End of Summer '88 shows, first night was real special, as was the return of the Feat. Raceway was in Oxford, but the Daze Inn in Portland was party central.
I had just graduated high school and my prom date scored a pair of tickets to the second Beacon show (June 15, 1976) from her older brother. He had gotten them from being on the Deadhead fan club list.
This was a big deal – my first Grateful Dead show – in NYC! and in a small place (Beacon seats like 2,500 - 3,000 ). I was used to Capital Center for rock concerts.
I was already a Dead Head. I had seen the Jerry band the previous November 1975 in DC. And Kingfish (with Keith, Donna, and Billy opening) the previous December 1975, also in DC. So I had actually seen most of the band already.
Somehow I had missed the Dead’s 74 Cap Center shows --I was in high school -- maybe I had homework to do or something -- in spite of seeing many other concerts at that venue around that time (Clapton, Harrison, Grand Funk, CSNY, Zeppelin, Allman Bros, Starship).
So seeing a concert wasn’t a big deal, as much as the two hundred mile road trip from Baltimore to NYC. I was driving my high school car – a 1963 Dynamic 88, a predecessor to the Oldsmobile Delta 88, which had the size and shape of an aircraft carrier. (photos not exactly like mine, but close):
Powered by a 394 cui V8.
The trunk was so big the spare tire hardly took up any room in there.
We drive up there with a younger friend that didn’t have ticket, with no other plans but to go to the show. None of us knew anything about NY...Balto and DC was our known world. I was working that summer, so I’m sure I had a little money, but this was before kids had credit cards. An ashtray full of dimes and a phone booth was the only way to contact anyone.
(Most young people don't realize the world was B&W back then.)
I don’t remember where we parked but do remember the scene outside the Beacon. It was bedlam. Kids, old hippies, cops. It was the first time the Dead had been back to Manhattan since 72 and all the freaks were out in force. Apparently, the night before people had literally crawled over the building looking to break in and did, so to placate the crowd the night of the second show, the street was closed off and speakers were placed outside the venue so people outside could hear the show for free. Cool. Still, people were trying to break in the building -- crawing up the fire escapes, hanging from the roof. Nuts.
What a carnival – with a somewhat edgy vibe, maybe due to the presence of so many Hells Angels. The bikes were parked side by side all up and down the street.
June 14 New York Times: “The police dispersed a crowd of several hundred disappointed rock music fans who gathered outside the Beacon Theater on Broadway at 74th Street last night, hoping to buy admission tickets to a concert by the Grateful Dead rock group. Some of the fans had surged around the block to the back of the theater where they banged on exit doors and climbed the theater fire escape. The concert had been sold out by mail, but the rock fans were still hoping for a few last minute seats. Tonight's concert also has been sold out, according to a theater spokesman.”
My date and I headed to a nearby restaurant called the Copper Penny to grab something to eat before the show. The waitress seated us at a table for two in the back and a little bit later asked if it was ok if she slid our table a couple of feet over so she could fit another table in. Of course, we said sure. Now I looked pretty young for 17 but my girlfriend looked old enough and they served us beer – I thought I was hot shit getting a Heineken with my bacon burger.
We had just broached the subject of when to eat the acid, when a few sprinkles of dust appeared from above. Suddenly BOOM!! – a cement block about a foot square crashed down directly in the middle of our table! Knocking over our drinks and squashing my dinner. Right between us, while we were just sitting there, like a bull running thru an old Colt 45 commercial. Right where she the waitress just relocated us. We were in shock.
Everyone in the restaurant looked round in disbelief and the staff came running over. They were very apologetic and quite stunned themselves as there was a square hole in their ceiling and a chunk of concrete and debris all over our table. “Are you alright? What can I get you?” For some reason, all I could think of was “a whisky sour” – I hadn’t started drinking hard alcohol yet and didn’t know much about cocktails outside bar mitzvahs. (Knowing what I know now, I probably could have gotten a free college tuition out of the situation, but we were kids.) We couldn’t even stick around for another (free) meal, ‘cause we had a show to go to.
So we navigate thru the pandemonium outside the Beacon and get into the show and we are up in the balcony a few rows in, getting settled in some really good seats. The Beacon was pretty shabby back then as I recall. Finally, the show starts. I had a bunch of Dead albums by that time and knew the "old" songs.
And at some point, -- I think it was early in the show, out of nowhere a person comes running down the steps behind us and leaps over us and over the rail, onto the people on the floor below. His shoe practically skimmed my girlfriend. WTF? Had to have slammed into someone below. Looked over the balcony and it was a mess but I don't remember medics or a delayed show. Too weird.
June 15, 1976 - fairly standard show with some highlights - I think I read the Dead partied very late the night before with all their NY friends, so they were tired.
We enjoyed the hell out of it... and were certainly in a very altered state due to everything. Music included.
SET 1
The Promised Land Sugaree Cassidy Candyman The Music Never Stopped It Must Have Been The Roses Looks Like Rain Tennessee Jed Let It Grow > Drums Let It Grow > Might As Well
SET 2
Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Drums > Stella Blue Samson & Delilah Friend Of The Devil Dancin' In The Street > The Wheel > Sugar Magnolia > Scarlet Begonias > Sunshine Daydream
ENCORE Johnny B. Goode
Not bad for a first show...
After the show we were half in a daze and half amped. My friend that went with us didn’t get in and has a whole bunch of funny stories from his time outside literally dancing in the streets.
Needless to say, with no clue about where to stay in NYC, we were so jacked up from all the events that occurred that we drove straight home, arriving at dawn.
76 has no standard shows - maybe not every night was a mindblower but there are few years that have a more unique sound and more unique arrangements than 76, and at least on paper thats an ideal 76 setlist
i was in 8th grade may of 80 and was selling bootleg T shirts at Nassau with an older kid from the neighborhood who got hooked up with a bootlegger at his HS. near the end of the pre-show selling i was convinced to trade my last t shirt for a ticket. then they said, you'll need one of these ... so i took it and the next day when i was sitting in class at my catholic elementary school when i realized everything they had told me was bullshit and there was SO MUCH MORE to learn about life and that they were never gonna make me hip to it...that bus came by alright
^8th grade is Elementary school? And I think Wavy Gravy said LSD amplifies what's in you. Some people become monks, some people become nymphomaniacs and everything in between.
