My father was at Bickershaw festival. It rained for 2 days. They where cold a d hungry, and up to their necks in mud. One guy was electrocuted, and another jumped to his death, but they carried on. My father wasn't a dead head, so waiting an hour for the band to tune-up was an unwelcome experience. Apparently, there are very few recordings from the Bickershaw festival, so when I introduced my dad to the selection of 4 hour recordings of the Dead's set from that day, well, he's found a new appreciation for the band.
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1972/05/07/intro?source=3...
My dad used to tell me how they where all starving, and some local shopkeeper took pity on them, and sold him a wheel of cheese for tuppence. This is that shopkeeper. And the wheel of cheese. https://youtube.com/watch?v=TCEPizIV2xc
I also love Garcia's interview from that weekend. Interviewer: "Do you think there should be limitations on open air festivals, like this?" Garcia: "Well, that presupposes that I think there should be festivals". Man, that guy cracks me up. https://youtube.com/watch?v=m0vAqnq1vW0
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