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    Nope-didn't make the original, was just a baby, and on the wrong continent :-). Have only seen a documentary about it.But you are right, show from this year looked pretty corporate and tame, despite some interesting bands. One singer-Amy Winehouse caught my attention with her great voice! Such a skinny person, and such a big voice! Gave me a good laugh to watch all those young kids watching Country Joe, and looking very blankly at Donovan. If I remember right, they both WERE at the original fest.
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    I see if I can track em down. Yep fests are getting more organised, but losing the nice laidback hippiness feeling. I have not been to Glastenbury for a few years but watching it the box its all very yuppy and corporate now. As to weather its been awful for ages now so I'm expecting the wellies to come out from the shed. Still looking forward to it no end, switch off from work and TV and all that stuff. Did you get to the origanal IoW fest that had some excellent bands on, missed that as well. Born at the wrong time I guess although having topped 50 it seems I should have done more.
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    Sure there are a couple here, have seen posts from British guys here and there! Is one guy posting under "Howard" if I remember correctly. Watched footage on t.v. last night from Isle of Wight (sp?) festival 2007, which looked like were some fun bands there, and also alot more DRY and organized than the original fest.
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    No Deadheads in Jolly Old England then!
    I know I'm probably the only one in Beccles, Suffolk but are there any deadheads out there in the rest of this green and pleasant land. Never got to see the dead live so I'm extremely jeolous of all those who did (thats everyone writing here it seems). I play the albums, read the books, and read your experiances to fill the void. At least I've converted the family, took awhile before Gill my wife would listen, then said "I thought they were heavy metal or something with that name" oh! well got there in the end. Spent the 70s and 80s seeing lots of gigs cant remember most of em so they must have been good at the time. I got the hang of it after a while and if poss got tickets 2 nights running. The first to watch and enjoy sensibly the second to get off my face and really enjoy. Now with a family I go to nice gigs/festivals We are off to Latitude Fest down the road to us tomorrow. Should be good, poetry, theatre, and good music, Arcade Fire,Tinariwen etc. this year and fine beer as well. If anyone fancies listening to Radio 4 Loose ends, Sat night its live from the Fest. Take care all you fine folk, I'll let you how the fest goes when I get back. Cheers Cliff
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    Hey all, I grew up just south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and Redwood City. Now I live in France like Garcia44. Was living in Paris working as a cook, and now I've been travelling around South and Central America for a year with my wife. When we go back to France we'll be moving to the south to Toulouse, and in a couple years maybe move back to San Francisco, but like tigerlilly said you learn a lot about the states by leaving, but I've been to some great places and in my heart home sweet home will always be the San Francisco Bay. It is so nice to see this site finally up and running after waiting for sooo long. But just to let the heads in europe know, I did come across a European version of dead.net, but it seems pretty empty there. www.eurodead.net, now that we're here, we'll have to get the people on that site over here. Hand me my old guitar and pass the whiskey 'round. Matt
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    Hand me my old guitar and pass the whiskey 'round.Matt
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    good day everyone ... this is my first post on the new site ... it looks tres cool from here in rio nido, ca (north of SF) ...
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    Merci beaucoup pour ton message! All Deadheads that want to speak french can send me messages!
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    LOL! Non, ce n'est pas possible que tu est teut seul la! Je connait un Deadhead Parisien. Et je suis beaucoup de temps en France- en Nancy, Paris, et Toulouse. Bon chance á trouver un autre ici!
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Gather here and tell us your stories! And thanks to TigerLilly for the suggestion!
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Bluesun, i've send you a private message about being a deadhead loving person in Belgium and all. But i havent even seen your first post when writing that message, about missing a deadhead scene here.. i cannot agree more! Hope to hear more from you and maybe even other Deadheads in Belgium?

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I read about your plans in 2016 to go to de Dead & Company shows in de U.S. If you are living in Holland can you contact me? I'm fully interested in the Grateful Dead and its legacy and would like to see a dutch Grateful Dead tribute arise overhere..

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Hello from a Scottish Deadhead whose association with the good ol' GD goes back further than I might care to admit.

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Hey kayare, there are no messages in my inbox? Indeed man, just a simple dead dance would be awesome 😃

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Cool dude, we should organise a dead dance somewhere near the border haha! That would be it, if any of you guys play any instruments, i would love to jam one day!

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Hey to all! There is a Dead cover band in NL called Deadly Grateful. Caught one of their gigs awhile back. I'm sure they are inactive due to the COVID rules. Anyone else know about any GD related groups/bands/events?
I saw the GD over 100 times back in the day.
Caught Dead and Company in November 2019 at the Hampton Coliseum.
I am always game for talking about Jerry and the Boys - feel free to message me!

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Great to learn there are other Heads in Belgium. I’m hoping to also find some in france.

I got on the bus at Madison Square Garden, NY in March 1981 and saw 150+ Dead shows (and dozens of JGB shows) before Jerry passed. I’ve been living in Brussels since Jan 2019 working in the chocolate industry. Prior to that I spent a few years in Paris (where I still spend a lot of time when there are no pandemics) and 8 years in Latin America - I’ve Been All Around This World.

If anyone has suggestions for bands to check out please let me know.

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Hey now!! Any ideas on where our "Grateful Dead" Band might could play in Europe. We are looking at Germany, Switzerland, England, and wherever there is a cool venue with folks who enjoy quality Jam Band faire. We play a lot of stuff with over 100 songs worked up. I welcome any and all suggestions. I am planning on coming over next spring to scout but if the right situation were to present itself we will make it happen.

The best way to reach us is at our email which is thejamcooperative@gmail.com

Our band's name is: "Drifter and The Jam Cooperative A Grateful Dead Experience"

We have a Facebook page. Just search our name.

