I was in a sifer with Donna Jean and the buffalos. Only cause I was hanging out with a musician. That knew the band. I was young. She passed me a joint. In philly
They stopped spinning in my day after Jerry died. At the other ones show with hornsby. I remember always seeing this guy that's been a dead head for years. He Spun the entire show. Every show. Natural high I guess I always danced but missed the spinning with the pretty skirts era... Oh well the show is still going on...
32:12 this dude hit the nail on the head. First time I saw the Dead was 1987 and I was 17. People would openly sell LSD and Shrooms. I was shocked to see people walking around holding up giant mushrooms. I went home and embraced that culture and came back in 1988, it was already different and by 1989 you could feel the shift. It was a scene, and a place to transact. I am guilty of being part of that scene without realizing it at the time. I was never a real deahead, but I went to the shows and never had tickets. Sometimes I would get lucky and be able to go in, but mostly I was there for the party. By 1990 I was out of that scene. The hippy fantasy I had was fadded. I saw hard drugs taking over more and more. It was no longer Iko, Iko and it lost it's magic for me. The last shows I went to was around 1990 or 1991.
I live on the central coast of California, I remember these people always stoping in my little city to sell their arts and crafts 😊. My local bar was always happy to see them stopping in for a day or two. I remember taking the Green Tortoise from San Luis Obispo to Seattle a few times. Fun times and didn't matter if you didn't have lots of money. We all looked out for each other .
If anyone likes updates from the folks featured here, I have one for you. The man making lasagna passed away August 15th, 2022 of liver cancer. He was 70. He is my uncle. His name is Jeffrey Rader.
I remembered this being released and all those 'colors & pageantry' too. I still have the VHS. Thank you for the share/post again and of coarse your film here. Wanna do it again? Ha. I wonder where the kid and a couple fans recognized are these days.
fifteen minutes in is the asshole brigade! they are sooooo cool man. valley girl accents, in serious need of a fucking shower, and so clueless. calling any and everyone who makes a different life choice being in Babylon?? please, I bet they are all yuppies now, worried about the BMW, house and credit cards. I just had fun, and some of my best friends can be seen in this film, but we all knew enough to mourn, and move on. I was 18 during this tour. best time in someone's youth. put some RAMONES on, eat some paper, get all psyched and go to the Dead show and dance until your feet fall off.
