#winterland

[phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess]

Analogue horror (being rebooted right now)

WINTERLAND

Truly terrifying

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[theshakedownarchives]

March 23, 1974: the Grateful Dead debuted the most advanced sound system in rock history at the Cow Palace. 40 feet high. 70 feet wide. 604 speakers. 26,400 watts. 55 McIntosh MC-2300 amps.

For the first time, Phil Lesh's bass had its own dedicated channels — every string, a lead voice.

Then it collapsed under its own weight. 75 tons. 4 trucks. 16 crew. Half a million dollars of overhead before a single note. May 12, 1974 in Reno, a 1,200-pound speaker cluster started swaying in the wind above Bill Kreutzmann's drum kit.

October '74 at Winterland: 5 nights that became The Grateful Dead Movie. Garcia had JGB. Weir had side projects. Mickey Hart had come back. Phil had nothing else.

The drinking started in 1975.

Full documentary: https://youtu.be/IRaiCnxuvfg

[comfethan]

i love them more than ANYONE

[theshakedownarchives]

Bill Graham and the Dead had the most productive antagonistic relationship in music history.

Graham was a businessman. The Dead were an anti-business band. Graham demanded professionalism. The Dead demanded freedom. They argued constantly. And they made each other better for thirty years.

Graham turned the Fillmore into the Dead's home stage. The Dead turned Graham's venues into the blueprint for the modern concert industry. Neither would have become what they became without the other.

Documentary: youtube.com/@TheShakedownArchives

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