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AZ proud to fire it up once again. New venue (praise Baby Jesus for the Van Buren, the Marquee was super aggressive with hipsters and heads ffs). Hoping for China/Rider, don’t care what era (beggars and choosers and all that). LFG!!

Once in awhile you say to yourself that was THE best show that you’ve EVER seen or ONE of the best shows you’ve ever seen. but soon you catch yourself saying it a lot lmao that being said, the second set of the final show of the week was up there with one of the best I’ve ever seen. morning dew to start that monster double decker sandwich was something I needed to experience PITB>UJB>umbroken>d/s>imagine instrumental with the crowd singing some of it >last time >DARK STAR>PITB>UJB. This was totally amazing. Dark star was all ready sending me into orbit when we got the pitb reprise and ujb reprise. You don’t want these nights to end but they have to. the whole week in Jamaica is just amazing and I really loved the matinee. Wasn’t sure it was gonna be topped. Something about a daytime show that warms your bones differently. But that last set was something I’ll cherish for quite sometime, especially as I sit here in NY in the snow thinking about my sunsoaked week, of great people, beautiful weather and music that makes me happy beyond words. They are second to none when it comes to re creating the Grateful Dead music and the vibes that come with it . Ending with ripple my cup was beyond full. Dark star thank you once again, much love, and thank you Melvin and JGB!

We woke up at 3:15am at our home near Asheville and by 11pm (8pm PST, haha) we heard the first notes of a killer opening Jack Straw about 3,000 miles away. Wow, talk about a long day. I was thinking about how Rude doesn’t even like to do a 4-5hr drive on show day, lol. Our son moved to Bellingham, so we combined a visit with him and these two shows. His first dso shows! His only prior exp with the Dead being a Dead & Co show I took him to in 2017 that was not very good. He was loving it last night!! Bertha in the 2nd song spot nodded 80’s to me, esp after the jack straw opener. From there it ripped. The Candyman was all melty and oozing goodness. Just love the guitar work in Brown Eyed and obviously Jeff does two. Those flourishes created liftoff!! TJed a raucous throw down and the Bucket kept us nice and sweaty up til set break. I actually called the China Rider (impressing my son, haha) which was more than adequate to get back in the groove after a cold break outside with flurries. After a soothing Looks Like, He’s Gone reminded me why I always yearn for that number! Jeff’s guitar work was crisp and emphatic. Then, the Spoonful>Jam>Drums>Space>The Wheel, wooooow! That was prob an hour of the second set and there was a lot to take in. I chose to let it take me in and really lost my bearings several times. Beautiful Black Peter and my second called song 😅 Knockin was a kaleidoscope of Dylan brilliance perfectly delivered! Don’t even need to say this, but Lisa slayed that Little Piece and left everyone with cups FULL. Venue very reminiscent of my local Orange Peel with all the shoulder rubbing and apologies to bystanders, lol. We got there right at show time to a line around the block but the band noodled and we walked in right at the first notes. Spent most of the night stage right by the ADA section where I had about a 3-4ft circle of space, best we could do. Couldn’t find Island Bro but will correct that tonite, haha! Thank you band and crew for hauling this party all over for the people that love it 😍!!

I still have about 50 of my stubs. Used a collage of them to make a gif to print on my envelope used to score Dead50 tix from mail order. 2 are full tix…11/5/77 my third show. Crowd pushed through glass doors. 7/2/95 no show Deer Creek. First stub 5/4/77 my first show Last stub 7/9/95 no explanation needed. The stories this baggie of stubs could tell…..

I used to write the setlists on the back of the ticket stubs. Required a "tiny font" level of penmanship. 😲 After abut 35 shows I could have told you the setlist for every one. Then suddenly the memory bank overloaded and said ability went poof!

