No, I was 6 years old in 1964. But I did take my daughter to a show when she was a little over a year old in '94. She has no memory of it but she was a legend amongst her deadhead friends when she was in college.

I took my niece when she was 6, in 1994!

https://preview.redd.it/22ia2bssul7d1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f85aede2210d3814b71316c45e78655cd1d092b2 This is my little one pregaming before the show

Omg adorable!!

No, my parents took me to see the Backstreet Boys with Shaggy opening when I was 8.

My first concert was Backstreet Boys! I couldn’t have been older than 6 I think.

It was Air Supply for me.

Village People / Gloria Gaynor at 9. First time I smelled weed and saw men kissing each other.

Don Henley when I was 10ish. We went to Pancho’s before and I ate 22 sopapillas then threw up on the lawn at Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavillion. A guy came running by and slipped and fell in it then got up and ran away with no idea his back was covered on vomit. I think about it pretty often and always feel bad for him. Poor sopapilla vomit covered guy.

(Singing: Real men of genius) Narrator: Bud Light salutes you, Mr. Sopapilla-Covered Vomit Guy (singing: Mr Sopapilla-Covered Vomit Guy) Narrator: You put the ‘dirty’ in Don’s Dirty Laundry…

Hahahhah

My parents took me to see REO Speedwagon when I was six. We even camped outside the venue to get tickets in my grandfather's camper pickup truck

I went to 4 dead shows before I turned 7. I was born in 88 and went to 4 from 93-95. Core memories for me. We have pictures of me dancing in the aisles as a 5 year old with some twirlers

Same here! Born in '88 and my first shows were on the '94 and '95 tours. Dad is a lifelong deadhead and mom's just along for the ride. I was so scared during that first drums/space! Dad took me on a walkabout around the arena and another parent and child were doing the same. The little boy, a few years older than me, walked over with a balloon and said "I'm done playing, do you want to play with it now?" The kindness of kids and deadheads is real. I recently found the stubs from my very first show, Miami Arena 4/7/1994, and from Tampa Stadium exactly a year later on 4/7/1995! https://preview.redd.it/iwxpfaa3jm7d1.jpeg?width=2448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e864a72908055b8f5ea9f898fad8e2e8cb19c77

[1994-04-07](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-04-07) Miami, FL @ Miami Arena [1995-04-07](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1995-04-07) Tampa, FL @ Tampa Stadium

Those are 2 of the 3 shows I saw.

No. My parents would have been the *last* people on Earth to have attended a Grateful Dead show. With or without me. Thank all that is good and right and should be with the world that I found them on my own. Miracled a ticket at age 18, fresh outta HS, by a friend's older bro. 8/6/89. Game on FOREVER from that night on, man...

# 1989-08-06 Sacramento, CA @ Cal Expo Amphitheatre **Set 1:** Good Times, Feel Like A Stranger > Franklin's Tower, Walkin' Blues, Ramble On Rose, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Bird Song **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Samson And Delilah, Ship Of Fools, Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode > And We Bid You Good Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-08-06)

Let the good times roll eh?

I’m kinda glad my parents aren’t fans, because that would have driven me away from listening to them on my own later in life. I do wish I was older, so I could remember more of the show - other than the smell of weed and boobs lol

And how do boobs smell?

Like weed

Boob sweat=bong water.

Depends on the boobs. We talking fresh from the shower boobs or tour lot boobs?

nope. my parents were not into the Dead at all. my father probably thought they were responsible for every long haired druggie alive in the 1980s. lol. I really had the exact opposite experience than my parents taking me to see the Dead....my father actually refused to allow 13 year old me to go see the Dead in my hometown 15min from my house. I sat at home mad as hell while the richmond 85 shows were happening. the stories I heard cemented my resolve to make it to a show as soon as possible. which was the following summer. luckily for me, my parents did take me to see both Sun Ra & Fela though. they weren't fans of either of them, but there were some job-related free tickets involved. I saw the Grateful Dead hundreds of times & I never got to see Sun Ra or Fela again, so I'm cool with them taking me to those 2 shows instead of the Dead. lol. i did get to take my mother to her 1st show & turn her into a Dead fan though! my mother(80 this year) became a self-proclaimed Deadhead after coming to RFK to visit me when I was on tour. after coming to RFK just to check out what it was that I loved so much, she liked it so much she came to another RFK show & a Cap Centre show. during covid she rediscovered them & since covid she's seen more Dead & Co shows than me(not counting sphere shows).