My first show was technically my cousin Karen taking me to one of the RKO theaters in Brooklyn to see the Dave Clark Five promoting Having a Wild Weekend in august 1965 (I was 11) a lot of screaming going on for three quick tunes…
My first real concert was on November 12 1967 The Vanilla Fudge and The Fifth Dimension out at Westbury. My friend Joe Baio was in a play with Phyllis Newman and he got us tickets to the show which was after his Sunday afternoon play. Joe was a brother to James (Soap) and a cousin of Scott (Chachi from Happy Days)
Next up was the Jefferson Airplane with Buddy Guy on Thanksgiving weekend 1968 at the Fillmore East. An STP filled great time…
After that it was the first time seeing the Grateful Dead. We finally arrived at the Bandshell in Central Park to hear the last ten or 15 minutes of the GD on June 22 1969.
Six weeks later it was time to go back to Central Park on August 10 1969 to see the Jefferson Airplane and Santana in a free show at the Sheep Meadow. That was a very Sunshine filled day…
Followed by a trip to Woodstock where we heard no music, saw no acts, but had a very spacey good time.
Then it was on to November to see the Rolling Stones at MSG.
It was great to have older friends who were into all sorts of shows. Also after January 1970 when I turned 16 I was working a union job at RCA delivering telegrams after work and always had extra cash for tickets. After that it was lots more dead, moody blues, tull, who, stones. Mayall, savoy brown, hot tuna, byrds, dead, creedence, Janis, Kinks, Quicksilver and many others all before the old age of 18…
10-22-83 Syracuse... me and a friend from our dorm hitch-hiked from Edinboro PA (Erie area) to the show and back.... the scene outside the venue was when it dawned on me that there was something more going with this band and the Deadheads than I realized. The Band, without Robertson, with The Cate Brothers opened. I wasn't familiar with them, but really liked them and soaked it all in. As for the Dead, who I was somewhat familiar with from my room mate who had some albums and bootlegs, I thought they were great and really liked the lights going with the music going with the crowd.... after the show being blown out the doors because the dome is pressurized... we walked to the NY turnpike entrance and hitch-hiked back to PA, arriving 24 hours after we left... that was a great day indeed!
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I was at that Frost show and
I was at that Frost show and the day before. Also saw them there in 82. Classic place. My second favorite venue.
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11/16/78
https://archive.org/details/gd78-11-16.nak300.wiley.11487.sbeok.shnf
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3.23.86
3.23.86
Set 1
Gimme Some Lovin'-> Deal, Hand Jive, Candyman, Cassidy, West L.A. Fadeaway, Mama Tried-> Big River-> Might As Well
Set 2
Shakedown Street-> Samson & Delilah, He's Gone-> Spoonful-> Drums-> The Other One-> Comes A Time-> Good Lovin', E: Day Job
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3/16/73 .... my sister took
3/16/73 .... my sister took me, I was 12.....
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9-2-78
9-2-78
Perfect Attendance @ GD Giants' shows
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I got a tape labeled summer
I got a tape labeled summer solstice around '89. Morning Dew, Lovelight.
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not until 4/8/91...
not until 4/8/91...
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my first show 7/9/89
my first show 7/9/89
my last show 7/9/95 (the last dead performance)
6 years to the day.. trippy
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You guys do this to make me
You guys do this to make me feel old don't you.
11/11/71, Atlanta Municipal Auditorium. New Riders opened. Big stink over people standing in the aisles and up front, fite marshall threatening to cut power. 20 minute delay, Lesh to cops: "That's not necessary, man!". Garcia to cops: " Big man, big man!"
Two weeks after Duane Allman's death.
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A+ LeS
A+ LeS
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Les, cool
Les, cool
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New Years 1986 in Oakland...
New Years 1986 in Oakland... but saw a lot of JGB shows before that.
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12/29/69 New Boston Tea Party
12/29/69 New Boston Tea Party. Had never heard a single note of GD. During Good Lovin' a big guy got onto the one-foot high stage and threw Weir's mic stand into the crowd.
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Ya the frost was a special
Ya the frost was a special place. My only show there. The couple in there late fifties started having sex right next to me?? I was like wow!! this band has some power. have a buddy Sherwin who was at Magoos pizza in 65 for the Warlocks 1st show. i just feel blest to have seen 98 dead shows and about 30-35 JGB shows. Much Love all.........
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3/22/72 Academy of Music, NYC
3/22/72 Academy of Music, NYC
Only time I got to see Pigpen.
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Lassen 7/9/89 was my only
Lassen 7/9/89 was my only show in 89 as I was out of the country a lot. But it was a goodie. Remember the whole play was on fire. I listen to it a lot also There a pro shot first set opening songs on youtube which is great. Tons of folks jumping onto the field.
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6-17-1976 Capitol Theater NJ
6-17-1976 Capitol Theater NJ then 2 night's later again at the Capitol 6-19-76 and then 8-4-76 Roosevelt Stadium NJ
All 3 times they played , Help>Slip> Franks...
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First I'm going to say that
First I'm going to say that just because we CAN post larger images doesn't mean we should. That ticket stub in the OP is MASSIVE.
For me it was 10/21/78
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From Voodoo's youtube, 7/9/89
From Voodoo's youtube, 7/9/89, Shakedown>Jack Straw >West Fadeway
my first show, trippin balls, was quite the scene.. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j6A5-26YOs
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McNichols Arena, Denver,
McNichols Arena, Denver, October 1977.
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Alpine 88 first foolish heart
Alpine 88 first foolish heart
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March of 81 two nights at
March of 81 two nights at cleveland music hall
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I saw Garcia/Kahn a few
I saw Garcia/Kahn a few months before I saw the GD.
2/1/86, Orpheum
SET LIST
SET 1
SET 2
ENCORE
first GD: Portland, 3/28/86
Iko Iko Beat it on Down the Line Loser Good Time Blues Me and My Uncle Mexicali Blues Althea Box of Rain
Playin' in the Band Franklin's Tower I Need a Miracle Playin' in the Band drums The Wheel Dear Mr. Fantasy Playin' in the Band Around and Around Good Lovin' Baby Blue
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10/31/79 Nassau Coliseum
10/31/79 Nassau Coliseum
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9-11-73: William and Mary
9-11-73: William and Mary Hall. Later learned it was Hornsby's first show, too. Six bucks. Second night three bucks.
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6/14/76
6/14/76
Beacon Theater
.....not as old as Les or Surfdead, lol
Playdeadstaysneaky
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Lizard Lips (lol) that 86
Lizard Lips (lol) that 86 frost show or maybe the day before was some older guy with glasses sitting on the lip of the stage facing the audience with his legs dangling off the stage and digging it. I always wondered who he was. Did you see that? I think it was Willy Legate an old friend of Garcias after looking at pictures of him.
http://www.dead.net/features/news/remembering-willy-legate
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Good call coolio. maybe. was
Good call coolio. maybe. was flying so couldn't say. My 2nd show was 6/22/86 greek. The only shows i saw at those venues. Very sad.
