Protests, Makeup, and a Whole Lotta Grateful Dead in Tour '74's Penultimate Stop
1974-02-11, Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA
We’re almost there. On this date 50 years ago, Tour ’74 made its second-to-last stop, in Oakland, California. One reviewer called it “the event more anticipated, publicized, and ticket-scalped than any in Bay Area popular music history.”
Oakland being in the San Francisco area, a whole host of local bands made it out: Jefferson Airplane, Santana, the Doo…
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