Grateful Dead

My first show, just a month after I graduated from college. I remember it so well.

I turned 19 at this show. Next time I got to go on Jerry's and my birthday was 8/1/82 Oklahoma Zoo Ampitheater.

That is was the same group I was used to hearing on American Beauty and Working Man's Dead.Unbelievable, I believe that I'll just hop on this bus. This was my third show. All I could figure out was to stay on this bus because "something this wonderful can't last forever.' But it did/does.

33 years ago... one of the best of the best years, the magical 73 shows of 73... today Jerry would be 64 years old. So in a way, one more elemental cycle is complete.It's really wonderful to see the Dead's legacy continuing with this website and the great bands out there. Looking forward to Phil & Friends back in NYC again!!!

yeah, i meant to say that last year

Yeah, that bus is still going. The second night in Jersey City was a good one, too. I loved going to a few shows in a row - the old compare and contrast thing - actually just enjoying the amazing gifts of the Dead. This all just lives on forever.

Unless I went the night before. I know we went on Jerry's birthdayIt was only the 2nd time I took LSD....but that's another story. I just graduated HS! Hard to believe it was 35 yrs ago! I remember the Morning Dew like it was yesterday..well, better because I don't remember yesterday all that well.

This was my first Dead show and I will never forget it. We were atop the third base dugout trippin' and with two tanks of gas and lovin' the tunes. Thanks to Flipper, Chris Cook, and Kenny Viola See ya down the road, Boxcar

If I remember correctly One of these two shows were a rainout. This was my first show and they opened with US Blues with lightning streaking across the skies. Show Stopped. Had to leave totally spaced for an interesting ride back to Brooklyn.

First Dead show of many - was only 13 years old but went with a friends older sister (who tuned me on to alot of great music !) The rest is history.

WHOA...... MY FRIENDS AND I WERE "ABLAZE AND WE CC O U L D FEEL THE HEAT--- THE BAND WAS INCREDIBLE--IF YA NEVER SEEN EM ---YER LOSS.... THEN ..THE BOY'S CAME ON--WHILE THE VOLCANO INSIDES GOT THE MOJO WORKIN---- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! JERRY FORTUNATE TO BE APART OF THAT TIME INTHAT SPACE.

......WE WERE ALL UP TO JUPITER--AND MY AMIGOS WERE FLOATIN LIMBOISTS--FER SOME STANGE REASON --EVEN TO THIS DAY--I'VE A KEEN SENSE OF DIRECTION--I FOUND THE CAR IN THE MIDST OF STONEDNESS AND SAID"I'LL DRIVE"THANK THE THE STARS WE HAD DEAD TAPES BACK TO L.I.---DRIVIN THRU THE TUNNELS BACK---IT LOOKED LIKE I WAS ON THE INSIDE OF A SNAKE--ALL THE TILES ON THE WALLS--TO THIS DAY--ISTILL GET A CHUCKLE ABOUT!!!!

Never saw the dead outdoors before this show. For me it lacked the intimacy of the Filmore and Capital Theater in Port Chester - the only other venues I had seen them at up till 8/73. So, it was not a particularly memorable show for me. The music just dissapated and didn't have the impact I guess I had come to expect when it was in your face indoors. I recall it was Jerry's birthday, that the Band played some great songs and there was some rumor that Dylan was lurking around?? I remember the fireworks which were fired from around the top of the stadium. Again, for me, the concert was a let down........however, I have been listening to this show in its entirety - there are some very good recordings and come to realize and see this as a superbly played show. Standout are DS->el Paso->Eyes->Dew simply awesome second set actually.

After the show.. before they left for next show the Broooklyn Hells Angels threw a blowout party for Garcia at a club in Bay Ridge ......300 people at party ....hung with Phil And Billy and laughed the night away .... on nitrous balloons

Still in high school at 15. At the time I thought the Band rocked harder, but Jerry and the gang intrigued me enough to get on the bus and stay til the end. Roosevelt was a pit but they had great shows for four or five years and it was five minutes from my house.

40 years ago tonight I was at this show celebrating my 24th birthday and Jerry's 31st. Great show with the Band.

One of the finest versions of Stella Blue I ever heardStill makes me cry

I was 16 years old, taken by my close friend Brian and his older brother, Joe Quinn. This on the heels of hearing the opening chords to "Uncle John's Band" from "Workingman's Dead" in Brian's basement, and my realizing that I had arrived at a crossroads that I stand at to this day. The Band opened the night in that hovel of a venue with all the heat and humidity that an August night in the city could offer. They were tight and lyrical. The Dead were fantastic. A man near me was tripping, and was insisting that he had a hot lasagna on his back....

I was pleased to hear David playing my first ever show this morning on Jerry's birthday.Quite a night.