Grateful Dead Parking Lot Scene July 4th 1989

Home Movies from the parking lot @ Rich Stadium Buffalo, NY before the show...July 4th 1989

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[Ruta930]

If only we could go back in time for fouth of July weekend!!! This was such an awesome show!!

[fatdaddyhandy]

This brought me to tears… the changes that a couple of decades can bring to a life. Unquestionably, a time that captures an awesome Americana experience. Today I am with the youth that I was in Buffalo at Ft. Bragg returning from war, separated from family and without the freedom that is so evident in this awesome video. Ruta930. Thank you for an unimaginable flashback.  God willing the future will provide our youth what too many have taken for granted.

[Ruta930]

@fatdaddyhandy That is such an awesome response...those were an amazing couple of days.

...and thank you for all you do and have done!

[Ruta930]

Yes, they were big bulky cameras back in those days...and we probably would have footage from alot more shows if the cameras were easier to manage.

My boys are now 24 and 25 yrs old and grew up with the Dead as a huge part of their lives...I wouldn't call them deadheads, like we were, but the dead are still a part of who they are today.

[kelschatz]

Hey...Great film! Do you happen to have any film of a (show) in Cleveland OH..that was SNOWED OUT???? Yeah..they didnt even open the parking lot for that show, and all of us ended up in a Holiday Inn lobby, hallways..wherever we could "land"! They were closing the highways too, so many of us were stuck in a snow storm in a 3 hotel town! Good Times!

[Ruta930]

@kelschatz Yeah...I got a camera to make some home movies with my boys when they were little...most shows I didn't bring the camera - back then they were big and clunky. Didn't happen to make that snowed out show in Ohio...sounds like you had some fun though!! :)

[bluetickvol]

where have all the good times gone? man i miss this whole scene! it's all over now and nothings gonna bring him back.

[cshubs]

My 1st show was at Rich Stadium in 1992.

[eslmc]

One of the all time great intros. fukinmissem!

[828Phatty]

@fatdaddyhandy Yo, man, thank YOU for not only serving our country in the ways that you have, but for coming back and remembering the love. We make it real in everything we do, brother.

"... Not Fade Away..."

[73alaire]

right on!!!!!

[equalhappiness]

The Grateful Dead heals me, makes me feel whole, lets me accept things I cannot change, and at the core is Jerry Garcia I must say. I've noticed his solo work really does much of the same things. I've seen Furthur, and it was a good show, but didn't have the magic that the Grateful Dead had. The Grateful Dead gives me such hope. Shine on!

[occams99]

At 2:40 or so the kid is already quicker than most of the locals.

[Shuggmiester]

This gig was my intro to the Dead. I was travelling through North America and a friend of mine from Toronto convinced me to cross the border to come and see this "Hippy" band id never heard of. They were pretty much unknown here in Australia. It was a day that opened my eyes and changed my life. Was the only time i ever saw them and felt the vibe that they radiated. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing back some amazing memories. Blessed be....