Set List:
One More Saturday NightFire on the Mountain
Walkin' Blues
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Mama Tried
Big River
Bird Song
Music Never Stopped
Touch of Grey
Man Smart/Woman Smarter
Terrapin Station
drums
The Wheel
Cryptical Envelopment
The Other One
Comes a Time
Around and Around
Sugar Magnolia
U.S. Blues
Comments
There was a big fire on the
There was a big fire on the mountain that was just above the fairgrounds that had been burning for a few days, we called it "Jerry Mountain". I'll never forget them opening up with Saturday Night/Fire on the Mountain, with ashes falling from the sky!! There was nothing like the "beach-party" shows at Ventura, camping with an ocean-front view !! Someone puddled me before this show and I was high the entire weekend.....those were the days!!!
Ashes, ashes
The thing about Ventura is it was RAW.
The water was cold, the dust was incessant, sunburns were the order of the day. Did I mention the dust? The ashes from that fire, they stuck to your car paint and would burn right through it.
That drive up from LA was the epitome of the So Cal dead experience. Did you see that guy on the hill mediating in a full lotus position behind his broken down VW?
Folks who knew the local haunts made their way up to Ojai after the shows for beers at The Wheel and a dip in the hot springs across the street. I loved the Frost, I loved the Greek, but Ventura was a summer rite of passage!
Don't remember which year it was but it was at Ventura that I learned the Turtle Guy passed away. If you were at Ventura you saw that Turtle Guy.
the navy's fault
jmy first ventura show. the nav had flown me to san diego from oakland (ahh......those bay area shows....but that's another story). a friend and his family drove me from there to the fairgrounds and cousin's dan and laida drove me to the airport.......all on the navy's coin. i don't believe i've enjoyed a weekend at the beach as much since.
Dead on the beach
Saturday Night into Fire to open the weekend? That was nuts with the fire burning behind them. The Cryptical here was nice too. I got a little baked at this show and afterwords. Needless to say Ventura brought it out of eveyone.
I remember a friend of mine asking me days before if I was going to Live Aid in Philly on Sat. I was about to drive out west to live and I chose that week to do it. So I kind of laughed and said no, I am going to Ventura to see the Dead. He looked at me like I was crazy. Little did he know that I was on the right track. Sure glad I wasn't at Live Aid that's for sure. Way worth the drive cross country! !
I do remember the fire on
I do remember the fire on the mountain,trippy. The 1st notes
of One more Sat. awakeing me to attention while the red gels
filled me alive. Also dancing by myself and one other girl
in the dust bowl roped off area behind the stage . AAAh!
Me and the looney bird
Me and the looney bird danced like a mad man. Met the Trippinest Dude. The hardest burning show for sure, and it wasn't just the sun. Just had a brawl with my father the night before, my van broke down, too much of everything else. I remember becoming a thought, thinking of myself. Haven't entirely figured that out yet (trying meditation these days, folks, I'm getting there).
The fire on the mountain, camping and movie theater set up in the lot were great additions.
I remember a big crackle during Walking Blues (I think). Didn't hear it on the soundboard production.
Camping
I think we camped in like horse stables right on the premise, could that have been true?