Remember that several of the Dead's roadies were raised in Pendelton. Backpacked into Cascade Head, camped out,(that snag looked like a giant trident ala Neptune) then up the coast, then back inland, home to Montana, Spent the fall working as a "bottom" hand on cattle round-up on the "rez". Then I hitchhiked out to the Oregon coast. I visited old friends in Eugene (Wayne A.) We went to Bannister Creek. The day or two after, Turbo and Verna drove back home to Blackfeet country. Two other acts not mentioned on this site, The Spoon Man (after the Dead!) and "Sometimes A Great Jugband") It poured rain that night at the site. Other impressions, dust, the Tibetans, Ken Kesey and Babbs addressing the crowd. I have photographs somewhere, when I find them will upload to this site. Drove with Turbo and Verna from Blackfeet Rez. All in all a real special event in my life, truly unforgettable.ฤก0 years later. What more could you ask for? Of course there were some problems as the big stage bounced so much it made Jerry's reverb springs give him grief he got real grumpy about it afterwards. I looked up at Jerry and said "Bertha" he looked at me and nodded. I remember sitting on the Hay bales directly in front of the big stage as the band took the stage. The two stage set up was odd as Robert Cray and the other acts used the lower stage to the left and Peter Rowan and the Grateful Dead used the big stage. We finally get the last of the still wet flats up about 6am on show day. Up rolls the ASP, a Hog Farm bus and we have enough willing hands to burn a couple of all nighters to complete the job. We had the designs laid out and it looked as though we may not complete our task. David Lundquist providing the artists hand while I the theatrical structure for the flats. It was ten days spent out at Chuck Kesey's Creamery building and painting the flats for the proscenium.
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