The dancing turtles with tambourines from the album’s cover now adorn t-shirts, bumper stickers, breweries, venues, and the like. The songs and imagery established on Terrapin Station went on to become central pieces of live shows and Dead culture. The list goes on and on.Īnd then, of course, there’s the Grateful Dead’s 1977 studio masterpiece, Terrapin Station, the band’s first album after their mid-70’s hiatus and arguably the most impressive and far-reaching album of their career. Or their show at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ that Fall.
Or the San Francisco shows at the Winterland Arena in June.
Just listen to their 5/22/77 at The Sportatorium in Pembroke Pines, FL. “Cornell ’77 wasn’t even the best show that week, man”). The two shows that preceded Cornell-at Boston Garden in Boston, MA (5/7/77) and Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in New Haven, CT (5/5/77)-have also reached hallowed ground in the Grateful Dead archives. And the Dead’s historic year on stage in 1977 extends far beyond that single magical week in early May. Then there’s the following evening’s incredible show at War Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo (5/9/77), which is frequently used as an argument as to why Barton Hall is actually overrated (i.e.
Books have been written, films made, and countless words exchanged discussing the group’s Cornell University’s Barton Hall performance on 5/8/77, the near-consensus most famous show the band ever played. The year featured some of the most storied and time-tested performances in the band’s decades-long touring career, with the ’77 spring tour alone including some of their best performances before Jerry Garcia‘s death. By all measures, 1977 was a banner year for the Grateful Dead.
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