From: sam@terapin.com (Sam Lewit)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Dead Survey Results (long)
Date: 20 Dec 92 23:15:44 PST
Organization: BBS

Survey Results

First let me thank everyone one responded. The response was much larger
than I anticipated.

I also did not take into consideration how much work this was all going to
be. I probably spent a total of 8 hours working this data together. There
were lots of responses that were not very complete (i.e. "MSG between 87-
89"). I'm afraid I got a little too burned out to look up these incomplete
answers, but I did as much as I could.

There were some great remarks given, and even a few stories which I will
list.

[] - these brackets are my remarks
{} - these are the comments of the people who responded

*** Favorite Songs ***

  Scarlet->Fire and China Cat->Rider are basically assumed. Yes I know
they've broken them up before, but most people listed either the grouped
songs, or listed each separately (i.e. Scarlet Begonias on one line, and
Fire on the Mountain on another line).

Number in parenthesis is the number of people who chose a song.

Dark Star (12)          Scarlet->Fire (12)      Eyes of the World (9)
Terrapin  (8)           Morning Dew (8)         St Stephen (7)
The Eleven (6)          Estimated Prophet (6)   China Cat->Rider (5)
GDTRFB (5)              Playin in the Band (5)  Comes a Time (4)
Franklin's Tower (4)    Stella Blue (4)         Bird Song (3)
Ripple (3)              Shakedown (3)           Unbroken Chain (3)
Wharf Rat (3)           Bertha (2)              Box of Rain (2)
My Brother Esau (2)     China Doll (2)          Cold Rain & Snow (2)
Friend of the Devil (2) Greatest Story (2)      Help/Slip/Franklin's (2)
Here Comes Sunshine (2) Lazy Lightning (2)      Let it Grow (2)
Looks Like Rain (2)     Lost Sailor (3)         Not Fade Away (2)
Passenger (2)           Sugar Magnolia (2)      Victim (2)
Wheel (2)               Uncle Johns Band (2)    Althea
Attics of My Life       Bid You Goodnight       Black Peter
Blues for Allah         Brokedown Palace        Brown Eyed Women
Casey Jones             Corina                  Cosmic Charlie
Cryptical Envelopment   Deal                    Dear Mr Fantasy
Death Don't Have No M   Easy Wind               Foolish Heart
Good Morning Little Sch Hard to Handle          He's Gone
Jackstraw               King Bee                Lovelight
Masterpiece             Memphis Blues           Must've Been the Roses
New Speedway Boogie     Other One               Picasso Moon
Row Jimmy               St of Circumstance      Stronger than dirt....etc
Sugaree                 They Love Each Other    US Blues

*** Least Favorite Songs ***

About 10% of the people who replied said they didn't have any songs they
didn't like. I find it hard to believe personally.

Corina (7)
Hell in a Bucket (7)
Ship of Fools (6)
Victim or Crime (6)
Don't Ease (5)
Little Red Rooster (5)
Wave to the Wind (5)
Long Long Way (4) {"this song is way too long"}
                  {"long long long long long way home"}
Picasso Moon (4)
Saturday Night (4)              
Truckin (4) {"just a little tired of it"}
Black Peter (4)
Around & Around (3)
CC Rider (3)
Drums/Space (3)
I Need a Miracle (3)
So Many Roads (3)
Tennessee Jed (3)
Throwing Stones (3) {"good song, but they play it too much"}
Walkin Blues (3)
Big River (2)
Dupree's (2)
El Paso (2)
Good Lovin (2)
Looks Like Rain (2) {"unless Bobby's really jammin"}
Memphis Blues (2)
Promised Land (2)
Push Comes to Shove (2) {"so glad it's gone"}
Queen Jane (2)
Touch of Grey (2)
Watchtower (2) [hard to believe!]
West LA Fadeaway (2)
Baby Blue
Brown Eyed Women
Cold Rain & Snow
Comes a Time
Crazy Fingers                   
Dancin in the Streets {"after 1972"}
Day Job {"Ooh, gawd, Day Job still haunts me!"}
Deal
Dear Mr Fantasy
Desolation Row {"only cuz it always seems like filler for tech problems"}
Eyes of the World
Foolish Heart
Gloria
He's Gone
Knockin on Heaven's Door
High Time
Iko Iko
Johnny B Goode
Let it Grow
Loser
Lovelight
Masterpiece {"not always disliked, just overplayed currently"}
Mexicali Blues
Mighty Quinn
One Last Time
Playin in the Band
Spoonful
Stagger Lee
Standing on the Moon
Sugar Mag
To Lay Me Down
US Blues

