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The Grateful Dead comes East for the 1st time...
The Grateful Dead comes East for the 1st time...
Item # 702788
June 01, 1967
THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, June 1, 1967
* Grateful Dead - first Eastern tour begins
* Very 1st performances in the East advertisement
* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
* THE DOORS very early performance ad
* Steve Paul's "The Scene" nightclub
Page 19 has a small performance advertisement for the Cafe Au Go Go nightclub in Greenwich Village with one of performers listed as: "Grateful Dead" (see image) This was actually the groups very first shows on the East Coast. The Greenwich Village basement club on Bleeker Street was a dank, dark hole of a place, but it introduced the Dead to New Yorkers for that set of shows.
Page 18 has a ad for "The Scene" nightclub with one of the performers being "The Doors" This is also a very early item on this iconic band.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
It is worth noting that "The Village Voice" was an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955, the Voice began as a platform for the creative community of New York City.
Other interesting items from the counter-culture era. Complete in 40 pages, tabloid-size, one crease across the center, nice condition.
source: Lost Live Dead: The Grateful Dead's first Eastern tour began with an eleven-day booking at the Cafe Au Go Go, a nightclub in Greenwich Village on 152 Bleecker Street. The Au Go Go was a small (400 capacity) place with low ceilings, not an ideal venue for the band, but the Dead were unheard legends from the West, and the Village was where it was all happening.
Interestingly, however, thanks to careful research by an esteemed scholar, it appears that the Dead's first appearance in New York City was actually at Tompkins Square Park, on Thursday June 1.
Provenance note: This issue comes from The Village Voice's own archives, part of their in-house collection used to create their digital archive.
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Category: The 20th Century
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