Those were the days my friend I thought they'd never end On the bus since Watkins Glen God, I miss the energy of those upcoming tours.. I tried to never let life get in the way. Now at 65, I have beautiful memories, u- tube & a bit more than "a touch of grey" and nothing left to do but smile , smile, smile. ✌
Just stumbled onto this. No particular importance except to me personally - that night was my first Dead show. I remember sitting on the sidewalk waiting to get in and telling the people I was with that I just wanted to hear Casey Jones and Truckin' because those were the only two Dead tunes I knew (or at least I knew were Dead songs). Everyone told me not to get my hopes up because neither one with in the rotation at that point, but they opened with a rockin' Casey Jones and Truckin' was the centerpiece of the second show. I was on the bus from that day forward...
+Ray S. What a first show. Best Casey Jones ever played. Jerry forgot the lyrics, which led to that extended jamming. Extremely rare Dupree's as well. This was a legendary show and translates to the recording.
+rm1133 Yeah, it was a great show, although in the list of memorable '77 shows doesn't get as much mention as if they'd stuck it in, like '79 when it would have been THE show... My second show was Eugene a few month later on 1/22/78 - THAT was the legendary show, possibly the best they ever played post-hiatus. I saw a lot of really good shows over the years, but nothing like that Eugene show. I could tell you stories about that night too - there was some seriously weird (and good) mojo in the hall that night. The unanticipated meet ups and coincidences just kept coming. Like a guy friend of mine meeting a woman and they were SURE they knew each other, but it turned out his twin brother and her twin sister had been a couple the year before for a few months and they'd met each other's twins but never each other. And two first cousins from opposite sides of the county who'd never met but just ran into each other that night and figured it out. That was just in my small group of friends / acquaintances during the set break. And then there was the second set...
Ray S. Yes, that was another legendary show. "Close encounters" sounds fitting based on your stories. One of the best sounding shows of '78. You truly witnessed 2 historic ones for your first two.
+Ray S. My next two were really solid shows too, but I thought they sucked at the time, because my expectations were so high from those first two. San Diego and Pauly Pavillion the two shows immediately before they closed Winterland. Thought they were really bad, but the tapes hold up real well...
Ray S. It’s the BEST feeling when you get to hear the songs you wanted. I saw Johnny Mayer 4 or 5 years back; the group of us was 6-7 people and before the show we all said one song each that we wanted to hear. Johnny played all 7 songs we wanted 🙏
I hear ya, the fact that he took time to feel the pulse of the street shows you his love for Deadheads. He had a lot of patience and consideration with people. I can imagine Steve had his hands full all the time.
That's why he became a demigod to people. When you're all tripping and there's a guy who doing as much or more than you but he is in complete control of himself and the whole situation it really gives you sense of trust and whatnot. He handles his coke here and he'd handle his acid with just as much grace
Listen to how quickly they are all talking! Jerry is talking at relatively normal speed...he had a higher tolerance. And when someone says "Scrape another line out." And you can hear them chopping the lines!
they're not snorting coke they're using a technique used by speakers to inhale a significant amount of oxygen before they make their soliloquy or long-winded speech
@@arlenmargolin1650 Agreed, no drugs and well as a musician I know it can 'seem' tp get you better but really only psychedelics will work in that regard. It can also be potential mini freakout if shrooms too so for tours Id stick to the clean doses. Im sure it was a mix of so many diff drugs tho in all honesty. Cheers and hails to the dead!
Well they did let the Dead into Canada in 1984 at the Kingswood Music Theatre in Toronto. Me and a friend travelled from Québec to see them and the Band. Intros to both sets from Wavy Gravy and Ken Kesey.
I was there as well - great show and nice Scarlet Fire. I bought the SEVA tickets for the benefit which included after show party with some of the band members. Weir showed up and Kesey.
Was Bill Walton standing in the center at this show? He was on the Blazers. I guess this was the Paramount Theater or the Memorial Colesium. First to hear him talk of Egypt wow. The Paramount hosted many great shows. Deads first show in Portland was at the Masonic Hall 1967 currently part of the Art Museum on PSU campus.