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4/6/87 Brendan Byrne Arena,
4/6/87 Brendan Byrne Arena, Meadowlands NJ
opened with Dancin in the Streets (last one?)
great Jack Straw, and a Terrapin out of space
I was hooked
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New Years Eve 1981 at the
New Years Eve 1981 at the Oakland Coliseum (my home venue). I was six years old and my nanny, Polita Gonzales, took me....my dad and step mom were in Italy for a long vacation. That day and night were the most special. I know why I love Dark Star and The Other One....I melted completely sober, six years old, into those songs and the Phil Bombs! Polita introduced me to a completely different side of the world, and I've changed profoundly because of her showing me the Grateful Dead. Thank you Polita!!!!! After that show, I didn't go to a show on my own until 1988. There were ALOT of songs you don't usually get in this show.
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-12-31.sbd.gans.33660.sbeok.flac16
This is a newer recently uploaded SBD version from David Gans that blows the others as far as sound out of the water. (~)-)
1 Land Of A Thousand Dances - 03:42
2 Do Right Woman - 03:11
3 The Boxer - 04:11
4 Tunisian New Year Song - 01:51
5 Me & Bobby McGee - 05:07
6 Bye Bye Love - 03:07
7 Lucifer's Eyes - 05:15
8 Children Of The 80's - 06:26
9 Banks Of The Ohio - 04:46
10 Shakedown Street - 15:19
11 Me And My Uncle > - 03:00
12 Mexicali Blues - 04:44
13 Cold Rain And Snow - 06:19
14 C C Rider* - 09:05
15 It Must Have Been The Roses** > - 06:29
16 Beat It On Down The Line - 03:43
17Big Boss Man* > - 05:57
18 New Minglewood Blues* - 06:16
19 Don't Ease Me In - 03:17
20 Ken Kesey Banter/Midnight Countdown - 08:14
21I ko Iko - 08:35
22 Playing In The Band > - 14:48
23 Terrapin Station > - 14:43
24 Playing In The Band > - 02:37
25 Drums > - 17:55
26 Space > - 06:38
27 The Other One > - 03:59
28 Not Fade Away > - 07:24
29 Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > - 07:15
30 Morning Dew - 10:55
31 Dark Star > - 15:06
32 Bertha > - 06:29
33 Good Lovin' - 09:58
34 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue** - 07:16
35 The Chinese Joke - 00:47
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What a nanny!!!! Great story.
What a nanny!!!! Great story.
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{{{Polita}}}
{{{Polita}}}
06-29-84 Blossom was bloomin'
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Saw my first King Crimson
Saw my first King Crimson show there the same week!
Life changed
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Canyon Critter did she dose
Canyon Critter did she dose you?
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8/5/74 Philly Civic Center
8/5/74 Philly Civic Center
Still have the stub.
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I attended a Phil Lesh
I attended a Phil Lesh Trumpet recital in 1959 at his high school....
that was the 1st time he sang china doll.
I didnt see another show until Miami 1989...10/25
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Whoaaa.... to the Lesh
Whoaaa.... to the Lesh recital
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Hampton, 3-22-87
Had been listening to the GD since 84/85 but first show & I was dosed to the gills (and beyond...)
Hampton Roads Coliseum, Hampton, VA (3/22/87)
Hell in a Bucket
Sugaree
It's All Over Now
West L.A. Fadeaway
El Paso
When Push Comes to Shove
Cassidy
Deal
Sugar Magnolia
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Estimated Prophet
d/s
The Wheel
Black Peter
Sunshine Daydream
*Baby Blue
https://archive.org/details/gd87-03-22.schoeps.weber-small.dnk.3854.sbef...
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11/14/78 Boston Music Hall
11/14/78
Boston Music Hall
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8/4/76 Went to see a
8/4/76 Went to see a chimpanzee smoke a cigarette on roller skates,and The Grateful Dead showed up. Strange to say the least!
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Funny how those things happen
Funny how those things happen
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When I was in High School.
When I was in High School taking purple windowpane I dug them long before I saw them listening to Europe 72 and other tapes.
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First out of state (Ohio) run
First out of state (Ohio) run for me!
Also caught Alpine, Pittsburgh (Neville Brothers surprise), and MSG that year.
Great year for the Grateful Dead
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4/5/82 Spectrum about a month
4/5/82 Spectrum about a month before my 13th birthday. This is the best recording I can find. Love to get a soundboard. Lot of people have told me the next night was the better of the 2, but of course this one's special to me & I think it's a pretty good show.
https://archive.org/details/gd1982-04-05.nak700.wagner.miller.90496.sbeo...
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3/24/73 Philadelphia Spectrum
3/24/73 Philadelphia Spectrum
For what it's worth Chuck, I was at both of those '82 Spectrum shows and while the 6th is arguably the better show I enjoyed the 5th much more. And that included having to leave during Wharf Rat because my brother was too high on acid. It was understandable, that second set was a mind melt.
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9/2/78 Giants Stadium
9/2/78 Giants Stadium
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It was the summer of 1965 -
It was the summer of 1965 - on vacation with my family, I saw the Warlocks do a free show on the Haight!
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9/2/78 for whatever reason
9/2/78 for whatever reason was a brilliant show.... Peggy O....and that Lazy > supp to close the set was just.....great...everything else was gravy, and leaving with a sunset was pretty cool
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Utah '87
Utah '87
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Dylan and the Dead JFK 87
Dylan and the Dead JFK 87
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mutha for the win!
mutha for the win!
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McNichols Arena in Denver
McNichols Arena in Denver 1990. Was big into metal and hard rock and wanted to see what all my hippie friends kept raving about. Thought it would be an old country rock band with a big party in the parking lot. Ate the white blotter and went inside. Haven't been the same since.
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11/2/79 Nassau Veterans
11/2/79 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
I was fifteen.
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soundcheck at Summer Jam,
soundcheck at Summer Jam, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Racecourse, 7/27/73
I must admit, I don't remember a whole lot about my experience at Watkins Glen... was slingin' weed & sheets of WP
and actually, I attended Summer Jam primarily to see the Allman Brothers, not the GD or The Band
but after seeing the GD there, I was definitely hooked
and the rest, they say, is history
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4/29/77 Palladium, NYC
4/29/77 Palladium, NYC
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old people are smexy~
old people are smexy~
Hartford 90. never looked back...
thank god for the grateful dead!
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I'm still waiting for tickets
I'm still waiting for tickets to go on sale
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April 13, 1988 Rosemont, IL..
