John Cipollina

This is sort of a guilty pleasure. I was at this and several other dead shows when John joined the dead on stage. I don't  remember if this one was Winterland or Oakland but you see Lee Oskar on harp as well as Keith and Donna. My favorite period for the band, especially 1977.

I was often backstage and can remember Cipollina nervously pacing back and forth like a tiger ready to pounce, so eager to get on stage and crank the sonic velocity up a notch. A master of the vibrato and one of the great psychedelic rock guitar players.