Hal, thanks for this audio, priceless stuff. Jerry seems really open and generous with his time. Do you have any info on who the other protagonists are?
ProfessorLesh I know this guy. He was a Reed College student at the time and a boarding school friend of Scully's. I gave him some guitar lessons about 12 years ago, and he gave me a CD of this "interview"... which might have been when it entered circulation, not sure.
+Shawn Carter Yeah i would love to go back to the US someday, i was in DC and Virginia before, but i would love to travel all over, San Fran would be at the top of my list anyway, awh theres too many places to see haha
Shawn Carter Yeah im in Ireland now, ah other parts are fine, its just my area really, at one stage it was a beautiful town, but now its just a big shopping town and most people are into sports, gambling and radio music, so not that interesting really, i was in Amsterdam twice myself great city, Dublin city here is a great place and i dont live too far from it, i think the America of Kerouac is long gone probably.
@@irishelk3 I'm wondering how that timeline worked out for you as far as going back to America and all this place seems to be getting rougher all the time
Of course, he even spoke about holding Jerry's dope for him to make sure he had some for going on stage in another interview. Jerry just took to it permanently and Bobby didn't.
Can someone tell me what cocaine feels like? I've never done it and never will but I'm just curious as to why people feel the need to do it. And what would it do for a musician about to go on stage?
while your high on lsd your aware you feel different, on cocaine you have a hard time realizing how fucked up you are and you feel like your supposed to but its all fucked up
I don’t agree with the other people’s descriptions here. Effects of cocaine are well documented but for me it creates a kind of elated feeling, like a sense of general well being and calmness + numbness. It usually makes conversing with others much easier and more interesting.
It seems as if the timelines here are a little screwed up I mean if Jerry's saying that next year they plan to go to Egypt and the only time they went to Egypt was in '72 I believe how could this have been recorded in '77 you see what I'm saying or am I losing some gray matter somewhere along the line and speaking of lines holy shagiba
Those were the days my friend I thought they'd never end
On the bus since Watkins Glen
God, I miss the energy of those upcoming tours..
I tried to never let life get in the way.
Now at 65, I have beautiful memories, u- tube & a bit more than "a touch of grey" and nothing left to do but smile , smile, smile. ✌
Happy Days Between Jerryholic! 🤘🎅🔥🎸⚡☝️💀🌹🐦💓💨🚀🥰✌🤠
Jerry I want you to come back so bad. I know we all still have you, but it's not the same. The loss of you is soul crushing.
born in 96.. didnt even get a chance and i miss him like i did
Garcia just gave a master class in small group communication.
Garcia......fare you well, We love you more than words can tell...
Just stumbled onto this. No particular importance except to me personally - that night was my first Dead show. I remember sitting on the sidewalk waiting to get in and telling the people I was with that I just wanted to hear Casey Jones and Truckin' because those were the only two Dead tunes I knew (or at least I knew were Dead songs). Everyone told me not to get my hopes up because neither one with in the rotation at that point, but they opened with a rockin' Casey Jones and Truckin' was the centerpiece of the second show. I was on the bus from that day forward...
+Ray S. What a first show. Best Casey Jones ever played. Jerry forgot the lyrics, which led to that extended jamming. Extremely rare Dupree's as well. This was a legendary show and translates to the recording.
+rm1133 Yeah, it was a great show, although in the list of memorable '77 shows doesn't get as much mention as if they'd stuck it in, like '79 when it would have been THE show... My second show was Eugene a few month later on 1/22/78 - THAT was the legendary show, possibly the best they ever played post-hiatus. I saw a lot of really good shows over the years, but nothing like that Eugene show. I could tell you stories about that night too - there was some seriously weird (and good) mojo in the hall that night. The unanticipated meet ups and coincidences just kept coming. Like a guy friend of mine meeting a woman and they were SURE they knew each other, but it turned out his twin brother and her twin sister had been a couple the year before for a few months and they'd met each other's twins but never each other. And two first cousins from opposite sides of the county who'd never met but just ran into each other that night and figured it out. That was just in my small group of friends / acquaintances during the set break. And then there was the second set...
