DEAD THREAD!

Non-Phish General
#1

This can be the official “Let’s talk Dead and Dead related topics.” I was thinkin how some of the guys on the board were doin east coast Phish at this time in 94. Meanwhile i just caught midwest stuff that summer so i could see alot of Dead shows in july. Today in 94 i saw…

07-16-94 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C. (Sat)

1: Cold Rain> Picasso Moon, Lazy River Road, El Paso@, Shoe Fits, Ramble On, Masterpiece, Loose Lucy, Promised

2: China Cat> I Know You Rider, Samba, Estimated> Crazy Fingers> Drumz> Last Time> Stella Blue> Saturday Night

E: Liberty

Traffic opened

This show didn’t quite live up to the shows i caught at shoreline a couple weeks before but i always had a good time at RFK. I remember as estimated was ending i saw jerry wiggle his fingers at Bobby and Vince. I guess it was the Crazy fingers sign. Funny how lil things that Jerry did on stage made me smile! Anyone else at this show?

#2

Not me!

#3

Me neither.

Jerry had been dead a good 5 years before I truly got into the GD.

#4

^His rotting corpse thanked you! My brother got me into the Dead. He was livin in California for 2 years when he came home in the summer of 91. We went to both shows at Pine Knob music center in Clarksville, Mi.
I had never seen anything like what i saw in that lot. I was forever changed from that day. I resisted Phish as long as i could as most of my funds went to Dead tour for a long time. When Jerry died is when it was apparent i could resist no longer and went all out! It’s funny if not for Jerry passing i may not have gotten to that Florida run i saw in 95 and many other fine Phish shows i saw. Loss and Gain can be weird sometimes.

#5

I believe he was cremated.

But yes, his ashes probably said “thank you” out loud to me.

#6

^ you never heard the tale of the dissapearing corpse?

#7

^hide the snake?

#8

Yep, I was there. I can barely remember the chronology of that summer but I saw some dead, saw some phish.

B, 91 was my first time on the lot as well… and “I had never seen anything like what i saw in that lot. I was forever changed from that day.” Ditto…

#9

'91 was my first year, too at Deer Creek. I think it was the first year the Dead palyed there. I was just a wee sprog.

#10

B were you here too?

07-17-94 Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C. (Sun)
1: Bucket> Bertha, Wang Dang Doodle, So Many Roads, Tom Thumb Blues, B. T. Wind@, Don’t Ease
2: Victim> Eyes> Samson> He’s Gone> Drumz> Way To Go> SOTM> Lovelight E: Brokedown
Traffic opened

Ya know I’m terrible… I can hardly remember this show. I remember the BT wind and Samson and thats about it! DOH’! I always thought I never heard an eyes and here it is! Double DOH’!

I think I remember the So Many Roads… Jerry was prime Jerry at the end of that song.

#11

03-17-95 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa. (Fri)
1: H. C. Sunshine, Wang Dang Doodle, Peggy-O, Queen Jane, Lazy River Road, Eternity, Loose Lucy
2: China Cat> I Know You Rider, Samba, Truckin> New Speedway> Drumz> Watchtower> SOTM> Sugar Magnolia E: Lucy In The Sky

This here was probably my most favorite show attended… or atleast memorable… if only for the Truckin> New Speedway> Drumz> Watchtower> SOTM… oh yeah baby gimmie sum more. And the Lucy in the Sky encore.

Here’s a good Dead site: http://www.deadbase.com/homebase.html

#12

Yup. I saw Shoreline then RFK thru the Palace!

RFK was fun but things didn’t get cookin until that Shakedown at the Creek! The only show i saw on Spring tour 95 was Tampa! I was bummed i was not in Philly for the Unbroken Chain bustout but happy to get one in Tampa. The Visions of Johanna was a nice treat as well!

04-07-95 Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Fl. (Fri)

1: Jack Straw, Peggy-O, Rooster, Loose Lucy, Masterpiece@, Visions Of Johanna> Promised

2: Eyes> Saint, Samba, Unbroken Chain> Corinna> Drumz> Easy Answers> Days Between> NFA

E: U. S. Blues
Black Crowes opened

#13

I am interested in seeing who saw the earliest GD show.

[looks in fone’s general direction]

and now that Vern is gone, his don’t count! ;D

#14

I know fone did see the Dead in the 70s at some point and I think he saw them twice. Fone?

I didn’t see the philly unbroken bust-out but that was kinda ominous do ya think? Bringing out the song and ending that same year. Meh, maybe not. I did see an unbroken at Giants stadium that summer. Jerry decided to hang back in the shadows and smoke a J or something during the jam so it wasn’t very memorable.

#15

^It’s the thought that counts!

#16

This Shakedown was awesome and really set the tone for my favorite east of the Mississippi run of that summer! Shoreline ruled way to much to let DC surpass it but it was close!

07-19-94 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, In. (Tue)

1: Shakedown, Walking Blues, Jack A Roe, Big River@> Maggie’s Farm@, Broken Arrow, Tennessee Jed, Easy Answers

2: Foolish Heart> Saint> Want To Tell> Playin> Drumz> Wharf Rat> Throwing Stones> NFA

E: Rain

#17

^cool. I never saw them on the west coast but thats where they threw it down from what I understand. Not only that but you coulda caught JGB every other night at the warfield for a time. I had a friend who liver in SF for 9 years just for the Dead. He enjoyed himself… did all that weird SF stuff :stuck_out_tongue:

#18

What is the must have best ever show for a collection?

#19

That is very subjective but 5-8-77 has been the show iv’e heard most fans say is thee best. It’s hard to argue as it is about as perfect a show gets. Personally after all this time i have to say MY favorite is 6-28-74. 73 and 74 are my favorite years and this is my favorite show from those 24 months.

06-28-74 Boston Garden, Boston, Ma. (Fri)

1: Half Step> Roses> Jack Straw, BIODTL, Deal, Mexicali, Tennessee Jed, Bobby McGee, Loose Lucy, El Paso, Sugaree, Around

2: Sugar Magnolia*> Scarlet*, Big River*, To Lay Me Down*, Me & My Uncle*, Row Jimmy*, WRS Prelude*> WRS Part 1*> Let It Grow*> Space*> Mind Left Body Jam*> Jam*> U. S. Blues*, Promised*> GDTRFB*> Sunshine Daydream* E: Ship Of Fools*
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#20

^^ the one where Jerry sings and plays his heart out.

The Dead had so many textures and flavors thruout their career that if you just focused on one era you’d miss all that goodness from other years. But if one were to start with something I’d say pick up “One from the Vault” which is some stellar Dead. On par with Phish’s Hampton Comes Alive me thinks.