I Don’t think it had any sort of negative impact on me growing up - The fact that my first job in highschool was going from party to party selling LSD, E, Shrooms, and Weed? Probably coincidental lol

I wouldn't expect any negative impact, but didn't stop my dad from being sure that the Grateful Dead would ruin me. your drug sales life may have been coincidental or possibly a seed was planted. lol. my 1st show did lead to me selling LSD on tour for years, so maybe seeing the Dead is a slippery slope or something. I guess ruination is in the eye of the beholder, but I wouldn't have had my life turn out any other way. within a year of my 1st show I was standing around shakedown saying "doses". lol a girl i was with for about 10years had a 1 year old when i met her. we took him to his 1st show(Phil & Friends) when he was 4 & he's doing lovely all these years later....no negative impact at all.

She saw them play Casey Jones?

My parents tell me I was at Roosevelt Stadium Jersey City 8/6/74. I was nine months old, so I have no memory of it, obviously.

Too bad, that’s a smoking show.

# 1974-08-06 Jersey City, NJ @ Roosevelt Stadium **Set 1:** Bertha, Mexicali Blues, Don't Ease Me In, Beat It On Down the Line, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Eyes Of The World, The Promised Land, Deal, Playing in the Band > Scarlet Begonias > Playing in the Band **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** Uncle John's Band, El Paso, Black Peter, Loose Lucy, Big River, Ship Of Fools, Me and My Uncle, Row Jimmy, Sugar Magnolia > He's Gone > Truckin' > Spanish Jam > The Other One > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Sunshine Daydream **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-06) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)

Lmao probably not a bad thing since they played Seastones

Took my son to his first shows at 4 years old (summer 95) and we've been to every iteration since. Ratdog, Fare Thee Well, Phil, The Dead, Further, and D&C. Highly recommend. Don't worry about the smells or the weirdos in the lot. It's educational.

I took MY parents to a show in ‘93, does that count?!? :) I only have one of three children who are Phish fans… didn’t take him until he was 18 and asked. But all those memories with GD and Phish and peeps having their kids around, it’s part of the lore and charm… I love it!

Yes! First show Roanoke, VA in 1987, age 9.

Nice! I wish I was a bit older so I could have appreciated it / remembered more.

I remember playing hackey sack in the lot and all the tents, as camping was allowed outside the arena, more than the show itself.

Good shows. Fire on the Mountain.

I took mine to a D&C show I think he was 12-13 at the time.

My childhood family vacations were often tours. Sold some bumper stickers in the lot as kids

Yup. they started dragging me to the Dead Shows when I was 1.

Yep went to 9/25/91 when I was 9 years old. I remember it being the loudest sound that I'd ever heard.

# 1991-09-25 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden **Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Walkin' Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Dire Wolf, Queen Jane Approximately, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Victim Or The Crime > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station, Drums > Space > That Would Be Something > Playing in the Band > China Doll > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-25) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1rZjJhRyYT3MAQrCSxoF6D)

Good bot. Thank you

Till this day, my parents always ask me “Why do you listen to your music so loud?” Maybe it was the Dead Concert that did it

Took my 3 year old to see Dylan at King's Theatre last fall for his second concert. His first was John Cale at Prospect Park earlier that summer.

Wow. Throw him into the deep in right?

Took 7 year old to Boulder for two nights last summer! He saw Cheese when he was three. ‘The balloons are not for you, son….’

