Well, smack my butt and call me new born. When the Grateful Dead and Fathom Events started doing their series of Grateful Dead concerts in the theaters, I thought it was a great idea. A chance to see the Grateful Dead Movie on a big screen. We’d all seen it…at least those of us who are “deadicated” heads. Deadheads dancing in the aisles at local movie theaters across the country all on the same day at the same time. Teleporting us all back in time to the late 70’s GD show. I even attended with a few people who cried out, “THERE I AM” recognizing a younger and more spry version of themselves on the large movie screen.
This year, they’re going to do it all over again but this time they’re going to show a film that’s near and dear to your author’s heart, August 27th, 1972. A show performed in Veneta, OR a mere four days before I was birthed into the world. Had I known the Dead were playing this show days before, I might have come out sooner! It’s an epic three set show. Apparently the stage was facing the sunset and the heat of the late Summer Oregon sun was causing the instruments to go out of tune so the band retired until the air got a bit cooler and the sun began to dip down into the deep blue. The date of the showing of the “Sunshine Daydream” movie will be another notable date in the world of Deadheads…Jerry Garcia’s birthday, August 1st.
Check out the details from the folks at Fathom Events…
“Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies 2013” Takes U.S. Audiences on a “Sunshine Daydream” Trip
NCM Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment Present the Acclaimed
Band’s Previously Unreleased and Highly Sought After 1972 Concert in
Select Movie Theaters Nationwide on Aug. 1
On a blistering summer day in 1972, the Grateful Dead took the stage on the grounds of the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, Ore. for what would become one of the most legendary concerts of the band’s storied history. This summer, fans across the U.S. will finally get to see this, the most highly sought after Grateful Dead show captured on film, when NCM Fathom Events presents the previously unreleased concert “Sunshine Daydream” as part of “Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies 2013*.” Broadcast to select movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. local time, “Sunshine Daydream” spotlights the band’s epic performance against a pastoral background in the Oregon countryside. Shot originally on 16mm film and painstakingly restored to HD resolution, this special event encapsulates the quintessential Dead Head experience.
Tickets for “Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies 2013”are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. The event will be presented in nearly 450 select movie theaters around the country through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).
Special features include never-before-seen footage of the concert day as well as recently recorded interviews with key participants such as Ken Babbs, Sam Cutler, Wavy Gravy and Carolyn “Mountain Girl” Garcia. The host of adventuresome characters provides insight on the sense of community that made possible a special day when the culture came together to help raise money to keep the local town’s Springfield Creamery afloat.
With appearances by key members of the Grateful Dead community, including masters of ceremony Ken Kesey and Babbs, and a cavalcade of cohorts and Merry Pranksters, “Sunshine Daydream” stands as the definitive document of the phenomena that changed the lives of millions forever, and proved to the world that there’s truly nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.
The playlist contains all new Stereo and 5.1 Audio mixes done by Jeffrey Norman at TRI Studios in San Rafael, Calif. and mastered by Grammy-winning engineer David Glasser at Air Show Mastering in Boulder, Colo., and will include the tracks: “Bird Song,” “China Cat Sunflower,” “Dark Star,” “Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Jack Straw,” “Playing In The Band,” “Promised Land,” “El Paso,” “Sing Me Back Home,” and “I Know You Rider.”
“Fathom heard the requests of Dead Heads everywhere, and with this third annual ‘Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies,’ we’re giving them the most sought-after experience of their favorite band,” said Dan Diamond, senior vice president of NCM Fathom Events. “For one night in movie theaters nationwide, the magic of ‘Sunshine Daydream’ will become a reality once again.”
*Content not suitable for all ages
