Living historian of a rock band? This ain't no Rock band. I don't know what the fuck they are but if it weren't for acid, they never would have become famous. What did the grateful Dead fans say when he stopped taking drugs? Damn, this band sucks
You're over 50. I'm over 50. But I have decent musical tastes. Doesn't require me taking fucking acid or mushrooms to dance around like a moron for 25 minutes solos. Absolute garbage
I met my brother for the first time at 35, he lived in Livermore and wanted to show me this old abandoned race track, turned out to be Altamont, I walked around taking everything in, meeting my mom and now getting stoned with my brother at Altamont, great day. While exploring a blue belly lizard ran up my pants leg, so I am shrieking as I could feel it's little claws getting closer to my junk, I dropped my pants and chonies and was dancing around yelling when I finally got it off, my brother who I had known for less than 3 hours was on the ground laughing his ass off. When I first met my Mom and brother on the way to see the Dead for the New Years shows in 88, all I knew about her was she lived in the Bay area, on the way to the show I stopped in Livermore for some cigarettes, I saw a phone booth and looked to see if I could find her name, which I had done in many other cities and towns, this time i hit pay dirt, so I called and told her who I was and she asked where I was and told her, she said dont move and was there in 3 minutes... she lived right around the corner. If it was not for going to that show I may have never met my mom or brother. I have not thought of this for many years and am not sure why I am sharing with you but thank you for stirring up old memories with your old memories.
I’m an older Deadhead. But have gone through many sadness in my life ! To sad to go there but I’m so happy for u to have found ur family ! Grateful to ur brother who seemed to love u as u were ! ❤️🐰🐇🌹👽🪐🛸🚀✨🌙☄️⭐️🌟⚡️🗡️🩸💀☠️🫧💦💧🌊😥😢🥲sadness for who I’ve lost in my life , my soulmate Jerry Garcia who when we met the energy was so strong that we couldn’t even hug the 1 st time until we had a chance to talk + get to know eachother before the nite was over ! Then he came to my room to ask me for a match , I said I have a match for u + I had my way with him , so good it was for 10 years but I had to go but will always feel guilty rather I should of stayed but what happened had to ! 🥲😢😥💕🪭
Big Steve!! I heard about your UA-cam show just today listening to your weekly Big Steve hour. Nice to have another dose of your wit and wisdom and storytelling. Best wishes
You certainly were in the right place at the right time.... And it all started from being kind to a stranger. I love the Grateful Dead, and I love your stories. You sir are a legend. Peace and love always to you and yours. Long live the Grateful Dead!!!
As a teenage kid growing up in Port Chester NY...The Capitol Theater (around the corner from my family's Tavern) was Rock&Roll heaven to me. I got to attend many concerts there between 1970 and May of '73. My personal favorite was the Joe Cocker MD&E concert. I know that many of the Capitol "stage hands" and "roadies" from various bands patronized the bar in the Tavern. I'd be interested to know if any (older) members of "The Dead Family" remember the Tavern around the corner from the Capitol Theater in Port Chester. One of the Capitol stage hands invited my Dad and a bartender to listen to the Dead during a summer concert in 1970. It was 2am in the morning and in true form, the Dead were still playing...with the stage door opened due to the hot weather. So my Father (RIP) got to attend a Dead show one year before I did. When I asked him if he liked "The Dead"..His response was.."Yea...they weren't too loud..". My Dad got see Duke (Ellington), Benny Goodman, Glen Miller and Cab Calloway...so he understood the importance of "live music". I caught the Dead at the Cap during final concert during the Feb '71 week long "residency" at the ripe old age of 16. But it would be two more years before I really "got on the bus..". Looking forward to this series...subscriber to Dead.net
Big Steve, You had some magical shit looking over you all. You are a hell of a storyteller my friend. I am a member of I.A.T.S.E Local 16, San Francisco. A fellow Stagehand! I know you did a lot more than that though! I worked on the lighting rig and did follow spot at Oracle Park for Dead and Co's last shows. Our office knows I am a big Deadhead so they put me on that show. Jerry and the Dead get me home from work, crossing the Golden Gate every day and night! As Robert Plant once said 'Whole Lotta Love!' I could listen to you tell stories all day long! Kurt in Santa Rosa, Ca.
