setlist
Jack Straw
Dire Wolf
Beat it on Down the Line
Peggy-O
El Paso
Row Jimmy
New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Music Never Stopped
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums
Truckin'
Black Peter
Sugar Magnolia
One More Saturday Night
Dire Wolf
Beat it on Down the Line
Peggy-O
El Paso
Row Jimmy
New Minglewood Blues
Candyman
Music Never Stopped
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums
Truckin'
Black Peter
Sugar Magnolia
One More Saturday Night
show date
Venue
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In My Living Room!
My 1st Dead show was Englishtown, 1977. This was my second, and it was in my living room, The Rectum, as many of us Philly folk called it. I was there for many milestones for the Flyers, including the win over the Russian team, and the Stanley Cup win over the Bruins. My first concert was here, Stevie Wonder, Jim Croce, The O Jays and the Raspberries. I was a regular attendee for several Alice Cooper, Yes, and Bruce Springsteen shows. But now, my new passion was being satisfied, with a four square of Mr. Natural in my head and friends all around, the boys (and Donna Jean) were in my town. And they were every bit as good as I could have expected. Still haven't gotten a tape of this show, but it does play in my head on special occasions.
May '78
My first Dead Show. I did not know what to expect but it was fantastic. I was 16 years old and with my buds and the show openned with my favorite song.The band was smokin and I found out what music could really do.And it only got better from there. Waiting for this show to be released.I would be first in line, as i usually was for Dead tickets.
Merry Pranksters
Also my first show, with seats on the floor. Ah, the Rectum - where else do you have to go down stairs to go to the bathroom (except CBGB)? Does anyone remember a large Merry Pranksters banner hanging from the upper section almost directly opposite the stage?
Ahh my first show also. I
Ahh my first show also. I think our tickets were nose bleed section so we sat behind the stage. Very interesting viewpoint and what a show! I was barely 17, had been to only a few concerts but now the bar was set and no one else could measure up!!
"One Man Gathers What Another
This was my second show, And after the first time there was no way I was gonna miss them. My Buddy and I Were quite tripped out at this show. There was times I actually forgot we were even at a concert.(lol) But with the Dead Playing that didn't last very long. When it was all over, It just made me want to see them even more. I couldn't wait until the next time around.
My First Show
Drove down to Philly with Two-Bit that rainy night. The windows were melting as we hit the Spectrum parking lot. Thankfully I wasn't driving. It was a night that will live as the gateway to the golden road. Some of my deadhead friends dont give this night much respect, but to me it rules
was this the show the LL fans sat thru a Terrapin flourish?
hmmm maybe THIS was the spectrum show where the LL fans sat throughout Terrapin while i stood on the floor in disbelief.........
ok it was 31 years ago uh......
was this the show the LL fans sat thru a Terrapin flourish?
hmmm maybe THIS was the spectrum show where the LL fans sat throughout Terrapin while i stood on the floor in disbelief.........
ok it was 31 years ago uh......
First Show
This was my first of many many many shows. One of the great joys in my life. I knew nothing about them, boy did that change! I was just about to graduate from HS, I went with Martin, Kathy, Carlos, and Sue. I am having dinner with Martin tonite in Boulder Co. Have a Grateful Day!!!!!!
It was a great show, it hooked me, now my kids are hooked.
First Show Too
I was 15 and only knew of the Grateful Dead from my older sister's Live Dead and Aoxomoxoa albums. Scored two tix and me and my friend took the subway down to the Spectrum. It was total culture shock seeing all the heads. I did not know many of their songs but after this show they still to this day fill my cup with good times and memories. Above all playing their music (I play the Bobby parts in my band), gigging and helping to keep this music alive and evolving is a gift. 5/13/78 is a day that changed my life!
Great Show
This was my second show. We walked in a few minutes before start time and they were well into Jackstraw. I remember seeing a couple of people climb up to the rafters from the nosebleed section and dance up there, maybe 30-40 feet above the next section down. I think it was during Truckin'.
Truckin
Just wow,they were having fun.Alot of fun in early 1978. Check out the extra lyrics and bass leads on Truckin the Miller board is outrageous. On to The Black Peter at this point.
On a side note.....
Anyone interested in reading a great book. Ckeck out the book "The Walk"by Richard Paul Evens. Nothing to do with the dead but a very good easy fast read. . To you Gina (Hello my love)!!!! Wish you were still with us.
My Third Show
My 1st show was Englishtown, NJ. My second show I went from Penn State to Rochester, NY in November, '77, then the Garcia Band at PSU on Dec. 5. May 13, '78 was hot... really hot! A classic lineup of songs from the era, played very well, with a lot of energy. Sounded good, even for the "Rectum". Rocky was rockin' out in front of the building. The Dead really wanted to put out that night, and you could tell. Yes, I followed the Flyers as the best hockey team in the world at that time.
What a Spring tour that was
After seeing the band for the first time in May 77 in Baltimore at the end of that magical May, I caight them again in Englishtown, and by winter of 77 my tribe at Towson U was itching to hit the road. We headed south that April, caught them in Atlanta, Duke, William and Mary, Va Tech, Huntington and Pittsburgh, back to school for mid-terms, then up to New England for a few shows. When we were back at the home base, my crew from Delaware called and gotten tix to this Spectrum show - my first of maybe 20 shows there - and I took three first timers. A few doses here and there and everybody had a blast. My recollection of Donna wailing during Playin' in the 2nd set...the Black Peter that brought me to my Jerry ballad tears for the first time - what a night..just a great show in a great spring tour. I caught them 121 times from 77-89, and this is a top ten for me....as were 3 other shows that tour - Huntington, Duke, and night one in Hotlanta!
After seeing the band for the first time in May 77 in Baltimore at the end of that magical May, I caight them again in Englishtown, and by winter of 77 my tribe at Towson U was itching to hit the road. We headed south that April, caught them in Atlanta, Duke, William and Mary, Va Tech, Huntington and Pittsburgh, back to school for mid-terms, then up to New England for a few shows. When we were back at the home base, my crew from Delaware called and gotten tix to this Spectrum show - my first of maybe 20 shows there - and I took three first timers. A few doses here and there and everybody had a blast. My recollection of Donna wailing during Playin' in the 2nd set...the Black Peter that brought me to my Jerry ballad tears for the first time - what a night..just a great show in a great spring tour. I caught them 121 times from 77-89, and this is a top ten for me....as were 3 other shows that tour - Huntington, Duke, and night one in Hotlanta!