Today is November 6. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead played a terrific show at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, NY. The Good Lovin>Main Ten>Good Lovin>Alligator>NFA>GDTRFB>Mountain Jam>Caution>Lovelight is the obvious highlight.
- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Harding Theater in San Francisco, CA.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played a good show at the Broome County Arena in Binghamton, NY. Good Scarlet>Fire from the second set.
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead played a good show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA. Four song second set.
- In 1987, the Grateful Dead played the Henry J. Kaiser Center in Oakland, CA.
Today is November 5. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1966, the Grateful Dead played the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead began a spectacular run at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, NY.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, NY. [Dick’s Picks 34]
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead played The Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a great one at the Centrum in Worcester, MA. Bill Walton brought the Celtics to the show. Great Shakedown, good Supplication>Playin Reprise. Good Tom Thumbs>GDTRFB out of Space.
Today is November 4. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1966, the Grateful Dead played the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
- In 1968, the Grateful Dead played the Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played the Cotterrell Gym at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY.
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead played the Civic Center in Providence, RI.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played the Centrum in Worcester, MA.
Today is November 3. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played my nominee for show of the year
with a great one at the BCT in Berkeley, CA. Rare "Down in the bottom" in the first set. Nice "It Must've Been The Roses" as well. The second set featured a good "Why Don't We Do It In The Road," "Cumberland>Gloria" and the Uncle John's>Fantasy out of space is very
good as well.
- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played the Polo Grounds in San Francisco for a memorial concert to the late Bill Graham. John Fogerty, CSN&Y, Popper, Joan Baez, Robin Williams, Santana, Jackson Browne, Tracy Chapman all play as well.
Today is November 2. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played the Family Dog at Great Highway in San Francisco.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played the Seneca College Fieldhouse in Toronto, Canada. Scarlet>Fire Estimated>St. Stephen
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead finished up their run at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.
- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played a great show at the BCT in Berkeley.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a good show at the Richmond Coliseum. The Estimated>Uncle John's is good, nice China Doll, good Dew out of Space.
Today is November 1. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1968, the Grateful Dead played the Silver Dollar Fair in Chico, CA. Nice Dark Star.
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played the Family Dog in San Francisco.
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead released American Beauty.
- In 1971, Hooteroll was released.
- In 1973, the Grateful Dead played McGraw Memorial Hall at Northwestern in Evanston, IL.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played the Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI.
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead played the Nassau County Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Terrific Scarlet>Fire.
- In 1981, Bobby and the Midnites was released.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a great show at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA. The second set is great. Comes A Time, Sailor>Saint split by D>S, She Belongs to Me. [Dick’s Picks 21]
- In 1990, the Grateful Dead played the Wembley Arena in London, England.
- In 1991, Infrared Roses was released.
- In 1993, the first Dick’s Picks was released.
Today is October 31. This is one of the stronger days of the year for great Dead shows. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1966, the Grateful Dead played the California Hall in San Francisco. Ken Kesey also held his Acid Test graduation on this date. I believe shuttle buses took people back and forth between the two shows.
- In 1967, the Grateful Dead played the 'Trip or Freak' show at Winterland with QMS in San Francisco.
- In 1968, Mickey and the Hartbeats played the Matrix in San Francisco.
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played San Jose State University in San Jose.
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead played two good shows (early and late) at the SUNY-Stonybrook gym in Stonybrook, NY. The early show has a nice Viola Lee>Cumberland>Uncle John's and the late show has a great Cryptical with some excellent playing by Phil and also has a good Good Lovin>St. Stephen>NFA>GDTRFB.
- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played a famous 60 minutes in Columbus, Ohio. Dark Star>Sugar Mag>Stephen>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA. [Dick's Picks 2]
- In 1979, the Grateful Dead played Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. Good Shakedown to open the second set.
- In 1980, the Grateful Dead concluded their run at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Standard (but good) acoustic set, nice Franklin's and Fire on the Mountain in set II.
- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played Marin County Veterans Auditorium in San Rafael, CA. Good H>S>Franklin's to open the second set, also the final St. Stephen of all-time.
- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA.
-In 1985, the Grateful Dead played a good show at Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, SC. Good Werewolves opener and a nice Shakedown in the second set.
- In 1990, the Grateful Dead played a good show at Wembley Arena in London, England. Good H>S>Franklin's to open the show, good Scarlet>Fire and a good Werewolves in the second set.
- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played a great show at Oakland Coliseum Arena in Oakland, CA. Great H>S>Franklin's in the first set, great Scarlet>Fire in the second set. A great Dark Star with Kesey's tribute to Bill Graham follows. Werewolves encore.
Today is October 30. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1968, Mickey and the Hartbeats played a fine show at the Matrix in San Francisco. Death Letter Blues, Dark Stars, Other Ones, Death Don't jams, all very good.
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead played SUNY-Stonybrook in Stonybrook, NY.
- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Taft Auditorium in Cincinnati
- In 1972, the Grateful Dead played Ford Auditorium in Detroit, MI.
- In 1973, the Grateful Dead played a great show at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO. This is
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played Assembly Hall in Bloomington, IN.
- In 1980, the Grateful Dead played Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- In 1983, the Grateful Dead played Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, CA.
- In 1984, the Grateful Dead played the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley, CA.
- In 1990, the Grateful Dead began a three-night run at Wembley Arena in London.
- In 1991, the Grateful Dead played a good show at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA.
Today is October 29. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1968, the Grateful Dead played the Matrix in San Francisco.
- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Allan Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.
- In 1973, the Grateful Dead played a good one at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO. The Eyes>China Doll in the first set is excellent. The Truckin>Other One>Wharf>Sugar>Casey is terrific.
- In 1977, the Grateful Dead played a good show at the Field House in DeKalb, IL at NIU. Excellent Bertha>Good Lovin, very good Estimated>Eyes followed by a very spacey jam into a Stephen>NFA>Peter>Sugar Mag to close.
- In 1980, the Grateful Dead played Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played the Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA. Good Half Step>Franklins to open the second set.
Locations
Today is November 7. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1968, the Grateful Dead played the Fillmore West in San Francisco.
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played a beautiful show at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. Almost as good as the next night, this show features a number of terrific jams. The Dark
Star>Cryptical>etc.>Lovelight is very nice.
- In 1970, the Grateful Dead continued an exciting run at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY.
- In 1971, the Grateful Dead played the Harding Theater in San Francisco. With the FM broadcast, everyone has good tapes, I assume. Good show.
- In 1985, the Grateful Dead played the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, NY.
- In 1987, the Grateful Dead played the Henry J. Kaiser Center in Oakland, CA.