Southwest Popular/American Culture Association conference in Albuquerque. Many of the papers Tuedio has presented are archived on his University webpage, and in 2010 he joined with Modesto Junior College professor (now retired) Stan Spector to co-edit “The Grateful Dead in Concert,” a collection of 20 essays from various caucus members. Tuedio had no trouble getting to the show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara this past June 28 for what was billed as the final Northern California concert by the Grateful Dead’s living
members. But for Tuedio, much of what bound him to the band — those moments when the music took him to a different place— stopped occurring when band leader Jerry Garcia died in 1995. “The synergies in exploration were no longer there once Jerry died,” Tuedio said. “I’ve let go of some aspects of the band without saying goodbye, because I’ll always have all those live recordings of Dead shows. I came to the band through their recorded music and I’m moving on the same way.”
James Tuedio’s Five Distinctive
GRATEFUL DEAD SHOWS: 8.13.75 Great American Music Hall (SF) archive.org/details/gd75-08-13.fm.vernon.23661.sbeok.shnf 12.29.77 Winterland (SF) archive.org/details/gd77-12-29.sbd.cousinit.20370.sbeok.shnf 10.22.78 Winterland (SF) archive.org/details/gd78-10-22.sbd.kempa.299.sbeok.shnf 9.19.70 Fillmore East (NYC) archive.org/details/gd70-09-19.sbd.kaplan.5217.sbeok.shnf 3.28.69 Modesto (MJC Student Center) archive.org/details/gd69-03-28.sbd.bove.3342.sbeok.shnf
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