Notes:
final/last "Black Queen": 12-10-69 [938]
Set List:
New Minglewood BluesTennessee Jed
Me and My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Bird Song
Maybe You Know How I Feel
West L.A. Fadeaway
My Brother Esau
Looks Like Rain
Touch of Grey
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Uncle John's Band
Truckin'
drums
Black Queen
Iko Iko
The Other One
Black Peter
One More Saturday Night
Johnny B. Goode
Comments
first show.
first show.
headed out to where the
headed out to where the pavement turns to sand...
Wicked Fun show
Wicked fun show
I think it was called the Brendan Byrne Arena though.
After the drums, you could see everyone on stage but the whole arena was dark, and the jam just getting hotter and hotter, and still no lights, everyone was lighting their lighters, and the jam was getting hotter and hotter and when the lights came on Jerry was not on stage, it was Stephan Still playing lead and went in to Black Queen. Truly memorable. The crowd went nuts!
first show
Went from nh to show at 16 years old by greyhound bus what a trip!
Missing Deadhead
Brendan Byrne was 20 minutes from my house. When it first opened it was a really cool place to see the dead. Security were cool and never fucked with you. Camping was aloud in the parking lot along with vending. I've seen security even buy stuff in the parking lot. After Touch was released and the "touchheads" came rushing in, things got ugly. Shows were selling out in 2 hours. Ticketless deadheads started crashing gates. Security was beefed up. I'm not sure what year it was at this venue but a head named Adam disappeared and later was found dead along the NJ turnpike. It took YEARS to find out that security at Brendan Byrne beat him to death. I remember my last show their what ASSHOLES they were, Waiting in the parking lot, kicking over vending tables. Just being real FUCKING ASSHOLES
As for Adams death. I believe 9 where charged with manslaughter.
I was kinda suprised and pissed that they opend with Minglewood, Thats not an opener!! Birdsong was long and spacey. Iko-Iko was house rocker. Good show!!!
Reply To "Missing Deadhead" Comment
I'm glad somebody else remebers when things were cool at "The Byrne" My first show was the following year. And I also remember they would let people camp out and everything. As A Jersey Deadhead I take those comments a bit personaly. And by the way where was the only show they opened with "Eyes Of The World"
I also agree that things did change after the bands well deserved success of "In The Dark". By this point you had people there who we're interested the The Dead at all, they thought this was a place to get fucked up and sell whatever crap they'd bring with them, so they couldn't be bothered with worry about what things would be like next year. Nobody wants to own up to that.
And by the way if The Medowlands was such a shit whole why did everybody keep showing up HU? Maybe if some of you whining pansies stayed home we never would have had to spend soo much time sitting in traffic
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First show
The 2nd set is consistently high-energy. Nice surprise w/ Steven Stills showing up, too. Memorable, the first of many.