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Grateful Dead: Bill Graham Tribute concert « Previous | |Next »
December 10, 2012

The Bill Graham Tribute concert was on 11/3/91 at Golden Gate Park Polo Fields, San Francisco, California. The Grateful Dead section saw a laid back country groove, with guest appearances by John Fogerty and Neil Young. The atmosphere was that of a festival; the mood of the mostly young people was relaxed and joyous. It is a nice moment.

It was a free concertcalled called "Laughter, Love and Music" and was attended by about 300,000 people Vince Welnick was on keyboards for the Grateful Dead. Welnick remained a member of Grateful Dead and the band's keyboard player until Jerry Garcia's death in August 1995, when the group disbanded. Welnick suffered from depression badly and it eventually killed him.

| Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at 9:32 AM | | Comments (1)
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Yes, it is a nice moment. They had a minor resurgence in 1991 before the descent into the realms of hell which was the last few years of the Dead. If I was a suspicious sort, I would say that the position of keyboardist in the Dead was a veil of tears. My favourite still is Keith Godchaux ... he anchored the era of open jazz-inflected improvisation of the 1970s which was pure gold