I remember being extremely altered that night, as were most of the attendees. Early on in the night, I was at the side of the stage holding hands and dancing with Alan (Trist), Ken Kesey and Loose Bruce (Baxter). Alan and I considered that to be when we got married. I remember Bill Murray being […]

After arriving at 5:30 p.m. for an 8 p.m. show, we were treated to a viewing of Animal House. As the credits were rolling at 8 p.m., the screen rolled up and New Riders started playing. The band was geared up for this performance, playing well all of their best tunes including Panama Red and

I was an employee of Bill Graham’s F.M. Productions in the sound department and on the rotating house crew of Winterland from fall ’77 through its closing. I remember the bones of the building, from the basement parking garage and engine room, which still had the massive ammonia refrigeration system used to make the floor

It was my 18th birthday and I’m sure it was amazing, but the memories are very foggy. My friends assured me I had a great time. ~ Melanie Richard

I used to hang out up top, Jerry’s side, and would gaze down from that perch, feeling truly blessed and like I was being allowed in on a cosmic secret. I remember the helical concrete ramps echoing with the whoops of joyous Deadheads. ~ Hillary Kline

I was in college, living up in Seattle as a short experiment, away from California. My boyfriend and I scraped and sent away for our tickets, but as a back-up, I also asked my mom, who lived in the East Bay suburbs, where I grew up, to go into Berkeley and stand in line for

I was born and raised in San Francisco, and Winterland was a rite of passage. It was where the family would see the Ice Capades, and my dad and uncles would love to see boxing. I was a stage manager working at KQED TV in San Francisco when I was assigned to the live broadcast

The day began early in the morning in Florida, a day after my brother got married. I quickly ran to the airport where I could hurry up and wait for my flight to San Francisco. I was picked up from the airport for a quick pit-stop, some dinner and a change into my costume as

Just prior to midnight, my best friend and I were able to make our way through the crowd. We got very close to the stage where a million balloons fell down upon us from the rafters of this great old building as Sugar Magnolia played in our ears. We were definitely feeling the effects of

Anytime we played well was the best moment for me you know, and we played well many times at Winter­land. So, any one performance? Nah, it was just all those great performances you know. We didn’t have a curfew; the curfew was flexible there because Bill was the mayor. It was good because we could