The band is getting back together - Cant believe it :-) Grateful Dead
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The band is getting back together for just 3 more shows.
I'm pretty psyched.
Soldier Field Chicago with the remaining 4 original members with Bruce Hornsby on piano and Trey Anastasio (Phish) on lead guitar.
July 3, 4, 5 Just 3 shows, no tour.
I was there 20 years ago. Last show was at Soldier Field. I had 6th row center (thank you Grateful Dead Ticket sales)
I had no idea it was the last show. At the time I had already received my fall tour tickets for Madison Square Garden.
That nite at soldier field , on a whim, decided to take my camera in with the zoom lens. Got a ton of shots of the boys and of course Jerry.
Jerry passed away a month later.
Well its the 50 year anniversary of the band and 20 years since the last official show.
Me and my buddy are doubling down. Tickets don't go on sale till next month. Thankfully Grateful Dead Ticket sales has 1st crack. Its a convoluted mail order ticket system but I love it. They treated me well back in the day. I often got seats in the 1st 10 rows. Mail order for tickets starts Tuesday. I will order 6 tix, 2 each nite and my buddy will do the same on his end. Crossing my fingers.
Quote: terapinedAny Deadheads here?
The band is getting back together for just 3 more shows.
I'm pretty psyched.
Soldier Field Chicago with the remaining 4 original members with Bruce Hornsby on piano and Trey Anastasio (Phish) on lead guitar.
July 3, 4, 5 Just 3 shows, no tour.
I was there 20 years ago. Last show was at Soldier Field. I had 6th row center (thank you Grateful Dead Ticket sales)
I had no idea it was the last show. At the time I had already received my fall tour tickets for Madison Square Garden.
That nite at soldier field , on a whim, decided to take my camera in with the zoom lens. Got a ton of shots of the boys and of course Jerry.
Jerry passed away a month later.
Well its the 50 year anniversary of the band and 20 years since the last official show.
Me and my buddy are doubling down. Tickets don't go on sale till next month. Thankfully Grateful Dead Ticket sales has 1st crack. Its a convoluted mail order ticket system but I love it. They treated me well back in the day. I often got seats in the 1st 10 rows. Mail order for tickets starts Tuesday. I will order 6 tix, 2 each nite and my buddy will do the same on his end. Crossing my fingers.
I have been listening to the dead more recently. My current favorite is Going down the road feeling bad. In my younger days I was more of a southern rock fan.
Enjoy the show Terapined.
I am not making fun or belittling anyone when I say 50 years? Doesn't than make them well into their 70's perhaps even close to 80? Yikes.
Quote: kewljI have 'heard' of the Grateful Dead. I'm afraid that's about as far as I can go. I am sure if I look up their hits, there will be some that I recognize.
Enjoy the show Terapined.
I am not making fun or belittling anyone when I say 50 years? Doesn't than make them well into their 70's perhaps even close to 80? Yikes.
They are getting old. I was at the show that Phil Lesh, bass, turned 50, Spring tour 1990. So that makes Phil 75. The Stones are still rocking and touring, they put their band together around 1965 also :-)
Is it a coincidence that these shows are in Chicago or is it something more? Soldier Field was the Dead's last official concert in July of 1995 and Jerry died a month later.
At 60,000 seats, this is one of the smallest stadiums in the country. We've got Met Life at the Meadowlands at 85,000 and many colleges and universities seat 100,000. When the field seats are in place, Soldier Field should be able to accommodate 100,000. The question I have is are there still enough Deadheads to sell out these shows? If yes then I would engage several people to help secure tickets. You won't get stuck with them.
In the days of my yourh, I was more of a Led Zeppelin fan. The music of the Grateful Dead is appealing more and more these days.
Don't think I'll make the show.
People tell me I had a GREAT time in the '70's!Quote: ncfatcat... They were in the 70's I don't remember much about the 70's except it was colorful.
Saw the Dead at the Cow Palace back in the day. The weird and eccentric factor went exponential when they played in the San Francisco area, their home turf. It was far more than a concert - it was a happening, man. I recall munching on a hot-dog [hungry for some reason :-)] near the OD clinic which had the door painted blue with clouds on it. The door burst open and a wild-eyed dude ran out screaming, "They're trying to kill me!" Three guys in hospital greens ran out after him, tackled him and literally dragged him back through the door by his feet. No one was concerned in the least. I was wearing bluejeans and a flannel shirt: not right for the event. Saw guys in tutus, tuxedos, togas, etc. The women were over-the-top wild. On entering the arena I saw two guys standing on an amp swapping spit and I knew I wasn't in Kansas anymore.
I hope you will find the magic still lives for a Dead concert. Wishing you great vibes, man.
Quote: 1BBI am nothing close to a Deadhead but I grew up in that era and I enjoy all music. I've seen the band a few times over the years, the last time being in 1988 at what was then called the Centrum in Worcester, MA. Touch Of Grey was a big hit then and they led off with it at the show I attended. Were you there, terapined? It was in April..
