Special: The Grateful Dead and Saturday Night Live!

[@spaceghost_1]

Great story nice to hear about this Saturday night live experience

[@jasonallard-i1m]

Bring back the good Ole days !! Miss it .

[@brooke8567]

You mean make America great again? 👍

[@congoblues]

The Good Lovin on that show was just great! The guys were having a good time and they knew they nailed it! Thanks Steve, your awesome, Love you man!

[@AaronHersh]

Big Steve, thanks for all the great memories you can share us!

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@golds04]

Man- Billy looks like Pigpen in that skit. 👊🩷. Thanks Steve- representing Long Island🎉

[@offtherecord86]

Thanks for posting Steve!! As a 20 year old deadhead I love hearing these stories 🙏

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for watching Nathan.

[@mymoviethoughts7745]

Also a 20 yo deadhead. Can I ask when it clicked for you? It’s the only music I listen to now lmao

[@offtherecord86]

@@mymoviethoughts7745 Beginning of 2022 my high school environmental science teacher was playing US blues from One from the Vault on the first day of class. Been listening to 99% dead stuff since hahaha

[@mymoviethoughts7745]

@@offtherecord86 I had the same experience. My environmental teacher was the coolest guy and would play the dead when we were working. Those dark stars locked me in lol

[@Drumzluver1]

Big Steve’s got to love those Teacher Stories!! Old school deadhead here, what a cool way to get turned on to the Grateful Dead❣️ I love it!❤😊😊😊

[@11BlackLamb]

Language of the stage get out of my face. God bless you Steve, you and your long Pole with a hook on the end of it like in Looney Toons🐰🥕😆What's up doc?

[@MesaBoogieman82]

I remember an SNL just after Brent joined in 79/80 and did an Alabama Getaway 👍🙏 SNL was on an hour or so after Star Trek!

[@nickranger8706]

watching you around stage were memories that were just part of the whole thing Jerry was a cool dude and so are you

[@bobschenkel7921]

SNL was such a blast. I remember watching those performances live on NBC, finally got to see the boys for the first time in 1980, up in Lewiston, Maine. AWESOME show. Roy Buchanan and Levon Helm and The Cate Brothers opened.

[@damnright4]

Hi Big Steve. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. We use to love SNL.. I just had turned 14 y/o and remember watching 11/11/78 on SNL and getting very excited about it because I had a ticket for my first show in Boston on 11/14/78....A few weeks earlier we went to Ticketron for Styx tickets, they were sold out so the Ticketron lady said "I have four ticket left for the Grateful Dead" My brother and I were not sure about it but said OK...The rest is history .. That night at Boston Music Hall changed our lives forever..Thanks for your insight now and all your work over all the years.......... (Steve from NH)

[@GRATEFULFORTHEDEAD-zj3mb]

O yes much better than styx

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Thanks, Steve! I sure do remember those days and SNL. I'm going to get me some of that pain cream. Still have the Grizzly Peak t-shirts? Margaret Mumm Moore

[@EepHourWillow]

Cool story man. I always wondered why the Blues Bros were at Winterland. Congratulations on your flowers, they look amazing. Always glad to see your videos pop up. Peace and love to you my friend

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Peace and love!

[@deboramccallum3987]

Great story. I used to live in Woodbridge VA where Donna's (Dan) dad owned Chicken Shack nightclub. Brings back many memories. Dead still lives

[@josephsaunders8618]

Loving the dye ❤❤❤

[@toma7663]

Great topic Steve. Always loved the SNL performances. The Miracle and Alabama Getaway are rock n roll fire!

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks man.

[@markcraven3842]

Great story....Thanks

[@777noirkat]

Fantastic Steve! Thanks

[@gerryg8207]

Big Steve has the best insight on all things GD 🔴⚡️🔵 Thank you

[@grouffa]

Another great show, Big Steve…Keep up the great work !!! 🌈☮️🌈

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Will do. Appreciate it.

[@christophercampbell1677]

Great stuff thanks steve 👍 ❤ great story about Paul simons mother being your teacher. Isn't it great how the universe works that way. Cheers 🍻 brother from Cleveland

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for checking it out.

[@christophercampbell1677]

@BigStevesBackstagePass I always do love your stories and insights. Much love brother all the best

[@GratefulMurph]

Fire it up brother!!!!!

