A lovely evening. FILE. The Shakedown out of Wheel is a surprise, but doesn't do anything for me until about the 10:35 mark when the jam takes an interesting turn. Guaranteed. Never had gotten off listening to Keith.... and Donna was just so-so, nothing too special.....they had their place, another wonderful piece of the band's history. Just one DH's opinion. Santa Cruz, CA, 95064. Consider upgrading to a modern browser for an improved experience. Set 2 starts off with energy and the first few songs are well done (well, Jerry messes up Bertha pretty bad) but nothing special. At halftime, we split a small handful of very potent mushrooms, and I took off down Sir Francis Drake, the Miracle Mile, and Second Street to the Record Factory on Francisco Boulevard in San Rafael. Their voices are shot. Looking high, looking low. I trundle by and say, "Thanks Bill, but let the kid live, will ya!" Grateful Dead Concert Poster 1979 Oakland Randy Tuten. Great playing and unusual song selection, with several breakouts: Greatest, Don't Ease, Big Railroad Blues, High Time, Might as Well - a post-Drums Shakedown - nice phat pre-drums helping of tunes: Might As Well, I Need a Miracle>Bertha>Good Lovin', I finally round up my crew and head to The City, Six or eight of us end up at Francine's house for a a post-show debriefing. big rr blues, the wheel. Condition:--not specified. Just listen to that Lazy Lightning > Supplication; Jerry just unleashed... well, lightning. Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. Please try again later. Games, Furniture & This was a benefit for the Campaign for Economic Democracy, led by Tom Hayden. January - February 1979: Keith and Donna’s last stand was damn impressive! Brent added a new sound but.....................heh. I had seen the sublime and beautiful 12/30/78 UCLA show just 6 week earlier, but this was a completely different animal; much more akin to some of those frantic/caustic shows with the Brent band years later. r/gratefuldead: A great place to space your face. In terms of energy, the equipment they were using, song catalog, and jamming synchronization, the tour in early ‘79 is basically a month-long continuation of the Closing of Winterland sound. art this was like my 5th show,and the first for my new girlfriend (and,later my wife).The vibes seemed really wierd to me before the show.The high doses we took only intensified it.Being a relative newcomer,I was a little unsure of myself and the strange feelings I was having.Still,I enjoyed the first set,especially the "High Time".During halftime we sat on the floor staring at each other-speechless.The weirdness intensified during a break that seemed as though it would never end.The second set started with "might As Well",which seemed like some sort of invitation.I looked at my girl,and she had the most terrified look I have ever seen on a human face.All of a sudden she bolted through the crowd,knocking people over as she went.I followed,appologizing to the victims of our sudden flight.We ended up in the lobby,where she approached three Oakland Coliseum security guards (not BGP guys).They seemed to be about 300Lbs.each,and wearing green police-like uniforms.She told them that I was the devil.They looked at me inquisitively,so I assured them that I was not,in fact,the devil,and that she was experiencing a bad trip,of sorts.THey told me that she was my problem,and went back to the conversation they were having before they were so rudely interrupted.I was ,in fact, deeply concerned for her,and felt responsible for the whole thing.We walked around the parking lot for hours as I tried to help talk her down.I ran into a friend out there sitting in his car,and when I told him what happened,he smiled ,shook his head and said,"I know just how she feels man,I had to get out of there too,it was WAY to intense".I took her home to her parents at about 4:00 am.Luckilly they were asleep.I called her the next day ,and she thanked me for a wonderful evening, and asked when we could see the Dead again!This exprience went a long way to help me understand the power of L.S.D.,the Grateful Deads music,and 15000 deadheads all in one place.Not to be taken so lightly.I had more respect forthe powers at hand when the time is right. The end of the 1970's saw the Grateful Dead very consistent in the places where they would play, and the sizes of the venues. At halftime, we split a small handful of very potent mushrooms, and I took off down Sir Francis Drake, the Miracle Mile, and Second Street to the Record Factory on Francisco Boulevard in San Rafael. Everyone was ambling about, not sure of what to do; the show was over, but folks were still mighty dosed-out and nobody wanted to go out into the chilly Oakland night. 2/17/79 was all I could ask for in a show. I had no idea it was going to be the last time Keith and Donna were leaving the band. gd1979-02-17.145262.sbd.troy.smith.miller.clugston.flac1648 Source: Master Soundboard Cassettes > 1st generation reels > Sandy Troy's 2nd generation reels @ 3.75 ips Unable to process your request at this time. )I took great care after this to be the most positive ,loving,and caring person I could be ,in times like this.My girlfriend and I got married in 1980 and had two sons.We enjoyed many wonderful Dead concerts together until we split in 1988.Now my two boys, men now,will join me at the shoreline on 5-15-09 and the wheel keeps turnin'. I was just pumped to have a show to see a few weeks after the Closing of Winterland. (or wrong,as in this case. Active: September 1971 – February 17, 1979 Instruments: Keyboards, backing vocals Other projects: Jerry Garcia Band, Heart of Gold Band. One unlikely highlight was perhaps the shortest but most beautiful Wheel ever played (it's a cliche, but true in this case). The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Live / Dead Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead Performs ‘St. Maximum file size of 3MB. His lovely bride, Jane Fonda was in attendance. The Coliseum was big-ticket, the biggest indoor venue in the Bay Area at the time. This is a great sleeper show. First love. The weirdness continued on show night. Another Good Radio Broadcast !!! See more ideas about Grateful dead, Grateful, Greatful dead. Grateful Dead Live at Oakland Coliseum Arena on 1979-02-17, gd1979-02-17.sbd.scotton-miller.88123.flac16, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). JiJi, This show starts off great, with the post-retirement premier of a hot GSET, and continues with fine and fun versions of Don't Ease, Mama and Mexicali. The following return to Playing is the highlight of the show, featuring some great, spacey exploration. As always though you can on the show to get better and better and better the furthur it goes, and it did. What a night! I do remember being aware of Donna a lot even though I had no idea this would be it for her and for Keith. I moseyed to the Dennys where a whole counter of Heads were having vicious staredown's with their fried eggs. By the end of that same set Eddy was screamin' "Forget the eighties! Features Song Lyrics for Grateful Dead's 1979-02-17: Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA album. Fortunately, most of the audience lived. I saw Gam, so I asked if I could hold one of his Camels (meaning could I have a cigarette). CCC. Following the departure of the Godchauxs, Brent Mydland joined as keyboardist and vocalist and was considered "the perfect fit". Grateful Dead performing at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 1987: Jerry Garcia (custom Tiger guitar), Mickey Hart (drums). -- Set 2 disc change is seamless Collection, Dead & The Big Dog Dad - Schultzie, Submitted by Clarence on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 12:14, Submitted by guitarman93061 on Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:56, Submitted by guitarman93061 on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 21:06, Submitted by JimmieJi on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 15:56, Submitted by dstache on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 11:33, Submitted by hockey_john on Sat, 03/22/2014 - 06:04, Submitted by stoltzfus on Mon, 11/24/2014 - 11:20, Submitted by Malbuff on Sun, 09/13/2015 - 14:02, Keith and Donna's last concert - "Rock for Life" benefit to end environmental cancer - house lights stayed on during "Greatest" - last "Big RxR Blues": 10-19-74 [206] - last "Greatest": 10-18-74 [207] - final "Heart Of Me" - last "High Time": 05-26-77 [130] - last "Wheel": 02-03-78 [85]. 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