Static Live Magazine April 2019
STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.
STATIC LIVE Magazine is Central Florida’s premier publication dedicated to celebrating music and culture. STATIC LIVE provides extensive, detailed community information from fashion to art, entertainment to events through noteworthy interviews, sensational photography and in-depth editorial coverage. STATIC LIVE is the only publication of its kind in Central Florida and reaches all target markets through wide distribution channels. Our staff includes highly accomplished contributors with award-winning backgrounds in music and entertainment; we know how much business is captured from the entertainment market. Our free full color publication can be found throughout Central Florida at key retailers, hotels and restaurants in high traffic areas. Our mission is to highlight the incredible talent, culture and lifestyle in Central Florida. With eye-opening profiles and coverage of the music and art community, STATIC LIVE readers will be positively influenced by our topical content and trending advertisers. STATIC LIVE Magazine is the most effective tool for branding connectivity with consumers in our area.
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Sept 3, 1977 - Englishtown, New Jersey:<br />
G RATEFU L<br />
DEAD<br />
Marshall Tucker Band<br />
New Riders of the Purple Stage<br />
By Les Kippel<br />
Englishtown Race Track, a track that was built<br />
for drag racing, became home to a once in a<br />
lifetime concert by the Grateful Dead.<br />
John Scher, a New Jersey promoter, who<br />
owned the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, was<br />
one of the Grateful Dead’s biggest promoters.<br />
The Grateful Dead had outgrown small venues<br />
in the New York area and found it difficult to<br />
locate larger venues<br />
to play to the<br />
ever-increasing<br />
audience of Dead<br />
Heads.<br />
John Scher had<br />
a lot to overcome<br />
for this show, and<br />
many of the local<br />
towns tried to stop<br />
it from happening.<br />
He created what<br />
he thought would<br />
be an impenetrable<br />
ring of transocean<br />
shipping containers<br />
(what you see carried<br />
by semi-trucks) around the the field. 105,000<br />
people paid to see the show, but estimates were<br />
that 45,000 more helped each other scale the<br />
containers.<br />
Photo by Les Kippel<br />
Through Mickey Hart’s grandparents (known<br />
as Grandpa and Grandma Tessel), I ended up<br />
with a backstage pass. I was there for the sound<br />
check, which sometimes gives you an insight<br />
into the show before it happens!<br />
Well, you know where this story is going! I had<br />
my camera... I’m on the side of the stage, and<br />
Bob Weir reaches down into a guitar case a<br />
pulls out a double<br />
neck guitar. I am<br />
assuming an Ibanez,<br />
as that is what he<br />
played.<br />
He literally played<br />
the guitar for 1<br />
minute. Enough for<br />
me to grab this<br />
picture. Imagine -<br />
150,000 people at<br />
this concert, and this<br />
is the only picture<br />
of Bob Weir testing<br />
out this guitar.<br />
He did not play it<br />
during the show, and to the best of my knowledge,<br />
never played this guitar in concert ever!<br />
Oh yeah... I had a camera... I assume I took a lot<br />
of pictures, but this is the only one I have found<br />
in my collection from that show!<br />
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