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Hi everyone! I just moved to Den Haag from Spain and I want to know how's the Grateful Dead community doing in this country. Since the Dead played here a few times my guess is that there should be some deadheads out there, and even second or third generation deadheads...

Are there any places where they would play any GD music or where they would program anything like that? A coffeeshop or a pub, maybe...

Also, I play bass and I'm missing terribly the Grateful Dead cover band I played with back in Madrid. Damn! It was fun!!! I'm willing to start another one in Nederlands if it comes to that.

Thanks!

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Hi everyone. I've been in love with the music and ethos of the Grateful Dead since I was 14 in 1978. Everyone my age in England went punk but it did nothing for me. My cousin had already turned me on and when all the heads got their hair cut, sold their records and pretended to be 'new wave', I bought all their records for no money! The Dead, Allman Brothers, Airplane, Quicksilver everything. I learned to play the guitar. Now I'm pushing 60 and still playing in bar-bands but in France for the last decade. I wonder if there are any other Deadheads around here, especially musicians...

Hey, I just moved from Los Angeles to Barcelona. Live music photographer in the Dead scene and would love to know what the Dead scene in Spain looks like. Seeking members of our tribe here. Would love to find out how big an audience there is here for bands from the U.S. to come over as well. Will get a sense when DSO comes, even though they are not playing Spain or Catalunya. Curious about the European turnout for tribute bands and those musicians carrying on the Garcia/Dead legacy.

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Not very known in the Netherlands I found out. I guess NL has embraced electronic music too much.
But there are some heads here for sure. There is even a cover band called Deadly Grateful. Havent been able to check them out as they dont play often… check out on facebook.
Funny thing 8s that H&M was selling GD shirts,mand see some youngster walking around with shirts and have no idea what it is..
I am a dutchie and have sen my share of shows, and still after 35 years cant get enough

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Hey Dutch Jack straw.
Haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, as they havent done shows. I do though know that some of the musicians play in Utrecht weekly.
But hey, Billy Strings in December is a wonderful alternative this year!!! Or check out Dark star orchestra touring europe this summer/fall

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There is an instagram page for dutch dead heads! It's called deadheadsnl and there is also a whatsapp group chat where we share updates and stories!

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Oh wow, I was not here for quite a while... But got a hint with the current GD Bulletin and I love to connect, so here we go.
There is a small but fine GD and jamband scene in Europe. I'm living in Hamburg/Germany, so I'm going to start here.
The activities of the German deadhead scene can be followed on germanheads webpage and on Facebook.
With the PITB festival in Plauen end of May there is an annual gathering and followed by a Summer Special in Schneidenbach, both in Saxonia.
This year in June was the start of another annual festival in Frankonia: Jamkraut headed by local jamband Mars Mushrooms. Oh man, what a mind-blowing event with a set of a new formed collaboration called Dead Mushrooms. Check out the jamkraut website, find it on Facebook and listen on LMA under Mars Mushrooms.

In Switzerland you'll find some Dead bands (Aoxotoxoa for example) and several live opportunities including festivals.

In UK there are several bands, too. The Grateful Dudes play regularly and the SoL festival just took place last weekend. Check out the relevant Facebook groups like "U.K Deadheads & Fans of Dead EVERYWHERE !!!" and others.

Ah, Barcelona...? Check out Aaron Feder and his band The Burning Shore, the play regularly.

In France I don't know but I spend my summer vacation every year at the beach close to Nantes. So FRUBES, where are you located?

American jambands do not visit us anymore or at least pretty seldom. I've seen DSO in 2007 over here and I got tickets for three shows in September. What a thrill!
Similar with Billy Strings in December, yeah!

Unfortunately, the Jam in the Dam festival in Amsterdam was happening only a few times with several bands coming over to Europe for some tours the following years. Oh well, sweet times with Phish, WSP, moe., SCI, DSO, Disco Biscuits, ekoostik hookah, UM...

All the best, Frank

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Benvenuti Nostre amici Italiani. Mi amo Italia assai.
Penso che più italiani vorrebbero i Grateful Dead se le canzoni potessero essere tradotte.
C'varimm ’o guaglione.

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I hope to see dead n co in Europe on their final tour..

Any news to sway the freespirit our way?

In Germany now but US native been a deadhead now for 45 years.

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Deadly Grateful will perform coming Sat.Nov.26th at 't Oude Pot Huys in Utrecht 11pm-2am. We are with new additional members (now we have and Bobby and a Jerry :-) and new songs for y'all. Its rare that we conjure up gigs in the Low Lands so pls don't miss it and tell your Dheadish friends! Out in the Cold Rain or Snow the show must go on !!! (the Dead brought me to Europe, now we bring the Dead to Europe! ) Feels Like a Family Reunion...

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I'm an American Deadhead living in Germany. I flew back to the US to catch one of the final Dead & Co shows and just watched the final SF show on Nugs. I'm not ready for it to end. Anyone now of any good Dead cover bands in Germany? Some of my favorites in the US were JRAD, Darkstar Orchestra, and Cosmic Charlie.

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Hey now!
My first show was 1987 in Minnesota. i just moved to Greece and would love to talk, and if there are any shows in Athens or surrounding I'd love to know that too. You can reach me her or email is mm1.riley@gmail.com.
lots of love
Megan

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Hi everyone. I'm a French student and photographer, and I'm currently working on a project about Deadheads in France (and it seems like there are very few of them!). I would love to have the chance to talk to Deadheads living in France (or Belgium/Germany, works too) and ask them about their relationship with the Dead and their music. I thinks it's too beautiful to see how music can move and inhabit people. Please do not hesitate to contact me, I would love for you to share with me!