Grateful Dead backstage pass featuring leaping deer
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in hartford, closing their east coast run & bidding adieu to the unfairly maligned “day job.” audience tapes only, notes, photos, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
scene reports from harshford, today in 1986, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd040486 [4/4]
Grateful Dead backstage pass; deer leaping out of orange diamond set into larger green background
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in hartford. pristine soundboard with a few fun sequences. tapes, harshford scene reports, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
scene reports from harshford, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd040386 [5/5]
Grateful Dead backstage pass with flying eyeball
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in providence, the 3rd of 3 nights. tapes, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead in providence, today in 1986. #deadfreaksunite #gd040186 [4/4]
Grateful Dead backstage pass with Year of the Ox art for March 31, 1986 at Providence Civic Center
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in providence, the middle night of 3. going along well enough until someone whips a bottle through kreutzmann’s kick drum. tapes, notes, scene reports, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
Grateful Dead backstage pass on green background with roaring tiger
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in providence on easter sunday, with bill walton, larry bird, & danny ainge apparently watching from sidestage. tapes, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead in providence, tonight in 1986, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd03086 [4/4]
Grateful Dead backstage pass featuring lobster
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in maine, their final visit to the cumberland county civic center, probably due to the gate-crashing. fun jammy 2nd set, though. tapes, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
scene reports from the dead in portland, tonight in 1986. #deadfreaksunite #gd032886 [4/4]
ticket for Grateful Dead in Portland, Maine
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in portland, maine. happy “revolutionary hamstrung blues” day to all who celebrate! the only performance of phil lesh’s only ‘80s original. weird & fun. don't think he ever did it with phil & friends. tapes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead in portland, tonight in 1986, part 3. #deadfreaksunite #gd032786 [6/6]
handwritten lyrics
handwritten lyrics
a few cool robert hunter items in the newest dead auction, including the lyrics to "playing in the band" (previously auctioned with garcia's guitars in 2002) […]
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handwritten lyrics
handwritten lyrics
a few cool robert hunter items in the newest dead auction, including the lyrics to "playing in the band" (previously auctioned with garcia's guitars in 2002) www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/220...
alex allan transcribed them here: whitegum.com/introjs.htm?... #deadfreaksunite
Grateful Dead backstage pass with Liberty Bell and "Grateful Dead" text readable upside-down as well
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in philadelphia, finishing 3 nights at the spectrum, with weir’s debut of “desolation row.” tapes, video, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead at the spectrum, tonight in 1986. part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd032586 [5/5]
psychedelic poster advertising Fri. Mar 25 9PM The All Night Harmonica Store Presents Rock and Roll Dance featuring Light Shows, Del Close, Tiny Tim, the Grateful Dead; Bring Your Mind
60 years ago tonight, the grateful dead (with tiny tim & del close!) in los angeles, the last self-promoted gig of their 2-month sojourn, poster by LSD chemists owsley stanley & melissa cargill. ace-sounding tape, boss rosie mcgee photos, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
the Grateful Dead onstage at Trouper's Hall, Tim Scully mixes sound in the back corner of stage
the Grateful Dead onstage at Trouper's Hall, shot from the side of the stage
Tim Scully at his mixing station with reel to reel
the Grateful Dead onstage at Trouper's Hall
finally, the 1st complete YOU DON’T HAVE TO ASK, meticulously overwritten & ambitious psychedelic garage-pop with changing keys & vocal parts & wild guitaring. 30-minute set, a break, then the earliest COLD RAIN & SNOW, on 1st album & staple for next 30 years. a […]
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The Grateful Dead’s sound always evolved but listening to 3/25/72, it is mind-blowing to think how radically the band’s sound would change in a matter of weeks. These pre-Europe NYC shows sound like late ‘71, and NOTHING like what was conjured on the Continent. Really is remarkable. #deadfreaksunite
Grateful Dead backstage pass with Liberty Bell (Grateful Dead up-to-bottom visual palindrome)
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in philadelphia, the middle night at the spectrum, featuring the final dead version of “lost sailor,” a song i’m surprisingly sad to see go. tapes, video, newspaper report, listening notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead in philadelphia, tonight in 1986, part 5. #deadfreaksunite #gd032486 [8/8]
Grateful Dead backstage pass depicting Liberty Bell
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead open 3 nights at the spectrum in philadelphia, including one more cover debut. tapes, video, notes, scene reports, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
Baal fatale Sia SRE Veen i ay | Sil a It was sardine city on the floor of the jam-packed Spectrum when the Dead brought Circus ‘86 into the City of Brotherly Love (not to mention cheese steaks), but the mood was definitely up. Philadelphia pandemonium doesn’t faze Phil Lesh, though; he came out swinging, assaulting the crowd with a version of “Gimme Some Lovin” that seemed more like a show closer than an opener. Garcia contin- ued the manic pace with “Deal,” and then Weir shook things up with the Dead's first version (sans Nevilles) of “Willie & the Hand Jive.” A rare ap- pearance of “Candyman” was yet another highlight of the set. While of- fering no surprises (for a change) the second set was uniformly strong as well.
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screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
the golden road reports on the dead’s first night in philly ’86, plus scene reports. #deadfreaksunite #gd032386 [4/4]
fan art for Grateful Dead at Hampton Coliseum with variety of Dead iconography
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead finish 3 tour-opening nights at virginia’s hampton coliseum, practice continuing to pay off. tapes, video, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
-MIOIIUNE UEW and a Icw omers. The Dead had another surprise the next night: Weir opened the show with Junior Walker's “Road Runner” (a first for the Dead, though both the Garcia Band and Kingfish played it in the mid- ‘70s). That set also featured a wild “Supplication” jam, which, after one false start, eventually went into a stellar “Let It Grow.” “Uncle John’s Band” was the unexpected second-set kick- off, followed by two more unpredict- able moves, “Terrapin” and the reprise of “Playin” in the Band,” which seldom appears before drums. During the clos- ing “Sugar Magnolia,” Weir once again tempted fate by climbing the amplifier stacks (I wonder if a white arm sling would match his grey alligator shirt?) during the guitar break. When he came down, he casually tied his shoe before breaking into “Sunshine Daydream.” +5 pica TR aR iii
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
golden road scene report, plus memories from hampton coliseum, tonight in 1986. #deadfreaksunite #gd032186 [4/4]
mail order ticket for Grateful Dead concert
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in virginia at the hampton coliseum, a mythological night owing to the 1st of “box of rain” since ’73. tapes, video, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead at hampton, tonight in 1986, part 4. #deadfreaksunite #gd032086 [6/6]
women blow bubbles in front of Hampton Coliseum
Deadheads take shelter between cars
giant carrier of beer, picked over by dudes
woman under umbrella sells bumper stickers
40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead open their spring in rainy virginia at hampton coliseum, the 1st tour of all multi-night stands, a few practices paying off with a magical “visions of johanna” debut. tapes, video, reviews, notes, etc.: heads.social/@bourgwick/1... #deadfreaksunite
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
screenshots of memories from Internet Archive & elsewhere
memories of the dead’s spring tour opener in virginia, 40 years ago tonight, part 2. #deadfreaksunite #gd031986 [7/7]
