Truckin' up to Buffalo - Grateful Dead July 4, 1989 @ Rich Stadium

[WhoTom]

A month before leaving Western NY for a career change, my wife and I saw this show. It's been available on DVD for many years and now the band has put it on YouTube for free.

 

 

 

[Bad Things]

One of the best days of my life.  (The next morning at work?  Not so much.)

[US Egg]

Celebrating American oppression?

 

That would not fly in these times.

[Bad Things]

  On 7/4/2021 at 10:50 PM, I am the egg man said:

Celebrating American oppression?

 

That would not fly in these times.

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What the hell are you talking about?

[ExiledInIllinois]

  On 7/5/2021 at 1:01 AM, Bad Things said:

What the hell are you talking about?

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"..Dallas, got a soft machine; Houston, too close to New Orleans;
New York's got the ways and means; but just won't let you be, oh no. ..."

 

Classic American oppression! 

[gomper]

What a great day.  Always a relaxed atmosphere for the Dead in OP. I do remember Brent's Leslie speakers shooting out colors during Deal. Alas, that's another story. 

[Bad Things]

And the show the following year was even better!

 

 

[Bad Things]

  On 7/4/2021 at 10:50 PM, I am the egg man said:

Celebrating American oppression?

 

That would not fly in these times.

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Seriously... instead of replying to my question with a 🙄 emoji, why don't you simply answer it?  I honestly don't know what you mean.

 

Or, are you just being a curmudgeon?

Edited July 6, 2021 by Bad Things

[US Egg]

Just a little ahead of my time. 😎

[frostbitmic]

I saw them there exactly 3 years earlier with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty... July 4 1986

 

Leaving Buffalo 4th day of July... Sun so hot, clouds so low , eagles filled the sky.

[WhoTom]

  On 7/11/2021 at 7:38 PM, frostbitmic said:

I saw them there exactly 3 years earlier with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty... July 4 1986

 

Leaving Buffalo 4th day of July... Sun so hot, clouds so low , eagles filled the sky.

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Me too. That was my first Dead show. 

[Greg S]

  On 7/11/2021 at 7:38 PM, frostbitmic said:

I saw them there exactly 3 years earlier with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty... July 4 1986

 

Leaving Buffalo 4th day of July... Sun so hot, clouds so low , eagles filled the sky.

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Trouble ahead, Jerry in red. Wasn't that just before he slipped into a diabetic coma?

[WhoTom]

  On 7/12/2021 at 1:41 PM, Greg S said:

 

Trouble ahead, Jerry in red. Wasn't that just before he slipped into a diabetic coma?

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Yeah - just a few days before.

https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-returns-jerry-garcia-diabetic-coma-date-1986

 

[Bill from NYC]

I have always thought that 1989 was the best of the Dead. The Philly show was off the charts great as well. Jerry even looked fairly sober.

Edited July 20, 2021 by Bill from NYC

[Greg S]

  On 7/20/2021 at 10:39 AM, Bill from NYC said:

I have always thought that 1989 was the best of the Dead. The Philly show was off the charts great as well. Jerry even looked fairly sober.

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For me pick any show from 1977.

[Rico]

  On 7/20/2021 at 11:30 AM, Greg S said:

 

For me pick any show from 1977.

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Great year for rocking Dead. I tend to just listen to shows from the 60’s and 70’s myself. There’s good stuff later, but the set lists are lacking in comparison, newer material just isn’t up to snuff IMO.

  On 7/11/2021 at 7:38 PM, frostbitmic said:

I saw them there exactly 3 years earlier with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty... July 4 1986

 

Leaving Buffalo 4th day of July... Sun so hot, clouds so low , eagles filled the sky.

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I was also at that show in 86 & then the 2 shows at RFK the 6th and the 7th…. more for Dylan & the Heartbreakers than the Dead. Buffalo was hot, but RFK was an inferno, and with GA, you really couldn’t leave your spot.