Grateful Seconds

Friday, September 3, 2021

Go to Grateful Dead Guide's Story of the Grateful Dead in St Louis, 1968-1971

The amazing Grateful Dead Guide has a remarkable piece on the Grateful Dead in St Louis, 1968-1971

I'm speechless on the research here and so many photos you have never seen. Thanks to Light Into Ashes and his Friends (Most of the research for this post was done by John Ellis and Photo Restorations by Steve Deibel. )

https://deadessays.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-grateful-dead-in-st-louis-1968-1971.html?showComment=1633281926751#c415629579827908955

Thursday, September 2, 2021

40th Anniversary of the Dead at the Greek, September 11-13, 1981

The 40th Anniverssary of the Grateful Dead playing the Greek in Berkeley is next week. So I suggest you listen to these three shows. As I recall, there are only audience tapes of 9/11, which is fine and maybe better since you can get a real feel for the show by sticking with the audience tapes.

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/09/the-first-weekend-at-greek-september-11.html

In the SF Chronicle July 12, 1981

Luckily I moved to Berkeley in December 1980, with the main reason seeing more Dead shows. So after 5 at the Oakland Audiorium, December 26-31, 1980, we didn't get any in the Bay Area (with the exception of the acoustic benefits) until the Greek almost 9 months later.

Here are my collection of Grateful Seconds pieces on the Greek in 1981

September 12 The Wine Pairing Show

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2018/09/the-wine-pairing-show-september-12-1981.html

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2015/01/the-mecca-berkeleys-greek-theater.html

An early attempt to describe the Greek

Monday, July 19, 2021

Newly-Found David Gans Relix Review of My Only Show I've Never Heard on Tape (Until Today): Bobby and the Midnights, Keystone Berkeley, January 26, 1981

Today is a cool day as I discovered artifacts of the only Dead or Dead-spinoff show I ever saw in which I have never heard a tape of the show, Bobby & the Midnights spotlight show at the Keystone Berkeley January 26, 1981. Not until today did I know that David Gans was not only at this show, but he wrote an extended review of it in Relix, Volume 8 Number 2. Its's here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eb9b8tgvwzev4e3/AABvdkJopLZCjMXmQB4K8jLVa?dl=0

I moved to California on December 24, 1980 in time to see five Dead shows in Oakland over the next week (well, that was the point). I moved to Berkeley on January 2, 1981 and immediately started to reap the reviews

As Bobby walked through the small crowd, I fainted. Not because its Bobby because of alcohol and lack of oxygen. Enjoy