Grateful Dead

We stayed at school that year for Thanksgiving so this was an easy decision. Back then, tickets were not that hard to get. The show was like a High School Gym sock hop. General Admission.

I believe this is the only Shakedown>Franklins

...For Gator fans. The U. Miami Hurricanes had whupped, thrashed, spanked and generally kicked the Gators' a*ses earlier that day just down the road at Florida Field.

The student gov't at UF had been trying for years to get the Dead to play there, but the band had real problems with the auditorium, Alligator Alley. It was old, decrepit, and very, very much past its prime. I guess they convinced the band that their equipment wouldn't short out the entire building and burn it to the ground.

I understand the current basketball coach, Urban Myers, has a lot of Dead on his iPod.

Me and Brother Bill and our teacher/probation officer went to this show.Got caught at the gate with a wineskin full of liquor, so we drank and shared on the steps while waiting for the dose to kick in.

First set, we noticed a girl and her dog looking in through the exit doors. We let her in and promised to watch the pup while she danced for a while.After three songs she still hadn't returned, so we did the only honorable thing and let the dog in too.Midway through the set we noticed that security had tossed the pup out, so we let him in again. I like to think that they found each other.

Beginning of set two the dose was working its magic. We followed some cat under the bleachers (Perhaps they were the old pull out kind?) and came up at the stage. When told to go one way, we went the other and found a door to the stairs. All the gym equipment was stored down there.

While the boys played above us we played on the balance beam and bars and dosed hard! Just fucking fun!!!!

As if that wasn't enough, there was some kinda concert going on too!

If anyone has a copy of this show, I'd love to trade.