39 years ago - Red Rocks 1987
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First time flying to shows
First time Red Rocks
First Watchtower (for me...)
New songs - Tons of Steel, Push Comes to Shove, Watchtower, Black Muddy River
.... and that sweet sweet sister from New Mexico
YUM!
Good times
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote
Good times indeed. 39 years
Good times indeed. 39 years ago - wow. Went with the future and current Mrs Twang.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Faye Dunaway
noice x2 !!
noice
x2 !!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: donster
Saw 5 shows at the Rocks that
Saw 5 shows at the Rocks that week ... David Sanborn, then the 3 Dead shows .... one day off and capped the week with Neil Young.
Dead fans were lit. Neil fans were just stumbly wasted .... Weebles wobble but they don't fall down (until they do)
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
Well, 34 years but who's
Well, actually 34 years but who's counting? (Me, I guess...)
What a flat-out fucking blast that was. I couldn't believe I was actually there after getting stymied in '85 and '86.
I loved all three nights; we got rain, we got weird creepy light, I got very high on the middle night which was epic,
and we got the first Knockin' On Heaven's Door with just the Grateful Dead, no Dylan or Neville Brothers. It was killer.
(and a wonderful woman I met who invited me to go to Telluride with her. "We've got a condo, plenty of space, come with me." Couldn't do it, was truly Crushing.)
Only time from '82-'95 that I saw Garcia say Goodnight at a GD show. He knew it was a special run.
Exactly one month later I was 12th row center at the Cap Centre.
Ain't life grand????????
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mr. Tofu Head
Still living in NJ back then,
Still living in NJ back then, I went to Red Rocks, Telluride & Calaveras that summer of 87, with a trip to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas in between. My only shows at Red Rocks. Awesome, of course. Then Telluride was the most unexpected thing, that everyone who wanted to go would get tickets, and the whole experience was legendary.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: krab
Drove almost 1800 miles from
Drove almost 1800 miles from the NE, only slept a couple hours, to the Daze Inn in Golden.
Also saw '82, having had tix for '86,
made this run even more special. Then 2 more in Town Park, where tickets were everywhere. Helluva week on tour.
Knockin' On Heaven's Door with just the Grateful Dead>>>What a stunner, any venue other than Red Rocks, I would have missed it, saw a lot of shows from '82 to '87. Touch encore meant back to the car & beat the traffic.
Exactly one month later I was 12th row center at the Cap Centre.>>>I had excellent seats for that one on the floor & all 3 nights from GDTS. One of the most underrated shows of the late 80's.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: New & Improved
Park West is the best show of
Park West is the best show of the tour. Just sizzling from soup to nuts. ALL members of the band clicking on all cylinders.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Mtndog
Thanks for pointing me in the
Thanks for pointing me in the direction for today's listening
https://youtu.be/i-0_izgUMu0
https://archive.org/details/gd1987-08-11.sbd.gans.miller.92056.sbeok.fla...
https://archive.org/details/gd1987-08-20.140236.UltraMatrix.sbd.cm.mille...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: donster
Thanks for the arithmetic
Thanks for the arithmetic Local!
Funny thing..... warnings not to attend Telluride without tix kept us away. We were 2 hours north of Denver heading for Yellowstone the day after Neil Young.
Pulled U Turn and caught GD Tempe
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Vann Kliburn
One of my favorite tapes is
One of my favorite tapes is the Healy matrix of 8-13-87 - especially the first set . Got it ready to crank again tomorrow. Big Boss.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philnweird
Ship of Fools from that show
Ship of Fools from that show is fucking epic. Jerry's so into it toward the end he's pointing to the crowd while belting out the verses.
Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIS3HtR_s1M
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MikePA
^^^Guaranteed to put a smile
^^^Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
it did indeed!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: donster
Thanks for that vid! Smiling
Thanks for that vid! Smiling in New Paltz!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Localcountyline
Sure thing Don. Glad we were
Sure thing Don. Glad we were there!
Thanks for posting that Phil. I've had the DVDs for years but it's always fun to revisit.
I went to Alpine, Kingswood, Rochester and Pittsburg in June/July, then made it to these.
All were a lot of fun; a bunch of strong shows. (Of course I couldn't make it to the Roanoke Civic shows
after Pittsburgh, which I knew would be a meltdown, and were.....sigh).
Yeah Krab, for the Cap Centre I had 12th row Dead center, exact same seats for all three nights from GDTS.
Those shows were SOLID, and stand up to this day.