Everyone need to sub to big steve,and even more importantly, share,only way to share this amazing knowledge of the best band that has ever been...thanks so much Steve,this is great!!!
Thanks, Big Steve!! 1st show 74 Roosevelt Stadium N.J. which led to a lifetime of shows. Have my mail order tickets for the Madison Square Garden shows in 95 which sadly never happened. Saw all the different versions after Jerry passed. Fun but not the same, I miss and enjoy him every day
First thing is Thank You! There isn't enough space to say how much I enjoy the Grateful Dead music, I can't really listen to any other music. I live out in wheat country, middle of nowhere, not to far from Pendleton. I guess really what I just wanted to say is Steve , thank you for taking us along, and remember always that I am appreciative of everything you helped with , why? Because the music has helped me so much, and as a full time biker, I know the importance of giving respect and learning from people like yourself. I enjoy listening to you man, like your style, time to smoke here first thing, and get into episode 2. I was gonna call your show, I figured I would thank you here in the comments, so yeah, thank you, have a great day !
I hung out with a band called "Tumbleweed" in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. A guy who was a friend of the band named Plum Boy was big into the dead and in 1970, I began to turn into a deadhead. I got on the bus for myself at Winterland in November of 1973.
My old man left me in jail general population for a weekend when I was 18 to teach me a lesson and I never went back again. I was so pissed off but eventually realized the value in it. He actually did me a favor and I learned deep down to avoid the behaviors that could ever put me in that situation a 2nd time.
You guys changed the history of the world in so many ways. Please tell us more of these awesome stories! Thank you. I give thanks to the universe to have been around for 14 straight years of Dead shows.
Thanxz Big Steve my first show was 72 a Black panther benifit show I really miss Ramrod ❤ I was blessed to work.with the band in the 90s with Gino and chez Ray
I don’t know about the rest of you but i got real high listening to the stories because i got on the bus too. Hopefully some of us can reconnect..it be a real trip to hear from some of you. It be fucking great and make my day. I'm Ernie Kueng and I'll see ya down the road! Peace/out
thanks for starting this relationship with us all, Steve! I was lucky to have lived in Menlo Park from jan '67 until june of '68; having come up from LA, and then back there after. hitchiking up the bayshore into the city, heading to the Haight and Golden Gate Park starting at the tender age of 14; whew! lots of free shows, and the Avalon and Fillmore; you're bringing back a lot of memories.... the bus came by, and I got on....
Big Steve I had binoculars and my fav thing to do was watch the crew put things together and the placement design to fit the room was fascinating. Audio you guys were tops. Hear y'all was like the quality of the sound would draw you in. The clarity was so appealing. I was 16 when I saw The Wall. I'm 67 now... Thanks for all you do
Fellow Queens kid here! Had my beers stolen in Astoria Park by the NYPD many times 😂Loyal listener of the Sirius show (ie- weekly Dead related therapy session) and so happy you’re doing this ..wishing you nothing but the best.. hope to see you at The Sphere /Vinetian that first week in June..
As a 5th generation NY stagehand and a big fan of the Dead, this is amazing! I also loved the book Steve!!! Acts of kindness Change lives. I cant wait to see the next episode!
This is terrific. The highlights were 1.Three Stooges 2. Peacock baseball bat and 3. Dirt face ……And Ii can’t believe Rock Skully was his birth name, I didn’t know that. Love the photos ….Thanks Steve .✌️
Automatic Captions are pretty good. Cleaning them up for proper names mostly would be choice. I’d be happy to throw a donation to the production. Definitely an archival video I may revisit years from now. Thanks button would be cool
Appreciate all your rock and, roll backstage epic tales from your journeys. Shock hands with many rocklegends and , Have had many moments Backstage in my days. This is a wonderful epic show. Appreciate that your sharing story telling of these epic moments Thank you , Steve Love ya , late 🤙🏼Maxwell 🌊
Just found your video(s). I read your book "Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead". It was great. Obviously you are one with many memories - very detailed too.
