Trips and Tales — Jerry Garcia

Grateful Dead Road Stories—Copenhagen '81

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Grateful Dead Road Stories—Copenhagen '81

Grateful Dead Road Stories—Europe '81The ForumCopenhagen10.8.81   I had heard that the Dead were to do a European tour, so I figured out the details, passport, grab a "Lets Go Europe" book, (hey the internet wasn't invented yet!), plane tickets and off I went. I was 22 and went solo! After arriving in Brussels the morning before, I took an overnight train, then a train ferry to get to Copenhagen. I saw all the flags at half staff, I wondered what happened. Saw a newspaper and found out that Anwar Sadat was assassinated… so sad. He was a leader that...

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Jerry Garcia Band at the Keystone Berkeley 8.20.81

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Jerry Garcia Band at the Keystone Berkeley 8.20.81

In ’81 during a trip to the Bay Area I lucked out and caught a Jerry band show at the Keystone Club in Berkeley.

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My first San Francisco Trip

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My first San Francisco Trip

Here’s Garcia, with his sleeves rolled up, Travis Bean in hand on a magical breezy summer afternoon in San Francisco.

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Jerry and Phil in Fairfax 8.22.81

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Jerry and Phil in Fairfax 8.22.81

This gig was very special. It was a Jerry Garcia Band show and Phil Lesh sat in for John Kahn—one of just three times that 

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The band’s last real adventure - Melkweg Club '81

1980s Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia Melkweg Road Stories

The band’s last real adventure - Melkweg Club '81

The highlight of my Grateful Dead “concert career” took place on two nights—October 15-16, 1981—in Amsterdam.

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