*** Best Venue ***

Alpine Valley, East Troy,  (4)
Deer Creek (4)
Frost Amphitheater, Stanford, CA (4)
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario (2)
Fox Theater, Atlanta, GA (2) {"anybody remember the Hurricane Gloria
   tour?"}
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (2)
Henry J Kaiser, Oakland, CA (2) {"My favorite because a: great wood floors
   b: there is a hallway entrance RIGHT NEXT TO THE STAGE, so if you get a
   sudden urge to be very close on the floor, right next to the speakers,
   no problemo jose!"}
Zenith, Paris (2) {"The only drawback with this place is that it's 5000+/-
   miles away. The theater is small. There are seats in a half-moon shape
   (like a horseshoe), and there is a floor in the middle. There was no
   bad spot anywhere. As I remember it, beer was something like $2 for
   Heniekin or Becks (I forget which) and they would just hand you the
   can. The outside hallway was darkly lighted with nooks and crannies.
   A perfect scene"}
Boston Garden
Cafe a-go-go, NYC
Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
Cape Cod Coliseum, Cape Cod, MA
Compton Terrace, Tempe, AZ {"although it is terribly managed, the sound
   was by far the best I've heard"}
Fox Theater, St Louis, MO
Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT [!]
JFK Stadium
Laguna Seca, ,CA
? ,Las Vegas, NV
McNichols Arena, Denver, CO
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY [this has got to be a joke response no?]
Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL
Radio City Music Hall, NYC
Red Rocks Amp, Morrison, CO
Shoreline Amp, Mountain View, CA
Silver Stadium, Rochester, NY
Star Lake, PA
Winterland, SF, CA
W.Y.U. Coliseum, ? , ?
Veneta Fairgrounds, Veneta, OR

*** Worst Venue ***

Capitol Centre, Landover, MD (4) {"Crap Center"}
RFK (3) {"lame scene, stadium sound, the cops were #$!*&@"}
Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (3)
Brendan Byrne Arena (2)
Oakland Coliseum (2)
Irvine Meadows (2)
LA Coliseum (2)
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (2)
Richfield Coliseum, OH (2)
Buckeye Lake
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
Carter/Finley Raleigh, NC
Charlotte Coliseum
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Kiel Aud, St Louis, MO
Madison Square Garden, NYC
Oakland Stadium (outdoor), Oakland, CA
Omni, Atlanta, GA
Shoreline Amp, Mountain View, CA
Soldier Field
Centrum, Worcester, MA {"Nazi-style security."}
World Amphithear
World Music Theater [same as above?]

*** Best Show ***

4/8/71
10/27/79
4/7/85
7/18/89
10/9/89
2/24/91
3/20/92
10/10/82 Frost Amp
10/8/89 Hampton {"The return of Help->Slip, my first AWBYG, best Dew I've
   ever seen."}
11/78 Uptown, Chicago
12/12/90 McNichols
12/27/89 Oakland Col
12/3/92 McNichols
12/31/72 Winterland
3/14/81 Hartford
4/2/89 Pittsburgh
4/3/89 Pittsburgh
5/31/92 Vegas
6/20/92 RFK
6/25/91 Sandstone {"Comes a Time"}
6/28/92 Deer Creek
7/15/88 Greek
7/22/84 Ventura
8/16/91 Shoreline
84 Alpine Valley
9/10/91 MSG
9/19/90 MSG
9/26/91 Boston
9/5/91 Richfield
92 Star Lake
92 Vegas
69 Cafe a-go-go NYC
83 City Island, PA
90 MSG {"..when Bruce Hornsby first started playing with them and they did
   their first Bruce/Vince Dark Star which has to be among the best ever"}
82 Fox Theater, Atlanta {"encore: Uncle Johns Band"}
Frost
Hampton
Hartford
87 Laguna Seca

*** Worst Show ***

Again, about 10% said they never went to a bad show.

Buckeye Summer 92 (2) {"I was embarresed to be a deadhead"}
6/1/91 LA Coliseum (2)
6/8/74
3/14/81
7/4/86
10/12/89
6/26/92
3/3/92 Omni
4/3/88 Hartford
5/23/92 Shoreline
7/6/86 RFK
7/73 Watkins Glen
8/24/85 Boreal Ridge
9/20/88 MSG
92 Deer Creek
Cap Center 87
Carter Finley 90
New Haven Early 80's
Irvine 83
Soldier Field
Warfield Benefit Shows
{"Well, actually, the worst ever was a show in Hartford where I got my
   sweet little head bashed in by the A-Team. I was too **** to get out
   of the way fast enough for Bob's limo to make a quick getaway.
   (stumbled back there by accident; paid dearly) Which make me partial
   to Jerry."}

*** Favorite Tape ***

5/2/70
4/8/71 Boston, MA
4/28/71 Fillmore East
11/7/71
2/?/72 Portchester
7/26/72
7/18/76 Orpheum, SF
9/25/76
2/26/77
3/18/77 Winterland
5/7/77 Boston Garden
5/8/77
5/9/77
9/3/77
11/5/77
7/8/78 Red Rocks
1/15/79 Springfield
7/14/84 Greek
7/22/84
3/27/88 Hampton
5/9/88 Cornell
7/15/88
7/17/89 Alpine
10/9/89
9/19/90
3/8/92 Cap Center
5/24/92 Shoreline