Thanks Steve, for all this, and also for the oak tree 🌳 tip! I’ll try that out next time I feel like I’m too high. Wisdom straight from a very powerful source.❤❤❤
🌹 Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile! I used to be soooo nervous walking up the stairs to the stage via Phil....lol...you're not scary..lol..God bless fascinating Bill Graham and a big hug to you! ❤🙂🙂🙂
Hell back when I was getting out of HS in ‘74 the Dead Crew was mythical and a lot of us blue collar hippie workers fantasized about becoming a GD roadie that was how you did it all at the same time work, party and rock and roll!
Hey brother, thanks for the videos, book and the sirius show. I've been lucky enough to speak with you a few times. Always a pleasure!! Your stories keep it all going.
My dad also rose to the top of the teamsters working for Transcon trucking company. He was diehard until the early 90s when he figured out Hoffa let the mob steal everyone’s pensions. He also knew how to grease the palms of people in power & got my brother out of a long prison sentence for dealing. Edit: he got him a 2 year sentence (do 1) down from 15 years. He got busted at the Dead show at Deer Creek Indiana in 1995.
I was cleaning Mike Hagen's storage trailer out a couple years ago so I can put a few things in there (still there, I hope) and found his brother Johnny Hagen's stash of stuff (I have a video of it). Including a set of original Herb Greene photos of Jerry and Pigpen, and unused backstage passes, and a bunch of great stuff. Mike was prankster #0, as deep in the history as you can get, and a sweet guy. Still lives up on the hill and has rather epic stories.
That's awesome thanks for sharing would have jumped for an opportunity like that, have always been fascinated with the pranksters and the electric kool aid aid book.
The part about the tree of life and staring at a😮 oak tree if you’re tripping too hard directly from Bear himself is legendary!!
i have always been drawn into the woods.
I was literally just gonna type that
The most important living historian of the Grateful Dead has a new UA-cam channel??? Hell yes, I'm hooked!
Stevie is on old rikers island man wadda ya know. He even met hoffa
Living historian of a rock band? This ain't no Rock band. I don't know what the fuck they are but if it weren't for acid, they never would have become famous. What did the grateful Dead fans say when he stopped taking drugs? Damn, this band sucks
The story teller makes no choice. His job is to shed light. Exquisite story teller, exceptional memory. Bravo!
You're over 50. I'm over 50. But I have decent musical tastes. Doesn't require me taking fucking acid or mushrooms to dance around like a moron for 25 minutes solos. Absolute garbage
I met my brother for the first time at 35, he lived in Livermore and wanted to show me this old abandoned race track, turned out to be Altamont, I walked around taking everything in, meeting my mom and now getting stoned with my brother at Altamont, great day. While exploring a blue belly lizard ran up my pants leg, so I am shrieking as I could feel it's little claws getting closer to my junk, I dropped my pants and chonies and was dancing around yelling when I finally got it off, my brother who I had known for less than 3 hours was on the ground laughing his ass off.
When I first met my Mom and brother on the way to see the Dead for the New Years shows in 88, all I knew about her was she lived in the Bay area, on the way to the show I stopped in Livermore for some cigarettes, I saw a phone booth and looked to see if I could find her name, which I had done in many other cities and towns, this time i hit pay dirt, so I called and told her who I was and she asked where I was and told her, she said dont move and was there in 3 minutes... she lived right around the corner. If it was not for going to that show I may have never met my mom or brother.
I have not thought of this for many years and am not sure why I am sharing with you but thank you for stirring up old memories with your old memories.
A great story!!! ❤
I’m an older Deadhead. But have gone through many sadness in my life ! To sad to go there but I’m so happy for u to have found ur family ! Grateful to ur brother who seemed to love u as u were ! ❤️🐰🐇🌹👽🪐🛸🚀✨🌙☄️⭐️🌟⚡️🗡️🩸💀☠️🫧💦💧🌊😥😢🥲sadness for who I’ve lost in my life , my soulmate Jerry Garcia who when we met the energy was so strong that we couldn’t even hug the 1 st time until we had a chance to talk + get to know eachother before the nite was over ! Then he came to my room to ask me for a match , I said I have a match for u + I had my way with him , so good it was for 10 years but I had to go but will always feel guilty rather I should of stayed but what happened had to ! 🥲😢😥💕🪭
WoW! ✌️
Thank you Big Steve!! Nothing short of the preservation of a vitally important history that is a cornerstone of culture, worldwide.
Man! Love some long form Steve. I do hope all his radio shows get archived. So many great stories.