I have All of my Grateful Dead ticket stubs in a frame. Got snuck into Radio City so, no ticket stub but I have a 8x10 hand written xerox flier from a guy selling glossy photos of the band on stage. My roommate wrote the set list on the back of that. Good thing, because my handwriting sucks. I tried keeping up a list during shows but am not so sure I ever pulled off a whole show’s list. I found it to be a distraction during the show, kept me from getting lost in the music. Of course, we’re talking about my brain. If I didn’t write it down at the beginning of the tune, it would get lost to eternity. Recalling set lists sometimes would take days. Younger heads need to understand, word of mouth was pretty much it for information about the Grateful Dead. Keeping track of set lists had to be done. People would be lined up using pay phones at set break to call their friends and tell them what was played. I remember running into a high school class mate in the spectrum lot eight years later. The first thing he said was, “they played ripple in Baltimore”. People who didn’t make it into the show would swarm the people leaving the show, “What they play?, what they play?”. “Any show stoppers?”. If you had a list from the previous night, there was a crowd around you in the lot. The discussion would be happening. I didn’t know they had brought back Attics until I saw it on a flier someone handed me after a show that had all the set lists from that tour. I learned about Good Lovin/ LaBamba/Good Lovin from Pierre Robert at Wmmr in Philly. He talked about the MSG show that Dark Star Orchestra just recreated. I had tickets for the upcoming Saturday night in Philly. I was pretty sure that if we got a good Lovin in Philly, we were going to get the La Bamba. Sure enough… It was history in the making, it turns out. List keepers and tapers are why we have what we have now. Once the technology advanced, the resources were already in place. Especially with Dark Star’s live shows but also with the internet, I have been taken back in time, to shows before I got started and also conquering new horizons with original set lists. I had probably only heard a hundred shows before the internet. I now seek out a new show every morning, listen to the whole thing while I go about my day. Within the last few years, the number of GD shows that I have heard has gone through the roof. It also helps that the cassette player in my truck finally wore out. Strangers stopping strangers…just to see what they played.

Yes the opening duo thoroughly helped the night lift right off…love getting Let it Rock. The whole set had me hooked and the Gimme Some Lovin drop into All Over Now was brilliant followed by a thorough and raukus Tangled…ahhh Stranger ripped and Shining Star was just other worldly gorgeous beauty with Lisa belting it out along with Jeff…damn… then dropped into a super slinky slow take your time jam into Not Fade —quite 76 style leaking over from Phoenix show it felt like…perfection… It all rocked through set and New Speedway outta space ripped hard and then back into more beauty heart space with Two Souls…damn this show was just what the doctor ordered with plenty of complex playing and jamming to chomp on… First show since July Greek…think I can lose access a bit to just how good it can be until I’m back in front of it again…ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Have a great show DD. Praise DSO.

25/02/17 Dance Lab Set One 82/08/07 Alpine Valley Music Theatre Music>Sugaree>Music, Me & My Uncle>Big River, Must Have Been the Roses, CC Rider, Ramble On Rose, BIODTL>On the Road Again, Althea, Let It Grow. Set Two 71/04/13 Scranton Catholic Youth Center Casey Jones, Mama Tried, Loser, Big Boss Man, Me and Bobby McGee, Bertha, Cumberland Blues, Big RR Blues, Playin' in the Band, Hard to Handle, Sugar Magnolia. Set Three 74/07/31 Dillon Stadium Hartford, CT To Lay Me Down, Truckin'>Mind Left Body Jam> Spanish Jam>Wharf Rat>US Blues, Saturday Nite. E: Uncle John's Band. Piercing the dark winter cold, BDP 25 provides the sanctuary of warm audio delights. Opening stanza an untouched BDP year, the Roses and CC Rider early standouts, a gooey Althea preceding a similiarly strong Let It Grow highlight the uneven first. Second an amazing snapshot of the band in transition, Mickey's recent departure and Pig's decreasing contributions, with Jerry and Phil rushing to fill the sonic voids. The band's play an unstoppable freight train of energy. Primitive versions of new material- Loser, Bertha, Playin' (5 min), along with the set highlight, a hammered H2H, which display the virtues of others from April 71. Closing sequence a Wall of Sound dreamworld, an over the top 18 minute Truckin' melting into Mind Left Body (was feeling you Tea)>Spanish Jam, Garcia going alphadog for a good thirty minutes. Most impressive. Music started at 9:30P, wrapped around 2:00A with full post show silliness and the 6A fresh donut run. Big Fun. Praise DSO.

