• Carrier Dome - October 20, 1984

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  • Bertha
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    West L.A. Fadeaway
    C.C. Rider
    Ramble on Rose
    My Brother Esau
    Bird Song
    Jack Straw

    Shakedown Street
    Samson and Delilah
    He's Gone
    Smokestack Lightnin'
    drums
    The Wheel
    The Other One
    Black Peter
    Turn on Your Love Light

    Revolution

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    cmills3522
    4 years 3 months ago
    Long Shot

    I know I am seriously late to the party. Believe it or not, it took my 29 year old son to tell me about this site. I never new this forum existed. So I logged on and read some of the comments from the 1984 Carrier Dome show and, boy, did it bring back some memories. Many of them quite fuzzy, but really great memories.

    Me and my crew of 7 from Poughkeepsie made the trip in my tricked out 1977 Dodge Tradesman Custom van. We arrived on Friday night before the show and were lucky enough to buy a weekend parking pass at the parking lot right across the street from the south entrance. We set up camp and commenced to having one of the greatest experiences of my life. I will have some stories to follow.

    The reason for my first post is that I am reaching out to the community to see if anyone can help me get ahold of a piece of my deadhead past.

    I was a senior in high school that year and I was taking a commercial art class. As part of the class and a huge part of the final grade, we had to create, market, and sell a piece of art. For my project, my partner and I created a poster dedicated to 20 years of the Grateful Dead. I worked at a printing press at the time and convinced my boss to do a 250 count run of the poster. The plan was to bring the posters to the Carrier Dome show and sell them to recoup our investment, pay back my boss, and turn a small profit, then write the report and submit it for credit in my commercial art class. Needless to say, Deadheads are very kind to one another and we sold the first 100 on Friday night. The printing press charged me $100 to do the print run and we sold the posters at $2 a piece. So we doubled our money on the first night. And since Deadheads are very kind to one another, the next day we were handing them out for free and an occasional trade for mind altering substances. We scored some great tabs, a couple bottles of liquid, and copious amounts of opium and hashish.

    Anyway, the poster was drawn entirely freehand and featured the skeleton playing the fiddle from Blues For Allah right in the center. We had dancing bears, shakedown street, steal your face, skull and roses, and so much more on the poster. The top left had the year 1964 and the bottom right had the year 1984, and in between was artwork from each of their albums during that time frame. I am an idiot and did not keep one for myself. The only one that I knew of in existence was kept by one of my gang of 7. When I reached out to him a few years back he no longer had his copy.

    So, I am reaching out to the community in hopes that someone who came into possession of one of these posters sees this message and, providing still had one of the original posters, would be willing to take a digital snapshot and send it to me. I tried contacting my old boss at the printing press, but as you can imagine, almost 40 years later and several technological advances since then and the printing press of old no longer exists.

    It will be killer if someone actually reaches out that remembers this and better yet has a copy to share. Peace!

  • jmac2231@yahoo.comkk
    5 years 10 months ago
    i know one thing. the guy
    i know one thing. the guy next to us in the van with the cali plates had some of the best acid i ever did . only time ever i didn't leave my seat . i mean couldn't . had a blast
  • hockey_john
    8 years 1 month ago
    Angry Jack
    Your not kidding, I checked back in on this one today and my oh my . Jack Straw is sung with force by Bobby. I do not remember it during the show but have listened to it 5 or 6 times sense then and today it really hit me. Sung with force and anger. Is almost like he is pissed off. I am lucky to have been on the entire tour in 1984 and we had many shows that were highlights like Maine along with the summer tour. Jerry had his long frumpy long long long hair and his weight was getting up there. In all the years following them this was surely his most unhealthy look. sad but true I will always Miss him.
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Bertha
Greatest Story Ever Told
West L.A. Fadeaway
C.C. Rider
Ramble on Rose
My Brother Esau
Bird Song
Jack Straw

Shakedown Street
Samson and Delilah
He's Gone
Smokestack Lightnin'
drums
The Wheel
The Other One
Black Peter
Turn on Your Love Light

