Some Key Grateful Dead Terms to Know

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I was a Dead Head from the 70s on. In the late 80s, I got a job working for the stage lighting company, that did there shows. Workers at the company would get free tickets to shows, and some who were not into the Dead, would give them to me. I would then give them away, to Miracle seekers outside the shows. The shows, and the folks gathering/camping in the parking lots, were the best of times, for this aging hippie. Now I am a keyboard player, in two Grateful Dead tribute bands, living my dream. The music never stoped🎶☮️❤️🎹😻

[@Irishbeerlover]

Are your bands anywhere near New Jersey ?

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

@@Irishbeerlover sorry, no. I live in Sacramento, California. Happy New Year.

[@koltondunkelbarger3538]

​@@TheScreamingFrog916I live in the bay

[@Steam_Engenius]

Hell yeah, brother. It's people like you that keep the good energy flowing.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

@@Steam_Engenius Thanks very much for the kind words, and have a great day 🎶☮😻

[@lastofthe4horsemen279]

I went to a Dead show in Charlotte and a Beautiful woman with no shirt walked up to me a gave me a ticket for the sold out show! Ultra ultra miracle!!!

[@jamiwilliams5885]

No skirt or no pants or no shorts???

[@proowagatts9111]

My son just turned 21 and asked if I’d ever heard of the Grateful Dead. I said yes, one of their songs was our prom theme song back in the day, and I’d been fortunate enough to see them twice while Jerry was still alive. He said there was this band, Dead and Co that he wanted to go see, so I bought 4 tickets. I took him, me, and my other son’s fiancé so that left an extra ticket. We were in line to park and they both look up out of their phones and see people walking with “I need a miracle” signs so my son asked “What’s up, what’s that for?” I smiled, rolled down the window and said “I’ve got one” and this young man came running over, super excited, and offered me a $100 bill. I told him “Nah, can’t do that to a fan, jump in the car and let’s get this ticket transferred” (because there are no paper tickets anymore.) He was beyond happy to get a free ticket, talked about how he’d followed the tour from the start and that his mom had introduced him to The Dead. He was so happy, he practically skipped away after saying thank you about a hundred times. We were still waiting in line to park, my kid looks at me and said “What just happened?! I said “If you think that was crazy, just wait until we get to the parking lot.” 😂 It did not disappoint, it was a giant party almost like I remembered. We had such a good time, truly universal music!

[@bruceobrien6604]

What a good parent, I named my daughter Althea

[@stacyhannigan]

That's such a great story man! Glad your kid is into Dead and Company. What a treat to share between parent and child. (Well...grown child)...Its such an ultra special relationship when your kid loves the same music YOU do! ❤

[@attilauf]

I'm 20. My folks have been listening to the Dead since the 70s; proud to say I definitely caught that bus🤙🏻

[@KatShotz]

Was my late husband fav and when I now listen I am with him through a song. So great that they are now going through a new generation! Wish Jerry and my husband could hear. But….i think they can ❤️

[@mikestefka6668]

Going to their shows was the best, enjoy great music and be kind to your fellow dead heads. I need a MIRACLE everyday!

[@MrMcCoy-vs6ss]

The "Deadheads". We are still here, and we are among you. First show was in 1978. I've been an engineer most of my adult life. It's one of the most mundane and mentally numbing jobs available to mankind. But having internally perpetual Dead songs playing through the wall of sound in my head, has kept me sane through thousands of PowerPoint presentations.

[@bernardtrujillo4517]

We are still here 💯

[@thejudgefrom69]

Attics of My Life in my head

[@Ray-b7l]

As an engineer, do you drive a locomotive and have a 🐒 monkey next to you.

[@lizziesangi1602]

First show 1972. In the parking lot, remember meeting a cat that became a friend - he said, I'm an accountant. I came to a Dead show and never went back to work 👍🏻

[@disgracelandpod]

How did those seventies shows differ from an experience standpoint from the late 80s shows?

[@thejudgefrom69]

@@disgracelandpodmore acid in the 70s. No one cared lol

[@jamesomahoney2181]

So many good memories, so good I'm actually happy i started my career after Jerry passed, I remember that day...i was painting cellar stairs and listening to WFUV 90.7 ..it was supposed to be Joni Mitchell day. Every 3rd tune joni.. they were playing great Jerry ..song after song.. I sat down and cried.. I didn't even hear official.. all Jerry on Joni day..I knew

[@BillyBats773]

I hopped on the bus when I was 18. It took me a while since all the older guys in my family were dead heads and I never quite understood it. Now I fully do, and I’ll never look back 💗

[@darinweidman2769]

I was fortunate enough to experience the Dead live in Atlanta in the early 90's. The show outside the arena before the concert was an amazing experience and something I'll never forget.

