Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

The read

It runs long at 4h 16m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Cynthia SterneDirector
• Roi PeersDirector
• Haig MackeyDirector
• Vincent CasalainaDirector

Cast

• Jerry GarciaSelf
• Bob WeirSelf
• Bill KreutzmannSelf
• Donna GodchauxSelf
• Phil LeshSelf
• Mickey HartSelf
• Keith GodchauxSelf
• John CipollinaSelf
• Ken KeseySelf
• Bill GrahamSelf
• Matthew KellySelf
• Greg ErricoSelf

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