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Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Winterland for One Final Night

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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.

Directed byCynthia Sterne, Roi Peers, Haig Mackey, Vincent Casalaina

Status: Released
Runtime: 4h 16m
Language: EN
Released: December 31, 1978

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Shout! Factory

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Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia / Scarlet Begonias / Fire On The Mountain (Winterland 12/31/78)

Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia / Scarlet Begonias / Fire On The Mountain (Winterland 12/31/78)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Jerry Garcia

Jerry Garcia

Self

Bob Weir

Bob Weir

Self

Bill Kreutzmann

Bill Kreutzmann

Self

Donna Godchaux

Donna Godchaux

Self

Phil Lesh

Phil Lesh

Self

Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart

Self

Keith Godchaux

Self

John Cipollina

Self

Ken Kesey

Self

Bill Graham

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Cynthia Sterne
Roi Peers
Produced by: Jeffrey Norman
David Lemieux

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