Big Steve! You're the best my man... so happy to have this opportunity to hear you share your memories... thanks and blessings...
Yes! Big Steve on Y.T. 🎉
Great first show, Big Steve…Look forward to many more in the future !!! 🌈☮️🌈
Steve the Historian. Grate show dude!
Big Steve!! I heard about your UA-cam show just today listening to your weekly Big Steve hour. Nice to have another dose of your wit and wisdom and storytelling. Best wishes
You certainly were in the right place at the right time.... And it all started from being kind to a stranger. I love the Grateful Dead, and I love your stories. You sir are a legend. Peace and love always to you and yours. Long live the Grateful Dead!!!
As a teenage kid growing up in Port Chester NY...The Capitol Theater (around the corner from my family's Tavern) was Rock&Roll heaven to me.
I got to attend many concerts there between 1970 and May of '73. My personal favorite was the Joe Cocker MD&E concert.
I know that many of the Capitol "stage hands" and "roadies" from various bands patronized the bar in the Tavern.
I'd be interested to know if any (older) members of "The Dead Family" remember the Tavern around the corner from the Capitol Theater in Port Chester.
One of the Capitol stage hands invited my Dad and a bartender to listen to the Dead during a summer concert in 1970.
It was 2am in the morning and in true form, the Dead were still playing...with the stage door opened due to the hot weather.
So my Father (RIP) got to attend a Dead show one year before I did. When I asked him if he liked "The Dead"..His response was.."Yea...they weren't too loud..".
My Dad got see Duke (Ellington), Benny Goodman, Glen Miller and Cab Calloway...so he understood the importance of "live music".
I caught the Dead at the Cap during final concert during the Feb '71 week long "residency" at the ripe old age of 16.
But it would be two more years before I really "got on the bus..".
Looking forward to this series...subscriber to Dead.net
7 Willow Street?
@@slow-mo_moonbuggy 30 broad st. Across the street from the RR station
Thanks for starting this channel and taking us on this journey with you! So awesome!!🎉❤⚡️💙
We can't thank you enough for this Big Steve❤
Thank You Big Steve ✌🏼
Awesome !
😎💯 ❤love it!
Big Steve, You had some magical shit looking over you all. You are a hell of a storyteller my friend. I am a member of I.A.T.S.E Local 16, San Francisco. A fellow Stagehand! I know you did a lot more than that though! I worked on the lighting rig and did follow spot at Oracle Park for Dead and Co's last shows. Our office knows I am a big Deadhead so they put me on that show. Jerry and the Dead get me home from work, crossing the Golden Gate every day and night! As Robert Plant once said 'Whole Lotta Love!' I could listen to you tell stories all day long! Kurt in Santa Rosa, Ca.
I right with ya
Everyone need to sub to big steve,and even more importantly, share,only way to share this amazing knowledge of the best band that has ever been...thanks so much Steve,this is great!!!
Thanks, Big Steve!! 1st show 74 Roosevelt Stadium N.J. which led to a lifetime of shows. Have my mail order tickets for the Madison Square Garden shows in 95 which sadly never happened. Saw
all the different versions after Jerry passed. Fun but not the same, I miss and enjoy him every day
Thanks for starting this channel Steve. I only saw the Dead once, Wembley Oct 30 1990, but it changed my life!
First thing is Thank You! There isn't enough space to say how much I enjoy the Grateful Dead music, I can't really listen to any other music. I live out in wheat country, middle of nowhere, not to far from Pendleton. I guess really what I just wanted to say is Steve , thank you for taking us along, and remember always that I am appreciative of everything you helped with , why? Because the music has helped me so much, and as a full time biker, I know the importance of giving respect and learning from people like yourself. I enjoy listening to you man, like your style, time to smoke here first thing, and get into episode 2. I was gonna call your show, I figured I would thank you here in the comments, so yeah, thank you, have a great day !
Thanks Steve for this and all your work since '68 bringing us the Dead!
I hung out with a band called "Tumbleweed" in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. A guy who was a friend of the band named Plum Boy was big into the dead and in 1970, I began to turn into a deadhead. I got on the bus for myself at Winterland in November of 1973.
