Taper's Section

Week of December 30th

We have these selections from the Dead’s history courtesy of Stu Nixon.

12/30/86
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA, Hamza El-Din and Jose Lorenzo played during Drums; members of the Neville Brothers sat in during the second set

12/31/66
Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, “New Year’s Bash.” First Bill Graham New Year’s show

12/31/69
Boston Tea Party, Boston, the only New Year’s Eve not in the San Francisco Bay Area

12/31/78
Winterland Arena, San Francisco. The Closing of Winterland. FM Broadcast on KSAN, TV Broadcast on KQED. Breakfast served at dawn. Bill Graham flies in on a giant joint. With the Blues Brothers, N.R.P.S.

1/1/67
Golden Gate Park Panhandle, San Francisco, “New Year’s Day Wail”

1/2/70
Fillmore East, New York, NY, released as Dave’s Picks, Volume 30