40 Years Ago, the Grateful Dead Launched the Tradition of Yearly Outdoor Shows at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre

This weekend marks the birth of the East Bay calendar staple so many of us came to adore

Berkeley’s Greek Theatre. (Photo: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

I moved into the high rise dorms at Berkeley in fall 1980, took the elevator to my new room on the seventh floor of Freeborn Hall, and…