Me & My Uncle
Loser
Minglewood
FOTD
L. L. Rain
Stagger Lee
Jack Straw
China Cat> I Know You Rider
He's Gone> Truckin> Drumz
> Wharf Rat> Sugar Magnolia
Johnny B. Goode
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This was my first
"Best Freakin' show of '79...Lost > FOUND!"
It was HOT!!
Excellent Show
Upstate Gold
I was in high school...
I had to work that night!
ALMOST got crushed getting in from SUNY Binghamton at Broome..
My first Dead show
Had to leave early
Recall how hot it was true!
I also recall the guy cliimbed a poll and fell and died and its two shows in a row that happened at as my next show a guy fell from Red Rocks climbing during show-he enabled a ton of my pals to sneak in when security went to see what happened but it was a true tragedy as was the fact it rained out 8/13 and 8/14 in Red Rocks (my next shows) so its sad any time a fan dies and gave the scene a bad name for a time with all these types of bad acid casualties but they were rare though not unheard of at least one time a year someone would accidentally die at a show I think but not like the shows in late 70s to 1980..think that was bad period for quality of blotter not sure..
My first show with my Deadhead roommate from SUNY Binghamton!wow
I caught this amazing show though I did not get hit with peak show as my mind was not fully engaged and I did not fully get the Dead yet but was beginning to, and boy was I in for a surprise as my next show would be Red Rocks the very same year in August 12, 1979 and that show I have posted, was my life changing show (archive) and won't detail it here. Will say we had a Binghamton "test" and many of the testers were at this show and one in particular saw himsefl revived by this show who had beens sort of an acid casualty in school that spring and it was good to see "Jeff" be so inspired raving about Jerry's play and how the Dead "Was" and they truly 'were" on that show--listened ot tapes and not sure why as I watched from nearly the front row I was not more enthralled but until you GET IT you dont GET IT! So I would soon be fully indoctrinated into the monster of group mind that was my next Dead show but for this show it was still great to see the band play in top form and I had heard Brent was just starting with band and so that was a bit surprising given Keith and Donna being so beloved until I guess things got too out of hand with Keith and so Donna left with him..would have loved to caught a few Keith and Donna shows but Brent was my keyboard player and anyone who disses him I feel knows nothing of ryhthmic keyboard players as Brent was the glue to the Dead holding the drums and bass and lead together for a solid 11 years and the band owes him an incredible debt of gratitude as do I for his wonderful wonderful years of play--i saw one of his shy first shows and one of his less shy last few at Nassaue Coliseu where he sang Red Rooster "you think youre as stud boy? I douibt youll ever be, while youre away I am gonna F with your hen-just wait and see!" Think he was confident then dud? lol he almost out Weired Weir on Red Rooster that night! Loved him and miss him too though its Jerry that I literally still feel loss as a crying ache break to my core and heart thats almost never healed fully, well its okay, but when I see him rip it like today on Giants Stadium New Speedway Boogie with Hornsby I see that Brent was the last straw for him with the Dead, he just could not see it clear to get band tight as it was again and Hornsby not joining I think was hard for him, not that Vince wasn't good, he just had tall shoes to fill, as did Warren when he tried and may not have succeeded though he is a great guitarist I feel John Mayer and Mark Karan both did Jerry justice tho not playing "Jerry' they were not ashamed to sound like Jerry which to me was why the Dead never really felt it until they finally decided to LET FOLKS PLAY like Garcia as after all-that si what the Dead sounded like-why try to go different way intentionally so hard..never got that and Ratdog was the beginning of return to sound I love but now they are hitting it pretty nicely--not like 1980 or 1990 buti ts damn good and I for one am very happy to see them playing this well into their 70s--can only wonder had Jerry not died how great he would be by now...alas....sorry for long wind but I typed all these in before and damnable Rhino or suits lost this-Hunter was the last archivist before the corpoarate web took over (well he called it that and though its more easy to read since, I miss Hunter being a part of the day to day....and just wish he toured with band more...he is sorely missed and I get why he has been reluctant to tread in in places where such greatness as Garcia toiled....Hunter is a great sage...Robert, come sing on tour dude!
I caught this amazing show though I did not get hit with peak show as my mind was not fully engaged and I did not fully get the Dead yet but was beginning to, and boy was I in for a surprise as my next show would be Red Rocks the very same year in August 12, 1979 and that show I have posted, was my life changing show (archive) and won't detail it here. Will say we had a Binghamton "test" and many of the testers were at this show and one in particular saw himsefl revived by this show who had beens sort of an acid casualty in school that spring and it was good to see "Jeff" be so inspired raving about Jerry's play and how the Dead "Was" and they truly 'were" on that show--listened ot tapes and not sure why as I watched from nearly the front row I was not more enthralled but until you GET IT you dont GET IT! So I would soon be fully indoctrinated into the monster of group mind that was my next Dead show but for this show it was still great to see the band play in top form and I had heard Brent was just starting with band and so that was a bit surprising given Keith and Donna being so beloved until I guess things got too out of hand with Keith and so Donna left with him..would have loved to caught a few Keith and Donna shows but Brent was my keyboard player and anyone who disses him I feel knows nothing of ryhthmic keyboard players as Brent was the glue to the Dead holding the drums and bass and lead together for a solid 11 years and the band owes him an incredible debt of gratitude as do I for his wonderful wonderful years of play--i saw one of his shy first shows and one of his less shy last few at Nassaue Coliseu where he sang Red Rooster "you think youre as stud boy? I douibt youll ever be, while youre away I am gonna F with your hen-just wait and see!" Think he was confident then dud? lol he almost out Weired Weir on Red Rooster that night! Loved him and miss him too though its Jerry that I literally still feel loss as a crying ache break to my core and heart thats almost never healed fully, well its okay, but when I see him rip it like today on Giants Stadium New Speedway Boogie with Hornsby I see that Brent was the last straw for him with the Dead, he just could not see it clear to get band tight as it was again and Hornsby not joining I think was hard for him, not that Vince wasn't good, he just had tall shoes to fill, as did Warren when he tried and may not have succeeded though he is a great guitarist I feel John Mayer and Mark Karan both did Jerry justice tho not playing "Jerry' they were not ashamed to sound like Jerry which to me was why the Dead never really felt it until they finally decided to LET FOLKS PLAY like Garcia as after all-that si what the Dead sounded like-why try to go different way intentionally so hard..never got that and Ratdog was the beginning of return to sound I love but now they are hitting it pretty nicely--not like 1980 or 1990 buti ts damn good and I for one am very happy to see them playing this well into their 70s--can only wonder had Jerry not died how great he would be by now...alas....sorry for long wind but I typed all these in before and damnable Rhino or suits lost this-Hunter was the last archivist before the corpoarate web took over (well he called it that and though its more easy to read since, I miss Hunter being a part of the day to day....and just wish he toured with band more...he is sorely missed and I get why he has been reluctant to tread in in places where such greatness as Garcia toiled....Hunter is a great sage...Robert, come sing on tour dude!
I also recall the guy cliimbed a poll and fell and died and its two shows in a row that happened at as my next show a guy fell from Red Rocks climbing during show-he enabled a ton of my pals to sneak in when security went to see what happened but it was a true tragedy as was the fact it rained out 8/13 and 8/14 in Red Rocks (my next shows) so its sad any time a fan dies and gave the scene a bad name for a time with all these types of bad acid casualties but they were rare though not unheard of at least one time a year someone would accidentally die at a show I think but not like the shows in late 70s to 1980..think that was bad period for quality of blotter not sure..