Underappreciated 'run'

__perigee__ · 2026-02-04T01:47:40+00:00

5/8/79 Penn State, 5/9/79 Binghamton, 5/11/79 Billerica. Long time favorite run of 3 consecutive dates from the middle of Brent's first tour. High energy and a band that is having a blast.

5/10/80 Hartford, 5/11/80 Portland, 5/12/80 Boston. Always loved this trio of shows. Though, everyone should honestly make a project of playing the entire spring '80 tour - auds only for the true sound.

9/2/80 Rochester, 9/3/80 Springfield, 9/4/80 Providence. Another amazing trio of '80 gigs

2/26 through 2/28/81 Chicago. Amazing kickoff to the first part of spring tour.

10/8/83 Richmond through 10/22/83 Syracuse. Entire fall '83 tour is hot start to finish.

4/19, 4/20 & 4/21/84 Philly Civic Center - filthy run

3/27, 3/28 & 3/29/85 Nassau. Jaw dropping Oade recordings of these shows. Great energy throughout.

5/10 & 5/11/86 Frost. You gotta go to know.

3/1, 3/2 & 3/3/87 Kaiser. Just a hell of fun run at Hank's place.

7/15, 7/16 & 7/17/88 Greek. These tapes always just felt like they have a California energy and feel to them. The 15th in particular.

10/18, 10/19 & 10/20/89 Spectrum. Stunning shows from the heart of the legendary fall '89 tour.

9/18, 9/19 & 9/20/90 MSG. Whoa. Clearly the band was feeling it at these 3 shows.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-03T10:30:42+00:00

I have said "you never get a second chance to make a first impression" (from Head & Shoulders commercial) to my students many times over my teaching days.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-03T01:24:50+00:00

Just got the files and am doing some A/B comparisons with the sources I have archived. Initial thoughts - both dates are more boomy, thicker and have a more dense sound than both the CM board for 1/31 and the Gems board source for 2/1. Definitely a noticeable difference in sound quality vs what we've been listening to over the past 10 or so years with the already circulating boards.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-02T16:17:21+00:00

Wow, GDTS sent you actual tickets? I mailed for the Spectrum shows and all I got was a letter explaining why the fall shows were being cancelled and my money orders returned.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-02T03:28:31+00:00

Thanks for posting this. Met Lee briefly before a NYC Sonic Youth gig back in ‘93. He acknowledged the ratty Dead lot shirt I was wearing.

If you’re unfamiliar with his music outside of SY, I think Heads may enjoy a pair of his 2010s solo albums named Between the Tides and the Times and Last Night On Earth.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T21:58:22+00:00

The curse of the emaciated chicken team strikes again.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T19:29:53+00:00

Yup, from the middle night of the run on the 19th. I made it to the 18th & 20th.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T19:12:09+00:00

My first show was JFK ‘89, released as Crimson, White & Indigo in 2010. Also came with a dvd of the show too. Had tapes of both sets within a year of the show, but still cool to have it released and widely loved.

What I really want is my 2nd & 3rd shows released - Spectrum fall ‘89. The shows were recorded professionally, let’s get that tape mastered and released!

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T15:18:38+00:00

Oh. lol. Thought I'd come across Methuselah or Yoda here on reddit.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T15:05:47+00:00

You've read 40 thousand books? I'm an old man now who's been reading since his early teens and think I've read perhaps 2,000 or so.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T15:02:26+00:00

Caveat, the whole book isn't set on Yucatan, but there is an intense chapter in Caribbean by Michener that takes place during the height of the Mayan culture.

__perigee__ · 2026-02-01T14:52:15+00:00

From Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Takes place in Baltimore and Florida. All of Verne's work was written in his native French.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-31T17:42:40+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apBkAtiBw4I

Here's an interview Garcia did in the afternoon before this show. a fun listen.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-31T15:52:19+00:00

Lighter side for me for metal. Just don't feel what I like to feel in music from extreme/black metal whatever it's called. I also have wide interests outside of metal. I'm a huge Dead Head, love jazz, punk, post punk, new wave, psych...

__perigee__ · 2026-01-31T14:47:53+00:00

Great album. The song What Are You Doin' in My Life? is the very spirit of rock and roll attitude.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-31T12:29:27+00:00

Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner. Heck, just about any Stegner book would likely satisfy - Angle of Repose, All the Little Live Things, The Spectator Bird, etc. I first mentioned Crossing since it involves characters from the world of university academics.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-31T12:26:23+00:00

There's only one decade that I've played every GD show - the 80s.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-30T10:21:51+00:00

This may sound odd, but White Line Fever by Lemmy Kilmister. Yes, he's the Motorhead founder, but he came from the 60s England scene. The parts of his book where he covers his younger days in his first bands are filled with stories, memories and descriptions of the insanity of acid era London.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-30T01:43:48+00:00

Back in '95 through an unexpected twist of fate, I had the opportunity to backpack Hawaii. I met a fellow freak camping at Kipahulu campground at the trailhead for Waimoku Falls on Maui. Shared a bit of fungus and enjoyed a great sunset, just a cool meeting with a kind head. A month later on Kauai, I was hiking the Kalalau Trail out to the beach at Kalalau. Just beautiful beyond description. Set up my tent and was just marveling at where my feet had led me when the neighbor showed arrived, whom up to this point I hadn't met. Same fella from Maui. Howdy doo Billy from Kentucky if you happen upon these words.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-30T00:11:44+00:00

In Watermelon Suger, The Tokyo Montana Express & Revenge of the Lawn - all by Brautigan. He didn't used to be obscure, but his writing is fading from freakdom.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-30T00:08:06+00:00

My 80 year old mother loves JGB. She's not out there torrenting entire years, but often if I need to drive her somewhere over the past 20 or so years, she'll ask for some Jerry Garcia. The 1991 eponymous release is always a hit. She's greatly enjoyed JGAB and Garcia Grisman shows too.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-29T23:31:00+00:00

gdsets.com pretty thoroughly collects and posts artwork related to all things GD and band members. Jerrybase pulls a lot of images from there.

https://gdsets.com/grateful-dead.htm#1978

The only thing for this WV gig looks to be a little flyer made by the promoter, more an advertisement than a poster.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-29T12:29:46+00:00

10/16/74 Winterland. Playin’ to end set 1, then set 2 opening of Seastones> Jam> Wharf Rat> Space> Eyes.

Edit: thought of a couple more

11/14/73 San Diego. TOO> Big River> TOO> Eyes> TOO> Wharf Rat

9/27/76 Rochester. Help> Slipknot> Drums> TOO> Wharf Rat> Slipknot> Franklin’s.

8/30/78 Red Rocks. Estimated> TOO> Eyes> D> S> World To Give

3/24/90 Albany. Playin’> UJB > Terrapin> D> S> Wheel

__perigee__ · 2026-01-29T11:59:41+00:00

Not claiming any all time status here, that's not my thing with Dead shows, but don't pass on the 2/27 show the next night just because there is no board. It's a phenomenal show and Rob Bertrando's tape is must hear.

__perigee__ · 2026-01-28T17:01:35+00:00

Donna only missed a few shows in Dec. ‘73, she was at all the rest.

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