This was my first Dead concert. I was 19 years old. Got turned on to them and their music in early 70's. They got ahold of me very sudden, I thought until I went to see them. That was all it took, I was an instant Deadhead, heart and soul.

One of the best Scarlet Fire transitions i have ever heard. Sublime. Heard it was a possible #1 Peggy O. Listening now

Fantastic fast paced show throughout. Hard to pick a standout when there's so many. This gem ranks up there as one of my favorite shows.

@johnnythundersockeye2101

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah the whole Spring 78 and really the entire year of 78 is in my opinion the most underrated!!! Year in GD History So many people rave about 77 which is one of the "Best" Years as well but 78 to me has an extra Snap in the Steps Energy all its own! Not a bad song or show in the bunch! This has to be 1 of the Hottest Peggy Os Ever!!!

@billycfromwestv4411

4 жыл бұрын

Only show i could find from my home State lol

@randyruble5903

3 жыл бұрын

@@billycfromwestv4411 they did 2 here, huntington,wv and the old wv football stadium in morgantown they smashed, lol i know what ya feel likle billy, but at least they was here twice!

@mcpaplus

3 жыл бұрын

Phil really has a strong bouncing groove throughout, especially on the shoot'em up polka songs. Ship of fools is one of my favs from this concert, great feeling and Jerry sings the lyrics amazingly clear. 78 was the first year I saw them

@khariezekiel5830

2 жыл бұрын

you probably dont give a damn but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account..? I was stupid lost the password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me

Back in college when we used to have cassette tapes of different shows, this my favorite,

One of the best shows i have ever heard. As a child of the 80's, it just goes to show i missed a TON of ridiculous DEAD before i even knew they existed. Ripping 76-78 stuff that shows the band in proverbial "6th gear"

Was at this concert. There was still snow and ice covering 3rd Avenue after the great Blizzard of '78.

@bigbossman7991

7 жыл бұрын

Slap Johnson No kiddin? I'm born and raised in Ashland Ky and always wanted to hear stories from people who went.

@zachphillips5681

7 жыл бұрын

Jason Pope my pops was there drove up from Beckley. he saw them several other venues but says this is by far his most memorable show. Jerry plays with balls of fire

On the Bus since '86.. have been listening to 70's shows lately.. this is beyond Grate.. Thank you for posting.. nfa (~):}

Just glad that I saw GD shows in 1990 that were longer than shows from 1978

Flipped this book open to the Peggy-O. Sound Q is off the f'ing chain. This will be today's show :)

the sound quality is incredible

@carefulkev9246

4 жыл бұрын

ras124 right, you kidding me?

@tammichenard1024

4 жыл бұрын

@@carefulkev9246 ...Careful, Kev, you might hurt someone's feelings there...smile smile smile.

@carefulkev9246

4 жыл бұрын

T C no I was agreeing. Sound quality is Stellar!!! :))))

@tammichenard1024

4 жыл бұрын

@@carefulkev9246 oops my bad! ( It IS stellar!!) :) smile smile smile :)

My dad was at this show. I'm from Beckley, Wv and a head thru and thru. I like this show cause it was here but also cause its one of the most fire fucking shows Jerry every laid down on guitar... If you wanna get your face stole for 2 hrs go.ahead and crank er on up.

@johnnythundersockeye2101

6 жыл бұрын

AHH Beckley and Bluefield where i learned to ski when i was 12 at Good old WinterPlace most people dont realize this section of the Allegheny Mountains is a Snow Magnet averaging 12 to 20 Feet per Year!!!

@trelambert3158

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Beckley too! Do we know each other lol?

38th Anniversary tonight of this. I was born too late but still this hits home. I grew up with this in my collection and still quite fond of it. One of the first things I thought of when I got up this morning. Have it cranked full blast right now over coffee. The neighbors are really lovin me right now.

I'm only a casual fan, having listened to several shows over the years. This is an amazing first set, perhaps the best set I have ever heard them perform.

Caught a late show in 77 after I got out of the Army. Saw 4 show in 78 and 8 more after 78. But 78 stands out as my shining times for sure.

Have watched this Good🎶☇🎶 Ole become a fav for many over the years now. The second set is full of energy. ❤'78❤ Thanks for posting! Shine on Family ✌

Top 10 Dead show, arguably top 5.

I think this the best Fire ever !

Just got the Charlie Mill transfer of this show. So good. Thanks for posting this one KZread

Everyone talks about Peggy-O, the Eyes, and Dire Wolf from this show, but that Scarlet>Fire is astounding as well.

My favorite Betty Board show!!!!

@johnboccuzzi2810

5 жыл бұрын

"She had rings on her fingers and shoes on her bells"

One of the best 1st sets ever IMO, Flawless

Thanks for sharing, Bad Ass show - both sets. Great SBD.