Ray S. Yes, that was another legendary show. "Close encounters" sounds fitting based on your stories. One of the best sounding shows of '78. You truly witnessed 2 historic ones for your first two.
+Ray S. My next two were really solid shows too, but I thought they sucked at the time, because my expectations were so high from those first two. San Diego and Pauly Pavillion the two shows immediately before they closed Winterland. Thought they were really bad, but the tapes hold up real well...
Ray S. It’s the BEST feeling when you get to hear the songs you wanted. I saw Johnny Mayer 4 or 5 years back; the group of us was 6-7 people and before the show we all said one song each that we wanted to hear. Johnny played all 7 songs we wanted 🙏
I can’t believe I’ve never listened to this. I love that he mentioned Walton.
poor jerry. such a good guy, but had to go through this all the time. people just wanting to be around him, which is cool, but i'm sure it got old.
He loved us all
je
im sure jerry snorted just as much as everyone else!
I hear ya, the fact that he took time to feel the pulse of the street shows you his love for Deadheads. He had a lot of patience and consideration with people. I can imagine Steve had his hands full all the time.
@@Charlieboy2680
You're a dork
Jerry and the rest of the band got their "powder" cocktails juuust right in early May of '77, rendering 5/7-8-9/77
@Michael Kean cocaine, obviously.
@Michael Kean what do you think?
Love how he talks about just getting Wolf back at 8:15
And how he talks about it like it’s nothing and no one will ever know about! When it’s a golden nugget of historical greatness !!
I love how the more they snorted the more f ed up the interviewer got but Jerry stayed the same and then when on stage and kicked ass all night
That's why he became a demigod to people. When you're all tripping and there's a guy who doing as much or more than you but he is in complete control of himself and the whole situation it really gives you sense of trust and whatnot.
He handles his coke here and he'd handle his acid with just as much grace
Sounds like they all got the sniffles. Coming down with colds I guess
Cold probably from the snow
..... We're gunna take a snort break....
Listen to the way they're breathing too
Covid?
Coke?
Jesus lord the coke snorting is so loud, haha. Must have been right next to the tape recorder and totally not caring.
Listen to how quickly they are all talking! Jerry is talking at relatively normal speed...he had a higher tolerance.
And when someone says "Scrape another line out." And you can hear them chopping the lines!
Now we know why they opened with Casey Jones that evening.
they're not snorting coke they're using a technique used by speakers to inhale a significant amount of oxygen before they make their soliloquy or long-winded speech
@@arlenmargolin1650 Agreed, no drugs and well as a musician I know it can 'seem' tp get you better but really only psychedelics will work in that regard. It can also be potential mini freakout if shrooms too so for tours Id stick to the clean doses. Im sure it was a mix of so many diff drugs tho in all honesty. Cheers and hails to the dead!
"not caring?"
no. given the year they'd have been sure to flaunt it on the tape, which clearly wasn't made for publication
i like that Jerry changes his own strings, i dont think id ever let anyone else re-string any of my guitars
Well they did let the Dead into Canada in 1984 at the Kingswood Music Theatre in Toronto. Me and a friend travelled from Québec to see them and the Band. Intros to both sets from Wavy Gravy and Ken Kesey.
I was there as well - great show and nice Scarlet Fire. I bought the SEVA tickets for the benefit which included after show party with some of the band members. Weir showed up and Kesey.
The talk about the Blazer Championship at about 10 min point!
Was Bill Walton standing in the center at this show? He was on the Blazers. I guess this was the Paramount Theater or the Memorial Colesium. First to hear him talk of Egypt wow. The Paramount hosted many great shows. Deads first show in Portland was at the Masonic Hall 1967 currently part of the Art Museum on PSU campus.