April 13, 1988 Rosemont, IL....never looked back OR been the same since
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8/12/81 Salt Palace
8/12/81 Salt Palace
Alabama Getaway-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Friend Of The Devil, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Jack A Roe-> CC Rider, Althea, Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance
Might As Well-> Women Are Smarter, Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Spanish Jam-> Truckin'-> Morning Dew-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin', E: U.S. Blues
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RFK 1990. Great time
RFK 1990. Great time
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<<<8/4/76 Went to see a
<<<8/4/76 Went to see a chimpanzee smoke a cigarette on roller skates,and The Grateful Dead showed up. Strange to say the least!>>>
Cosmic, Charlie.
For reals. Mr. Jiggs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQuc6UitnEA
****************
Grateful Dead Live at Roosevelt Stadium on 8-04-1976
August 4, 1976
Set 1
Sugaree, Minglewood Blues, Row Jimmy, Big River, Loser, Looks Like Rain, They Love Each Other, The Music Never Stopped, Scarlet Begonias
Set 2
Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower-> Dancin' In The Streets-> The Wheel-> Samson & Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Not Fade Away-> Drums-> The Other One-> Ship of Fools, Sugar Magnolia, E: Johnny B. Goode
Roosevelt Stadium was a total shithole. Best day of my youth at age 16, maybe the first day of my adulthood too. Great times...
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love this thread.
love this thread.
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Capitol Theatre 6.19.76
Capitol Theatre 6.1
https://youtu.be/z_bXHbUqOd0
9.76
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Grateful Dead Live at
Grateful Dead Live at Philadelphia Civic Arena on 1974-08-05
Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Dire Wolf, Me And Bobby McGee, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Around & Around Phil & Ned*, Mississippi Half Step-> It Must Have Been The Roses, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me & My Uncle, Scarlet Begonias, He's Gone-> Truckin'-> Jam-> The Other One Jam -> Space -> Jam -> Stella Blue-> One More Saturday Night, E: U.S. Blues
https://archive.org/details/gd74-08-05.aud.weiner.21294.sbeok.shnf
This nite changed my life forever and at 14, I was the most grateful and luckiest girl ever :) Also, this would be the first show for my now hubby as well (((( many moons later ~ Fate )))).
....and Backroads Bill...:)
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No, I was only six years old. Although I did gain some serious experience watching her husband trip balls on a puddle of craziness. Thank God, cuz I'm not a fan of dosing little children or animals. I was completely sober, but still melted! It's a very spiritual experience to me, and I'm glad I dosed for the first time on my own terms (~);-)
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Looks like Joanie showed up,
Looks like Joanie showed up, sans Chachie, in that 1st Randerson pic.
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Las Vegas in May of 1993.
Las Vegas in May of 1993.
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Furtur festival 1998
Furthur festival 1998
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Posted by..
onthehillside
Crazy Fingers on Sunday, December 4, 2016 – 05:12 pm
4/6/87 Brendan Byrne Arena,
4/6/87 Brendan Byrne Arena, Meadowlands NJ
opened with Dancin in the Streets (last one?)
great Jack Straw, and a Terrapin out of space
I was hooked
My first show as well..Yes it was the last Dancin'..same reaction also-Instantly hooked..
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Baltimore Civic Center 5/4/80
Baltimore Civic Center 5/4/80
https://archive.org/details/gd1980-05-04.nak700.glassberg.motb.fix-96584.96910.flac16
And Lizard Lips my ticket # for that Frost show was 5246.
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Madison Square Garden 9/4/79.
Madison Square Garden 9/4/79.
Jack Straw
Sugaree
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Candyman
New Minglewood Blues
Tennessee Jed
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
Deal
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Looks Like Rain
He's Gone
drums
Wharf Rat
Around and Around
Shakedown Street
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Richfield Sep 90
...
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Iwas at every show from
I was at every show from Cumberlyn's post onward.
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>>>>>have a buddy Sherwin
>>>>>have a buddy Sherwin who was at Magoos pizza in 65 for the Warlocks 1st show
Wow! Can you get him to post here about his memories of that momentous occasion?
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Didn't see it posted, so here
Didn't see it posted, so here's the guys that performed after Mr Jiggs 8/4/76.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grateful+dead+8%2F4%2F76
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https://archive.org/details
https://archive.org/details/gd73-06-10.sbd.hollister.174.sbeok.shnf
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1/8/79 at The Garden
1/8/79 at The Garden
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10/25/80 - RCMH
10/25/80 - RCMH
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March 1981, Boston Garden,
March 1981, Boston Garden, age 17....opened set 2 with Terrapin...although versed on the albums, I had no real clue what was going on....took 18 months, and time at Northwestern University under the tuneage of Joe T and buzz management schooling of The Ted, before I got it with shows 4 and 5 at Alpine Valley in August 82.
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surf dead- he's not into the
surf dead- he's not into the computer thing at all but he also saw mother mcgreeds jug town champions all thru 64.
said he was 17 in 65 and 21 in 69. That would have been sick. I asked him once how many shows have ya seen and
his reply was stopped counting after 800. great guy. Carmels hippie mascott. peace bro. bong hit time
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I will play.
I will play.
Englishtown 1977 first show fo me.
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Woo Hoo Cumberlyn,
Woo Hoo Cumberlyn,
I gotta admit I was kinda glad when Phil and Ned got done,
That shit was starting to freak me out.
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What's his name Lizard Lips??
What's his name Lizard Lips??
And I met a guy who was living in Honduras 11 years ago who ran away from home at 14 from So. Cal. to San Fransisco in 65. Lived there till 67 when he went back home. He would hang at the Dead house in the Haight. Said he knew all those guys. Said it was totally free. You could just walk in and grab a bite to eat if there was food. Said speed killed the scene. His name was Jimmy. I wonder if Row Jimmy is named for him.
Saw on youtube a vvid from the 60's where the diggers are giving out free food in the park. I recognized Jimmy in the vid getting free handouts.