Revolution
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Solid show all around. I remember Shakedown rocking the house and the Lovelight was sweet - Jack Straw hot as well. Had a decent aud but the dome sound leaves much to be desired. My second show and the first I really appreciated.
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That's right, this was my third show. I drove with my buddy Hal from our homes in Bergen County, N.J. to the Carrier. By the time we had fought through the crowds to our seats, "The Band" were halfway through their set. As I remember, this was an awesome show and is one of the few that has stood out in my often foggy memory. Although, like the abouve poster stated, the Carrier's acoustics left a little to be desired! Hal and I are still great friends and we both now live in Seattle, WA!!!
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Out of control!!! As Deadhead students at Syracuse, we waited on line overnight (you can imagine the fun) at the Dome box-office, months before the show, to get floor tickets. On commemoration day, after partying all day together, we convened at floor central (with exceptionally fond memories of my buddy VP, may he Rest In Peace) for a rage. Our collective was so tuned-in to every note -- that cavernous hall of swooping sounds; its huge, parachute-like roof a canvas for the light show; sparkling lights, twinkling in the darkness. We knew The Dome like the back of our hand; and this was the final show of a 3-year, home-field run. This show ranks as one of the most memorable in my personal repertoire. Second set ... mystical. Stompin' Smokestack. Black Peter like no other. Revolution encore: unbelievable! I still sing that rendition in my head. For us students living off-campus, the party continued all night long. I remember skipping through the streets of Syracuse at 4am singing Revolution to myself. I'll never forget that night. The answer is ... love.
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Isn't it funny that on the same tour, we would go from a 4500 seat Augusta Civic Center, to a dome with a seating capacity of over 2,000,000,000 ? Glad you had such a show there "Terrapin85"
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I remember being in awe of the size of the place after being in Augusta a few days earlier. We started in the loge and just kept walking across the seats until we got relatively close on Jerry's side on the floor. It was my first Revolution (I think) so I was psyched. Also it was great, because after the concert we got tickets to see TC: From Rage Time To Dark Star. It was the 2nd late night show. I think it started at 1:30 or 2:00 in a small pub on campus.
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This venue did nothing for me but like Terrapin85, I was student at SU and this was our home. I forgot all about the TC show. Everyone waiting with baited breath for a special guest appearance that would never happen. Parties off campus did round out this night. One of many for a memorable batch of DeadHeads calling this town their home for a few years in the early to mid 80s.
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In response to a comment above: No The Band did not open. That was 1983, when I couldn't attend.
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I wonder if I knew you guys. Im Jay Shelton '80 - '86.
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I remember on the way out of the venue a gale force wind was pushing us out the door. it was so strong you could lean into it like the weather jocks in hurricanes, i think it had something to do with the way they inflate the parachute like roof of the dome
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I was in college at Towson in baltimore that year--rode up with some friends. From the opening notes of Bertha, the guys were playing in another realm. I still have not nor IMO did they ever play another Jack Straw. That 2nd set was just as mind blowing--and then a Revolution encore. People ask me what was so good about the Dead--I play some of this show and smile.
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Is there anyone that rermebers staying at this guy Jamie's house a block away from the Carrier Dome? We were there the night before and having no place to stay we just walked around the town square. It started to rain and then here's this local hippy looking dude saying... Hey Any of you Deadheads need a place to stay - Follow me!There was about 12 to 15 of us in this one bedroom house hanging out for two days. Jamie had a big pot of Clam Chowder and he shared it with us all. We in turn shared some killer blotter with him the night before the show. That night kinda embodied the whole hippy Deadhead experience for me with good music and good people flying high. The actual show was Great! One of the Best of '84. Jack Straw rips!
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Well, being a very sheltered county girl I had no idea what or who "The Grateful Dead" was until I went to college and my friend Joe took me to this very first show! My ticket was not with my friends and I was not the type of girl to venture around by myself. When we got to my friend's seat, they said you can't come down here, you need to go to your seat but don't be afraid. I was very afraid for about 5 seconds and that was the end of that! It was a life altering moment for me. I had the best time and for the first time in my likfe, I knew where I belonged!!!! The only songs I knew at the time were CC Rider and Revolution but it was that defining moment of not being afraid and feeling complete that I will never forget!Peace
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I missed most of the first set, coming in at the end of the first set closer! I was so mad! That quickly went away as I settled in for a really great second set. I do remember being blown out of the place on the way out (due to the air supporting the roof of the dome!). Lots of tripped out hippies trying to figure out if the wind was just an anomoly or if it was really happening! Peace! Puff ~Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools!~
