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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1978

Runtime

6h 15m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

Production Companies

Shout! Factory

Description

The Closing Of Winterland documents the Grateful Dead's landmark New Year's Eve 1978 concert that marked the end of the famed San Francisco Bay Area venue Winterland Aena. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately five-hour-long party (complete with breakfast with the audience at dawn) and invited some guests including guitarist John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service and Ken Kesey as well as actor Dan Aykroyd who provided the midnight countdown.