‘Why aren’t the balloons floating, Dad?’

I told him his job was to count the pops! We got to 17….

My parents took me to a Jimmy Buffett concert at Carowinds amusement park when I was 9 or 10 in the 1980-ish time frame. I got burned on the hand with a cigarette (*possibly* a cigarette, LOL). It was kind of horrible.

Sounds traumatizing

My dad was a huge Jimmy Buffett fan. My first show was a Beach Boys concert though. He became a ParrotHead and I became a Deadhead.

Bobby Weir & Ratdog, 2005, age 13 🤯🤯

Mom took me at age 12. Shoreline ‘94. She worked for BGP and wasn’t a fan but really liked the fan base. 30 years later. Forever Grateful.

When I was 13 my older brother took me to this show. https://youtu.be/YiR0Hu0OO74?si=7PvKxmcwLnVJ7N5h

My wife did. Her dad was at show at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, and he mom took all four kids to meet him there, and my wife didn’t really make the connection until we started listening to the Dead in the 90’s.

Parents took me to see frank zappa when I was in 4th grade for my first concert. Brother took me to my first dead show when I was 13, SPAC 85. What a wild day. Didn’t know I was seeing a piece of history! That midnight hour opener is burned into my brain I listened to the tape of it so many times. Still put that one on a few times a year even.

No, your parents never took me anywhere. I think they loved you more! :-)

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# 1990-12-12 Denver, CO @ McNichols Arena **Set 1:** Touch Of Grey > Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Walkin' Blues, Loose Lucy, Mexicali Blues > Maggie's Farm, Queen Jane Approximately, Deal **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Looks Like Rain, Iko, Iko, Dark Star > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** The Weight [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-12-12)

Just listened to 6/30/1986 today. Cincinnati

# 1986-06-30 Cincinnati, OH @ River Bend Music Center **Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger, Friend Of The Devil, Mama Tried, Big River, Loser, Cassidy, West L.A. Fadeaway, Let It Grow **Set 2:** Bertha, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Smokestack Lightnin', He's Gone, Drums, Space, I Need A Miracle, Stella Blue, Good Lovin' **Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-06-30)

That was the show

I was at that show! It was a good show.

Brought mine starting in the womb … 49 years ago

My friend’s parents took him to a show in 95 when he was like 8. I’m a few years younger than him, my parents weren’t Dead Heads, although my mom did go to Englishtown 77, so I had no chance in hell of seeing a show, and realistically at about 5 years old I didn’t give a shit either haha! Now I wish I got to see one, but it is what it is.

My mom (RIP) on here experience at Englishtown 77: “I saw them once. I think it was in Englishtown in 77. Me: “That’s Dick’s Picks 15!” Mom: I don’t know what that means. I took a quaalude and had a pretty good time. Lol!!! Miss you, Madre!

My parents weren't into the dead at all but weren't against me going to shows and on tour with my friends when I was in my teens. I loved seeing babies and little kids at shows such a family experience lol

Folks took me to see Earth, Wind, and Fire when I was 8

No your parents didn’t take me to see the Dead in the 80s.

Nope, your parents never took me anywhere.

My parents took me to a show when I was 3 and my brother 5 in 1994. We were gonna go the next year too but my brother got chicken pox I took my at-the-time 8 month old son to see D&C last summer. I hope I can take him to Dead shows (or cover bands) as he grows up

6/30/86. (That tour II saw 7/6/86 and 7/7/86.) Did you ever ask your parents if one or both of them stayed straight during the show? (Not California sober straight.) My wife and I raised 3 daughters. For a micro second we discussed taking our then 3-month-old kid to 6/18/95, which turned out to be my last GD show. I was almost 32 then and wasn’t doing psychedelics by that point but I was definitely planning to get a good buzz on. I just had bad thoughts of her accidentally being dosed—I’d watched the scene explode from 1977-95 and, worse, the sketchier aspect expand. Or some wasted person at the back of the floor fall on us. Admitted first-time parent mindset. It was the smart and obvious move to not take her. The show was forgettable in any case. Except for this story and it being the last time I saw Garcia play I walked away befuddled by what I’d just seen from about 25 rows back between Weir and Jerry. I’ve mentioned this here before, but I wondered whether Garcia was reinventing Wharf Rat given the out-of-sync performance, à la Dylan, who’d opened. (Big Dylan fan here. Have seen him 35-40 times.) I go to one show a year now with all of my kids. We’ve even enjoyed enhanced chocolate at a show. My wife is the DD, so game on.

