And there was one other difference: he brought along his dad’s camera.Ī shot Blakesberg captured at that show (seen above) is one of the images that lead off Jerry Garcia: Secret Space of Dreams, a new book featuring more than 140 color and black-and-white photographs the 57-year-old took from 1978-1995. Nearly a year later, on September 2 of ’78, a 16-year-old Blakesberg caught the Dead again, except this time the venue was Giants Stadium. The Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium on (Jay Blakesberg) In the company of his older sister and 100,000 easygoing strangers, a then-15-year-old Blakesberg took in an epic show that was selected by Dead historian Dick Latvala for the 15th edition of his Dick’s Picks series of archival releases, which also included performances from the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Marshall Tucker Band. While they may not always be able recall their birthdate or the hospital where they were born, any Deadhead worth his or her pink Himalayan salt can tell you the exact date and location where they first saw the Grateful Dead with Jerry Garcia on guitar and vocals.įor San Francisco-based photographer and filmmaker Jay Blakesberg (who does know his birthday, and turns 58 in a couple of months), that date was September 3, 1977, and the location was Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey.
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