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This was a great road trip show for me... I had only been to a few shows fairly close to home (Norfolk, VA) earlier in 84 and had inserted myself into a group of Deadheads that lived in the same neighborhood near school (ODU). We drove to Richmond and picked up Mike Tennanbaum's mother's station wagon, slapped a bunch of stickers on it and hit the road north. We stopped off in Dover, DE late the night before the show and picked up a couple more riders (friends I had not met yet, but would become like brothers over the next couple of years). I don't recall when we continued north, but we managed to make it to Syracuse early in the afternoon. I remember sitting on a rock wall about 3' high along a sidewalk and rolling a joint as students and Deadheads passed by, then a cop rolled by, I was a little freaked, but he just kept going, no hassle at all!.. anyway...... later as we were herding toward the entrance, one of our group dosed those of us who were willing. I don't recall the conversation exactly, but Mike and I (maybe a few others) decided to get a view from the nosebleeds all the way in the back of the dome... we climbed for what seemed like hours, arriving at the top just as the lights were going down and the hallucinogens started kicking in. The view was incredible... I can still picture the postage stamp stage, the sea of pulsing dancers, and the balloon like roof reflecting the lights. Sometime during the first set, I started hallucinating the dome roof deflating and starting to sink into the venue. I had to keep reminding myself that I was dosed and try to focus on the music. I know I asked the person next to me several times if the roof was caving in?!?!?! I don't think the sound was very good way up in the stratosphere, but I know the boys were jammin'. During the intermission we moved down a lot closer to the stage on Jerry's side. I remember Shakedown and Sampson were some of Mike's favorites and he went nuts when they opened the second set with those. The rest of the second set was amazing too... and the Revolution encore blew me away... and then right out the door after the show. I don't remember the trip home, but I do recall Mike's mom telling us to take the stickers off her wagon. I've lost touch with Mike and the rest of the gang from those days, but still have lost of great memories...
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Hey Cuse Alums! I envy all of you, for being able to see GD on campus in the early-mid 80s. I wasn't on the Bus ontil 91, as I was still playing with GI Joe toys when GD played The Dome. I graduated from SU in 1999. I had a blast at SU, and I can only imagine how fantastic it was to see GD at The Dome. I saw some Buffalo and Albany GD shows, and there was definitely a magic when GD played upstate N.Y. venues. Andy
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Me and about 7 friends packed in a van from Chicago to Syracuse for the show. Picked up 5 sheets and went to business immediately. Got busted with a little over 4 sheets left. Jail is no fun on 2 doses, a gram of 'shrooms, and a few valiums. Never made into the show. Spent the next few weeks in the Onandaga County jail. I heard it was a great sho though!
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I know it has been written about , but Jack Straw left the crowd buzzing during the break. All time favorite memory. Drove up from Poughkeepsie . The 3 guys from Georgia sitting behind me at Dome made it fun. Again sad, just like Saratoga , Three great years and then nothing. At least Saratoga gave one more. Do they even have shows there anymore.
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I attended the first two shows of this tour and returned home. I had friends on tour that kept calling me about all the breakouts.Smokestack, Lovelight etc... I felt compelled to fly to Syracuse for this last show of the tour. They did NOT disappoint !! Although the Carrier Dome has the worst acoustics imaginable, the first set of this show is outstanding with one of my favorite versions of Jack Straw. On a side note....a friend of mine from Boca Raton asked me to pick up a sheet for him in the lot outside the dome. I found a seller who was vouched for by someone I knew. I never tried the merch myself as I had already dosed. As it turned out , the sheet was blank and my friend thought I had ripped him off. This misunderstanding damaged our relationship permanently. If you ever read this Bubba.....
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My second B-day show (21). Became just another lizard for peace after meeting some friends of friends from Athens. A little apprehensive cause People's Express lost my luggage which was my backback cause I would be hitching back. The show allowed me to forget it a while and was able to retrieve it the next day. Birthday shows are such fun - if you can do it Further works well. Let it shine.
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The Dome was Huge; remember just being blown away by the space and the boys trying to fill it with sound. The Jam in Jack Straw is just evil and I think this is the first time Lovelight and Smokestack were performed in the same show since 3/25/72. But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow. Alright!!!!!!!
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We had seen six shows on this tour already. A good friend of ours had some liquid 25, just a drop'll do ya! Was mightily impressed with the vastness of the dome and the show rocked! Doc G
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Another hitchhiking trip to a show for me, this time with a friend from UMass. We left about 5PM the day before the show and made it to Syracuse not too late at night. We thought we'd just find a place to throw our sleeping bags down on or near campus, but it started raining and we didn't have a tent. So we noticed that the Carrier Dome had an overhang at ground level pretty much all the way around the stadium. We just slept under the overhang, under the dome. We were surprised that campus security didn't find us and kick us out in the middle of the night. The night of the show we both dosed on some pretty decent acid. Our seats were pretty far away from the stage, on Jerry's side, not too high up. The acoustics combined with my tripping mind made for some memorable sounds. I don't remember the quality of the show itself, but my night was a lot of fun. We hitchhiked back late that night, made it to Holyoke right before sunrise, and crashed right by the side of I-91, on the grass. We were too exhausted to make it back to our dorm until we got a few hours of sleep.
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Your not kidding, I checked back in on this one today and my oh my . Jack Straw is sung with force by Bobby. I do not remember it during the show but have listened to it 5 or 6 times sense then and today it really hit me. Sung with force and anger. Is almost like he is pissed off. I am lucky to have been on the entire tour in 1984 and we had many shows that were highlights like Maine along with the summer tour. Jerry had his long frumpy long long long hair and his weight was getting up there. In all the years following them this was surely his most unhealthy look. sad but true I will always Miss him.
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i know one thing. the guy next to us in the van with the cali plates had some of the best acid i ever did . only time ever i didn't leave my seat . i mean couldn't . had a blast
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I know I am seriously late to the party. Believe it or not, it took my 29 year old son to tell me about this site. I never new this forum existed. So I logged on and read some of the comments from the 1984 Carrier Dome show and, boy, did it bring back some memories. Many of them quite fuzzy, but really great memories.

