BROKEDOWN PALACE
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Uniondale ’81. The last great Dead show?
It seems that somewhere around the fall of 1978, Jerry Garcia started showing signs of wear and tear due to his ongoing love of the persian. He still played many, many tremendous shows before his life would come screeching to a halt, but ill health and a drug-induced slow-down of motor skills caused this immense… Continue reading
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Comes A Time: Newcastle, England April 11th, 1972
A Tuesday night at Newcastle City Hall in Newcastle, England. Third show of the tour before taking the ferry across to Denmark and the mysterious continent beyond. Many a band had played the industrial town of Newcastle, England before the Dead. In fact, Eric Burdon and The Animals derived from Newcastle so the locals already had their… Continue reading
1972, April 11, BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE, BIG RAILROAD BLUES, Bob Weir, BROKEDOWN PALACE, Comes A Time, England, Eric Burdon, GOOD LOVIN’, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, last tour, LOOKS LIKE RAIN, Newcastle, Newcastle City Hall, OTHER ONE, pedal steel, Phil Lesh, PigPen, The Animals, Tivoli Gardens, Truckin’
About Me
Filmmaker, live music photographer, writer, film/video editor, acting teacher, traveler and political junkie who finally realised that the United States government and its two ruling parties has undergone what Chris Hedges refers to as “a corporate coup d’etat in slow motion.”
This site is dedicated to my thoughts, observations and inspirations regarding politics, film and music.
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