Have you ever experienced a Grateful Dead show?

first show, 7 yrs old, winterland(ravai shankar warmed up)
last show, meadowlands, mid 80s
a couple in between
5 or 6 tuna shows (they hit more local gigs then the dead,lol)

yeah, it was something like this

Well... only a few shows were like that!

Yes I saw them once but honestly I was too stoned to even remember it. I think I got so high off the joint we smoked that I had an acid flashback.

My former roommate is a total deadhead. He followed them on the road and sold tie dyes in the parking lot for years. It was cool living with him then because he was away so much.

Your post reminded me of this pic!
I Love rainbows!

Thanks VT!

I stopped at the record store after work tonight and was admiring the thirty dollar copy of American Beauty they have there. The special audiophile pressing. It makes me sorry I sold my copy years ago. If I see a nice used one sometime for a decent price I will pick it up.

I was stuck in the seventies this evening, bought Linda Ronstadt "Heart like a Wheel" and Little Feat "Time Loves a Hero". Also got Big Country "The Crossing" so I guess I made it a couple of years into the eighties.

" trips"? , oh Lord please just one more stroll down shakedown alley , PLEASE

Last Edited by Whiterabbit R.O. on 02/11/2012 11:24 PM

I don't remember, I don't recall.

PM me and I can e-mail you 100's of shows. Mostly soundboards.

I voted "Kinda .... " When I lived in California I boarded my horse at a stables adjacent to the "Grateful Dead" party house outside of Novato, CA. I would sometimes hear them playing while I was out riding. Some of their wives also had horses at the same stables, and we would occasionally ride together. Don't believe the husbands rode, but they did stop by with their wives.

I knew nothing of the "Dead" at the time, so treated them as just people. Nice folks as I recall.

You are sweet to offer. I can get them from my former roommate if I want. I have listened to the archived ones online before. Right now my music is sticking to vinyl as much as possible.

I <3 vinyl LP records 4ever

Yes, Analog and vinyl rocks!
Pioneer PL-7. Direct drive. ;-`)

Hey your former roommate is in that pic, isn't he?

I got to go to the last show, Christmas in Oakland, before Jerry died.

Someone sprayed the cops with liquid LSD and they were riding their motorcycles all around the parking lot, lights flashing and falling off. Too funny!

Does 'The Dead' count as a yes?

Without Jerry I'd say it's in the 'other' category. I like the dead, furthur, ratdog, etc...just not the same as the Dead.

Ummmm, more than I can remember!!!

Some of the best times of my life, bro!

The anticipation of what they would open up with, a Bobby tune or a Jerry tune, usually they would alternate. What they would close the 1st set with, what they would open the 2nd set with. What they would do out of drums/space, what they would close the 2nd set with. What they would do for an encore!

So cool!

i never got to see the real thing.

but i saw The Dead with all surviving member plus Haynes , Herring and Osborne

So Cool! Yes...

Haynes and company rocked to be sure!
My ex-gf's kids have only seen the Dead with me, but I feel I've done my job. ;-`)

Attending a Grateful Dead show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley in 1982 was one of the greatest experiences of my life.

Last Edited by Princess Dagmar on 02/12/2012 12:04 AM

Saw them at Some big ass stadium in Oakland CA along with Country Joe and the Fish and I think Free, but I was kinda stoned, so not that sure who was really there.

Last Edited by Bunker Bill on 02/12/2012 12:04 AM

what a long, strange trip it's been

but at least we're enjoying the ride!

I saw them in 1987 at the Met in Bloomington, MN. My best friends uncle was the manager of the Met, so we got free tickets... We had the entire penalty box from the hockey arena to ourselves... It was werird. We tripped, and I bought a bag of weed... Two girls on ecstasy started chatting us up, they asked for weed, I handed it over to them and they proceeded to pass it around the entire stadium until it was gone... The show was an amazing experience... They disappeared onstage while playing California Fadeaway... Totally awesome

Oh yeah, I was 14

You mean the last 'Oakland' show right?

I saw Jerry his last night with the band,
Chicago '95...he was off.

Dude...too funny.
"California Fadeaway"/ Ecstacy in 1987?
You mean West La Fadeaway and Speed.

I'm dyslexic

last Oakland Christmas show

My best friend ran the fence over for a southern Ohio show. We all ended up at Dover Lake once he freed the crowd. Lot of history happened at dover after that.

We lost him BTW, his love hit him with a truck by mistake.

:)

I went to the campgrounds several times to buy and do drugs.