This is easily one of the best Dead shows ever.

I have loved this show since I got around the same time as a few other commenters in the mid 80's Huntington Civic Center, Huntington, WV (4/16/78) Jack Straw Dire Wolf Cassidy Peggy-O Mexicali Blues Mama Tried They Love Each Other New Minglewood Blues Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Samson and Delilah Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World drums Iko Iko Sugar Magnolia U.S. Blues

One of the best Peggy O's...probably the best ;)

Jack Straw captures each guitar on its own. Jerry playing rhythm for a few cords rocks it. The Peggy 0 is superb! Saw the boys in 72 and never looked back. Best on the Planet they were, and the music will live on...

Nice to see the Dead laying down a great set at the Home of the Thundering Herd.

As a deadhead since 1967 I ask how there could be thumbs down about this? I challenge you to tell me!

From Sea to Shining Sea - We shared in the Fun! and the Magic ! Spacin Jason Frederick MD. I can somehow feel you reading this ! Our Love Will Not Fade Away

The *WAS* shot in the red whisky line of Dire Wolf is so prime in this version

2 wordz: Dire Fuckin Wolf

The Estimated Prophet jam was celestially good.

Best Jack Straw. best road song

One of the first shows that completely hooked me (I got my copy in 1996 when I was in college). Really solid throughout, but the highlights for me are Jack Straw, Peggy-O, TLEO, Estimated, and Sugar Magnolia... but especially Scarlet>Fire (the first one I fell in love with). Jerry is just smokin.

nice sound!!!!

A birthday show! I was 14, about 5 years before I heard Anthem of the 🌞 for the first time. I really like the way Jerry plays around with the beat at the beginning of his first solo in Scarlet Begonias

If thats not the best peggy-o solo I'm gonna need you to lmk what is cause that was 🔥

solid!!!

thats the best peggy o ever played

@allonporter1192

5 жыл бұрын

RIP Rube!!!!! Know you from SCN

@kennethdeanmiller7324

4 жыл бұрын

YES, definitely the finest version of Peggy-O to grace my ears & make my legs dance & my soul soar.

@mcpaplus

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethdeanmiller7324 This song and Iko Iko were my favorite dance songs. Cant tell you how many twirler girls stole my heart over the shows I attended. Sigh.

@doublet630

3 жыл бұрын

@@mcpaplus Yep, those twirler girls where often mesmerizing.....circa 1989-91for me.

@sirlarrybishop8169

3 жыл бұрын

Best 1st Set Ever!

The image makes them look like super heroes 🌹

@mcpaplus

3 жыл бұрын

And indeed they were...

jack straw!

Hats off to the oft overlooked bottom of the band..Foghorn Leghorn himself, Mr Phil Lesh!! Like the rest of the band, he is amazing.

best Dire Wolf ever laid down

As of this moment, 11 soulless ghouls hit thumbs down...I know it couldn't have been on purpose though. No way. Maybe they were seeing double and thought they hit thumbs up? Only explanation I can think of...too much dancing, not enough thumb control. great show.

@rumplestilskincampbell6727

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@rumplestilskincampbell6727

3 жыл бұрын

C H U R C H.....

My god what a recording. Too bad Jerry fucked up the words in Fire lmao. Ruined it hahahaha. This is stellar! Jack straw, Dire Wolf, They love each other, ship of fools, I hear ya Bear! I love when they fuck up, but this is one of the best live recordings I’ve ever heard of GD.

@carefulkev9246

2 жыл бұрын

@Steve I don’t either, that was just a list of the ones that I liked the most. Although Donna fucked it up a little. Who cares tho? Beautiful show.

Really good one.

The only good thing to ever come out of Marshall

@nognuisagoodgnu do you have, or could you direct me to the July 1981 Mcnichols arena concerts?

Is there a lossless download of this anywhere? Three years before I was born but very cool to know they played here.

@nognuisagoodgnu

4 жыл бұрын

if you know how to use bittorrent, check the etree database for a torrent. All the archive.org recordings are 'stream' only

@steinbauge4591

3 жыл бұрын

@@nognuisagoodgnu You can download the stream playlist, copy it into a txt file and use wget (wget -i xx.txt will download all files). Have not tried wget for windows but should work. Or other download manager. Will not be lossless though as the flac files are rarely in the folder

Please pin the timestamps. How is this not mandatory by now?

@nognuisagoodgnu

6 ай бұрын

whose got my heady timestamps to pin 📌 LOL

no you cannot share the women but sure you can share the wine. Where is the outcry from feminists over this bs lyric??

@user-ww7ir1ml8m

6 ай бұрын

Lighten up

Thumbs down stop it !