[@cliffordtaylor2375]

Nice clip thank you!

[@davidolszowka3716]

Keep the stories (memories) coming Steve. Very cool...🤩

[@deboramccallum3987]

Love seeing old photos

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Will do David.

[@davidolszowka3716]

@@BigStevesBackstagePass I was too young for the scene, so it's not only interesting hearing your 1st hand accounts, it helps me to better understand what it really may have been like.

[@Drumzluver1]

Always been Studio 8H from the Start through 9/11 to present, Very Famous Studio in the ‘Rock’ NYC, for SNL50❣️ Not 4C ,my dear brother,Steve❤ Love, NYC MAUREEN💞😊 remember Phil wore a tee shirt that said HI MOM!? At 1st Show, lol !😊

[@billorourke7152]

I was a teenager in the late 70's into the 80's SNL was the best thing around back then ,we had 4 channels. If only I knew what I know now then.

[@BRIANJACKSON-b9s]

Love big steve😂😂😂😂😂

[@snowrider100]

WORD BROTHER STEVE💞🤺

[@nankypooh655]

I remember the night when The Grateful Dead appeared on SNL. Great set, even if it was only two songs. I was 12 at the time. I still remember it.

[@nankypooh655]

I read your book, and I remember this story.

[@brooke8567]

2 times. 1978..1980. every band got 2 songs

[@Drumzluver1]

@@brooke8567 Some get 3❣️I’m from NYC, I believe the Grateful Dead got 3 songs 1 or 2 of the nights❣️ The very best Bands do! Like Coldplay when they were at their most popular! Rolling Stones first time, too❣️

[@george.s.8491]

Steve is a treasure, man i could listen to him tell stories all the time. Being a GD fan I love to hear about their lives and what went on backstage and on the road. I would love to know more about Brent even if his life was dull or boring which I doubt, I want to hear everything about everything, good bad or ugly. I just really enjoy it. What a time to be alive back then.

[@deboramccallum3987]

It was the BEST of times

[@george.s.8491]

@@deboramccallum3987 I’m sure it was!

[@musicman2001]

I remember! I remember! 😎Fun times🥀❤

[@riverdawg3705]

Just found the SNL backstage door episode. Your Name is Not on the List Steve!!!

[@davidkopec9442]

Cropper and Dunn were STAX guys, Big Steve!

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

34 years ago today was a damn fine evening at MSG. We knew then that everything was going to be alright. One of the funnest, well played shows of the year....that setlist! The Jack opener pretty much exploded the arena into 50 thousand pieces. H>S>F to end the 1st (20 minute Franklins!) A near perfect 2nd set Playin, UJB and Let it Grow all in pre-drums!? Bananas I tells ya.

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Love it!

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

I remember watching that live

[@jackkapolis6266]

Hey Now, Steve!! This is great - Thanks! I know that there has always been a lotta chatter on GD @ NYC so whatcha got on CHICAGO? Maybe not as many storied venues but there has to be some good stuff you can share thereabouts?

[@michaelderose397]

Just got a copy of a book about the Blues Brothers from library. It came out in 2024. Grateful Dead is mentioned on page 187, the Nov 11, 1978 episode; Akroyd and Belushi opened a speakeasy called Blue Bar. It was private party to blow off steam after SNL aired. That night Frances Ford Coppola and Keith Richards were the bartenders. “The Grateful Dead raised glasses with the cast.”

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for sharing.

[@paulferranti8536]

I heard a story about Belushi and Jerry at “The Blues Bar” …involving some stairs , marching powder….

[@davidfurino2987]

Great memories Steve,aloha

[@BruceElliott]

Great video, but Steve - Cropper and Dunn weren't Mowtown, they were Stax in Memphis and later Muscle Shoals. They were part of Booker T. and the MGs, the studio band at Stax.

[@deidraprestridge2160]

So glad you shared this! I’ll always remember the skit when John Belushi used your name.

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for checking it out Deidra.

[@friendhui4320]

Take care Steve.

[@cardinalchiropractic7439]

Hey Big Steve I want you to talk about that final Europe tour, I was there and I wonder what they were thinking post Brent

[@alfreddorsey8916]

Love everyone ✌️😎

[@ocpblo]

Alabama getaway

[@WilliamSheehe]

Thanks for these stories , Steve.

