JFK Stadium Grateful Dead 7-7-1989 We did "The Wave" during the Break... Philadelphia, PA - Here are Many Videos of That Concert

I was there... and by a wonderful twist of fate, they filmed the concert so I could enjoy the show years later...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMpaD-ktv7Q
"Aiko Aiko"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkAzMiEUUQ8
"Hell in a Bucket"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gspGPBijYFU
"Little Red Rooster" Bob's big slide guitar song...
however, Brent sings... and I really believe... when Brent sings...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0HdJ__sykw
entire First Set...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzYenjCpJ8g
entire Second Set... get's really interesting at 46 minutes when they go into drums/space... I always felt that all performances of drums/space are interconnected thru an inter-dimensional time warp... that they were simply dipping a ladle into a larger than reality pool of rhythm...

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My Story: Art and Tales... original poetry inspired by shows at the Spectrum Arena and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia.

ceremony and ritual: a story...
OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN FUSED INTO ONE SHIMMERING
COLONIAL ANIMAL...
FLOWING IN THE
CURRENTS OF THE MUSIC...
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire !

IN THE SHADOWS,TORCHES FLICKER IN THE BREEZE.
THE ORACLE BEGINS TO SPEAK,
FEEL THE HEAT...
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

WE DANCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL
REALM OF TIME AND SPACE.
THE CROWD ERUPTS IN OUTBURSTS OF FREE-FORM MOTION
AS THE INTENSITY OF THE JAM PEAKS
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

MY BODY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PINBALL AND
I RICCOCHET AROUND THE SPECTRUM
ARENA BOUNCING OFF THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
A CROWD OF DEADHEADS
SURROUND ME INTENT ON TELLING ME STUPID JOKES...
THEY JUST...know... THAT I WILL LAUGH...
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

God, THE 'BIG G' WALKS RIGHT UP TO ME
AND SHAKES MY HAND.
HE ANSWERS ALL THE
REALLY BIG QUESTIONS...
OF COURSE,  BY THE NEXT MORNING I FORGOT THEM ALL!

NO PROBLEM ....

THEY WERE PROGRAMMED DIRECTLY INTO MY DNA...

At the JFK Show I was sitting up high in the bleachers and noticed that the dancing people looked very similar to Sea Anemones. When the music got very exciting, they would throw their arms up in the air... I could see the music as it  flowed from the front to the back as people raised their arms when they heard it. Very similar to a Sea Anemone flowing in the currents of the ocean... We were flowing in the currents of the music...

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I first noticed the Grateful Dead in 1968 in English class at junior high school. Our teacher had put up posters on the wall of the classroom and we wrote essays about them.

He was attempting to stimulate creative WRITING but more importantly,
creative THINKING.

One was an American flag made out of swastikas and another was a solarized/negative photo of 5 hairy men standing in front of "LITTLE BOXES" type suburban tract homes.
See the picture that changed my life:


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TJ420: Posted on Facebook... It was 19 years ago this evening that I had the priveledge of seeing the Grateful Dead for the very last time. Although pretty blazed thru most of the show, I do remember as if yesterday the final encore of that show, Jerry played 'Brokedown Palace" and it was so beautiful it made me cry, but at the same time he sounded so very tired. I will always treasure those final moments,,. there have been many shows and festys since, but the ledgend still holds true..."THERE IS AND NEVER WILL BE ANYTHING, ANYTHING LIKE A GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW!"

TT: Except a DSO show!

TT:Try it before you knock it!

RS: Last time

Greg Vanderlaan While going to a performance of The Grateful Dead was wonderful... I believe that it misses the point... Something Else was happening and that Something Else can be experienced at any Dead Related Event. For Example: When I was in High School, someone went to a concert and concluded that we could build our own... and we could be in the band, run the light show... etc... And we built Forbes Mill teen club in Los Gatos, California...

Greg Vanderlaan Speaking of Dead Related Events. The Rainbow Gathering will be in Nevada or Utah first week of July. Exact location to be announced June 14th...

JL: Shoreline, it left an impression in my life. That was also my last show.

TC: you are correct Sir!

Greg Vanderlaan Speaking of Dead Related Events... What about the entire town of Arcata, CA... or Nimbin, Australia???

TJ420: Greg, likes I said and will repeat,"THERE IS AND NEVER WILL BE ANYTHING, ANYTHING! LIKE A GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW!"

Greg Vanderlaan: Jim, that is true... I'm just making due with what we have left... Sure, the band is not as interesting without Jerry but... I will go dance to local bands that have learned how to play the songs... Thankfully we have every performance stored online... I just enjoyed the JFK show that I barely remember...

AMR: I'm feeling you, thank you for sharing that

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