Grateful Dead’s last gig
The Grateful Dead have put on their final performance together-and it was a record breaker. On what is “the last” Saturday night, it was one more time to get down and dust off those rusty strings one more time. “Every night has its own challenges”. But it’s not in sadness that I miss him. I would love to add any of your photos. “I’ll leave you with this: Please, be kind”.
He continued: “Whether or not there are further encores in the years ahead, those of us who were part of the experience will always feel connected to it. The music and the memories will live on”. “It was incredible”.
“Playing the 50th year is more than overwhelming”.
Trey Anastasio of Phish and Bruce Hornsby were among the guest musicians.
The four surviving members of the band ended their 50-year-run this weekend with three Chicago concerts.
With elements of blues, country and jazz in their psychedelic rock, the Dead were heavy on improvisation – a key factor that drew fans to multiple concerts – but rarely spoke on stage. Little bit of blues. “Not a big deal, maybe they didn’t mean too, but does this then open the potential for another “Truckin’“, “Sugar Magnolia”, “Other One”, Dark Star”, and the most likely repeat of them all for this string of shows, “Brokedown Palace”?
CHICAGO – Grateful Dead fans filled Soldier Field in record numbers over the weekend for the band’s three farewell concerts and WJBC talked to a “deadhead” from Normal who was there. “I think they are gonna nail it!”
The Times also notes that the tour has been doing well in online streaming.
The group began its last set ever fitting enough with the crowd pleaser “Truckin“, which includes the line “what a long, unusual trip it’s been”.
‘Excited and happy and sad’.
“In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal…”
“They made some decisions that created a structure that brought people into touch with each other… and led a lot of people to form identities around them”, she said.
“There will be some sadness”.
After seeing the two warm-up shows in Santa Clara, Calif. last weekend, Domenic Petitta came in from Pittsburgh for the last dance.
The Empire State Building lights up in honor of the Grateful Dead.
“This feeling you have here”.
“The feeling we have here – remember it, take it home and do some good with it”, Hart said in closing.