Grateful Dead Backstage Pass Rick Griffin Art SPAC New York NY 6/28/88 6/28/1988

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Grateful Dead Backstage Pass : Rick Griffin Art !!! : The Multi-Colored ! " Flaming ! - Running ! ... Eyeball !!! " : '88 Summer Tour ! : June 28, 1988 ( 6/28/1988 : 6/28/88 ) : Saratoga Performing Arts Center ( S.P.A.C. ! ) - Saratoga, New York ( NY ) : 1988 Grateful Dead Productions, Inc. ( GDP ) : Very-Rare !!!!!
One of the Ultimate !! ... & Most-Colorful ! Rick Griffin Art Designed Backstage Passes for the Grateful Dead !!! -- the ' Flaming ! ' & ' Running ! ' ... " Eyeball !!! ".  An Amazing ! Piece of Collectible Griffin / G.D. Art ! ... GDP issued for '88 S.P.A.C. !!!  Wow !!!!!
Dead Fans !! ... & Fans of their Rick Griffin ! G.D. Art !!!  Here indeed is the Very-Rare !! ' Multi-Colored ' Flaming & Running ! Eyeball art design from 1988 !!!  Obviously one of the Coolest ! & most sought-after Grateful Dead Backstage Passes & Official Credentials overall ! from the 1980's Grateful Dead Era ... and really too - of All-Time !  This is a Vintage Original ( Genuine / Authentic ) Grateful Dead Backstage Pass ( sticker patch / satin ) for the June 28, 1988 ( 6/28/1988 ) Show at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center ( SPAC ! ) - in Saratoga, New York ( NY ) !!!  This Pass was only issued in this eye-catching ' Multi-Colored ! ' fashion during the 1988 Grateful Dead Touring-Year ... and, only a handful of times.  Only the Kaiser ( CA ) - Worcester ( MA ) - Cap Centre ( MD ) - Shoreline ( CA ) - and this " S.P.A.C. ! " - Saratoga, New York ( NY ) ! versions come to my mind ... right off the top of my Dead Head !  And, here close to 30-years later ... they are All ! virtually-impossible to find.  As to many Fans, this really is " The ! " Grateful Dead Pass - as far as aesthetics go ... simply because it has it " All ! " ... Grateful Dead !! - Rick Griffin Art !!! - The Flaming & Running Eyeball !!!! - an Egypt '78 Pyramid ( in the background ) - Sunshine ! - and Multiple ! Colors ... which are both Bright !! & Bold !!!  And, if you had to have just one of these Venue-Dates ' Multicolor ' versions ... I mean why not go for the " New York " Saratoga - SPAC ! version !!  " Don't Hang Off The Balcony !?!! " as Bob Weir once said gracefully - at SPAC in '85 ... remember that-one ?!  Hah !  And, how can one ever ! go wrong when the " Sky Is Yellow & The Sun Was Blue !!?!!! " ... which, as the photos nicely show - is indeed the case with this Fabulous ! Grateful Dead Backstage Pass !  How totally-cool ... right ?  Right-On !!  Bucket > Bertha !!! opened-up this Show !  And then, it was time for Mr. or Ms. Eyeball here to get down to some ... Walking Blues !!  Dang, I mean in those ! Chucks ?  Gotta love that ... Ha !  A Tasty ! Row Jimmy followed soon ! ... and, a well-well played Victim > Foolish ! to close up Set I.  Then ... Ha ! ... for a " Set II " opener >>> yep, you guessed it -- Scarlet > Fire !!!  Whoa ?!?  See what I mean here ... " The Sky Was Yellow & The Sun Was Blue !!! ".  Just-exactly ! like on this Rick Griffin designed G.D. Backstage Pass !  This happened for the 9/2/88 Cap Center Show/Pass too !  So-so ... Cool !!!  Yes, I dig stuff like that.  And too ... this Scarlet > Fire was a Heater !! right out of the gate, indeed ... with Estimated > Crazy Fingers to follow.  Then, after a pretty-much mind-boggling Drums > Space ( SPAC-E ! ... Ha !! ) - it was Brent-Time !! ... with a Stellar ! delivery of ' I Will Take You Home ' - wow, so-so nice here.  Then, it was definitely time to let loose & drive it on home ... GDTRFB ! > Miracle !! > Stella ! > NFA !!!  Smokehouse-type stuff too, on the Garcia NFA Overdrive rallies !  Buckle-Up !! because ' The Boss ! ' is in town ... at " SPAC !!! ".  Heaven's Door to close this one, sweetly ... and that was all she wrote.  Until, naturally ... Rochester & Oxford Plains This-Weekend !!!  Dang, '88 .... now That ! is what I'm talking about.  We need an '88 Box Set - Chronicling the ' Emergence ' of the MIDI Era !!!  Dang right ... who's in charge here ?!  Garcia-is ! ... or, maybe the Running Eyeball is too ?!  Just a Flamin' in that ' Blue-Sun !!! '.  So ... now you can see what this Flaming / Running Eyeball was in such a hurry for here... the SPAC ! Turnstiles ( naturally ... ) on 6/28/88 !!!  Probably had a darn good seat ! too - Rockin' Converse Chuck T's like-these ... Ha !  What a G.D. Pass !!! ... and, one for a " Grate ! " SPAC Show -- and too... The Last & Final ! Grateful Dead SPAC Show Ever ! ...  Enjoy !!!!!!!  As it's pretty hard not to with this-one ... a Colorful ! Griff-Classic !!!  Wow !!!!!
Grateful Dead : 6/28/1988 : Saratoga Performing Arts Center ( SPAC ) - Saratoga, New York ( NY ) : Setlist >>>
Set 1
:  Hell In A Bucket > Bertha, Walking Blues, Candyman, Masterpiece, Row Jimmy, Victim Or The Crime, Foolish Heart
Set 2
:  Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Estimated Prophet > Crazy Fingers > Drums > Space ( Spac-e ! ) > I Will Take You Home > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > I Need A Miracle > Stella Blue > Not Fade Away
Encore
:  Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Authentic manufacturer info is factory printed on back of Pass : " Mactac/StarLiner ".
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