No I wasn't at this show. 1988 I saw them 2 times, both Capitol Center shows in Landover Maryland.
If you want to listen to the Centrum Worcester show you were at, heres the link
https://archive.org/details/gd1988-04-07.sbd.miller.91163.sbeok.flac16
Quote: 1BB
Is it a coincidence that these shows are in Chicago or is it something more? Soldier Field was the Dead's last official concert in July of 1995 and Jerry died a month later.
At 60,000 seats, this is one of the smallest stadiums in the country. We've got Met Life at the Meadowlands at 85,000 and many colleges and universities seat 100,000. When the field seats are in place, Soldier Field should be able to accommodate 100,000. The question I have is are there still enough Deadheads to sell out these shows? If yes then I would engage several people to help secure tickets. You won't get stuck with them.
Majority of deadheads live on the East or West Coast. Chicago sits smack in the middle of the country. Difficult to get to but not to difficult. They thought about a last tour but that complicates things. Just 3 shows makes for easy planning. They thought about doing a music festival, Bonnaroo festival offered them 3 mil. Again they decided to keep things simple, 3 evenings with just the Grateful Dead. Without Trey, tickets probably not too difficult. With Trey, yea this will be an absolute sell out. Trey and his band Phish are able to fill large venues on their own. I think a lot of deadheads and Phishheads will be attending. I live in Florida and my tour buddy lives in Maryland. We discussed it and well, its a biggie and the last chapter,so lets do it. I'm sure other middle aged deadheads like me are having the same conversation.
Quote: rudeboyoiI've been to some "dead" shows before. The last one I went to was some place in Chicago about summer of 2008 or 2009 I think. Good crowd of people. I love the market outside. People buy/sell/trade whatever without government regulation. Agorism at its finest.
That's Shakedown street. A market bazaar at every show.
Just getting the particulars down regarding tickets.
The mail order system starts Tues.
My buddy is going for 6 top tier tix, 2 each nite for total of 1293.00, reserved seats near the front.
I'm sending in a dup order 6 tix, 2 each nite at 693.00, standing room only pit in front of the stage or if they run out, cheaper nose bleed reserved and they send partial refund with tickets.
Wow, mailing 2k to Grateful Dead Ticket Sales GDTS
This is cost, no scalpers.
crossing my fingers.
Never spent so much in my life for concert tix. You only live once. Gotta go for the gusto.
Any casinos near Soldier Field or near a metro station in Chicago?
Quote: terapinedThat's Shakedown street. A market bazaar at every show.
Just getting the particulars down regarding tickets.
The mail order system starts Tues.
My buddy is going for 6 top tier tix, 2 each nite for total of 1293.00, reserved seats near the front.
I'm sending in a dup order 6 tix, 2 each nite at 693.00, standing room only pit in front of the stage or if they run out, cheaper nose bleed reserved and they send partial refund with tickets.
Wow, mailing 2k to Grateful Dead Ticket Sales GDTS
This is cost, no scalpers.
crossing my fingers.
Never spent so much in my life for concert tix. You only live once. Gotta go for the gusto.
Any casinos near Soldier Field or near a metro station in Chicago?
I know horseshoe Hammond on the border in Northwest Indiana is relatively close. Not sure about casinos in illinois.
Rivers Casino in Des Plaines near O'Hare. Free shuttle from the Rosemont CTA station (Blue Line). Worth a trip, no smoking, good restaurants. Horseshoe Hammond runs a free shuttle from some downtown hotels, no idea how reliable that is.Quote: terapinedAny casinos near Soldier Field or near a metro station in Chicago?
Quote: mickeycrimmI never seen GD but I met a lot of the Rainbow Family while thumbing the interstates in the 70's and 80's. They were Deadheads too.
I ran into the rainbow family and their bus in the parking lot at many Grateful Dead shows.
Where as the band had a cult like following, I was never in a cult or felt like I was in a cult. It was all about the music for me.
Rainbow family was a cult.
I don't think they generally had tickets to go into the shows. They did a ton of business on "shakedown St" the market bazaar outside every Dead show.
I never attended a show without tickets.
Me and my friends might get a case of really good beer (Sam Adams) and sell singles on Shakedown St, but we always went in to see the show.
Sounds like it should be fun, terapined. Positive variance for getting good seats! Will you be flying to Chicago, or loading up the VW Bus? ;)
As for casinos, it's not the closest, but Harrah's Joliet is a 10 min walk (not sure of the safety of the neighborhood) from the Metra (commuter train, not subway) station. I think it's about a 50 min ride from downtown.
Quote: JoemanI was a bit too young to appreciate the Dead. Touch of Grey was the first song of theirs I heard on the radio (or, more probably, saw on MTV). My cousin said she went to a few shows. The shows sounded crazy, but probably not my type of scene..
Its a crazy scene but in a good way. Nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.
