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Grateful Dead Bears ~ 7 Inch Bean Bears ~ Edition 13

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TOUR MEMORY:
This was my maiden voyage into the murky and quirky waters of the Grateful Dead. I was a freshman in college and a true folkie at the time. So I particularly liked the acoustic set with Deep Elem and Katie Mae. But when they started rockin' the electric guitars on Lovelight, I was a convert. 300 shows later, I'm a card-carrying member.

NAME:	KATIE MAE
DATE:	1970-04-03
BIRTHPLACE:	University of Cincinnati
CITY:	Cincinnati
STATE:	OH
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
I feel lucky to have seen the Dead play a lot of small venues and College theaters. At this time they would open with an acoustic set, then go electric. They opened the show with The Race is On, a George Jones staple, followed by Wake up Little Susie, a tune made famous by the Everly Brothers when I was in Grade school. The rest is kind of hazy, but I do remember a breathtaking Other One.

NAME:	LITTLE SUSIE
DATE:	1970-05-01
BIRTHPLACE:	Alfred College
CITY:	Alfred
STATE:	NY
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
I still have my concert stub for this marathon. Can you believe $4.50 to see the New Riders and the Dead? That wouldn't buy a beer today. Back in '71 this was the center of the universe...New York City, the Fillmore East, and the Dead. Phil was dropping bombs all night, including an earth shaker during Rider. I know they're from California, but they'll always be New York's house band to me.

NAME:	PHILLMORE
DATE:	1971-04-29
BIRTHPLACE:	Fillmore East
CITY:	NEW YORK
STATE:	NY
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
The first thing I remember about this night was all the people with "Happy Birthday Bobby" signs. He turned 42 that day and came out of the box swinging with Picasso Moon. Memphis Blues was killer, and a first for me. But the most powerful first was Dark Star opening up the second set. People freaked. Sometime late in the set, they slipped into Attics. We all just melted.

NAME:	SHARK STAR
DATE:	1989-10-16
BIRTHPLACE:	Meadowlands Arena
CITY:	East Rutherford
STATE:	NJ
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
My favorite Dead show memory is from a show I wasn't even at. It was summer solstice 1989 and the Dead were playing Shoreline. I couldn't go, but it was offered on closed circuit TV at a club in Boston called the Channel. The screen was huge, the sound was great, and there were hundreds of heads there. When Phil played Box of Rain, we all lit up (literally). Incredible scene.

NAME:	SUGAR WAGS
DATE:	1989-06-21
BIRTHPLACE:	Shoreline Amphitheater
CITY:	Mountain View
STATE:	CA
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
Little did I know, but this would be the last time I would see Jerry Garcia perform. But on this night, I was locked in on the drummers, especially Bill Kreutzmann. He's often overlooked, but he's one of the best Rock drummers ever. They opened the second set with a drum solo that evolved into a Mardi Gras parade. And there was Billy, keeping the whole thing together...as usual.

NAME:	TIGER BILLY
DATE:	1995-02-26
BIRTHPLACE:	Oakland Coliseum
CITY:	Oakland
STATE:	CA
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

TOUR MEMORY:
Not only was this show historic, it goes down as one of the best times I've ever had. The history part was New Year's Eve and the closing of Winterland. True, it was a dumpy old Hockey rink, but it had real charm. The New Riders and the Blues Brothers primed us. And the Dead were in rare form. Jerry and Phil were so into it. I wept during Wharf Rat.

NAME:	WHARF CAT
DATE:	1978-12-31
BIRTHPLACE:	Winterland Arena
CITY:	San Francisco
STATE:	CA
EDITION:	THIRTEEN

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