How the Grateful Dead took Europe by storm in 1972

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“Everybody goes,” said Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia.

their Haight-Ashbury Victorian

Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir of American rock band Grateful Dead performing at the Wembley Empire Pool in London on April 7, 1972.That was why band meetings could be a little chaotic, with not only the members and managers but also staffers, roadies and even a few stalwart fans, like Sue Swanson and Connie Bonner, who ran the band’s newsletter at the time.

Europe ’72, as both the tour and the album documenting it were known, was the first real opportunity to see what an extended sojourn might do for their music. There had been a few foreign excursions before then, notably their week-long Canadian tour with an array of bands in 1970, and even quick trips to England and France, but nothing extensive.

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