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Sherwin. He grew up in
Sherwin. He grew up in Redwood City. Moved to carmel 81
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5/11/81 New Haven
5/11/81
New Haven
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Ha! Mr. Lizardo's first show
Ha! Mr. Lizardo's first show was on my 17th birthday & Jambone's was on my 12th. Never got to see the Dead on my b'day
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4/19/83 - Orono, Maine Never
4/19/83 - Orono, Maine Never been the same since
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1981-08-27-Long Beach Aud
1981-08-27-Long Beach Aud
https://archive.org/details/gd81-08-27.aud.jeffm.4977.sbeok.shnf
first set: second set
Alabama Getaway> Samson and Delilah
Promised Land Scarlet Begonias> Fire on the Mountain
Friend of the Devil Estimated Prophet>Eyes of the World>
CC Rider Drums>Space>Not Fade Away>
Peggy-O Black Peter>Good Lovin'
El Paso E: Don't Ease Me In
Bird Song
Passenger
Cumberland Blues
Looks Like Rain
Might As Well
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Nassau spring 82
Nassau spring 82
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Dillon Stadium - Hartford, CT
Dillon Stadium - Hartford, CT
7/16/72
Set 1:
Promised Land - Cold Rain And Snow - Black Throated Wind - Sugaree - Playin' In The Band - Tennessee Jed -
Jack Straw -Deal - Mexicali Blues - Stella Blue - Cumberland Blues - Me And My Uncle - Mississippi Half-Step >
Sing Me Back Home - Casey Jones
Set 2:
Truckin' > Drums > The Other One > He's Gone > The Other One > Looks Like Rain - Ramble On Rose -
Sugar Magnolia - * Not Fade Away > * Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > * Hey Bo Diddley
Encore: Johnny B. Goode
* With Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley & Jai Johnny Johnson without Phil
First Mississippi Half Step
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Dave, thats a great stub!
Dave, thats a great stub!
5 bucks...dead, abb, and i blv marshall tucker...one of my older brothers went, which is only show any of my 3 older siblings went to...he says he strictly went to see ABB ....and for the "event" etc...
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Maybe he could recount or
Maybe he could recount or write his Magoo's memories and you could post it?
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This one
This one
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Phil's birthday Nassau 73'
Phil's birthday Nassau 73'
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>>>> Phil's birthday Nassau
>>>> Phil's birthday Nassau 73'
Was that March 15th, and did you go to the 16th?
https://archive.org/details/gd73-03-15.sbd.cotsman.14035.sbeok.shnf
Cool thread
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NRPS 1973 GD 6/26/76
NRPS 1973
GD 6/26/76
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Great The Other One on that
Great The Other One on that Phil Birthday show!!! ^^^^^^^^
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It was summer of 1969...We
It was summer of 1969...We headed into the city to see a free show up in central park. We were running late and then we got sidetracked. We show up in the park and we head towards the music. We end up getting there very late and caught the last 15 minutes of the dead. June 22, 1969. Went to Woodstock but did not see any music. Heard stuff in distance but no actual sighting of a band on a stage.
Next up an early show in February 1970 at the Fillmore East love, the allman brothers, and the gd.
Now it is a Friday night in May 1970. 16 years old. All psyched out and ready for an evening with the riders and gd at the Fillmore. I left the house with a ticket for the early show. I met up with a crew of people from the neighborhood (Bay Ridge). I then was given a ticket for the late show while I was inside the Fillmore watching the riders. I was talking to the usher in the back and said that I was going to have to call my mother about the late show. He said come with me and took me to the office to meet with Kip (house manager). Kip said go ahead and use the phone and call your mom. So I called mom and told her that I was going to stay for the second show and that I would probably be headed to breezy point in the am and would be home in the afternoon. As expected did not go over well but it went over. Kip provided me with a house pass and stated that I did not have to leave the building between shows. I did leave the building to meet with friends. We hung around grabbed some beers. We all went back in. it was a double great show on a Friday night way back in may 1970.
That was the day that I got on the bus and have never looked back.
After this is was a whole bunch of shows in the nyc city area at places that mainly don’t exist. (the fillmore, action house (needed fake proof), the Anderson theatre, the academy of music, 46th street, Roosevelt stadium, gaelic park, capitol in portchester, capital in nj, Stanley theatre, felt forum, manhattan center, and a monstrously long weekend at watkins) I kept trying to hit as many nyc shows as I could up to some of the beacon shows in 1976.
I never stopped listening. In fact I mainly listen to dead, phil, and riders as my main music but I slowed down on dead shows for a long time. I hit up a couple of dead shows at MSG but did not go to a lot of dead related shows until phil came along. Then it has been phil and ratdog as often as possible.
As previously stated in other postings – god bless the grateful dead…
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I have a buddy whos 1st show
I have a buddy whos 1st show was Grass Valley also. Great venue. Have seen Mickey play there at the fairgrounds a couple times!!
I live 6 miles from there and love it!!! Good memories man. Peace
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Although I'd listened to a
Although I'd listened to a couple of their albums for a few years before, my first three shows were Buffalo 89, Hamilton 90 second night, and Buffalo 90. No wonder I kept seeing shoes after Brent died.
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DJ Easy Wind- 8.4.76 was my
DJ Easy Wind- 8.4.76 was my 1st show also!! Just graduated high school in June....headed down to beautiful Jersey City with some friends and that was the start of having the Grateful Dead be part of my DNA.
Next show - Red Rocks 7.8.78
Third show - Giants 9.2.78
All 3 shows are in heavy rotation on the listening devices!
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4-6-1982 Philly Spectrum
4-6-1982 Philly Spectrum
https://archive.org/details/gd1982-04-06.sbd.miller.105237.flac16
Early Spring snow, the boys busted out a Cold Rain and Snow opener. Left my seat and saw the hallways undulating with dancers, yeah I knew right then.
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9/23/76, Cameron Indoor
9/23/76, Cameron Indoor Stadium
Mississippi Half-Step, New Minglewood Blues, Ramble on Rose, Cassidy, Brown-Eyed Women, Lazy Lightnin'-->Supplication, Crazy Fingers, El Paso, It Must Have Been the Roses, Music Never Stopped
Help on the Way-->Slipknot!-->Franklin's Tower, Looks Like Rain, Eyes of the World, Samson and Delilah, High Time, Dancin' in the Streets, Wharf Rat, Drumz-->The Other One, Morning Dew
(no encore)
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My first also had no encore
My first also had no encore
Billerica Forum on 5/11/79
Mississippi Half Step-> Franklin's Tower, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Peggy-O, It's All Over Now, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication Shakedown Street, Passenger, Ship of Fools, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Black Peter-> I Need A Miracle-> Bertha-> Good Lovin'
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DJ Easy Wind; thanks for
DJ Easy Wind; thanks for posting the colored pictures from Roosevelt Stadium. I've never seen them before. I did stumble upon the video about a year ago, what a trip! You're right it was a shit hole, but I would go back in a minute. The boys did a couple of great shows there.
Aoxomoxoa Ox: my 3&4 shows were RedRocks 8/30&31/78 Roosevelt to Redrocks two different worlds,in what seem to feel like such a short period of time.
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spectrum 11-6-79
spectrum
11-6-79
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Alpine Valley '88
Alpine Valley '88
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Nassau 15,16,@18 sat night
Nassau 15,16,@18 sat night 17th nrps and friends at felt forum.hell of a 4 day intro to live dead!