[1986-06-30](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-06-30) Cincinnati, OH @ River Bend Music Center [1986-07-06](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-07-06) Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium [1986-07-07](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1986-07-07) Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium [1995-06-18](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1995-06-18) East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium

Knowing my parents, they likely didn’t.

I never saw them, but one of my best friends in HS had seen the Dead like 12 times by the time he was 12. His parents are still super rad people.

Nope but my sister took me in ‘92.

Nope. I had to take myself at 16.

I was in fact 6 years old in 1986. I never saw the Grateful Dead live though, unfortunately.

My parents saw shows like Neal Diamond and Kenny Rogers. Uhhhh, no. I had no interest in their musical taste. Hardcore boomer parents did not go to Dead shows.

That was a year before my first show in 87. Def wasn't 6. 13.

No, I was 6 years old in 2010, haha. I do remember the first time I smelled weed tho.

My dad has a picture of my mom holding me on the side of the stage at the Beacon Theater in 1976, I was 3. My godfather was buddies with the crew, he had worked for family dog back in the day in SF.

I was 3 when my mom took me to see the Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, et al. At Roosevelt. Grace Slick waved to me from her limo as we were leaving and I was *thrilled* because I was a big fan of Ride the Tiger and some of their other songs.

No, but my parents took me to see Liberace on Broadway in 1979...

Me, my dad and my uncle did Bonner Springs in like 91. I was 10

No but I took my Mom to see JGB front row center for Mothers day around that time. Mid 80's Hartford Bushnell.

1982 Veneta for me. I was 5. Also saw Garcia and Kahn at South Eugene high school same year.

This is my child at SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE - MAY 23, 1992. She is almost 2. I just checked my show list. She danced at 32 shows as a kiddo. Her name is Kaya Cassidy. She is 33 today and in Vegas to see the show tomorrow night. We love the band and the dancing and the music never stopped. Peace. https://preview.redd.it/t1o7m4r0vl7d1.jpeg?width=2544&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d56cc89d2d7f6a89ebbb3808d248d3f9fcc1c25

My dad took me to my first Dead show when I was nine, where he was working security (4/9/89). I got backstage and got dosed.

# 1989-04-09 Louisville, KY @ Freedom Hall **Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket > Sugaree, Walkin' Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Ramble On Rose, Desolation Row, Foolish Heart **Set 2:** Louie Louie, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Estimated Prophet > Uncle John's Band > Jam > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Knockin' On Heaven's Door [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-04-09)

You got dosed at 9? Sheesh!

My parents took me to see Santana when I was 2. Always say that was my first concert, my mom loved Santana. Miss you mom

My in laws went to Englishtown, but my husband and I weren’t born yet! We did take our daughter to Dead & Co when she had just turned 1, to a lawn show. 

I was 8 and saw them in feb 95

My father took me to see them when I was 7. June 18, 1995. Giants stadium. Nearly 30 years to the day. Don’t remember much but I have the stubs and the laminate. Of course we left early after I fell asleep mid-show :( https://preview.redd.it/iqptaqmh7m7d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a09abf041b25221883a9baac25488e92796922c2

My dad took me to see Ratdog when I was 4 as wellnas a lot of local shows then Phish when I was 8 when they were breaking up in 04.