Hal, thanks for this audio, priceless stuff. Jerry seems really open and generous with his time. Do you have any info on who the other protagonists are?
I don't. Wish I did. And I agree, very nice to hear Garcia being so open and generous.
ProfessorLesh I know this guy. He was a Reed College student at the time and a boarding school friend of Scully's. I gave him some guitar lessons about 12 years ago, and he gave me a CD of this "interview"... which might have been when it entered circulation, not sure.
"Interview" indeed!
Damn, thanks for the background…
It was snowing that day!
They all sound so nice to each other, when i speak like that where im from people look at me cross eyed.
+irishelk You should move to a friendlier place.
+Taylor Davis I am, me and my friend are going to New Zealand, then back to Ireland but a nicer place and the future, America.
+Shawn Carter Yeah i would love to go back to the US someday, i was in DC and Virginia before, but i would love to travel all over, San Fran would be at the top of my list anyway, awh theres too many places to see haha
Shawn Carter Yeah im in Ireland now, ah other parts are fine, its just my area really, at one stage it was a beautiful town, but now its just a big shopping town and most people are into sports, gambling and radio music, so not that interesting really, i was in Amsterdam twice myself great city, Dublin city here is a great place and i dont live too far from it, i think the America of Kerouac is long gone probably.
@@irishelk3 I'm wondering how that timeline worked out for you as far as going back to America and all this place seems to be getting rougher all the time
Damn 77 was crazy with the Coke Craze. Seems really fun with the inevitable 1984 mega crash.
Jerry 5:47 "That shit is amazing.. Fuck" Interview?? more like a bunch of dudes doing coke. You gotta love it though.
Tyler Thompson One of my favorite interviews because you are literally partying with Jerry. So much fun!
34:20 Mind Left Body jam?
This is great
Anyone saying 'poor Jerry' LMFAO stop being such a POON. These dudes were chillin and Bobby was definitely there.too, you can hear him around 21:30
Of course, he even spoke about holding Jerry's dope for him to make sure he had some for going on stage in another interview. Jerry just took to it permanently and Bobby didn't.
@@josevillarreal9920 the dirty brief case haha spot on
Gotta love the coke snorting at around 5:10 or so... sounds like they were having a good time chatting.
so epic
You may be cool, but you’re not doing blow with Garcia cool
Happy Days Between Jerryholics! 🤘🎅💓🔥🎸⚡☝️💀🌹🐦
Driving that train.....
Dayem! Sounds like they've tooted Peru!
cocaine is a helluva drug...
06:45
high times
Who is doing the interview?
Does anyone know who all is talking
Party time😜
Gaggers
Really sad..drugs did in so many 60ties greats
TRIGGER ALERT! THIS INTERVIEW IS RATED 'R'
easy on the Canada bashing Jer ! lol i hear the hastle though...
Must be awful cold there.
My god, listen to all the cocaine being done lmao… just flat out rails 😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️
Can someone tell me what cocaine feels like? I've never done it and never will but I'm just curious as to why people feel the need to do it. And what would it do for a musician about to go on stage?
c mon
you dont feel necessarily high like lsd or weed...you feel calmly intense but extremely uncomfortable and a fake kind of happy at the same time
while your high on lsd your aware you feel different, on cocaine you have a hard time realizing how fucked up you are and you feel like your supposed to but its all fucked up
I don’t agree with the other people’s descriptions here. Effects of cocaine are well documented but for me it creates a kind of elated feeling, like a sense of general well being and calmness + numbness. It usually makes conversing with others much easier and more interesting.
It’s overBLOWn
Doesn’t trust alembic
Wonder why?
It seems as if the timelines here are a little screwed up I mean if Jerry's saying that next year they plan to go to Egypt and the only time they went to Egypt was in '72 I believe how could this have been recorded in '77 you see what I'm saying or am I losing some gray matter somewhere along the line and speaking of lines holy shagiba
Timeline is fine. They went to Egypt in '78
They went to Europe in 72, and Egypt in 1978.
EGYPT '72 that woulda been odd