[@justing42]

Omni Spring Tour 91

[@disgracelandpod]

Sad i missed out on this experience. A big hole in my live music going history.

[@rickyccayenne4790]

@@justing42 I was there!

[@Kegga_6]

As I turn 50 and sit by my fire pit I think on the days as a teen in the 80s and early 90s following them during their summer tour. Those memories will never fade nor will their music, cause as I sit at my fire I can still listen to every show they played

[@StStvNn211]

Check out Christopher Hazzard on you tube he does amazing dead videos concerts from all decades..

[@Kegga_6]

@@StStvNn211 will do thanks

[@mattoconnor134]

greatest 46 shows of my life... every minute was a miracle

[@thejudgefrom69]

It truly is special the music that can bring the great energy out of people. ☮️❤️

[@LucyLennon909]

God Bless America and Grateful Dead music 🇺🇲

[@KeyserSoze685]

Best Circus on earth....did most of my time 89 - 93 and LOVED EVVVVVVEEERY MINUTE 😎✌️

[@justing42]

89 was sick…so good

[@JeniferCornell]

Lucky to see the Grateful Dead perform in 1994 & 1996. I was in High School. I still listen to them. They don’t make music like that anymore. 💃

[@amo6959]

Going to show is like heaven on earth amen brother

[@mr.tibs1334]

When Jerry starts rocking back and forth. You're suddenly transported to HEAVEN.☮️

[@bluecollar825]

I hope "doses" makes it into one of these. Regardless of one's personal feelings on the matter its undeniably an important part of GD culture. ✌

[@deadreckoning6288]

Part of the magic for sure.

[@thejudgefrom69]

What’s it hurting anyone else?

[@faulsname8869]

Tab/dose/hit/dropper/blotter ive heard it all

[@BrianM-44041]

And kind bud lol

[@marklarizzle]

Must be nice to have fun and enjoy life.

[@matthewatwood8641]

It is. All you gotta do is get on the bus😉

[@billphipps453]

you can too. join us !

[@13donstalos]

Right?

[@thejudgefrom69]

Hell yea drop some LSD!

[@faulsname8869]

I am so jealous i wanna follow the dead SO BAD

[@rosebud1958]

What a long strange trip its been❤😊💃🏻🍄💨💨💨💨☮️

[@stevecourville199]

Not a huge dead fan, but Althea is one of the best songs out there as far as I’m concerned.

[@susiefairfield7218]

Got on the bus in 81 .. still jammin 🌪️💃🎶🤘🏼💀🎧🌹in 2024 💯 ❤NFA

[@intothevoid6674]

R.I.P. Jerry Garcia 🌹🌼🌺🌻🥀

[@jeffpierce9296]

Texas radio (KZEW or Q-102, in the 70's & 80's) did not play a lot of Dead when I was growing up. Years later, I met a guy in the Navy who was a total Dead Head and was the catalyst for me, Getting on the bus. I eventually bought nearly a dozen of their best studio and live albums. Thank you Kevin.

[@Lindy8018]

Grateful for the miracles I've experienced getting tickets for shows. Blows me away

[@SSDD34687]

I've fulfilled a couple miracles. Gave a front row seat away and kept row 13 for me. 😎

[@Lindy8018]

@@SSDD34687 Thank you. Karma is contagious

[@Lindy8018]

@@SSDD34687 Favorite story is from 10/02/1978 outside the Paramount Theater in Portland Oregon. In desperate need of a ticket I walked about a mile from the Theater one way, came back and went the other way and back again flagging people down on the sidewalk and cars but to no avail. Now, back in front of the Theater I let out a big sigh! "I Need A Ticket!" I implored the cosmos. Just then a pleasant guy said "Excuse me, here's your ticket! Enjoy the show". They open with Casey Jones and Jerry forget the words. Memorable to say the least.

[@timmellor2599]

I'm a Deadhead, but I am not in America. However, I am proud they officially released a live album some of which was recorded in my home country! (Europe '72) I've done many journeys down the roads here with the Dead supplying the sound track (and in a convertible yellow car, it doesn't go unnoticed!)

[@bethanne1237]

I jumped the bus in the mid 80's have seen the best shows. Still in enjoying the band.

[@ashleyosgood]

Can’t wait for more parts of this series! Haha

[@disgracelandpod]

Agreed. Give us more.

[@orinblank2056]

I was literally born on the bus, both figuratively and literally. Both my parents are Deadheads and I was raised with the music, and I was actually born on the bus they were living in at the time

[@dejavousmale]

What a life ❤️!!! Special times.