Love 💜listening to Big Steve! Thank you. 🎸⚡🔥✌
My old man left me in jail general population for a weekend when I was 18 to teach me a lesson and I never went back again. I was so pissed off but eventually realized the value in it. He actually did me a favor and I learned deep down to avoid the behaviors that could ever put me in that situation a 2nd time.
And what the fuck does that common have to do with anything? Are you still high?
Thanks Big Steve for doing this.
I love all the background history.
All wee need is love..... and kindness ❤❤❤❤❤
Priceless stories ❤
You guys changed the history of the world in so many ways. Please tell us more of these awesome stories! Thank you. I give thanks to the universe to have been around for 14 straight years of Dead shows.
It really was a golden road. What an education!! During the mid 2010's, I really enjoyed seeing Steve at Moon Alice shows and hearing him spin a yarn.
Thanxz Big Steve my first show was 72 a Black panther benifit show I really miss Ramrod ❤ I was blessed to work.with the band in the 90s with Gino and chez Ray
Oak tree therapy!❤❤
Woohoo! Big Steve you are amazing brother!!
Big Steve,
Thanks for taking the time to do this discussion. It is great!
Mr. Pete-------->
aging hippie
Love the show, fascinating stories. Completely hooked.
I don’t know about the rest of you but i got real high listening to the stories because i got on the bus too. Hopefully some of us can reconnect..it be a real trip to hear from some of you. It be fucking great and make my day. I'm Ernie Kueng and I'll see ya down the road! Peace/out
thanks for starting this relationship with us all, Steve! I was lucky to have lived in Menlo Park from jan '67 until june of '68; having come up from LA, and then back there after. hitchiking up the bayshore into the city, heading to the Haight and Golden Gate Park starting at the tender age of 14; whew! lots of free shows, and the Avalon and Fillmore; you're bringing back a lot of memories.... the bus came by, and I got on....
Steve, you’re a treasure! Read your book and am a regular listener to the Big Steve Hour. So looking forward to learning more from you!
Big Steve I had binoculars and my fav thing to do was watch the crew put things together and the placement design to fit the room was fascinating. Audio you guys were tops. Hear y'all was like the quality of the sound would draw you in. The clarity was so appealing. I was 16 when I saw The Wall. I'm 67 now... Thanks for all you do
smiles from mt hood. i love music history. this is just lovely
Great show Steve. Very informative ✌️🔥💨💨💨
Can't thank you enough Steve, Keep on Keepin' on Brother
More pieces to one of the most important puzzles of my life 💀 ⚡️
Big Steve!!! much love from Canada. cant wait for the future!!!
Fellow Queens kid here! Had my beers stolen in Astoria Park by the NYPD many times 😂Loyal listener of the Sirius show (ie- weekly Dead related therapy session) and so happy you’re doing this ..wishing you nothing but the best.. hope to see you at The Sphere /Vinetian that first week in June..
I loved listening to your radio show.
Glad to see you’ve back.
The Grateful Dead is so inspiring to me not only as a musician but also an American and historian.
Yesss exactly you said it perfectly thanks brother . The best story of any band
100%! I'm a newer deadhead but I'm obsessed. These stories are incredible.
As a 5th generation NY stagehand and a big fan of the Dead, this is amazing! I also loved the book Steve!!! Acts of kindness Change lives. I cant wait to see the next episode!
This is terrific. The highlights were 1.Three Stooges 2. Peacock baseball bat and 3. Dirt face ……And Ii can’t believe Rock Skully was his birth name, I didn’t know that. Love the photos ….Thanks Steve .✌️
Automatic Captions are pretty good. Cleaning them up for proper names mostly would be choice.
I’d be happy to throw a donation to the production. Definitely an archival video I may revisit years from now.
Thanks button would be cool
Very enjoyable Big Steve! Keep us posted. ☮️
I have enjoyed your stories over the years. I will be happy to adventure with you.
Right On Steve Congrats on episode one
I show up on time, I want in the club!! I really loved one of those backstage passes! 😁
Grate show Steve Grate memories for sure!
Appreciate all your rock and, roll backstage epic tales from your journeys.
Shock hands with many rocklegends and ,
Have had many moments
Backstage in my days.
This is a wonderful
epic show.
Appreciate that your sharing
story telling of these epic
moments
Thank you , Steve
Love ya , late
🤙🏼Maxwell 🌊
Just found your video(s). I read your book "Home Before Daylight: My Life on the Road with the Grateful Dead". It was great. Obviously you are one with many memories - very detailed too.
