Today in Deadhead History

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Posted: June 12, 2007 - 6:10am

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Shoreline 6/89

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One of the best runs Ive attended. It was sad after the fact to think that it was the last time I would see Brent play live. Many good memories. - Eric

Today is June 20.

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On this date in Deadhead history

- In 1966, the Grateful Dead played the Cal Medical Center in San Francisco as part of the LSD conference.

- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played an early and late show at the Fillmore East in New York City.

- In 1974, the Grateful Dead played the Omni in Atlanta. The Truckin>Eyes is good.

- In 1980, the Grateful Dead played a decent show at the West High Auditorium in Anchorage, Alaska. Good Jack Straw>Franklin's to open the show and a good Estimated>Other One (before drums) in the second.

- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played a great show in the rain at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.

- In 1986, the Grateful Dead played a great show at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA. Good Midnight Hour>Half Step to open and the second set is outstanding with UJB>Playin>Comes a Time>Playin before drums.

- In 1987, the Grateful Dead played the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA.

- In 1988, the Grateful Dead played a decent show at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in E. Troy, Wisconisin. First Blow Away....the Victim>Cumberland to open the second set is interesting, as is the Truckin>Terrapin before drums.

- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played the Pine Knob Music Theater in Clarkstown, MI.

- In 1992, the Grateful Dead played RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. Good show. A jammed out Corrina>Crazy>Playin>UJB starts off the second set. After teasing with the locomotive airhorn, they finally broke out Casey Jones for the first time in eight years. This was your intrepid reporter’s last stadium show.

Today is June 21

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Today is June 21. On this date in Deadhead history:

- In 1967, the Grateful Dead played the Polo Grounds of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played an early and late show at the Fillmore East in New York City.

- In 1970, the Grateful Dead played the American Indian benefit at the Pauley Ballroom in Berkeley, CA.

- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Chateau D'Herouville in Herouville, France.

- In 1976, the Grateful Dead played the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA.

- In 1980, the Grateful Dead played the West High Auditorium in Anchorage, AK.

- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.

- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played the Kingswood Music Theater in Maple, Ontario.

- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a nice show at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in E. Troy, WI.

- In 1986, the Grateful Dead played the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA. He's Gone dedicated to Len Bias.

- In 1987, the Grateful Dead played the Sunday afternoon show at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA.

- In 1989, the Grateful Dead played a good show at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountainview, CA. Clarence Clemmons sits in on the second set. This was also a pay-per-view event as well.

- In 1993, the Grateful Dead played the Deer Creek Music Center in Noblesville, IN.

- In 1995, the Grateful Dead played the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, NY. Good show. MUCH...MUCH better than Giants. Excellent 17 minute Row Jimmy. The Scarlet>Fire from the second set is good and the All Too Much>Playin’>Supplication is sweet. This was the final Morning Dew…

Happy Solstice!

that Anchorage show...

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one for the ages, as far as I'm concerned. Over in the Shows area, we've got a post or two from folks who were actually there. Sun never went down, they said.

I didn't come along till six months later, and really regret missing this show.

I had a few friends who

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I had a few friends who ventured up there as well. One who I lost track of, actually, because he stayed up there.

Meanwhile, I can see that doing this here won't generate conversation with all that talk happening in the Shows area. Maybe next time I have some free time (!!) I'll put some links in.

Meanwhile...

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Today is June 22. On this date in Deadhead history:

- In 1967, the Grateful Dead played the Pauley Ballroom in Berkeley, CA.

- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played Central Park in New York City.

- In 1973. the Grateful Dead played the PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nice jam with the He's Gone>Truckin>Nobody's>Other One.

- In 1974, the Grateful Dead played the Jai Alai Fronton in Miami, Fla.

- In 1976, the Grateful Dead played the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA.

- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played the City Island in Harrisburg, PA.

- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played the Alpine Valley Music Theater in E. Troy, WI.

- In 1986, the Grateful Dead played the Greek Theater in Berkeley, CA. Excellent stand-alone Fire OnThe Mountain.

- In 1988, the Grateful Dead played the Alpine Valley Music Theater in E. Troy, WI.

- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played Soldier's Field in Chicago. Good Shakedown in the first set. Excellent second set sequence of Foolish>LL Rain>Crazy>Playin>Terrapin>D>S>Dark Star>Playin.

- In 1992, the Grateful Dead played Star Lake Amphitheater in Burgettstown, PA.

- In 1993, the Grateful Dead played Deer Creek in Noblesville, IN.

- In 1995, the Grateful Dead played the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, NY.

aud!!!

wow! what a cool surprise to see this topic.
has any more of the well-folk migrated this way?

tom!!!

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nice to see you!! have missed you!!

i suspect you've seen and about, there are definitely a bunch more of us poking around here too.

Today is June 23.

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On this date in Deadhead history:

- In 1974, the Grateful Dead played the Jai Alai Fronton in Miami. Very good show. The Dark Star Jam is a highlight. [So Many Roads – Dark Star Jam > Spanish Jam > US Blues]

- In 1976, the Grateful Dead played the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA.

- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played City Island in Harrisburg, PA.

- In 1988, the Grateful Dead played Alpine Valley Music Theater. The breakout of Believe it Or Not and Blackbird.

- In 1990, the Grateful Dead played Autzen Stadium in Eugene,

- In 1992, the Grateful Dead played Starlake Amphitheater in Burgettstown, PA.

- In 1993, the Grateful Dead played Deer Creek Music Center.

Happy Birthday, Robert Hunter!

Today is June 24.

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On this date in Deadhead history:

- In 1970, the Grateful Dead played an early and late show at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, NY. The late show is awesome and stands as a shining example of just how goddamn good this band could be.

- In 1973, the Grateful Dead played the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, OR.

- In 1976, the Grateful Dead played the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA.

- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, WI.

- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played the SPAC in Saratoga Springs, NY.

- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a decent show at the River Bend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cryptical>D>S>Comes A Time>Other One is nice.

- In 1990, the Grateful Dead played Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR. Good first set with a nice H>S>F and a good Masterpiece.

- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played an excellent show at the Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, KS. Good H>S>Frank to open the show, followed by a good CC Rider>Train To Cry. The second set has an excellent China>Rider and a nice Estimated>Jame>Uncle's Johns. The Other One>Dew out of Space is also very nice.

- In 1994, the Grateful Dead played the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in Las Vegas, NV. The person who scheduled and approved these shows should have to live on the sun. Temperatures for these shows were over 12,000 degrees. People started fires to cool off.

- In 1995, the Grateful Dead played RFK Stadium in Washington, DC.

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