Dead and Company return to San Francisco for Grateful Dead 60th anniversary

THEY COULD NOT MISS. THROUGH THE GRAY FOG LIES AN OCEAN OF COLORS, TIE DYE. EVERYWHERE YOU GO, TRANSPORTING YOU BACK TO THE SUMMER OF LOVE ONCE AGAIN. WESTERN SAN FRANCISCO IS COVERED WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC FILTER. WHAT DOES THIS CULTURE MEAN TO YOU? THERE’S NO JUDGMENT. THEY THEY DON’T SEE. THEY JUST SEE A PEOPLE, A PERSON, A HUMAN. BEST DEAL ON THE LOT THIS WEEKEND, THE SPIRIT OF THE FAMOUS ROCK BAND THE GRATEFUL DEAD IS ALIVE IN THE CITY WHERE IT ALL STARTED. THE BAND’S CONTINUING ACT, DEAD AND COMPANY, IS CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF THEIR MUSIC WITH A THREE DAY CONCERT IN GOLDEN GATE PARK. YOU DON’T SEE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS FOR OTHER BANDS. AND THE THING ABOUT LISTENING TO THESE GUYS, IF YOU GO TO SEE OTHER CONCERTS, YOU’RE HEARING THE SAME SHOW EVERY NIGHT WITH THE DEAD. IT’S A DIFFERENT SHOW EVERY TIME. YOU’LL NEVER SEE THE SAME SHOW. THIS RIGHT HERE IS SHAKEDOWN STREET IS SYNONYMOUS WITH GRATEFUL DEAD CULTURE. AT ALMOST EVERY SHOW, THERE’S THIS MILE LONG EVENT, A VENDOR SELLING ALL THINGS TIE DYE BRACELETS AND OTHER MERCHANDISE BEFORE THE SHOW. AND EVEN I COULDN’T LOOK OUT OF PLACE HERE. AND WHILE I AND EVERYONE ELSE EMBRACED THE CULTURE, LONGTIME FANS FEEL LIKE THEY’RE COMING BACK HOME. LIKE ARTHUR HASKELL, WHO ARRIVED TO SELL HIS HOMEMADE SHIRTS HE’S BEEN TO OVER 800 SHOWS. I STARTED SEEING SHOWS IN 77 AND HAD BEEN REGULARLY SEEING SHOWS TOURING SINCE THEN, AND I STARTED DYING IN THE 1981, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS LEFT HIM WITH UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES BECAUSE FOR HIM AND EVERYONE HERE, THE MUSIC IS ONE THING. THE CULTURE OF COMMUNITY AND FELLOW FANS IS WHY THEY LOVE THE BAND SO MUCH. IT’S FAMILY. AT THIS POINT, I’VE BEEN DOING IT SO LONG. YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND THERE’S LOTS OF HUGS TO BE HANDED OUT AND IT’S A REUNION. AS THE DEADHEADS CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THE SUN WILL SHINE ON THEIR BACK DOOR SOMEDAY, UNDER THE FOG IN THIS CITY THAT SUN IS POKING THROUGH IN SAN FRANCISCO. RYAN CURRY KCRA THREE NEWS. AND TONIGHT’S SPECIAL GUEST PERFORMER IS BILLY STRINGS. TOMORROW IS STURGILL, JOHNNIE BLUE SKY SIMPSON, AND SUNDAY IS THE TREY

Everywhere you look in Golden Gate Park, almost everyone is wearing a tie-dye shirt. The Grateful Dead’s continuing act, Dead and Company, is performing for three-straight nights in San Francisco to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary. “You don’t see people come together like this for other bands,” said Jeremiah Collier, who is in town from Cincinnati. “If you go to other concerts, you’re seeing the same show every night. With the Dead, it’s a different show every time. You will never see the same show.”Both the park and the Haight-Ashbury District were filled with fans who traveled from all over the country for this weekend, including Arthur Haskell, who has been to more than 800 shows. “Started seeing shows in ’77,” he said. “And had been regularly touring, seeing shows since then.”He makes his own tie-dye shirts and sells them to fans before the concert. He is one of many vendors who sell merchandise in the famous “Shakedown Street” that opens before the Dead and Company show. “It’s family at this point,” Haskell said. “You go there and you see all your friends and there’s lots of hugs to be handed out and it’s a reunion.”The music is one thing, but the main reason why fans have continued to adore this band for six decades is the community it has created. “It’s like you know everyone here,” said Deonne Gonzales, who came from Madera. “There is no judgment. They just see you as people, a person, a human being.”See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

SAN FRANCISCO —

Everywhere you look in Golden Gate Park, almost everyone is wearing a tie-dye shirt. The Grateful Dead’s continuing act, Dead and Company, is performing for three-straight nights in San Francisco to celebrate the band’s 60th anniversary.

“You don’t see people come together like this for other bands,” said Jeremiah Collier, who is in town from Cincinnati. “If you go to other concerts, you’re seeing the same show every night. With the Dead, it’s a different show every time. You will never see the same show.”

Both the park and the Haight-Ashbury District were filled with fans who traveled from all over the country for this weekend, including Arthur Haskell, who has been to more than 800 shows.

“Started seeing shows in ’77,” he said. “And had been regularly touring, seeing shows since then.”

He makes his own tie-dye shirts and sells them to fans before the concert. He is one of many vendors who sell merchandise in the famous “Shakedown Street” that opens before the Dead and Company show.

“It’s family at this point,” Haskell said. “You go there and you see all your friends and there’s lots of hugs to be handed out and it’s a reunion.”

The music is one thing, but the main reason why fans have continued to adore this band for six decades is the community it has created.

“It’s like you know everyone here,” said Deonne Gonzales, who came from Madera. “There is no judgment. They just see you as people, a person, a human being.”

See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel