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Certainly original recipe::: Alabama > Dancin Dire wolf Keep on growin B e women Sailor> Saint > Deal Happy bday, lisa Box Sunrise (dedicated to matt reynolds) Cryptical> Drumz> Other one> Cryptical Easy wind > Bird song > After midnight Midnight hour> EYES > Estimated > Terrapin > Help > Slip > Wharf rat > Lovelight (RB w/ box back nitties!) White rabbit

Oddly, the Estimated Eyes switcheroo isn't as rare as one might imagine. The Dead did it 14 times, mostly in '90 and '91. Although the most famous occurrence is probably Colgate 11-4-77. This 3 set beast looks awesome! I saw the final 6 New Year's Dead shows. The 3 set ritual slowly devolved. Proper 3rd sets in '86 and '87, then a 3 song encore in '88, then down to double encores in '89 and '90, and finally just Knockin' encore in '91. At that point, with Uncle Bobo having just passed away, the writing was on the wall. NYE Grateful Dead was no longer. Great that DSO carries the torch with such gusto.

What a beautiful evening ! This forum, Jersey City72 in particular, gave me advice on what tickets to purchase and he took me to the promised land. We drove 8 hours up in some ugly weather and grabbed a quick dinner and hustled off to the show. The seats were just perfect. I loved the music and I'll leave the setlist to others but not a bad song was played. The wonderful folks we had the pleasure of sitting next to helped make the night special. A younger couple and her parents were just good people. Blowing up balloons and handing them out, special 2019 "glasses" given out, we shared taking photos but the best thing we shared were good vibes. I just felt a special sincere vibe from these people who I'd never met but was lucky enough to spend New Years with. Hugs at midnight and more when the show was over. It was well worth the drive for the music for the great company. We drove 8 hours back this morning to Carolina with a strong feeling that we started 2019 out just right. Thank you to DSO and thank you to the cool people from New Jersey we hung with. Raleigh next !

After Midnight seemed to get everyone in my area movin’ , Including my date, so it must have been good !!

Holy shit that 3rd set

As always, everything was great! My dad got to hear everything he was hoping for (Sailor > Saint, Help > Slip, and Wharf Rat)! Some highlights/thoughts: Tighten' Up Jam in Dancin' was short but great, always love to hear it. The Cryptical > Drums > Other One > Cryptical was easily the highlight of the show (for me) and alone was worth the price of admission. Multiple themes, build-ups, etc! I was especially blown away by Eaton's rhythm playing - he led the jam at multiple parts with some awesome chord licks and progressions. Twice during the jam the song descended into space before returning to the theme with an awesome buildup. Incredible! The rest of the second set was great as well. Set three was non-stop highlights: the Eyes was exceptional and included a Skip solo, Terrapin was perfect, Help > Slip > Wharf Rat was fun and unexpected. Happy New Years everybody, Praise DSO.

That Other One Suite might be the best thing I've seen live

Love the live posting

Old School Dancin' w/ Tighten Up!

Happy New Year to all, especially the large group of friends I have met this year. Our band certainly brings together some of the best people on this earth. Dance, spin and twirl for me in Montclair tonite. Praise DSO.

Well I just talked the misses into a road trip to Montclair!!! that will complete my 2018 goal of seeing all 4 shows my legs were cramping up a bit last night but I pushed through this maybe my first seated show I wish all of you a happy new year just need two miracles at the door!

What a killer show: monster sets and tons of songs! Highlights were: pretty much everything! Scarlet > Fire, Playin' > Shakedown, Ollin Arrageed, St. Stephen, and NFA were exceptionally notable (thought I heard some hints of the Darkness Jam in NFA). Everything rocked!