Grateful Dead

.... I saw Nirvana at maxwells in Hoboken New Jersey , a venue that is now closed down. Saw Pearl Jam at the LimeLight in NYC.
The roseland ballroom was a small venue where I saw many great shows before closing as well. I saw The Rolling Stones at roseland , 🙏❤️😎

I saw No Doubt in a bar in the fall of 1995. I think the cost was $10 or less.

There was a small two screen movie theater that got converted to a concert venue in the late 80’s. Between 88-93 I saw there B. B. King, The Guess Who (twice I think), Blue Oyster Cult, Thrill Kill Cult, Blues Traveler, Phish, and possibly a few others that I don’t remember. Pretty sure I saw Roger McGuinn there too, probably in 91 when I also saw him open for GD 6-22-91.

But I like big venues too.
Saw all 9 GD shows at Soldier Field and then made it back for all 3 FTW. Never been to a football game there.....

At Pontiac Silverdome I saw:
Bowie 87
Who 89
Stones 89
Floyd 94 both nights (floor seats, DSOTM the 2nd night)

Big venues can be fun too.

ok, all done, ck pm, type later

edit - I threw myself for a moment looking in wrong folder! I was like, I KNOW I HAD IT!!! Moments of panic!

Plus.. everyone knows Beethoven always had lots of really good mushrooms..

December 22,1808. Beethoven debuts his 5th and 6th symphonies and his 4th piano concerto in a 4 hour marathon concert.

September 9, 1958. Miles Davis Sextet (John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans) and The Duke Ellington Orchestra are headliners at a concert celebrating the Columbia Records jazz division.

November 2-3, 1961. John Coltrane quartet with Eric Dolphy at the Village Vanguard.

June 16-18, 1967. Monterey Pop Festival.

Yes, I am also grateful for having seen and heard so many amazing musicians and bands over the last 48 years. Most of the big names of the 70s rock world, and many bluesman and 50s rock n'rollers who were still ( and in the case of Buddy Guy, still are), going despite being quite elderly. I think Memphis Slim was the one I saw who went back the furthest...and Larkin Poe are probably the most contemporary blues band I have seen.

So.... lucky to have seen so many, and also to be still able to go to gigs, too. I was talking to a youngish guy a few weeks ago, and he told me the band he would most like to see live was the Australian Pink Floyd. Yes...we are lucky indeed.

Good news about that 1968 RSD release, too.

I am far more thankful for the shows I caught than those I missed. Stones, Who, Floyd, ABB, Little Feat, The Band.
Lots of great shows (and stories) in there.

Sometimes you just got lucky. 95 was a wretched year, but I wouldn't trade seeing Visions of Johanna in Philly for anything.

Jim is completely correct. I rarely go to large venues anymore. Smaller barns are the deal. I don't care who you see, any show at the Capitol is worth the effort.

Some of the best shows I have attended were in small theaters/clubs. Mark Knopfler, Cowboy Junkies, Bruce Cockburn, David Bromberg, Papa John Creach, Bobby Hebb, Big Head Todd, Bruce Hornsby, Neil Young, King Crimson. And whole bunches of others. Hell, even the DMB was great as the opening act before they went all pop and stuff.

The LP is the same record included in the April 2020 upcoming release of the ‘’ComicBook ‘Origins’ Boxset plus LP... A Primo Unrealsed 1968 performance , Always Grateful for 1968 Release Of anykind. Not to much in The Vault for 1968 era sadly...🙏❤️🤠
Origins Deluxe Edition LP

Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (8/21/68)

Side 1

1. Dark Star (14:33)
2. St. Stephen (04:45)

Side 2

1. The Eleven> (11:07)
2. Death Don’t Have No Mercy (08:09)

...This Version Of ‘Death Don’t Have No Mercy’ is the Best imho...

I received the pm!!! bob t

Not sure if anyone else has seen this but Wikipedia are showing an April 17th 2020 release of an LP of 08/21/68 at the Fillmore west .