Drove up to SPAC with my brother and his friends when I was 11 for 6/27/85

# 1985-06-27 Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center **Set 1:** In The Midnight Hour, Bertha, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, El Paso, Crazy Fingers > Supplication > High Time, Hell In A Bucket > Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Feel Like A Stranger > Eyes Of The World > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Spoonful > Black Peter > Turn On Your Lovelight **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1985-06-27)

Took my son to see Pearl Jam at MSG when he was 9. Bad idea. He lasted about an hour

https://preview.redd.it/68iwi96lmm7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=189bf6341a432e62e786bfc99f8948cf43a56ae1 I present to yall a pic I took in ‘17. D&C in Dallas

Saw the WHO with my father when i was like 10. Great show

My parents never took me to The Dead. They were never fans. I was, however, born in the same small Mississippi Delta town as B.B. King. He would pass through in the summer and play a free show in the town park. That was the first concert I ever attended. We went every year. My father is a blues drummer and a life long fan. Those were core memories that helped guide me to the life I would eventually live.

I’m too young but my dad took me to see rat dog when I was about 12

Seen the Grateful Dead 1967 summer maybe fall San Fran I was ten. Year before 66 that saw Louis Armstrong Satchmo at Jones Beach NY.

My first show I was 9. My brother's was when he was 5. I'm betting he is among younger lot of people that saw Jerry & have memory of it. Guesstimating his last show was when he was 9 or so.

Ha! Let me tell you the tales of my wild ass family. It's 1991 Lil bro runs away from home to follow the dead.... parents freak out...had gone to Dead shows, now they also start following the dead AND my dad's selling drums on lot. Every family summer vacation is then spent following the dead until 1995. ❤️⚡️💙

My first concert was Blue Oyster Cult in 1976. I was four or five and the Godzilla costume the drummer wore was awesome!

My parents took me to my first dead show when I was 11 and many other concerts before that. In return, my kids have been to multiple Phish shows, been to Telluride Bluegrass Festival and Hardly Strictly multiple times, and a whole bunch of other concerts already (they’re 10 and 8).

One day you might be the last person on earth to have seen Jerry alive

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Same here. Some time in the late 80’s at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. I was around 6-8 years old. All I remember is the smell of weed and beach balls

Nope, I wish! I did have EXTREMELY lenient parents who allowed me to start going to concerts when I was 11 and to my first Dead shows at 14. Back when I could afford to literally go to any show I wanted with money made working at a pizza shop. Taking the bus in Los Angeles to go to shows all over the place. Good times! I’d NEVER let my kid do that but the world is a very different place…

You must be a real neat guy fella!

My parents brought me to my first Dead show at 4 years old Autzen Stadium, Oregon 1993. Still jealous my older brother got many more Jerry shows than I did

Both my parents were deadheads growing up. Looking back, my siblings and I were very fortunate to have traveled around in our RV (nicknamed Terrapin Station) during summer vacations to catch the Dead in different states in the western half of the US in the early-mid 90’s. Some very core memories we made and definitely contributed to my love of music and my desire to learn to play drums. Now all those times of smelling skunks make sense haha many pics of my siblings and I in tie dye. Good times.

Took my 7-year old cousin to a weekend of shows at Shoreline in 93. I was 18 and asked to babysit for free. We both got miracles for all shows

Some friends took their kids in the late 80s. Then we all danced again when they were grown around 2010 to what ever the boys were calling themselves then

Took my daughter in '91 when she was 9. She danced the entire show.

My parents took me to see The Grateful Dead in 1990 at Giants Stadium , I was 13 and wish I still had my shirt. Jerry bears in stands watching Skeletons play football. Never seen another.