Foggy morning coffee with 76/09/24 William and Mary. Wormhole thoughts regarding Help on the Way. To DBX. Played 110x. 75-77 27x. Shelved for 401 shows. 83-85 27x. Shelved for 284 shows. 89-95 56x. Played every year. Interesting there were more plays after the 'breakout'. All 27x plays between 83-85 located in the second set. Led to associated wormhole, how often was H>S>F interrupted? EVERY Help followed by Slipknot. Slipknot NOT followed by Franklin's a total of 8 times. Slipknot appeared twice in 1974 as a stand alone (6/20, 7/25). Slipknot>Music 75/09/28. Lindley Meadows. Franklin's Tower played several songs later. Slipknot>Fire on 91/09/20 Boston Garden. The only instance of separation after 76/12/31. Franklin's Tower not played. Left are four occurances of Slipknot>something else, all in 1976 and all followed by Drums. 1. 76/09/24 William and Mary Help>Slipknot>Drums>Slipknot>Franklin's. 2. 76/09/27 Rochester Help>Slipknot>Drums>Other One>Wharf Rat> Slipknot>Franklin's. 3. 76/10/09 Oakland Stadium Help>Slipknot>Drums>Samson and Delilah> Slipknot>Franklin's 4. 76/12/31 Cow Palace Help>Slipknot>Drums>Not Fade Away. No Franklin's Tower this evening. The Rochester and Oakland shows read like something JRAD, Holly Bowling, or perhaps our band would do in elective form. More evidence of the 'anything anywhere' setlists of 1976. End Wormholes. Praise DSO.

1979/01/15 Springfield Civic Center Springfield, MA Jack Straw, Jack A Roe, Cassidy, Row Jimmy, Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues, Stagger Lee, Passenger, Deal I Need A Miracle > Shakedown Street, From The Heart Of Me, Terrapin Station > Playin' In The Band > Drums > Space > Playin' In The Band Reprise > Casey Jones E: Johnny B. Goode F: Next Time You See Me, Don’t You Do It, Werwolves of London > Brokedown Palace

And the filler actually started with Next Time You See Me for the quad pack filler… ’twas such a doozy… All I can say is what a gift it is to have the opportunity to visit the dreamy space where there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of men… May we all continue to be able to return there to fill our cups ♥️

That Miracle -> Shakedown transition from the original shoe never fails to astound.

Springfield shows were some of the most fun DSO experiences. I cannot believe with all of his contacts Rude cannot find a federal judge somewhere to force DSO to play in a state that has no salt water on one of its borders. DSO can play Kennedy center: the Darkstar—>YMCA—>Darkstar would be epic.

Quite the variety pack there. Praise DSO.

6/28/74 Boston Music Hall

9/18/87 Madison Square Garden Hell in a Bucket Sugaree Walkin' Blues Candyman Masterpiece Bird Song Shakedown Street Man Smart/Woman Smarter Terrapin Station drums Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad All Along the Watchtower Morning Dew Good Lovin' La Bamba Good Lovin' E: Knockin' on Heaven's Door Filler: Mr. Charlie Love the One You’re With Piece of My Heart

I consider '87 the year the band was improving each and every tour, a phenomena that continued into the start of '88. It set the stage for the epic 3 year run which would follow. So while I may not think it's a great year onto itself, it's a damn important one.

During the Grateful Dead years, tracking setlists was an obsession. Obviously, there was no instant information portal, and unless you wanted to wait for a Dupree's Diamond News or Golden Road, first hand accounts were best avenue to accurate records. I attended night education classes at Maryland and met a fellow Head. One night after class he showed me these scrapbooks he had made to follow his shows. Dates, venue, lists with stubs, stickers, pictures, etc. relating to occurrances that evening. He was a few years older, and had seen some fantastic shows starting at Stanley Theater 81. I was immediately hooked. Bent my handwriting for more ornate setlists. Collected the Calvin and Hobbes comics from the Washington Post. We did our books together during a run at Cap Centre. Good Times. Every show I had pen and paper, Transscribe into the book, glue in the stub, and couple Calvin's or the sticker someone put on your shirt at the show. Looking back on them now such a lovely stroll down memory lane. Today's open question, to what degree was your Grateful Dead show attendances documented? How about your DSO show attendances? One long beautiful blur? A stack of ticket stubs? Can you identify every show you were at? Feel free to share. Praise DSO.