Quote: Joeman
Sounds like it should be fun, terapined. Positive variance for getting good seats! Will you be flying to Chicago, or loading up the VW Bus? ;)
As for casinos, it's not the closest, but Harrah's Joliet is a 10 min walk (not sure of the safety of the neighborhood) from the Metra (commuter train, not subway) station. I think it's about a 50 min ride from downtown
Flying in :-)
Was in Chicago in 95 for the last dead shows.
Not a lot to see in Chicago regarding histotrcal sites due to the infamous fire, so may check out a casino :-)
That is extremely funny.Quote: terapinedNot a lot to see in Chicago regarding histotrcal sites due to the infamous fire, so may check out a casino :-)
Quote: 1BBGrateful Dead fans are circulating an online petition asking for overnight parking for the July shows in Chicago. Local officials have promised to evaluate the request. Hopefully the request will be granted. What's a Deadhead concert without it? They booked the shows and hopefully they did the research and will recognize the nostalgia and tradition that comes with this. Deadheads have long demonstrated that they are well behaved as a group. Any trouble usually comes from "outsiders". Good luck fans!
It was a huge tradition in the 80's to allow camping in the parking lot.
MTV and the hit "Touch of Grey" ruined the whole scene.
MTV had live shots from Grateful Dead parking lot outside of shows attracted a lot of people without tickets.
Touch of Grey also attracted a lot of fans. We old deadheads referred to them as touch heads.
Anyway the camping in the parking lot got out of hand and it generally ended in the late 80's on the East coast.
Kind of sucked because security were really hassling us to leave the lot after a show.
Luckily Autzen Stadium in Eugene still allowed camping in the parking lot.
I loved Autzen Staduium shows, such a laid back scene after a show because most are camping.
Grateful Dead ticket sales is reporting 60k mail orders received for 350k tickets ordered.
Even with a double order, I estimate my chances of tickets at 50%
No "Fare Thee Well" for Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The guys, sans Phil Lesh, have joined with John Mayer to form Dead & Company.
They will be performing in Madison Square Garden on Halloween. Tickets go on sale this Friday. There will be some $50 seats in honor of the Dead's 50th anniversary.
Quote: 1BBThe title of this thread is still apropos - sort of.
No "Fare Thee Well" for Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The guys, sans Phil Lesh, have joined with John Mayer to form Dead & Company.
They will be performing in Madison Square Garden on Halloween. Tickets go on sale this Friday. There will be some $50 seats in honor of the Dead's 50th anniversary.
I made it to the Fare thee well shows in Chicago. Great shows. Went in with low expectations and they blew me away.
I'm tempted to do this new Dead and company in NYC.
Saw a lot of Grateful Dead shows at the Garden back in the day.
Not familiar with John Mayer.
Tough to get that Grateful Dead sound without Phil Lesh, he is one of the key ingredients.
I'll watch the videos and listen to the recordings,
hopefully a tour where I don't have travel so far to see this band
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6656626/grateful-dead-company-oteil-burbridge-interview-john-mayer
I actually never intentionally listened to any Dead stuff and don't know much about them. I do remember sometime in the 80's or 90's leaving a Washington Capitals game and seeing the parking lot at the Capital Centre begin to fill with folks arriving in any manner of vehicle for the Dead concert the next night. I suppose I heard "Touch of Grey" at some point...
The first Dead music that I heard happened to be covers by Jimmy Buffet--"Scarlet Begonias" and "Uncle John's Band". I look at videos of the Dead doing those songs, but I haven't gotten any further into their music.
Maybe I should have listened more...
I just noticed that the pre sale for the October 31st show at MSG starts at 10AM tomorrow.
Quote: 1BBI'm not a deadhead by any stretch but I enjoy all types of music. I've seen a few shows and always had a good time. I never followed them around or anything like that and only know a few of their songs. I remember being at one show when, after a half hour or so, my wife asked me why they were still playing the same song. I didn't know how to answer because I wasn't sure that they weren't. :-)
I just noticed that the pre sale for the October 31st show at MSG starts at 10AM tomorrow.
To the listeners not familiar with the music, yes it can sound like 1 long continuous song.
They have many 2/3 song combinations where the play the 1st song and then slowly transition into the next song without ever stopping, and sometime transition into a 3rd.
Some of my favorite 2/3 song combinations
Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain
China Cat Sunflower > I know You Rider
Help on the Way> Slipknot > Franklins Tower
Playing in the Band > Uncle Johns Band
Some of the music played during a transition from one song to another gets quite jazzy in an improvisational way.
In many ways, the Grateful Dead were a Rock/Jazz band.
Jazz at its core is improvisation and the Dead improvised a lot when transitioning from one song into another never stopping.
I have attended a few other Dead shows since but was always more interested in the "experience" than the music. The music was interesting at times but I like other types of music better.
Quick as a flash, it was suggested that Ben n Jerry's (Vermont ice cream mfrs.) change their flavor "Cherry Garcia" to "Bury Garcia."
Ah well, not all who wander are lost.
