I was talking to a younger Deadhead about the hours I spent – literally hundreds of hours – copying cassette bootleg Grateful Dead shows years ago.
Now, every show is available at your fingertips. That’s a good thing, of course. But that old magic of scoring a rare show is gone.
Now, every show is available at your fingertips. That’s a good thing, of course. But that old magic of scoring a rare show is gone.
I remember exactly where I was when I found the bootleg of Red Rocks 7/8/78. I was 18 and came across it digging through a free bin at a head shop on Broadway.
That sequence of songs –Estimated>Other One>Eyes – hearing it for the first time on my Walkman, blew my mind.
That sequence of songs –Estimated>Other One>Eyes – hearing it for the first time on my Walkman, blew my mind.