[@Ryan-xq3kl]

We're gonna need another miracle

[@jasoncarson369]

Yo I got chew bro ... Meet me in Saratoga 👍

[@sabian7167]

One will come man, it just takes some time

[@KenMabie]

i was at a Blues Traveler Concert one time in Virginia and i had a general admission ticket .. and someone came up to me and asked if i was with a group i told them no i was here by myself and they said "here this is for you" and they gave me a golden circle seating ticket where i got to be at the stage front row center for the concert so close that i was able to talk to John between songs .. it was mind blowing .. i cant even imagine having that happen to during a classic line up of the Dead.. i am sure it has to someone special out there.. but hey thats my experience of my own little ticket miracle ..

[@jamespriest9658]

First show 77 Ithica/Cornell.. I go to Dead and Co, Bobby and Bros, Phil and whoever, Darkstar, Stu Allen, the list goes on. It's the music/lyrics but the community, when I'm with my tribe is when I feel like I'm home. Please pass it on, so many players trying to share the music, support them, take someone that's never been. Wear your colors, give hugs, dance, be kind.

[@Kegga_6]

What a 1st show to ever see that was a legendary show 5/8/77. Has to be my favorite Morning Dew. That whole 2nd set was phenomenal Scarlett into fire just amazing.

[@jamespriest9658]

@@Kegga_6 yes it was, I chose Cornell because of the amazing hippie vibe in Ithica.. then a life changing concert. My daughter isn't the biggest Dead fan but she is forever grateful that her dad is. She's been to some bueno shows, DSO, Dead and Co. Phil and Friends with me. Our Community is what she sees. If u have not gone to a DSO show fkn do it. Peace love and b kind

[@gregwelgosh]

Scare themselves a little. Wish i got to see Jerry. Was supposed to at 13, but october came later than august, but, its still the best. Nothing better. Nothing but love

[@UnstoppableYaris]

I remember giving someone a miracle ticket in the parking lot of UNLV Silver Bowl arena in early 90's. Great 3 days.. I think Santana opened for them that time.

[@jakoborzelli9082]

The music never stops

[@conflict7269]

I listen to them all the time

[@jonathanbreedlove4286]

I need a miracle EVERYDAY.

[@rondarnell949]

Let's not leave out holding you hand sideways making the peace sign is the international gesture for doses.

[@davemanone3661]

One thing that was fun at shows was in between tunes, trying to figure out what they would play next!

[@jeffreycotton1345]

I miss the 60's & 70's and VW buses.

[@usarmyveteran177]

“The best thing to do when you’re bored is to scare yourself.” ~Alan Watts

[@fuji4202]

Energy and the vibe ⚡️ Head 4 ever

[@jasoncarson369]

A deadhead isn't something you can become watching KZbin videos... Get out an experience the life. You have one more chance. This year coming could very well be the last time you'll be able to experience the remaining members together on a tour. I promise you. If you've never been, it's not something you want to hear about the rest of your life without understanding what people are talking about. It's not just a show. It's a way of life. Don't die on your couch wishing you had gone. Go.

[@kevinmclain6741]

It was over sometimec around Summer 1993

[@thebruceisloose7595]

My good friend bobby and I , god rest his soul. Ended up with a double miracle. A really cool husband and wife we met bought me and him a ticket for a Phil and friends shows. In New York

[@thehutch7728]

I love this! I planned to follow the dead for a year after high school, but then we lost Jerry. 😢

[@cboisandlin9601]

Bro that sucks. RIP 🪦. Did you at least get to see them live?

[@bruceobrien6604]

I became a dead head in 1981 when I slept out for 2 days in Hartford CT , BTW I got 2 nd row center 2 seats !!!!!!

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

I NEED A MIRACLE EVERY DAY!!!

[@Lemuria-Lin]

A miracle. I’ve heard this in the lots

[@cranke99]

Went to only one show and that was at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago in 93. The outside area was very eye opening, amazing and a lot of fun Then I hung out with a guy from 95 to 98 going to raves that toured with the Dead from 93 to 94. He told some very interesting stories. One of them I'll never forget was he drove an Isuzu Pup and picked up Dead Heads heading to the next show sometimes across the country. He'd have about 10 or 12 at a time in the back of this little truck sometimes he said. The cops would pull him over and give him gas coupons and tell him to leave the state. The cops always knew they were all Dead Heads. Then when Jerry died he said a lot of his friends wanted to stop and move to Hawaii.

[@billphipps453]

understood

[@Sjp977]

To put the loyalty and fandom of the dead into perspective… I’m a 21 year old girl who’s a born and raised deadhead thanks to my mother and just so happens to also be a Taylor Swift fan. Trust me when I say that the swifties got absolutely nothing on the deadheads, and they never will

[@harmonylove128]

Jerry, We’re gonna need another bus baby⚡️☮️⚡️

[@peteirie1075]

Bless up, fam.

[@neli.a]

i got a miracle, Soldier Field, Chicago, 1993 and totally free! (paid it forward, three fold in 95)✌️

[@dreamcatcher3286]

Lacking in some direction..... upon treachery tearing me limb from limb...

