Still, there is documentation of better times for the Dead in Texas.
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He describes a fight at a Texas show between the band’s sound man and a police officer during which Hart grabbed his gong mallet, only to be intercepted by Garcia. Texas, for instance, wasn’t ready for the San Francisco sound, and there was often trouble.” Band biographer Dennis McNally wrote in his 2002 official band history “A Long Strange Trip”: has made its way to Dallas a few times, it hasn’t managed to plot a stop in Houston before this tour.Īnd the Dead’s history in Texas wasn’t a case of oversight. is John Mayer, who handles the late Jerry Garcia’s guitar duties. Pretty much everybody not named Hornsby who played keys for the Dead is dead three of the four died while active members of the band. Jeff Chimenti fills the semi-sorta Spinal Tap role of keyboardist. has been in operation for a few years now, with core Grateful Dead members singer-guitarist Bob Weir, drummers-percussionists Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, with some newer members to fill things out.
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15, 2021, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion is a pretty formidable thing for noodle-dancing old-timers and the rash of younger fans looking for a taste of something they didn’t get to catch when it first happened. As a member of the Dead family told me years ago, “Texas just wasn’t our market.” Back in 1988 the band did the Summit in Houston, the last time they played this city, one of only three dates here in that decade. Nearly 30 Dead dates among 2,300 were staged in Texas, roughly a third of those in Houston. Texas never really was one of those hubs. The Grateful Dead created more than a few hubs over 30 years of touring. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union) Photo: Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union Bob Weir of Dead & Company performs the song "Jack Straw" at Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Monday, Jin Saratoga Springs, N.Y.