FRIDAY, APRIL 26
1st show from 6:30-8pm - SOLD OUT!
2nd show from 9-10:30pm - TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
The Grateful Dead performed on the CU campus in Boulder four times—at the University Memorial Center (1969), Folsom Field (1972 and 1980) and the CU Events Center (1981).
Grateful Dead scholars David Gans and Micheal Sebulsky and musician Kenny Passarelli (whose band Conal Implosion opened for the Dead at the 1969 performance) will artfully deconstruct the Dead’s musical improvisations from those shows, and representatives from Spontanuity will recreate their light show from 1969 on the Fiske Planetarium dome—using archival assets from the original event!
Taking it Old School: Fiske Planetarium’s Grateful Dead Show Pays Homage to the Dead’s History in Boulder from CU Community Outreach and Engagement Programs.
Presented by Colorado Music Experience.
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HOST: G. Brown, Colorado Music Experience director
SOUND panel:
David Gans – Musician, broadcaster and author of the definitive books on the Grateful Dead’s evolution.
Micheal Sebulsky – Music theorist, guitarist and lecturer in the CU College of Music.
Kenny Passarelli – Colorado native and bassist who played with Joe Walsh, Elton John, Dan Fogelberg, Stephen Stills and Hall & Oates.
LIGHT panel:
Hank Schmidt, Chas Barbour and Patrick Cullie – Members of Spontanuity, a light show that provided visual background for the Grateful Dead using multiple image-making devices.