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1986 with my sister, in
1986 with my sister, in Oakland. Good times.
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1986 with my sister, in
1986 with my sister, in Oakland. Good times.
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I started listening to the
I started listening to the Dead in the Fall of '76. I was unable to make it to a show until the 1-10-79 show at Nassau Coliseum. I was in the 22nd Row Center with my friend Jordan and a few other good friends. It was an awesome experience. I have heard this show referred to as being an "End of an era show". The last time they ever played Darkstar and St. Stephen at the same show, let alone in the same set. Happy I got to see Keith and Donna, as I had been listening to shows for about two years at this point. To this day, a soundboard of this show has not appeared. The show also opened on a Chuck Berry Song and closed on a Chuck Berry Song. Then they encored with a Chuck Berry song.
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (1/10/79)
Promised Land, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain, Stagger Lee, El Paso, Row Jimmy, Passenger, Loser, Music Never Stopped
Shakedown Street, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, Good Lovin', Dark Star, Drums/Space, Wharf Rat, St. Stephen, Around and Around
Johnny B. Goode
https://archive.org/details/gd79-01-10.gatto.kempka.307.sbeok.shnf
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July 6, 1986 - RFK Stadium,
July 6, 1986 - RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
Hello NEW ZONE! This is my first post here. :)
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Hey Mermaid!
Hey Mermaid!
And it's a good one...
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5/14/78 Providence Civic
5/14/78 Providence Civic Center
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"I gotta admit I was kinda
"I gotta admit I was kinda glad when Phil and Ned got done, That shit was starting to freak me out."
A guy I worked with that summer, a few years older than me. came up to me at work the next day and said the exact same thing. I wasn't in a unusual state of mind so I hadn't really noticed, but later (when I was a bit more experienced with psychedelics) I realized just how weird that stuff must have been.
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First show ranked among the
First show ranked among the best - Roosevelt Stadium, 8/6/74.
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Nassau Coliseum 11/2/79 This
Nassau Coliseum 11/2/79 This whole run rocked and so did this show. Sound quality is off the charts for this one, just give the 1/2 Step 3 minutes for it to kick in. 30 mins of 1/2->Franklin's right out of the gate for my dead live career.
https://archive.org/details/gd1979-11-02.mtx.seamons.124392.flac16
Set 1
Mississippi Half Step-> Franklin's Tower, El Paso-> Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Deal
Set 2
I Need A Miracle-> Bertha-> Lost Sailor-> Saint Of Circumstance-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Casey Jones
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Great show, Cornjulio!
Great shows MSG Man & Cornjulio!
Thanks for the links.
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11/1/77 Cobo Arena Detroit,
11/1/77 Cobo Arena Detroit, MI
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Rich Stadium 90'. Blew my
Rich Stadium 90'. Blew my mind. Real nice video of the show on youtube. Jerry looks very healthy and entirly engaged. l did not realize my luck seeing this show at the time, but l was hooked. Did not understand why the 8 or so shows l would catch until the end would ever hold up. Brent died shortly after this show and it really did go downhill after 91'.
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Spectrum 77 and Englishtown
Spectrum 77 and Englishtown later in the year. Check out the prices on those early 70's stubs above...$5.50/$6.00! What a deal to get on the bus!
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DJ Easy Wind love that pic of
DJ Easy Wind love that pic of Jerry, Phil and Donna
first show 4/18/78 Pittsburgh
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Cornjulio,
Cornjulio,
That was the only Casey Jones I ever saw the GD play.
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Watkins Glen Tons of Fun
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1988 - Spectrum-run, Philly
1988 - Spectrum-run, Philly
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7/10/2016 - Alpine Valley
7/10/2016 - Alpine Valley
i was psyched that my first GD show would be at Alpine Valley, hopefully some of you were there too because it ripped!! Got a TOG encore too!!!
Samson and Delilah
([traditional] cover)
Play VideoMississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoLoose Lucy
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoStanding on the Moon
(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer lead vocals) (>)
Play VideoCrazy Fingers
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoAlthea
(Grateful Dead cover) (John Mayer lead vocals) (>)
Play VideoGoing Down the Road Feelin' Bad
(Henry Whitter cover) (Bob Weir, John Mayer, and… more )
Play VideoSugar Magnolia
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoViola Lee Blues
(Cannon's Jug Stompers cover)
Play VideoScarlet Begonias
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoFire on the Mountain
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoDrums
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoSpace
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoWharf Rat
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoSunshine Daydream
(Grateful Dead cover)
Play VideoRipple
(Grateful Dead cover) (acoustic)
Play VideoTouch of Grey
(Grateful Dead cover)
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Watkins Glen Tons of Fun
Watkins Glen Tons of Fun
A few months later November 30, 1973 Boston Music Hall
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7-10-89
7-10-89
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LqKbeC_mmFc
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My first show. 4/21/78 Rupp
My first show. 4/21/78 Rupp Arena in Lexington KY. There were like 2000 people in a brand new basketball arena that at the time held about 23,000. It was a great show and my only time to see Keith and Donna with the band. When I asked DJ last year if she remembered how empty the place was, she told me she could not remember the show. I said well.... you were there.
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April 6th, 1982, Philly
April 6th, 1982, Philly Spectrum (The Rectum). Went with a neighbor who turned me on a few months ago with a Long Beach tape with Airto and Purim on it, forget the date. Snowing on the way in, Cold Rain And Snow opener, Lost Sailor, St. Of Circumstance. Was electric for the show, 2nd level right side of the stage. Never seen or felt anything like it before, jumped on the bus and been riding it ever since.
Memory of a dude after the show: Came to our car to see if his keys fit. They did not, so off to the next car he went, searching for a car that fit his keys. Guy was determined and probably eventually found his car either by perserverence or when the number of cars left in the lot got small his odds got better! Good Times!
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lol
lol
Yeah, that was probably us RocknRye. On 4/6/82 we were partying in my friends brand new Chevy Blazer right before the show and rushed out of the truck too quickly and left the keys in the ignition with the truck running.
We made the decision to go the show anyway and maybe the truck would still be there.
Came out of the show and the truck was still there running with the keys locked in it.
We tried for hours to get in it, until we were the only vehicle in the Spectrum parking lot.
All the local locksmiths were not open because of the storm and holiday.
Then some kids looking to breaking into cars should us how to take out the lock module with a knife and we were out of there.
