Trips and Tales — Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead - Radio City Music Hall 1980

1980s Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia Radio City Music Hall Road Stories

Grateful Dead - Radio City Music Hall 1980

This run was huge. For the first time in a decade, the Dead were going to incorporate an acoustic set into their show, followed by two electric sets. 

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Grateful Dead - Hilton press conference, New York, NY 1.9.79

1970s Bill Kreutzmann Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia Mickey Hart

Grateful Dead - Hilton press conference, New York, NY 1.9.79

This press conference at the N.Y. Hilton hotel was arranged for college media and sandwiched between the Dead’s Madison Square Garden and Nassau Coliseum shows.

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Grateful Dead - Winterland New Years Run 1977

1970s Grateful Dead Road Stories Winterland

Grateful Dead - Winterland New Years Run 1977

After my summer trip to San Francisco in August '77, I was itching to get back to the Bay Area. The Grateful Dead provided the perfect excuse—their fabled year-end concerts at Winterland.

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