Cleaned up version of Essen 83

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This is a nice one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48WZDVNi4es

 

Any Zoners there???

It was in '81......

Ripping mid-set Shakedown.

1981

 

I'm there right now :)

Is Phil playing an Irwin bass?

Nice

 

mucho gracias

They should rename the band with Townsend the Gnashing Mandibles

 

I swear Jerry Garcia is the oldest looking forty year old that ever lived

Jerry was the oldest looking 22 year old that ever lived!

Great snapshot of the early Brent years, always loved the He's Gone>Other One before the drums from the early 80's.

Also had the Irwin at the acoustic shows.

Jerry's eyes look extra glazed in 4K.

Good stuff!

Had this on cassette but have never seen video. Thank you!

Got this video cassette on the Jersey Boardwalk during Other Ones tour in 2000. Love this show, and I gotta say, this looks amazing compared to the quality that previously existed. Thanks for sharing!

Had it on VHS for years but not of this quality. Great show. I met a German hippie years ago in the Himalayas who was there. He gave me some hash when I left.

Man this is really excellent, thank you

Actually got to watch while on the clock (well-timed downtime!).  I have parts of this on cassette (probably GDHour or AMDew).

{{{Porn-'stache Drummer Era}}}

 

 

Cool, masonskids, I'm gonna re-watch this now!

 

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On March 28th, 1981, I was at The RockPalast in Essen, Germany, in the 5th Row for The Who & The Grateful Dead . I actually snuck into the show with some Belgian friends. Long story. We left from Brussels, Belgium headed for Essen, Germany, but had gone 45 minutes the wrong way on the Autobahn, so we got there late and completely missed The Who's set, which ended at Midnight. We had no tickets, so while we were in the parking lot, trying to figure out how to get in, a Coach Bus pulled up and parked right next to us, and Jerry Garcia popped out and said "Hi!" We said "Hey, Jer." back, with the girls giggling in disbelief. Then the whole band filed out of the Bus, as well as The Flying Karamazov Brothers, and we tried to follow them all in back stage. The attractive girls we were with got in with the band but not me & the guys I was with. So, my Belgian pal Bernard says, "Listen, Germany is a very orderly society. No one would ever dream of trying to walk in without a ticket. So, that's just what we'll do" I replied to Bernard, "That's just crazy enough to work" and it did! We walked right through The RockPalast front doors, straight down to the front of the stage, where we saw the stagehands dismantling The Who's drum kit, in preparation for The Grateful Dead to come out. We hugged each other gleefully and and enjoyed this whole Dead show! There was a time change that night, the clocks went forward an hour, so we walked out smiling after that Dead Show at around 5:00 am...True Story!

This show was a Live Cable TV Broadcast throughout Europe, so it's a rare Pro-Shot Video of the band from this era...

>>>This show was a Live Cable TV Broadcast throughout Europe, so it's a rare Pro-Shot Video of the band from this era...

 

watched near Waterloo, another zoner crossing of paths in the past.

 

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