Me and my crew of 7 from Poughkeepsie made the trip in my tricked out 1977 Dodge Tradesman Custom van. We arrived on Friday night before the show and were lucky enough to buy a weekend parking pass at the parking lot right across the street from the south entrance. We set up camp and commenced to having one of the greatest experiences of my life. I will have some stories to follow.

The reason for my first post is that I am reaching out to the community to see if anyone can help me get ahold of a piece of my deadhead past.

I was a senior in high school that year and I was taking a commercial art class. As part of the class and a huge part of the final grade, we had to create, market, and sell a piece of art. For my project, my partner and I created a poster dedicated to 20 years of the Grateful Dead. I worked at a printing press at the time and convinced my boss to do a 250 count run of the poster. The plan was to bring the posters to the Carrier Dome show and sell them to recoup our investment, pay back my boss, and turn a small profit, then write the report and submit it for credit in my commercial art class. Needless to say, Deadheads are very kind to one another and we sold the first 100 on Friday night. The printing press charged me $100 to do the print run and we sold the posters at $2 a piece. So we doubled our money on the first night. And since Deadheads are very kind to one another, the next day we were handing them out for free and an occasional trade for mind altering substances. We scored some great tabs, a couple bottles of liquid, and copious amounts of opium and hashish.

Anyway, the poster was drawn entirely freehand and featured the skeleton playing the fiddle from Blues For Allah right in the center. We had dancing bears, shakedown street, steal your face, skull and roses, and so much more on the poster. The top left had the year 1964 and the bottom right had the year 1984, and in between was artwork from each of their albums during that time frame. I am an idiot and did not keep one for myself. The only one that I knew of in existence was kept by one of my gang of 7. When I reached out to him a few years back he no longer had his copy.

So, I am reaching out to the community in hopes that someone who came into possession of one of these posters sees this message and, providing still had one of the original posters, would be willing to take a digital snapshot and send it to me. I tried contacting my old boss at the printing press, but as you can imagine, almost 40 years later and several technological advances since then and the printing press of old no longer exists.

It will be killer if someone actually reaches out that remembers this and better yet has a copy to share. Peace!