[@billbeliakoff5589]

Cropper and Dunn were the "MG's" of "Booker T and the MG's"

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Saw them backing Neil Young back in like 93 and it was fantastic show. The old boys put on a clinic that night.

[@GregoryJohnson-mg7bw]

What a pisser! That the SNL cast threw an undercover wink at you and the band, breaking your shoes like that, keep the stories alive in the dead way, fantastic!

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for watching Greg.

[@Blake-s6n]

I remember Stone Mountain

[@sgg6927]

interesting stuff !

[@Earthseacustomz]

Allright! Santa Cruz head listening from the Philippines in my jungle outpost, great show!

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Thanks for watching overseas.

[@Earthseacustomz]

@BigStevesBackstagePass my pleasure, hey any idea why I was the only person in the whole crowd that night during filming the touch of grey filming whose was blacked out on the video? I was under a red n white umbrella on the front super visible. I was obviously burning a giant doobie would that be why? Side note did you ever know Tom Noddy aka the "bubbleman" who was a friend of wavy gravy that's my uncle. Lastly I met a super rich girl here claimed she owns Jerry's wolf guitar , is that even possible? Anyway dig your show. Thanks

[@striderranger7384]

I met Peter Sheridan in the early 1970s. Yes , he was one crazy MF.

[@billywe331a]

The relevant question around this is: How do you watch the video of the SNL show performances, especially the 78' show? They are not available anywhere I can see. Peacock doesn't show them on the SNL shows.

[@11BlackLamb]

JULES, chain curtain and Ben Kingsley 2023 a must-watch too cute 🛸👽🪴🍃🏡🤔🫒🕊️👯🥸+👽=🥰

[@aarondavidlong]

No mention of Jerry's Kids sketch?

[@Blake-s6n]

Yeah

[@vajrayoga]

big Steve used to send me out into the audience to give cute girls backstage passes. so the name of this podcast is funny to me.

[@nellienelson2111]

Paul Simon’s mom was your 3rd grade teacher ? That’s cool

[@vajrayoga]

I W T!!!!!

[@scottrose8417]

Can I suggest you add the links to the footage in the description text ; ).

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

Good suggestion Scott. Will do when we can.

[@johnnytoobad7785]

I loved the early SNL shows. They always had good musical guests. And great (politically incorrect) bits. Can't say the same for it now though...

[@scottrose8417]

Did Jerry write West LA about Belushi?

[@alansilverman8500]

But they never played "One More Saturday Night" wah! 😢

[@Blake-s6n]

Quarter,yeah,is 13 grams fair

[@Tonyb7195]

☺🙂🤪

[@Blake-s6n]

Bahama carrrinna

[@D-Fens_1632]

Damn I thought this might have the actual footage. I don't think Lorne will ever release it, dude's like Don Henley and Prince.

[@BigStevesBackstagePass]

"Sometimes you get shown the light in strangest places if you look at it right"

[@11BlackLamb]

Steve, respectfully, could you tell us all about your toughest security detail🥷🤼🤺over the years. I'm sure you had many many. I've heard some stories but that's just gossip. Please clear the air on this. Your friend, Rudeboy🇯🇲🕺🏁Stuart...

[@11BlackLamb]

Go back out there and f****** leave me alone the language of the stage, oh God bless you Steve and that long pole with the hook on the end like in Looney Toons🐰🥕 what's up doc?

[@jerryakbar6147]

SNL is now a mouthpiece for the regime. Unwatchable for a while now.

[@bigadkins1969]

What regime you mean? Not everything is about goddam. Politics man. Jerry didn’t do politics. You need to flush out your headgear fella. Jerry was anti politics period. Avoided it like the plague. N I’d bet my right nut he’d not be a trump fan

[@uberkloden]

What are you referring to: Regime??????????

[@chrisdher65]

The communist regime

[@jerryakbar6147]

@musicdunc vote harder. Clown world is counting on you.

[@jimkeogh8552]

@@jerryakbar6147 nah, Jerry, it’s more like whenever SNL finds something comical and satirizes aspects of your hero, you get indignant. I guess because you have imposed a self ban on SNL, you miss the swipes of Biden which occur fairly equitably on Michael’s and Colin’s news skit. So laugh whenever you find it funny, don’t when it isn’t, and quit being such a damn tight ass.

[@Blake-s6n]

Yeah