8/21/69 First Show After Woodstock: Another Weird Venue
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The Greenlake Aquatheatre in Seattle. This event, originally scheduled for Wednesday, August 20, was rained out and rescheduled for Thursday, August 21. The Grateful Dead and the other acts on the bill took the night of August 20 to make a surprise appearance at a local bar, a place called El Roach. The Aquatheatre show was interesting for any number of reasons, including the guest appearance of Sanpaku flutist Gary Larkey, the fact that it was the last performance at the Aquatheatre, and the peculiar physical setup of the Aquatheatre itself. The venue had 5582 seats
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This poster is interesting not least because it may be the first formal publicity for the New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Their name had definitely not appeared on a poster or ad outside of San Francisco at this time. The performers played on an extended sort of "pier,' separated by a small body of water, facing the grandstand. Per Lost Live Dead Blogspot.
https://archive.org/details/gd69-08-21.sbd.cotsman.13850.sbeok.shnf. Good SBD source for '69
Casey Jones
Easy Wind *1st time played*
Dew
High Time
Mama Tried
Me & My Uncle
Minglewood ***
China Cat ***
Doin' That Rag ***
Big Boss Man
Sittin' On Top OTW
Crip>Other One>Crip
Dark Star
Cosmic Charlie
***With Gary Larkey***
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Nice Trivia
Nice Trivia
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Gary Larkey
Gary Larkey
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/21603273186969109/
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I wonder if you swim during
I wonder if you swim during the show. That would have been fantastic. Although I wouldn't want to have been a lifeguard talking down people who thought they could walk across.
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Never heard of that place.
Never heard of that place. Sounds a bit like the odd Jones Beach setup.
A piece of a stadium facing the water.
Just the thought of it has me slapping at bugs.
What a life those boys led back in the day.
Buncha' fuckin' derilects.
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thanks for posting... I never
thanks for posting... I never knew about this
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Years ago, probably on the
Years ago, probably on the original Zone, we had thread about the Green Lake Aquatheater. The Grateful Dead did play the last show there, where legend has it the neighbors had it shut down for noise complaints. Led Zeppelin and The Doors played there too, and.besides other Rock bands, they featured other Pop music and entertainers.
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Playlist for the Aquatheatre:
Playlist suggestions for the Aquatheatre:
Ripple
Broken Arrow
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Jimmy Page showed up for a
Jimmy Page showed up for a visit in 2018;
https://ledzepnews.com/2018/03/14/jimmy-page-photographed-visiting-site-...
Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson were at Led Zeppelin's show there, but left because they thought Robert Plant was too sexually suggestive:
https://www.loudersound.com/news/heart-led-zeppelin-the-lemon-song
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Saw Sanpaku as an opener in
Saw Sanpaku as an opener in my first concert - at Fillmore West.
Pretty good hippie band from Sacramento.
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>>>I wonder if you swim
>>>I wonder if you swim during the show
Went for a swim at the New Port Jazz Festival during the show. That was fun.
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I think tripping balls and
I think tripping balls and doing the high dive would be the way to roll at the Aquatheater!