Grateful Dead

I had had such a bad night the night before. I was tired and out of money. I was in the show but we didn't have enough money to get to the next show let alone gas $ for the drive down to NC afterward. I got in the show and I was going up to my seat on the right side (stage left) and I looked down and saw the this dollar bill. I picked it up and inside was like $40. Wow, what a ground score. The rest of the night went this way for me. The show was sparkling. Great Sage and Spirit jam. Scarlet>Fire>UJB was heavenly. Just lots of energy. I was back on the bus. If that was your coin, know that it went to a great cause. It wasn't pissed away that is for sure. Peace, Dougles

This was my first dead show - what a thrill!

crazy...so long ago now. this was the start of it ALL. i hitch hiked to this show from boarding school. brent was on fire and the scarlet/fire was off the hook....the whole show was like one endless song to me. funny, i never come to this site but have recentky been feeling sentimental about the dead and was researching dicks picks...

This was my last show of the tour...my unemployment was running low...my roomates back in Wiccopee NY thought I was insane..{they had jobs}...I was grateful...I went home..packed my bags...and was living back in So Cal by February....

The Woostah Police had ServiCars! If you know, you know. If I have to explain, you'd never understand, understand?

What a night.New energy from the night before. Home town show for me as I was at Clark U. Sat in the 2nd row right between brent and Jerry. It was Brents birthday. Just good old grateful dead. Great energy all night. So lucky to be there with so many friends.From music start to uncle john's it was subline or just f...in grate. It was your tipical really good grateful dead show just shy of monumental. I enjoyed this night more than the weeks before shows in Hartford. They could have played St. Stephen but it never happened and the song disapeared from the repitoire. It was still a wonderful night and the band was tight and on!

I learned a great deal about the spirit and Joy of Grateful Dead music from John G. I know he travelled with me mainly because I never asked him for gas money...but I never met anyone at the time who was so enthusiastic about the music. I don't know where he is now, but being with him back then...in the early days of my touring....it helped me understand the beauty of it all. I recall being with him in the upper level of this show when they started (very quietly) with first notes of Music Never Stopped. He knew instantly what it was and yelled "MUSIC !" laughed and then just started dancing. John was a Deadhead in every sense of the word. I learned so much from his spirit. Thank You John......

I do thank you very much for kindness Dave. Those days back then seem like a completely different life time.

They also dropped subtle hints of this theme during the later part of Space at Merriweather 6-26-84...

My first show! I was so young my dad drove me and a buddy in, he then went to Mcy' D's, went to a movie, then back to Mcy'D's then came and picked us up! Classic

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Wow - another great show. Would love your thought, PalmerE, on your listen. Would be cool to get a couple more 1st person story about this night. The real gem of the evening was Space>Truckin'. I hear early chord sequences of Victim starting about 1:18 in. Then I hear the Sage and Spririt jam and finally a Miracle tease. Really pleasant to listen to and the transition to Truckin' was sublime.

this was the beginning of it all for me ... it was my 13th show ... I had done 8 concerts of the 11-show east coast fall tour .... I grew up 10 miles north, so every head I knew in high school was there ! ..... house party’s everywhere after the shows ... this forged some lifetime friendships that nobody could have predicted ... 13 years and 150+ shows later ... Highgate ‘95 was fitting finale for me ... > even tho almost all the magic had dwindled, it was Valhalla ....

saw a previous post about ‘Spirit’ ... have to agree re: John .. a deadhead as I would define the term... never forget when I met him ... the 1st toga parking lot selling his tapes to continue the dream (lol) ... then thru the years my gf (at the time) had a circle of Chico, CA friends, and somehow he got in w them (!) small world .. sending me pkgs from Mendocino so college wasn’t so rough (hah!) .. always drenched in patchouli to avoid detection .. those truly were the days ... I ended up on the cape and little did I know .. that’s where he was .... bizarre world for sure