Got a couple still lying around. There’s a few with birdsnest handwriting that end after 3 songs. Sometimes hurling through space, time, and dimension, is a bit distracting

Down year? Debatable. Spring tour didn’t sound that way to me. YMMV

I can tell you every show in my 200+ history of GD and Jerry Band's and until I started teaching and had to learn 90 students' names I was able to tell you exact setlist for the first 150 shows. I have notebook pages of setlists from my Midwest and East Coast friends from fall 87-Spring 88 while I was still in school in Laramie and making weekend trips to the southern and northern California shows along with the whole Rocky mountain tour from RR to on the rail at Park West. Also have an 8x10 photo from 1985 that has the year's complete setlists on the back side. I'm a pen and paper lister at every show since 1992 through all the DSO shows. We got into a deal with a DAT taper that got us every 1990 show by going in on the equipment with him. Listed all Emmylou's until she started giving me her stage setlists in 1996. She gave me several handwritten setlists from her tour bus when there were no stage copies. A lot of lists came from running the D5 with the AKG460 hornhat FOB. I will admit that my first show, 2nd night RR 83, was a blur ~ tripped really hard at both my first two

Hey all, This is Mik, of The Garcia Project. I've been lurking around the forums and thought I would drop in and say hello. Way back in 2002 (I think?) I was at The Gathering of the vibes and it was the first time I saw Melvin play with John K - as DSO was headlining....They did a Jerry Band set that brought me right back to the old days of Jerry Band tour. I was backstage and met Melvin that night but I also walked John from the stage to his trailer with his guitars. We chatted for a while and I told him that I thought he and Melvin sounded great and would love to hear more of it. He said he loved it too but was very busy with DSO...Then I quipped that I might have to start a "Jerry Band" to keep it going....He said Go for it! He was so kind and nice to talk to. And now he's back playing with Melvin! Love it! Since then, I met up with Kat Walkerson, who subbed in for Cheryl and sang with Shirley for a few shows with Melvin and JGB (Stu Allen was lead at that time). I had just started The Garcia Project (2010) and Kat joined the band for our second show and onward! We both loved how DSO did the GD sets lists and we started doing actual Jerry Band set lists with the same style, arrangement and feel of the original. We built the original gear and were gifted guitars from Andy Logan (Grateful Guitars Foundation) and since then we have played many shows with Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LaBranch, Maria Muldaur and Buzz Buchannon, covering sets from 1976 through 1995! Now in 2025, we have assembled the absolute best band and crew and are out touring again through the USA. We all absolutely love and miss Jerry and the experience that was a Jerry Garcia Band show. We strive to recreate that feeling at every show. We even have a couple of shows on our March tour with the one and only Jackie LaBranch! We love singing with her and her voice brings us right back..... I saw my first GD show back in 1987 at Silver Stadium in Rochester, NY - Right after the show my friend asked me what I thought...I said it was amazing, but what if Jerry sang every song??!! He said to me, Go see Jerry Band.....I sad WHAAAAAT??? There is a Jerry Band? And the following year I saw my first Jerry Band shows at Great Woods. Hooked ever since. Ive always missed that rich beautiful tone of his guitar playing and his soulful voice and presence, Anyway, we've done a lot over that last 15 years (including recording an album of Jerry Garcia spiritual songs called SPIRIT with Maria Muldaur, Jackie LaBranch, Peter Rowan, Jason Crosby and more....) --- and its our mission in life to continue on the musical legacy, keeping true to the original arrangements, feel and style that Jerry laid down from 1976-1995. I hope y'all will give us a shot if we play your neck of the woods and Im happy to answer any questions or tell any fun stories. We absolutely LOVE DSO and sometimes get to see them when our tours cross or we are on the same bill....Cotter has even run sound for a few times. Love the band, the community and the music! We would love to join y'all at the Jubilee or Jamaica some day.....Peace, love and music.... Mik

I deduce that OtherOne is referring to Garcia Birthday Band from Portland…they just played at the Crystal Ballroom to honor the 2/2/68 and 2/3/68 Crystal Ballroom shows…I bet it was fun 😉

We were out there last year, the Menlo Park show the toughest DSO ticket I had ever seen. Miracle forces got me in the door. Thank you for the stream. Praise DSO.

