Red Rocks Amphitheatre

August 12, 1979

Morrison, CO US

Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

Set List:

Promised Land
They Love Each Other
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Peggy-O
Lazy Lightnin'
Supplication
Brown Eyed Women
Looks Like Rain
Althea
Passenger

China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Lost Sailor
Don't Ease Me In
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
drums
Not Fade Away
Black Peter
Around and Around

U.S. Blues

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Comments

back at the rocks- some rain

On June 8th, 2007 Chief said:

back at the rocks- some rain starting thus the next shows at McNichols...

I remember the rain, RamRod

On June 11th, 2007 Hawilo said:

I remember the rain, RamRod and Steve came out and placed plastic over some of the speakers, I also remember Ken Kesey at the show banging away on bells during a long protracted space. They all made the mountain ring. after the rainit was pertinent to hear Jerry sing ' and who can the weather command'....

Best Road trip to see the Dead

On July 19th, 2007 deshafe said:

DAVE:

We were all just 19 years old : Craig, Mark, Kenny and I -
we drove a van from Philly to see the west, and to see the Dead. By this time in our lives we were vetern GD concert goers on the East Coast.

Red Rocks blew our mind, the place is the best venue to see a concert.

We partied and did the window pane dance around the Bon Fire at Chief Hasa camp ground over ran the town of Morrison

Now we are old men - but still young at heart -
Mark is gone now we miss him, I still see Craig and Kenny when I get back to Philly, We still see some shows, some of the new JAM Bands

But this Red Rock show is one of my all time favorites.
Maybe it was the place, maybe it was the people we met,
or maybe it was that we were young and free on the road with no responsibilities.

2many dheads

On July 27th, 2007 fishman said:

A ton of people w/o tix, someone died trying to sneak in. Buckets of rain later.

 

F-ing life changing show for me...the best ever!

On September 5th, 2007 Peachy said:

I got double dragoned on that day and the RD must have
been 400 mics...DOD just kdding!
So anyway I just remember the drums RIPPING open the sky like primordial caveman like Shamanistic magic- a wheel with the faces of the audience on it and once in a while even my own head popped up on the "slot machine" - i think this a prankster archetype...sat near i think Phil Jackson- fourth row and a bastard with a grim reaper outfit that scared the living piss out of me most of the night til I finally succumbed to group mind...recall a pile of the Van guys (could well be guy from above) snuck in when a poor guy died by falling off the rocks....I too recall ramrod standing above it all looking and the floods all shining to see what happened to the guy who fell off left side of the rocks as the ticketless got their miracle via an offering to the gods---
The Rocks is a MYSTICAL and wierd place- I felt the presence of Indian spirits there and I am sure the guy who died spirit hovered around most of the rest of the show...
Lazy Lightning was kind of frightening if you know what I mean...but after that it took me about 4 years to integrate the show...and I got it...or so I think...
BP

"if the Thunder don't get ya then the lightning will!"- The Wheel
"Gonna find out something only dead men know" - Silvio
Class of Red Rocks '79...
Life without the Dead is not life...and so we carry on...