Trips and Tales

Happy Birthday Carlos Santana!!

July 20, 2020 • Carlos Santana

Although I loved Santana, I didn't get to see them play till 1981. And what a show that was at the Pier in NYC on 7.28.81.

All my early Dead shows and many Garcia Band shows featured Keith on keyboards. Here was a cool backstage experience for my 18 year old self.

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 day before the Dead’s Madison Square Garden run, there was a press conference held at the United Nations for Rainforest Action Network.

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