Please consider my attendance at the Wilkes Barre shows during set list formulation. Thank you. Praise DSO.

So good to see you here. You guys truly help carry the torch. Through this world of trouble the music reminds us we got to love one another.

Back in to NFA after Throwing Stones… Wow….thoroughly loved this show all the way through… The room was not the same after Shining Star…wide open heartfelt beauty…

Fantastic 76er after the hiatus…love that show. This was the first Cosmic Charlie since 1/21/71 and just 5 more showed up ending with the one Tea mentioned… Those Cosmic Chucks and Mission in the Rains (just played 5 times with GD, all in 76) help make 76 unique Although this 6/4/76 show was only show which had both of those beauties in same show….😉 Glad you got a beauty DD!

Final was 9/25/76 - Landover, MD - Dick's Picks 20 I'm waiting for Desert Dead to come through with a heady review......... Inquiring minds (the 5 people on here) would like to know. That list looks lovely - and tiring

5/20 blue gate performing arts center Shipshewana, IN that popped up on CashorTrade. Someone made a mistake letting dates slip or a date. (Edit: this is actually announced on Dso tour page so not an an accidental release)) Unfortunately Tuesday before jubilee is such a bad date :(((( 7 hour drive. Would pretty much have to stay up there and head to jubilee. Getting home Wednesday late then leaving for jubilee Thursday AM makes no sense but can’t do an extra 2 days leaving Tuesday and getting home Monday. on that note even though we did a show before jubilee last year, after the Caverns gave half the crowd covid and kept bill k and toomuchfun from making jubilee I vowed to quarantine pre jubilee to avoid potential illness before the best weekend of the year. Being around 2000 people releasing aerosols on a Tuesday and the flu kicking in Friday afternoon of jubilee would be a nightmare. Can’t imagine anything worse than getting a 102 fever at jubilee and having to go to a hotel 3 days. But I’m guessing the music would sound pretty weird but more in a make it stop way. Jubilee is still a game time decision and would be GA with a backpack, AT style. 1 load

That second set was chock full of energy and bliss. Help, Slip, Franklin’s is the ultimate party starter and it did its job!! From the slow drippy Low Spark on it was pretty continuous for the rest of the show. No break, an unadulterated dance party for the last 2hrs. Not to cast shade on that first set that ripped from Lazy on, but come on, electives are for the adventurous and we got paid!!!! So love our boy Island Bro for adding to the bliss of this trip! He’s got a grate fam and group and keeping it real in PNW! Me personally thinks dso has outgrown that venue, makes Orange Peel seem spacious, haha. It’s prob the size of OP, but in a city 10 times bigger. Can’t wait to come back! Thanks to the hard working band and crew that bring this joy! You’re the best!!

Strange grateful festival at NLRQ is selling tickets for their July 25-noon on the 27th without any lineup? I'm going to confirm that Hyryder is resident band on Friday when they play Brightside in Dayton. ET assured me two years ago that they were going to be there for awhile. My band Red Dirt will be playing in the pines all weekend. I'm trying to recruit a mandolin player and a banjo to join in with my violin player and me on acoustic. All are welcome. I'll have a few harmonicas and some bean shaker percussias

With all the respect in the world for Deadbase, which has been the beloved and go to reference for decades, gratefulsets is the bomb; state of the art research portal for all things Dead lists.

Original Recipe Jack Straw, Dire Wolf, Me and My Uncle > Big River, Broken Arrow,Ramble On Rose, You Ain't Woman Enough (to Take My Man), Passenger, Bird Song, Box of Rain Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain, Feel Like a Stranger, Easy Wind > Drums > Space > Dear Mr Fantasy > I Need a Miracle > Standing on the Moon > One More Saturday PM E: Woodstock, Baby Don’t You Do It

it’s definitely great. But the way deadbase is set up and I have mine with Tabs so I can go right to every time played plus 10 other important tabs. If you don’t make tabs, deadbase can be a bitch. Now I bet at least 1 is gonna take my advice. Get some thick index cards and cut some tabs. I used sticky flags at 1st. They last a bit but eventually flattened out and hard to read.