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Hartford Civic Center - 10-15
Hartford Civic Center - 10-15-1983
Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger, Dire Wolf, Minglewood Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Wang Dang Doodle, Big Railroad Blues, Let It Grow-> Day Job
Set 2: China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Playin' In The Band-> China Doll-> Drums-> Saint Stephen-> Throwing Stones-> One More Saturday Night, E: Brokedown Palace
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Ha Ha! Good old South Philly
Ha Ha! Good old South Philly ingenuity pays off!
You were lucky that the truck was still there, but I would have gone into the show and dealt with it later too.
Viva La Spectrum Karma! Has never let me down.
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LOVE THIS THREAD
LOVE THIS THREAD
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Ok then
Ok then
7/2/1967
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206519216313835&id=1073269189&se...
god bless palo alto
god bless god
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>>>When was your 1st Dead
>>>When was your 1st Dead show???<<<
Since December 4th 2016?
I saw Phil & the Family Band for free in the TxR bar a couple of weeks later.
Or are we talking about the Grateful Dead?
The OP wasn't specific.
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it had warren haynes in it :-
it had warren haynes in it :-(
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Mine is a strange one that
Mine is a strange one that was attended by a very small crowd of about 3000 people in the brand new 21,000 seat UK basketball arena in Lexington KY. April 21, 1978. I remember telling my friends sister who took us that "these guys aren't very popular around here it seems." The place looked totally empty except for the floor and a few hundred scattered in lower seats. I asked Donna once in a car ride together if she remembered that show at all. She told me she did not. I did see a double encore too! Werewolves and US Blues!
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Sunlight ... your first show
Sunlight ... your first show is my personal all time favorite show that I attended following that band all over the place
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1989, Portland Maine. Little
1989, Portland Maine. Little Feat opened. Loved it!
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The Palace Theater Waterbury,
The Palace Theater Waterbury, Ct September 24, 1972
2nd show Watkins Glen 73 arriving on Thursday. It was here I realized this circus was just my kind'a zoo
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April 3, 1970 University of
April 3, 1970 University of Cincinnati FieldHouse
1st CandyMan
Pranksters & The Bus
I got loaded
I was still 19.
Joel for the GOLD
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Summer '66, Fillmore
Summer '66, Fillmore
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9/2/78
9/2/78
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4/22/77 First show of the big
4/22/77 First show of the big tour that ended at Winterland in early June, saw several one time only..
Split Dancing in the Streets, Mojo Working, 1st set Estimated, Playin' staight thru start to finish, Terrapin ends 2nd, no encore
Dancing>Mojo>Dancing>Wheel>Terrapin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDbonSmZxu0
Playing goes way out, more of a '73/'74 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLjwgZcVgBQ
Blew off Senior Prom
^^^1989, Portland Maine. Little Feat opened. Loved it!^^^
End of Summer '88 shows, first night was real special, as was the return of the Feat. Raceway was in Oxford, but the Daze Inn in Portland was party central.
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G-reg, I got your Contact
G-reg, I got your Contact email, please send new email address.
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Judit platinum
Judit platinum
I hope your taking care of the herd is going well
I appreciate what you do and how you do it xox
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Two show run at Cleveland
Two show run at Cleveland Music Hall in 81
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02-03-79 - Market Square
02-03-79 - Market Square Arena, Indianapolis
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>>Two show run at Cleveland
>>Two show run at Cleveland Music Hall in 81
I was at both of those shows too. I went to college in Ohio. Good times. Steep balcony!
Some regular Viva posters aren't participating in this thread I see. That's a shame.
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4/17/82 - Phil and Jerry were
4/17/82 - Phil and Jerry were doing rockette moves behind bobby during sailor.
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7-27-73
7-27-73
this is a trick thread... took me a while to figure out I'd already posted here several years ago... on December 4, 2016 at 08:49 pm, to be exact
but... it was fun going back and re-reading the old and taking in the new
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Winterland, 10/21/78, same as
Winterland, 10/21/78, same as Lance.
From Egypt With Love. Hamza El Din opened. Thought to myself: This is not a "regular" rock and roll concert.
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Uptown Theatre, Chicago 11/16
Uptown Theatre, Chicago 11/16/78
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I had just graduated high
I had just graduated high school and my prom date scored a pair of tickets to the second Beacon show (June 15, 1976) from her older brother. He had gotten them from being on the Deadhead fan club list.
This was a big deal – my first Grateful Dead show – in NYC! and in a small place (Beacon seats like 2,500 - 3,000 ). I was used to Capital Center for rock concerts.
I was already a Dead Head. I had seen the Jerry band the previous November 1975 in DC. And Kingfish (with Keith, Donna, and Billy opening) the previous December 1975, also in DC. So I had actually seen most of the band already.
Somehow I had missed the Dead’s 74 Cap Center shows --I was in high school -- maybe I had homework to do or something -- in spite of seeing many other concerts at that venue around that time (Clapton, Harrison, Grand Funk, CSNY, Zeppelin, Allman Bros, Starship).
So seeing a concert wasn’t a big deal, as much as the two hundred mile road trip from Baltimore to NYC. I was driving my high school car – a 1963 Dynamic 88, a predecessor to the Oldsmobile Delta 88, which had the size and shape of an aircraft carrier. (photos not exactly like mine, but close):
Powered by a 394 cui V8.
The trunk was so big the spare tire hardly took up any room in there.
We drive up there with a younger friend that didn’t have ticket, with no other plans but to go to the show. None of us knew anything about NY...Balto and DC was our known world. I was working that summer, so I’m sure I had a little money, but this was before kids had credit cards. An ashtray full of dimes and a phone booth was the only way to contact anyone.
(Most young people don't realize the world was B&W back then.)
I don’t remember where we parked but do remember the scene outside the Beacon. It was bedlam. Kids, old hippies, cops. It was the first time the Dead had been back to Manhattan since 72 and all the freaks were out in force. Apparently, the night before people had literally crawled over the building looking to break in and did, so to placate the crowd the night of the second show, the street was closed off and speakers were placed outside the venue so people outside could hear the show for free. Cool. Still, people were trying to break in the building -- crawing up the fire escapes, hanging from the roof. Nuts.
What a carnival – with a somewhat edgy vibe, maybe due to the presence of so many Hells Angels. The bikes were parked side by side all up and down the street.
June 14 New York Times: “The police dispersed a crowd of several hundred disappointed rock music fans who gathered outside the Beacon Theater on Broadway at 74th Street last night, hoping to buy admission tickets to a concert by the Grateful Dead rock group. Some of the fans had surged around the block to the back of the theater where they banged on exit doors and climbed the theater fire escape. The concert had been sold out by mail, but the rock fans were still hoping for a few last minute seats. Tonight's concert also has been sold out, according to a theater spokesman.”