Thanks Steve, for all this, and also for the oak tree 🌳 tip! I’ll try that out next time I feel like I’m too high. Wisdom straight from a very powerful source.❤❤❤
BIG Steve Parish! Digging the channel great idea Thanks brother ⚡
Thanks, Big Steve. I have a little catching up to do here but look forward to it. This is great!
So psyched to hear all the stories Big Steve!
This is amazing, thank you Steve! Much love and respect
🌹 Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile! I used to be soooo nervous walking up the stairs to the stage via Phil....lol...you're not scary..lol..God bless fascinating Bill Graham and a big hug to you! ❤🙂🙂🙂
Del yeah, thanks from the hollers of West Virginia. Love ya brother c
So excited for this Steve!!! This IS a great way to connect and share beyond your lovely radio show!! You are amazing!!! Love you!!!!
Ty big Steve happy bicycle day man❤❤❤
Big Steve! Thank you for all your hard work.
Hope to see you on the road riding that sweet FXR! ⚡️💀⚡️
Rock and Roll - Peace and Love ! -- Great History ! Great Man ! Thank You for sharing..... totally cool !
Hi Steve I’m halfway through Rock’s book. What a coincidence finding your channel! Thanks for putting this out there.
Hell yeah I'm in!
✌️😎 Got on bus 1975 great memories learned a lot about the world that's all I say.its all about the music
love this. i'm in production myself. Cool to think how some things havent changed since those times
Hell back when I was getting out of HS in ‘74 the Dead Crew was mythical and a lot of us blue collar hippie workers fantasized about becoming a GD roadie that was how you did it all at the same time work, party and rock and roll!
Glad I found this!! Thanks. Sending love and good vibes to you Steve! ✌🏽🦁❤️🔥🎶
Big Steve long form podcast I love it !
Thank you so much for this Big Steve!
This is my new favorite thing! Amazing!
Hey brother, thanks for the videos, book and the sirius show. I've been lucky enough to speak with you a few times. Always a pleasure!! Your stories keep it all going.
My dad also rose to the top of the teamsters working for Transcon trucking company. He was diehard until the early 90s when he figured out Hoffa let the mob steal everyone’s pensions. He also knew how to grease the palms of people in power & got my brother out of a long prison sentence for dealing.
Edit: he got him a 2 year sentence (do 1) down from 15 years. He got busted at the Dead show at Deer Creek Indiana in 1995.
Thank you for this Steve. NFA!!!!!
Yes, this is exactly what I needed. Big Steve is a shaman for real
What are the amazing gift you are giving us. 🙏🏻✌🏻❤️
Couldn't be a better time with the boys filling up the Sphere with good tunez!
What a great show Steve. Thank you so much.
Halfway through Parish 's book, the best GD book I've read, and I've read them all
I was cleaning Mike Hagen's storage trailer out a couple years ago so I can put a few things in there (still there, I hope) and found his brother Johnny Hagen's stash of stuff (I have a video of it). Including a set of original Herb Greene photos of Jerry and Pigpen, and unused backstage passes, and a bunch of great stuff. Mike was prankster #0, as deep in the history as you can get, and a sweet guy. Still lives up on the hill and has rather epic stories.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsig2jURBjxhg?feature=share
That's awesome thanks for sharing would have jumped for an opportunity like that, have always been fascinated with the pranksters and the electric kool aid aid book.
Deep into the pudding
It is all universally connected to serendipitous interplay.
I have been waiting for these.❤
Love you Big Steve.
Good Job Buddy
Great stuff Big Steve!
Magic! Thank you soooo much for sharing! Love you!
Loved reading your book!!
I just got a message from a friend that just said, "Big Steve has a podcast." I was so excited and delighted.
really enjoyed this!. looking forward to more
LOve it! Thanks Steve!
Excellent thanks Steve !
Oh yeah! Thanks Big Steve!! I’m on the bus, seat belt fastened, let’s go!
Thanks for sharing Steve. Lotsa love eveywhere
Steve ! I had not seen a post from you for some time, happy to hear from you again.
Excited bro!!!!
what a great show,thanks steve
Yeah man! Keep smoking Steve!!