Broome County Arena

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On June 6th, 2007 B42 said:

My stub for this reads Veterans Memorial Auditorium... $7.50 - those were the days...

"if you get confused..."

Broome CountyArena / Veteran Mem Aud May 9, 1979

On June 14th, 2007 T Jack said:

Any body else at the May 9, 1979 show?
i went there next day after the absolutely amazing Rec Hall show @ Penn State on May 8, 1979.

It was a real steam bath. EVERYone had the shirts off.

It ain't listed...

Broome County Arena 5/9/79

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On June 23rd, 2007 brweldon81 said:

Yes, it was my first show!! I went to the feature on this site to mark it as attended and couldn't find it (????).

My brother attended Colgate Univ. and got me a ticket. I was 16. Partied all day, and yes IT WAS HOT!

General admission show, I was on the floor right up front in front of a ponytailed Jerry (looked like he was gonna drop) for the first set. It was so hot I had to spend the second set in the back where it wasn't body to body. I remember that nobody knew who the new keyboard player was, beside you could barely hear Brent at that show.

If I remember this correctly,I was hurdled in the GEN ADM and...

On July 20th, 2007 sugareelady said:

ended up like cattle to the boards in front of the stage. I already drank soooooo much in the parking lot because it was sooooooo hot! Some hells angel dude picked me up after I passed out by the boards and took me to the other side of the boards in the concert. I danced and danced and was hooked on the dead ever since,jerry looked at me and I smiled,he was not very good looking but he could play that guitar like it was a third arm.!
I still feel like whenever I dance I celebrate that feeling of being totally trapped and then free like a bird.

I knew right away she was not like other girls Other girls

Working the Catskills

On July 29th, 2007 Wiilybru said:

This was when I gigging up in the Catskills at Grossingers. My buddy Mike said the Dead was up in Binghamton and we loaded up his old Volvo and away we went, which led to many other nefarious and memorable happenings. The funk of general admission was always the combined effluvium of weed, patchouli, and dank dancing dead heads.

hot day

On September 27th, 2007 nemo said:

i remember reading a news paper from the binghamton area the next day and it said the dead were ban from playing there.Someone had run straight off the top ramp and jumped.The band returned in the spring of 83. All the shows i have seen there were always good. thank you New York!

11-6-77 concert- Broome County Arena

On August 1st, 2008 treinhard said:

Anyone have photos from this Dead concert? I would love to see some.