Click on cover art to view a larger image
Click on my drafting table to return to
the gallery page
Bands: Grateful Dead
Venue: Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ
Date: March 30, 31 and April 1, 1980
Quality: Uncirculated program; Cover
art.
Comments: Manual moiré is
psychedelic, man. Please remember that I was studying at Stony
Brook to be an engineer when I first met the Grateful Dead. If
I recall the scene, the band roadies carried a case of
theatrical breakaway bottles. They sat on the stage risers,
eyeing the crew, and intimidated us by biting the tops off of
their beer bottles. It was only later, when I was on the road
that I realized how unreliable house crews at colleges tend to
be. The first time that I lit this band, Pigpen wore a red,
white and blue turban, blouse and pantaloons. What style! What
music! What classes?
Regarding these three shows at the
Capitol, Ed Solero remembered this: “I was at that March
30th Dead show, however, I remember hearing about the show on
April Fools Day a few days later where the Dead came out for
the first number with everyone on the wrong instrument. Wish I
had caught that one.”
Ticket courtesy Kevin R. Papa.