I was a fan in the '70s, and I've been to see him a couple times then and the early '80s. Then he got really popular and the Parrothead thing started (it wasn't always like that.) The music became more commercial, and the crowds got weirder, so I stopped buying records and going to see them.

(Speaking of converts, someone on another forum asked about your first/last/best concert. I hadn't thought about it at the time, but oddly, my first/last were both Chicago. (or Chicago Transit Authority, as then were known the first time.) 1970 and 2005. They didn't sound the same.

Best was probably Queen in 1970 or 71.)