[@toniannepirrella3569]

I’m now 55 my momma took me to my furst show I been an addict ever since love to see strings step in there now when John steps out …. 😊

[@briannewsom1397]

Love greatful dead

[@justing42]

GRATEFUL Dead

[@Iloveit9643]

Saw roughly 65 shows funnest times I've ever had. Yes LSD was involved. The scene in the foxboro parking lot after the show (1989)was something out of midevil tribal times.

[@seanhennessey9869]

That Miracle song is one of the poorer Dead songs I feel

[@jenniferhanna9595]

Best shows EVER!

[@protroll697]

My buddy got a miracle ticket at the Sphere, $400 lol. It still happens.

[@justing42]

I spent a month on Shakedown one night…

[@kitten77kma]

Ten thousand people focusing on one 🎵🌹

[@rojoloco3911]

I keep trying to get into these guys . My brother-in-law loves the Grateful Dead. I love the artwork and stuff. I just cannot get into them. I’m not dogging them obviously they’re good musicians. What can you say to each his own.

[@plaguearttutorials]

SHANTEE SENAAH😂❤

[@caseyjones5326]

Ready for it

[@lysareneep.8028]

I got Miracled in Vegas, not even trying. It was amazing.

[@texasdragonfly50]

Bill Graham “miracled” me into NYE ‘81.

[@tymathis8743]

Check out “There’s a Time” by Ty Mathis!

[@ntrasprt]

LONG LIVE THE DEAD

[@natecain8618]

We should all get together again and celebrate the Grateful Dead rock on Jerry

[@Opiedoggo9163]

WE NEED THIS BACK

[@anthonymentone33]

I've been on the bus since 1972 and it's a real loving warm family especially compared to heavy metal fans especially gojira fans

[@josephstrohmeyer7850]

Deadhead life was fun when i was young

[@Kirbysbelt]

I miss the shows

[@JustJonny15]

I'm definitely a dead head among many others.

[@robertbasin1518]

Since the first drop. That weird bus drove by

[@CornPopsDood]

Bass heads carry on the tradition.

[@fumanpoo4725]

When you wake up on a cold bus, surrounded by strangers and you smell BO, bongwater and the blood from the litter of puppies nearby...you realize you soiled yourself.

[@MrYatesj1]

HAHA I thought I was the only one HAHA

[@jonathanbreedlove4286]

Hahahaha. Where am I?

[@danielgreen3715]

No Band like em!💖

[@michaelkearns8499]

I have great respect for the tapers. Put in a lot of time and effort and they were there because they loved the music and we have every note the Dead played easily accessible because of them. And I know it's not popular to say, but there was just so much complete nonsense with a large part of the deadhead population. The most frustrating part of it is how many of them made Garcia in to an almost mythical, iconic figure who was literally worshipped. Garcia is on record several times expressing his frustration and displeasure with this and that he longed to just be viewed as a regular guy and musician. Unfortunately that could just never happen and it continues on to the present. If folks want to truly honor his memory than they should stop with ridiculous worship and praise as if he were a divine prophet .

[@rafaeldelaflor]

Thank you guys 😅

[@jamesshepard4743]

My last miracle, just happened to be Jerry’s last LA show

[@Stonecrow25]

Miracles are more like expectations now a days.

[@jackcade68]

The miracle ticket, in reality, was just a last second no show and their mates sold their tickets at face value cost. Beggers were a different breed. They would send out the youngest, saddest little chick of their band, simply holding up a single finger.

[@hippiejohn8219]

✌️💖🎶🍀🌹😋

[@kitten77kma]

Miss you Hippie John♥️Miss you Jerry♥️ We'll all be together, forever and ever, when we make it to the promise land🌹

[@danielpaskoful]

A miracle ticket is only a miracle if it is free.

[@kenburkham5483]

A safe harbor jerry,we are the eyes of the world.

[@taperlewlew6725]

Being a “deadhead” is both a philosophy and way of life. Wake up and Live

[@timothyedsall9424]

I was lucky enough to become a deadhead in 1981 never looked back

[@george.s.8491]

Good ole days.

[@garykramermusic]

Proud to say I've recently got on the bus.

[@MrAndrewCreech]

Should be called "Origins of the Wook."

[@ziggiezaggie]

My daughter Althea would probably call me a Deadhead 🐻💀🐢🌹⚡

[@freddypixtunn]

Far out, we have speed

[@Boecafzdobu]

The guy in the army jacket looks like post malone.

[@VondaInWonderland]

I've only paid for one show. It was the only one that I didn't enjoy. I've learned not to try and control things in my older and wiser years 🕊🕊🕊

[@RickyRavioli69]

How about a video explaining to people what a thumb print is.. 😮