tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post7769757748476675978..comments2024-03-25T06:33:12.809-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Grateful Dead Equipment Truck Itinerary January-February 1970Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-65207514576030440232021-12-15T06:44:03.297-08:002021-12-15T06:44:03.297-08:00I just bought a 1988 peterbilt that was supposed t...I just bought a 1988 peterbilt that was supposed to be purchased new by the Grateful Dead, used to move their equipment. I'll keep you posted when the documentation arrives. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015029417090882726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-8902601392307365862020-01-22T07:28:47.000-08:002020-01-22T07:28:47.000-08:00Just sold at auction for around 27KJust sold at auction for around 27KAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602836000150383407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-9121010544267644612016-08-26T13:32:55.213-07:002016-08-26T13:32:55.213-07:00Thanks for the kind words. In those days, the band...Thanks for the kind words. In those days, the band members pretty much exclusively flew, and they probably had their guitars with them.<br /><br />Amps, drums, keyboards and other equipment sometimes flew, sometimes went by truck. <br /><br />The luxury tour bus concept was not in use by rock bands in 1970. Country stars toured that way, but they were dealing with different parameters and far less equipment.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-23277452502154020332016-08-26T12:51:37.247-07:002016-08-26T12:51:37.247-07:00This is a very interesting and well researched art...This is a very interesting and well researched article. I've also been curious as to what vehicle(s) the band used to travel between gigs when they weren't flying. Did they have a "Tour Bus" like bands to today? Or did they travel in a passenger van like some bands did back in the day? I haven't seen any mention of the band's early transportation before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529042435566783935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-37314435136409001052016-08-26T12:50:20.453-07:002016-08-26T12:50:20.453-07:00This is a very interesting and well researched art...This is a very interesting and well researched article. I've also been curious as to what vehicle(s) the band used to travel between gigs when they weren't flying. Did they have a "Tour Bus" like bands to today? Or did they travel in a passenger van like some bands did back in the day? I haven't seen any mention of the band's early transportation before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529042435566783935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-63690947055605005262012-05-15T15:31:29.617-07:002012-05-15T15:31:29.617-07:00Chico, this is a fascinating find. You'd think...Chico, this is a fascinating find. You'd think that someone willing to drop a small fortune on one of Jerry's guitars would want an authentic truck to put it in, but I guess a non-mobile 2-ton hunk of metal isn't really a desirable object.<br /><br />I hope they find the artist.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-20553831650073942042012-05-15T06:39:27.541-07:002012-05-15T06:39:27.541-07:00Here's something about an earlier Grateful Dea...Here's something about an earlier Grateful Dead equipment truck:<br />http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/05/02/a-long-strange-trip-grateful-deads-studebaker-truck-found/ChicoArchivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254408234159259004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-72883579956252141632010-12-28T19:47:03.769-08:002010-12-28T19:47:03.769-08:00The other band who started hauling their own sound...The other band who started hauling their own sound around was Fleetwood Mac, once Dinky Dawson took over as road manager/soundman in late '68. One of the early synergies between the Dead and the Mac was Dinky Dawson and Owsley, as both of them were sound pioneers (see my post on 10/1/72).<br /><br />I'm not quite sure when other bands started catching on the Dead/Mac model, but most of the good ones had figured out by the early 70s. I think it's confused by the fact that bands would haul around different pieces of the show; the Airplane had their own light show, for example, but not their own sound. By the early 70s, touring bands were more self-contained. I think it was actually Journey (whose manager was the former roadie for Frumious Bandersnatch) who finally put all the pieces together in about 1974, with light, sound, staging and t-shirt sales.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-25115492522038264212010-12-28T19:22:53.420-08:002010-12-28T19:22:53.420-08:00The Dead certainly didn't make things easy for...The Dead certainly didn't make things easy for their roadies! <br />It's quite an Owsleyan concept, really, to carry your own sound system with you - the idea had started back in '66, but ironically, the Dead quickly got tired of carrying around Owsley's first primitive system & complained it didn't stand up to travel abuse well....even though they were hardly traveling outside of SF or LA back then! <br /><br />I now wonder what their practice was in the interim - the occasions from '67-69 when they went cross-country - at what point did a traveling sound system become a given with the Dead? (I suppose Jackson's GD Gear book would have more info on this.)<br /><br />(Other bands, of course, were finding that a stack of Marshalls would serve just as well in deafening an audience, in the amplification race of the late '60s...never mind that drums or vocals would often barely be audible...)<br /><br />Your statement that the Dead were the only band doing this at the time also makes me wonder - who were the next bands to haul their own sound equipment, and were they influenced by the Dead's example?Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-62545906034746826852010-12-28T19:21:24.192-08:002010-12-28T19:21:24.192-08:00Nice post Corry,
A 200 mile or more overnight driv...Nice post Corry,<br />A 200 mile or more overnight drive was pretty common then. At times, the Millard Agency was really good at the "at least 5 gigs in 7 days" rule which was possible once we got east of Denver The early Dead crews were legendary for tearing down, loading, driving all night non-stop, unloading and setting up in time for the sound check. OUCH!<br />BYW, is there evidence either way on what gear the GD used at Woodstock.<br />HPakuHewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864132307663273299noreply@blogger.com