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Tag Archives: 1980s

1980s

Grateful Dead Dick's Picks 6 album cover artwork
Songs

Day 104: Stella Blue, 10/14/83

Author Lunchbox Date May 15, 2014
Stella Blue has one of the coolest opening lines in the Dead’s canon, in...
Tagged 1980s, 1983, DP6, Hartford CT | 3 Comments |
Nightfall Of Diamonds
Songs

Day 99: Deal, 10/16/89

Author Lunchbox Date May 10, 2014
Deal originally showed up on Jerry’s first solo album, Garcia. [grooveshark width=300 height=40 id=34853480...
Tagged 1980s, 1989, East Rutherford NJ, Nightfall of Diamonds | 1 Comment |
Grateful Dead Dick's Picks 13 album cover artwork
Songs

Day 95: He’s Gone, 5/6/81

Author Lunchbox Date May 6, 2014
First off, let me say that this is a great version of He’s Gone....
Tagged 1980s, 1981, DP13, Uniondale NY | 1 Comment |
Grateful Dead Crimson White and Indigo
Songs

Day 86: Blow Away, 7/7/89

Author Lunchbox Date April 27, 2014
I know, I know. I was just complaining about the “rap” in Blow Away...
Tagged 1980s, 1989, Crimson White & Indigo, Philadelphia PA | 2 Comments |
Grateful Dead Download Series 9 album cover artwork
Songs

Day 84: Queen Jane Approximately, 4/2/89

Author Lunchbox Date April 25, 2014
I’ve stated several times that the Dead’s frequent covers of Chuck Berry and Bob...
Tagged 1980s, 1989, DL9, Pittsburgh PA | 1 Comment |
Grateful Dead Download Series 7 album cover artwork
Songs

Day 76: Easy To Love You, 9/3/80

Author Lunchbox Date April 17, 2014
Full disclosure: Today is my wife’s birthday, so the sentiment of this song is...
Tagged 1980, 1980s, DL9, Springfield MA | 5 Comments |
Grateful Dead Reckoning
Songs

Day 71: Rosalie McFall, 9/26/80

Author Lunchbox Date April 12, 2014
Now is it Rosalie McFall or Rosa Lee McFall? I’ve seen it both ways,...
Tagged 1980, 1980s, Reckoning, San Francisco CA | 4 Comments |
View From The Vault 3
Songs

Day 56: Hey Pocky Way, 10/3/87

Author Lunchbox Date March 28, 2014
One of the greatest assets to younger Dead fans, i.e. those who never saw...
Tagged 1980s, 1987, Mountain View CA, VFTV3 | 1 Comment |
Grateful Dead Go To Nassau Uniondale album art cover
Songs

Day 50: Althea, 5/16/80

Author Lunchbox Date March 22, 2014
One of the first Dead albums I procured was Without A Net. That may...
Tagged 1980, 1980s, Go To Nassau, Uniondale NY | 3 Comments |
Formerly The Warlocks
Songs

Day 49: Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower, 10/8/89

Author Lunchbox Date March 21, 2014
Hands down one of my favorite sequences of Grateful Dead songs is Help On...
Tagged 1980s, 1989, Formerly The Warlocks, Hampton VA | 2 Comments |
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