Grateful Dead

suck, what was the ticket price then 15.00$? Could afford to drive across country, but not get a ticket? In my years of dead I have gotten things for free, lots of love, music, stickers, pipes, rides, miracles, campsites, food, drink, dope, but never ever wanted to crash the gate. IMHO I think that this violence had a direct impact on Jerry's demise, so being proud of jumpin the wall is like being proud of ending the dead. In the late 90's and even earlier this decade I heard of people who hated the dead and wanted it all to end, I just never thought I would read a post from one of them on this site. I'll say it for ya, I'm sorry for you.

Some people are not as fortunate to have the money to see the best band ever yes i was one of those dirt bags that jumped the fence i drove there from NH it was awesome!!!!!! And nobody should say sorry for jumpin the wall!!

truth is not told, it is realized... i was 18. i had never ever had a dead experience before this night. some friends took me to the show. no one had tickets. i wondered why we were going to a sold out concert when none of us had tickets. i had no idea what i was in for... we walked around the lot. for the first time in my entire existence i felt free. it was like nothing i had ever felt before. shakedown was HUGE! i have attended several dead related events since and have still never seen anything like it. every which way i turned there was someone else in my face offering me something cool to buy. little handmade items, rocks and gems, goo-balls, hemp necklaces, food, beer, i specifically remember one guy in my face saying, "D-S-L" with a slight grin on his face. my life from here on out had already clearly been affected. then all of a sudden there was a loud group of people off to the side making a bunch of noise.when i looked up about 500 people or so had knocked down the chain link fence outside of desert sky pavillion and were all jumping the wall. my friends were 10 steps ahead of me. shamefully, i admit i followed. when i landed on the other side it was like "mosh pits of people dancing" to me. Jerry was standing tall. when i looked over the crowd all you could see was thousands of lighter flames all seeming to be flickering down instead of up as if you were lighting something other than a cigarette (wink, wink, nudge nudge). the band just seemed to be intense free form jamming and i LOVED IT!!! the people were dancing so much you couldnt even walk around. the magic was in the air and goosebumps all around. i dont remember leaving. the next day i went back for the third show hoping to get a ticket with no luck. it was the first and last time i saw jerry. first of all i suppose i owe all fans and band members who were offended an apology. i had no idea what i was getting myself into. no doubt there were several already dedicated "deadheads" involved in knocking down that fence. either way this was a life changing event for me and was the best thing that ever happened to me. i had no idea my life would change on the other side of that wall. if it had not happened i dont know that i would have ever been turned onto the grateful dead. it was clear fate because the grateful dead are now part of my blood soul and DNA. before this night all i listened to was metal music. i even played in a death metal band. this night was the end of all of that! going from dark to light:) talk about change. since i have seen many dead, phil and ratdog shows and i have purchased a ticket to every one. ive even miracled a ticket once which sort of makes up for me jumping the wall. a phil ticket from the late night vegoose show which was one of the best and hardest to get into shows i have ever seen. though, i have to admit that i absolutely do not regret what i consider to be the best thing that ever happened to me:) 14 years later i would like to show my gratitude to the boys for everything. from the bottom of my heart i truly love all of you. and to the entire grateful dead family thank you. it is so nice to walk into a strange place with a dead shirt on and already know you have friends that will seem to just appear out of the woodwork. the grateful dead are a part of history and i feel blessed to be part of that. welp, for now got my tickets to the 10/13/08 Change Rocks show to benefit presidential candidate barak obama with the Allman Brothers band. its been four years since the boys got back together and here we go for one more run! WHOOOOOOO-HOOOOOO! 3 weeks away and im losing sleep already!!!! hopefully this gives some older heads some insight as to what was going on on the other side of that wall that night:)