My date and I headed to a nearby restaurant called the Copper Penny to grab something to eat before the show. The waitress seated us at a table for two in the back and a little bit later asked if it was ok if she slid our table a couple of feet over so she could fit another table in. Of course, we said sure. Now I looked pretty young for 17 but my girlfriend looked old enough and they served us beer – I thought I was hot shit getting a Heineken with my bacon burger.
We had just broached the subject of when to eat the acid, when a few sprinkles of dust appeared from above. Suddenly BOOM!! – a cement block about a foot square crashed down directly in the middle of our table! Knocking over our drinks and squashing my dinner. Right between us, while we were just sitting there, like a bull running thru an old Colt 45 commercial. Right where she the waitress just relocated us. We were in shock.
Everyone in the restaurant looked round in disbelief and the staff came running over. They were very apologetic and quite stunned themselves as there was a square hole in their ceiling and a chunk of concrete and debris all over our table. “Are you alright? What can I get you?” For some reason, all I could think of was “a whisky sour” – I hadn’t started drinking hard alcohol yet and didn’t know much about cocktails outside bar mitzvahs. (Knowing what I know now, I probably could have gotten a free college tuition out of the situation, but we were kids.) We couldn’t even stick around for another (free) meal, ‘cause we had a show to go to.
So we navigate thru the pandemonium outside the Beacon and get into the show and we are up in the balcony a few rows in, getting settled in some really good seats. The Beacon was pretty shabby back then as I recall. Finally, the show starts. I had a bunch of Dead albums by that time and knew the "old" songs.
And at some point, -- I think it was early in the show, out of nowhere a person comes running down the steps behind us and leaps over us and over the rail, onto the people on the floor below. His shoe practically skimmed my girlfriend. WTF? Had to have slammed into someone below. Looked over the balcony and it was a mess but I don't remember medics or a delayed show. Too weird.
( soundtrack day before: https://youtu.be/6wdIdqWju2M)
June 15, 1976 - fairly standard show with some highlights - I think I read the Dead partied very late the night before with all their NY friends, so they were tired.
We enjoyed the hell out of it... and were certainly in a very altered state due to everything. Music included.
SET 1
The Promised Land Sugaree Cassidy Candyman The Music Never Stopped It Must Have Been The Roses Looks Like Rain Tennessee Jed Let It Grow > Drums Let It Grow > Might As Well
SET 2
Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Drums > Stella Blue Samson & Delilah Friend Of The Devil Dancin' In The Street > The Wheel > Sugar Magnolia > Scarlet Begonias > Sunshine Daydream
ENCORE Johnny B. Goode
Not bad for a first show...
After the show we were half in a daze and half amped. My friend that went with us didn’t get in and has a whole bunch of funny stories from his time outside literally dancing in the streets.
Needless to say, with no clue about where to stay in NYC, we were so jacked up from all the events that occurred that we drove straight home, arriving at dawn.
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76 has no standard shows -
76 has no standard shows - maybe not every night was a mindblower but there are few years that have a more unique sound and more unique arrangements than 76, and at least on paper thats an ideal 76 setlist
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uhhhhh - I just can't
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1978
1978
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i was in 8th grade may of 80
i was in 8th grade may of 80 and was selling bootleg T shirts at Nassau with an older kid from the neighborhood who got hooked up with a bootlegger at his HS. near the end of the pre-show selling i was convinced to trade my last t shirt for a ticket. then they said, you'll need one of these
... so i took it and the next day when i was sitting in class at my catholic elementary school when i realized everything they had told me was bullshit and there was SO MUCH MORE to learn about life and that they were never gonna make me hip to it...that bus came by alright
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^8th grade is Elementary
^8th grade is Elementary school? And I think Wavy Gravy said LSD amplifies what's in you. Some people become monks, some people become nymphomaniacs and everything in between.
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Foxboro '87. A Touch-head
Foxboro '87. A Touch-head founding father (don't hit me).
Out of the many many more I would see in the coming years, it was probably the worst one. Uphill from here.
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Oregon State Prison 5/5/82.
Oregon State Prison 5/5/82.
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Concert history
Concert history
My first show was technically my cousin Karen taking me to one of the RKO theaters in Brooklyn to see the Dave Clark Five promoting Having a Wild Weekend in august 1965 (I was 11) a lot of screaming going on for three quick tunes…
My first real concert was on November 12 1967 The Vanilla Fudge and The Fifth Dimension out at Westbury. My friend Joe Baio was in a play with Phyllis Newman and he got us tickets to the show which was after his Sunday afternoon play. Joe was a brother to James (Soap) and a cousin of Scott (Chachi from Happy Days)
Next up was the Jefferson Airplane with Buddy Guy on Thanksgiving weekend 1968 at the Fillmore East. An STP filled great time…
After that it was the first time seeing the Grateful Dead. We finally arrived at the Bandshell in Central Park to hear the last ten or 15 minutes of the GD on June 22 1969.
Six weeks later it was time to go back to Central Park on August 10 1969 to see the Jefferson Airplane and Santana in a free show at the Sheep Meadow. That was a very Sunshine filled day…
Followed by a trip to Woodstock where we heard no music, saw no acts, but had a very spacey good time.
Then it was on to November to see the Rolling Stones at MSG.
It was great to have older friends who were into all sorts of shows. Also after January 1970 when I turned 16 I was working a union job at RCA delivering telegrams after work and always had extra cash for tickets. After that it was lots more dead, moody blues, tull, who, stones. Mayall, savoy brown, hot tuna, byrds, dead, creedence, Janis, Kinks, Quicksilver and many others all before the old age of 18…
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Ha
Ha
I remember being with my parents at Disneyland walking by this courtyard with them and the circular stage Rose up from underground
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_You_Believe_in_Magic_(song)
Made an impression 1965
yes, I guess I do
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10-22-83 Syracuse... me and a
10-22-83 Syracuse... me and a friend from our dorm hitch-hiked from Edinboro PA (Erie area) to the show and back.... the scene outside the venue was when it dawned on me that there was something more going with this band and the Deadheads than I realized. The Band, without Robertson, with The Cate Brothers opened. I wasn't familiar with them, but really liked them and soaked it all in. As for the Dead, who I was somewhat familiar with from my room mate who had some albums and bootlegs, I thought they were great and really liked the lights going with the music going with the crowd.... after the show being blown out the doors because the dome is pressurized... we walked to the NY turnpike entrance and hitch-hiked back to PA, arriving 24 hours after we left... that was a great day indeed!
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I was at that show! I went to
I was at that show! I went to see the reformed Band as much as I went to see the Dead!
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100 plus 69 hartford 90
100 plus 69
hartford 90