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Tue Oct 07, 2025 9:48 am

I just loved that this bus was in the background of this Facebook message.

Tue Oct 07, 2025 10:00 am

First time was February 1969 with Janis at the Filmore East.

Last time was last year at Citifield.

Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:17 am

Right On! The guy in the foreground is sparking' one up! Why not!

Boise, mid 80's
Telluride

There is a Helena, MT band, 710 Ashbury. Saw them a few weeks ago at Pine Creek Lodge, in the Paradise valley. Drove over and camped in the bus. "And a kind hippy girl shared my bed" My wife.
"The bus came by, and I got on...."

Wed Oct 08, 2025 1:57 pm

and we wonder why our kids have issues and our students are shitty

Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:38 pm

I have been listening to the dead since '72. Started going to shows in '89 at RFK in DC, last saw the Grateful Dead in '95 in Portland, Oregon. Got into buses in '92 when I bought my first car, a '66 21 window deluxe bus. I would walk the parking lots at dead shows checking out all the buses. There were generally more bays than splits, but still plenty of split buses. Never saw a barndoor on tour. I drove my '61 mango bus to 13 dead shows. I still drive it today.

Tue Oct 14, 2025 8:08 am

Sat Oct 18, 2025 5:30 am

I grew up in the Grateful Dead era but knew nothing about them beyond recognizing the DH name. To illustrate my ignorance:

Standing around a campfire at a Buses By the Bridge camp out I cracked what I intended to be a joke. I stated that I had been to several concerts but had never made it into the venue. When I was asked why, I continued that I stayed in the parking lot and stole parts off of Buses. Need I say that my punch line had an impact? They were ready to throw me into the bon fire. It took some fast talking and a hasty exit to get out of that sit e ation! Later I learned that having parts go missing while at a concert was fairly common- oops.

Sat Oct 18, 2025 5:35 am

tasb wrote: I stated that I had been to several concerts but had never made it into the venue.
I went to some shows but was unable to get tickets, so I just partied in the lot with others.

At one show a Bus engine was stolen.