Grateful Dead Backstage Pass : 1981 : Rick Griffin " G.D. Skull & Crossbones !! " Art ! : Spring Tour '81 ! : February 26, 1981 ( 2/26/81 : 2/26/1981 ) - Uptown Theater - Chicago, Illinois ( IL ) : 1981 Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. ( GDP ) - Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) : Very Rare !!!

G.D. Fans !!! - and, all those who know a Nice-Piece ! of Rick Griffin Art !! when they see one ... " G.D. Skull & Crossbones " !!!  Wow ... as what would the Late-'70's & Early-'80s be - if it wasn't for this Legendary ! Grateful Dead Logo Image !?!  So-Crucial ... that it was even featured on the Cover ! of the 1981 Grateful Dead Tour Program !  Very-very nice.  Well, offered here is the Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) Grateful Dead Backstage Pass ( sticker-patch / satin ) for the 1981 Spring Tour Show - at the Uptown Theater in Chicago, Illinois ( IL ) ! ... on February 26, 1981 ( 2/26/1981 ) !!  Griffin's Fantastic ! Design-Image is the center point of this Amazing ! G.D. Pass - in ' Orange ' too - for this 2/26/81 Pass !!  This was a Historic ! Live-Dead run not only in the Exceptional ! caliber of playing that the Dead delivered at this Chicago stand in the Windy City !  But also ... this was actually the ' Tour-Opening ' run of the '81 Spring Tour ! and  1981 Touring-Year !! for the Grateful Dead !!!  And ... though this Show did happen darn close to 40-Years Ago ! - at the time, this was essentially an ' ending ' of an G.D. Era - for both the Band, and the Fans too - as this 3-Show run at the " Uptown " ( 2/26/1981 > 2/27/1981 > 2/28/1981 ) was the Last & Final ! run of Shows the Grateful Dead would ever play at the ' Music-Friendly ' & Historic ! Venue - known as the Uptown Theater !!!  The Grateful Dead played a generous Seventeen ( 17 )  Times ! at the Uptown - from 1978 to 1981 ... and managed to deliver their one & only kind of Live-Magic ! every-single-year ! ' between ' 1978 & 1981 - which, was a very-impressive & consistent ! Live Rock & Roll feat !!  Whether it was Winter - Spring - Summer - or Fall Tour ... the Dead would make it to " The Uptown " !  Which very-very easily makes this special Venue the ' Main ' Grateful Dead Chicago-Home! - by, a long-shot.  In fact ... the only other ' Chicago Venues ' that came even close to this impressive Chicago Show-count for the Grateful Dead was the Auditorium Theater - where the Band played 10-times ( from 1971 to 1977 ) - the Rosemont Horizon ... where they played 13-times ( from 1981 to 1994 ) - and ... last but most definitely not least - Soldier Field ! where the Dead played 9-times ( from 1991 to 1995 ).  So obviously, for Dead Fans - Regional ( Mid-West ! ) Dead Fans - and for the Band themselves ... the Uptown was quite the special place - with some serious ! G.D. Live-Magic memories.  And over the years - this 2/26/81 Show ( the 1st Show ! & '81 Spring Tour Opener !! ) is probably the most ' accessible ' of these 3-Shows music wise, and - by many Dead Fans too ... it is also considered the Very-Best ! overall of this '81 Uptown / Chicago run !!  A Stellar ! G.D. Pass Set for certain - and ... at least to my own eyes ... you can just Never ! go wrong when it comes to Rick Griffin Art !!  And hopefully You ! were inside the Uptown for This ! " Magical " 1981 G.D. Chicago night !!! ... Enjoy !!!!!

Grateful Dead : 2/26/1981 : Uptown Theater - Chicago, Illinois ( IL ) : Setlist >>>

Set 1 :  Feel Like A Stranger, Althea > Little Red Rooster, Bird Song, Me & My Uncle > Big River, Tennessee Jed, Passenger, Peggy-O, Music Never Stopped

Set 2 :  China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Samson & Delilah, He's Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Black Peter > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Johnny B. Goode

Encore :  U.S. Blues


Authentic manufacturer info is factory printed on back of Pass : " Fasson Crack'N Peel ".

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