Grateful Dead Photographers Remember Capturing the Magic from the Pit, 25 Years After Jerry Garcia’s Death
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variety.comGrateful Dead, among so very many others: the “first three songs only” rule for the photo pit took on a whole new meaning at one of this band’s shows.“When you got three Grateful Dead songs, you could be in that pit for 40 minutes, if you’ve got the right songs,” says Jeff Kravitz. “You go shoot, like, Britney, that’s 12 minutes for those three songs.
For the Dead, you could be in there 25 minutes… and Garcia’s not moving fast.”When Kravitz first got to shoot the Dead in 1994, he found himself in the pit next to a more veteran photographer of the band, Jay Blakesberg, who was already renowned among Deadheads for his iconic portraits of the group after shooting them since 1978.
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