Trips and Tales — Jerry Garcia
Grateful Dead Road Stories—Copenhagen '81
1980s Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
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...
Jerry Garcia Band at the Keystone Berkeley 8.20.81
1980s Jerry Garcia Jerry Garcia Band Keystone Road Stories
In ’81 during a trip to the Bay Area I lucked out and caught a Jerry band show at the Keystone Club in Berkeley.
My first San Francisco Trip
Jerry Garcia Jerry Garcia Band Travis Bean
Here’s Garcia, with his sleeves rolled up, Travis Bean in hand on a magical breezy summer afternoon in San Francisco.
Jerry and Phil in Fairfax 8.22.81
1980s Jerry Garcia Jerry Garcia Band Phil Lesh Road Stories
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
The band’s last real adventure - Melkweg Club '81
1980s Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia Melkweg Road Stories
The highlight of my Grateful Dead “concert career” took place on two nights—October 15-16, 1981—in Amsterdam.