Jack Straw
Row Jimmy
Masterpiece
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Box of Rain
Cassidy
Might As Well
Uncle John's Band
Playin' in the Band
Terrapin Station
drums
I Need a Miracle
Black Peter
Throwin' Stones
Not Fade Away
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
One More Saturday Night
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I was at this show. I was in…
I was at this show. I was in Santa Barbara from the east coast with a high school buddy doing an off campus program. Two 17 year olds that had procured mail order tickets months before. Our host family parents were away and we were under the care of "grandma" for the weekend. Well we flew the coop and hitch hiked the 500 or so miles up to Oakland for these shows. We got picked up by every major criminal in the state of California. A guy who just got let out of prison for burglary, who told us he'd watch our stuff while we went to the rest rooms, a crazy Vietnam vet and two Latinos, one of which just busted out of prison. This guy was hitting the carpet every time we saw a cop car so I don't doubt his story. Well we made it to Oakland and had a great weekend. now I'm really wondering why we didn't just take a greyhound? any ways, at the time, the venue seemed so big to me. I remember looking down at the people on the floor thinking it was such a mass of people. Now i feel so lucky to have seen the dead at such a small venue. I followed the dead between 83 to about 93 and this was the smallest venue by far. i remember loving the Saturday night show. hazy memories but very happy times. Well, decades later and still listening incessantly and just got back from the sphere (7/12) with my wife and two kids. Now my 11 and 12 year olds are totally on the bus and have been for many years. The other day I caught my son singing "I could arm a town the size of Abilene. Hey dad, where's Abilene?" A proud moment for sure. back in 87 id never thought this Dead experience, music and culture would last another 37 years and be so cross generational. amazing!
I was at this show. I was in Santa Barbara from the east coast with a high school buddy doing an off campus program. Two 17 year olds that had procured mail order tickets months before. Our host family parents were away and we were under the care of "grandma" for the weekend. Well we flew the coop and hitch hiked the 500 or so miles up to Oakland for these shows. We got picked up by every major criminal in the state of California. A guy who just got let out of prison for burglary, who told us he'd watch our stuff while we went to the rest rooms, a crazy Vietnam vet and two Latinos, one of which just busted out of prison. This guy was hitting the carpet every time we saw a cop car so I don't doubt his story. Well we made it to Oakland and had a great weekend. now I'm really wondering why we didn't just take a greyhound? any ways, at the time, the venue seemed so big to me. I remember looking down at the people on the floor thinking it was such a mass of people. Now i feel so lucky to have seen the dead at such a small venue. I followed the dead between 83 to about 93 and this was the smallest venue by far. i remember loving the Saturday night show. hazy memories but very happy times. Well, decades later and still listening incessantly and just got back from the sphere (7/12) with my wife and two kids. Now my 11 and 12 year olds are totally on the bus and have been for many years. The other day I caught my son singing "I could arm a town the size of Abilene. Hey dad, where's Abilene?" A proud moment for sure. back in 87 id never thought this Dead experience, music and culture would last another 37 years and be so cross generational. amazing!