*** Fantasy Location ***

"My Living Room" (2)
The White House (2)
"At My Place"
"My Backyard"
Acadia National Park, Maine
Carleton COllege, Northfield, MN {"The Hill of Three Oaks at Carleton
   College, Northfield, MN in mid-June, daytime into the dark..."}
Cat's Cradle (a local club)
Colombo, Sri Lanka {"... on the green in front of the Galle Face Hotel by
   the sea where we used to play baseball"}
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands {"great!!!! accoustics"}
Eastman Theater, Rochester
Eckerd College, St Petersburg {"in the field behind the dorms at Eckerd
   College which is right on the water (Gulf)."}
Fillmore West
Flaam, Norway
Flying Saucer
Northern Calif Beach {"Up along Hwy 1 between here and San Francisco,
   there is a big beach with cliffs all around -- it would be really
   nice. Cold, though."}
In Nepal
Key West
Temples of Khajuraho, India {"very intense energy spot"}
Western Michigan Fungus {"On top of the world's largest fungus, in the
   western upper peninsula of Michigan (Near Iron Mountain)"}
Mountaintop in Nepal
Madison Square Garden
Mt Washington, NH {"There is a really nice hotel..."}
Namche Bazar, Nepal {"it's a beautiful natural ampitheater surrounded by
   the Himalayas..."}
Northwest Territories
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
On a Dead Only Cruiseship {"No ticket hassles, no cops, no traveling"}
Pokhara, Nepal
Red Rocks
Shawnee Natl Forest, IL
Summit Cove, Dillon, CO
Temples of Khajuraho
The Gorge, George, Washington {"This place called The Gorge". Indescribably
   beautiful, overlooking the Columbia, great sound, basically a great
   place"}
Tropical Beach (Hawaii)
Verde Valley School Amp, Sedona {"..nestled in the red rock canyons"}
West Park, Ann Arbor
Yellowstone
Yosemite
{"Someplace where the could erect the wall of sound, fit everyone who
   wanted to come, no wind to carry away the sound, no cops..."}
{"North Finland under the midnight sun!"}

*** Best Party Scene ***

7/84 Alpine Valley (Alpine Valley) (3) {"parking lot after the first show
   camping allowed, what a blast!"}
Laguna Seca (3) {"We called it Merchants Row 'Minglewood'. What a spot!!!!!
   Weeeeeeeeeeee:):):):):):):):) (loved those days)"}
Oakland (2) {"I like Oakland, because the venue is used to the Dead and
   they handle the crowds well."}
7/18/89
12/31/90 Oakland New Years
7/7/89 JFK
Buckeye Lake, Ohio {"party lasts all night because nobody could leave even
   if the wanted to!"}
Buffalo
Cal Expo
Cap Center
Charlotte, 89
City Island, PA
Deer Creek 91
Englishtown
Fox Theater, Atlanta {"There was a hotel across the street from the theater
   that was like Deadhead heaven. There were heads sleeping in the
   hallway and lobby. The bar was packed with heads and the bartender was
   taking tapes to play on the stereo system. The restaurant in the hotel
   was so overwhelmed by the business that I think the employees quit or
   at least left. People were cooking their own food, bussing tables, etc.
   It was a blast!"}
Giants Stadium
Greek Theater
Hartford 5/10/80
JFK (10/29/?)
Marin 84
Nassau
Orlando
Rich Stadium {"behind the houses on route 5, any year!"}
Soldier Field, Chicago {"I'm not really in to the party scene, but it was
   fun to walk around downtown Chicago"}
Vegas, 91
Veneta Fairgrounds
Warfield
Watkins Glen
Winterland

*** I voted for ***

Clinton 79%
Marrou 3%
Did Not Vote 6%
Perot 3%
Wavy Gravy 3%
Hagelin (Natural Law Party) 3%
Declined to State 3%

*** Average Maximum Distance Traveled = 1682.35 miles
    [The low was 100 miles, and the high was 7000 miles]

*** Quit Job for a Dead Tour? 88% No 12% Yes

*** Where do you usually hang out during a show?

 Center - 17%
 Varies - 24%
 Stage Right - 20%
 Roam - 32%
 Stage Left - 7%

*** Where do you currently call home?

East of Mississipi - 62%
West of Rockies - 31%
Between Rockies & Miss - 6%
Finland - 2%

*** How much longer do you think the Dead will play? 6.96 yrs
    [three people said "another 25 years"]

*** Average number of shows - 65.75
    [This was surprising for me. I thought the number would be much higher
     the low was 1 show and the high was 425 although most were in the
     20-40 range]

*** Average years been going to Dead shows - 9.75

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