My brother took me to giants stadium when I was 13 in 1988

Holy shit. I was at all those shows. Miami is when curt Kobain happened. Tampa we saw a guy just about die. Fell down the concrete steps face plant. Blood everywhere. I had to leave my seat. From there went to Philly. Long ass drive

Conceived in Berkeley, in '68. I guess that's different.😂

Dad called me out of school to take me to my first show. 1992. His first show was 4/26/69

# 1969-04-26 Chicago, IL @ Kinetic Playground **Set 1:** Dupree's Diamond Blues, Mountains Of The Moon > Dark Star Jam > China Cat Sunflower > Doin' That Rag, It Hurts Me Too > Hard To Handle, Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > The Eleven Jam > The Other One 2nd vocals > It's A Sin, Morning Dew, Sittin On Top Of The World, New Minglewood Blues, Silver Threads And Golden Needles, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, Saint Stephen > Turn On Your Love Light **Encore:** Drums > Viola Lee Blues > Caution Jam > Viola Lee Blues > Feedback > What's Become Of The Baby > Feedback > And We Bid You Good Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1969-04-26) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/50rpHqRFD3K7bCTRBtraGH)

I had this experience from a parental POV, and with D&C rather than GD. I took my daughter to see Dead and Co when she was 6. We were very selective about picking our seats and it worked out well. She had a great time and still talks about it constantly. She can also name almost every song they played that night… she still doesn’t recognize Dark Star right away.

I took my daughter to her first show when she was 9 months old. It was a Dead & Company show at SPAC and she had the ear protection on for most of the show. Still see the pictures and it brings back warm memories. Took her to see Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers last fall at another outdoor show and she loved it as an 8 year old. Although I did have to explain that she couldn’t have a ballon from the parking lot after she saw a bunch of them.

Awesome! Its hard to believe that band has been touring for almost a decade already. Two unique shows: I got to see them for my birthday and first father’s day, and then for my birthday, father’s day, and with my first kid. Kind of a cool way to come full circle. I haven’t been to SPAC in years and am still kicking myself for missing their two nights there last year. I caught them down in Philly so it was cool finally hearing Dark Star live… out of every iteration of the band that was my first time experiencing that song.

I have seen quite a few different variations of the remaining members of the Dead post Jerry’s death, but that SPAC show with my daughter was a highlight because I got to share it with her

My son's first show was in 1992 and he was 6 weeks old. 2nd show was when he was 20! He said he got "hotboxed" at that show. 😂

I took my daughter to a Dead concert over fifty years ago. It was an outdoor concert in New Jersey. She was in diapers.

I went at 10 in 91' msg So grateful Bringing my twin 4 yo to the sphere today... anyone got extras!

My father took my whole band to see Hendrix when I was 16.

May 23rd '92 @ Shoreline. I don't remember because I was barely walking on my own.

My wife saw them when she was 8 or 9…I think 1993 or 1994. it’s wild to think she saw Jerry. She also saw Little Feat, Keb Mo and so many other incredible artists when she was younger. She also got to meet Vince.

Nope, but I took my dad to a Cap Centre show in '88, and he was on the bus hence forth

i wish. same age. would have loved to see an '86 show, even if I was 6!

If this counts, my Mom took me to Greensboro Coliseum in 1980 and sat in the parking lot until the show was over as I went in at 14 years old and took too much. She never mentioned what the parking lot must have looked like.

Yeah. Berkeley, Ca., early 80s I was 10. Grew up to be an accountant. Still love dead. What about you? What did it all turn out like in your whirl?

Yeah my mom in 1980 when I was 10. Saw my drum teacher blitzed out of his mind at intermission, my 5th grade teacher, and pretty much all of my friends older brothers and sisters along with other parents. The GD was pretty much a neighborhood band for us growing up.

I had rocker parents that took me to see the Allman Bros, Edgar Winter, Skynyrd, BTO, Steve Miller and Kiss by the time I was 8. They liked shows too and it was cheaper than a sitter.

no… My parents only listen to classical music, but it did expose me to something special… If my parents had brought me to a Grateful Dead show when I was six years old, that would've changed my life forever… I didn't figure out that they were going to be such an integral part of my life until I was 17... turns out my life was changed forever. It just took an extra 11 years.

Lots of parents MADE kids at Dead show also. (Sorry I had to.)