1990/09/11 The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA Jack Straw, Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Queen Jane Approximately, Brown Eyed Women, It's All Over Now, Tennessee Jed, Hell In A Bucket China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain, He's Gone > Spoonful > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Around x2 E: Knockin' On Heaven's Door F: Piece of My Heart Ahhh the Philly Rectum! Saw some good shows there (10/20/89 was my fave). Also a place/area where some really weird bleep happened - every single year I went. It's a Philly thing I guess

Filler was Piece Of My Heart

Original Recipe Set 1: Let The Good Times Roll ; Day Tripper ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; My Brother Esau ; Hard To Handle ; Masters of War ; Cumberland Blues ; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance Set 2: Cold Rain And Snow ; The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) ; Victim Or The Crime > Foolish Heart > drums > space > Tomorrow Never Knows > Dark Star > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Dark Star > Black Muddy River > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Encore: Love the One You're With ; Volunteers ; Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu ; Ripple

Born Cross Eyed 2/8/25 Zanzabar Louisville, KY Touch of Grey When I Paint My Masterpiece That's What Love Will Make You Do Black Throated Wind Hey Picky Way Tough Mama Dark Hollow Stagger Lee Queen Jane Cats Down Under The Stars Let It Grow #2 Tangled Up In Blue Run For The Roses Sugar Magnolia Ruebin And Cherise Box of Rain Simple Twist Of Fate She Belongs To Me One More Sat Night Feel Like A Stranger Ripple Promised Land Good to see everyone!

Keeping within the 85 territory!

The magic of the park in Springfield is wonderful. It's my favorite place to see DSO. I do wish we could play there again.

Hyryder at The Mousetrap Indy February 7, 2025 #1 Tennessee Jed Big Iron El Paso Big Boss Man Hog For You Ballad of a Thin Man Doin That Rag Birdsong Pride of Cucamonga Slow Train King Solomons Marbles Chinatown Shuffle. #2 Aiko Aiko Picasso Moon Foolish Heart SHAKEDOWN STREET> Mindbender> Dark Star (v1)> Drums> Space> The Wheel> BLACK PETER. The Rub Cats Down Under Brown Eyed Women Promised Land.

Yes please, it seems Jubilee are the only shows we've been getting in this area and that weekend seldom works out for me. Used to be able to see 8-10 shows a year within a 3 hour radius.

1987 Thirty Trips Around the Sun entry, Praise DSO.

I didn't get a Unlimited Devotion until last year from Hyryder and peeps are like it's fairly common among DSO and Hyryder shows. Think of all the straight up JGB (Rhapsody in Red is a WW for me for sure) Don't know if Rob wants to get into Edward the Mad, Born Cross Eyed and Cream Puff are outrageously orbiting.. Standing on the Corner is one I never knew of until it was played. Your writings bring to surface why I'm not really into all these freakin dead cover bands around Cincy. Skilled musicians are prompted by a local promoter here, so they put the sheet music in front of them ridiculous songs like Fire, Eyes and everyone seems to be playing West LA at every show. This conversation is worthy of this forum. Nicely played Bill⚡🇱🇷💫 Thanks for setting it up.....John A around ? I did catch a Crazy Love at the Stone Jan 87, rambling back to the task at hand I do like all the Viola Lees being dropped since "me and my friends all got life round here "

And back into Uncle John’s after Imagine/before world to Give… 🤠

Strange Man, not Hurts Me Too 😉

Original Recipe Jack Straw, Let It Rock, Black Throated Wind, Althea, Easy to Love You, Cumberland Blues, So Many Roads, Gimme Some Lovin’, All Over Now, Tangled Up in Blue Feel Like a Stranger, Shining Star, Not Fade Away > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Drums > Space > New Speedway Boogie > The Stranger (2 souls in communion) > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away E: Shape I’m In, White Rabbit

Ole Miss looks good against Duke.