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Don't have a full setlist yet but I think I've narrowed it down to an elective or a show from 1973 since I know they played Let Me Sing Your Blues Away. Anyone know? Cue Black Peter EDIT - Now we have it: Original Recipe Set 1: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo ; Silver Threads And Golden Needles ; Loose Lucy ; You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) > Sittin' On Top Of The World ; Big Iron ; It Must Have Been The Roses ; The Race Is On ; Let Me Sing Your Blues Away ; Dancing In The Street Set 2: Here Comes Sunshine ; Maggie's Farm > Cumberland Blues ; Big Boy Pete ; Pride Of Cucamonga ; Eyes Of The World > Uncle John's Band > Masters of War > Sing Me Back Home > China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Encore: Walking The Dog * One drummer elective. Dino on drums. Rob K drums on encore I'm sure it was all great but that segment from Eyes forward looks damn juicy!

Further research courtesy of count2: On 9-1-79 Bertha -> Good Lovin' closed a 2nd set, whereupon the next 13 iterations proceeded to also close the last set. Culminating with the final closer on that 11-2-84 BCT show. It there would only be one more in set 2, that '93 Meadowlands show. Fascinating, for geeks at least. Also, there were 27 Need a Miracle -> Bertha -> Good Lovin', beginning shortly after 3 passes of a Miracle set 1 closer followed by a Bertha -> Good Lovin' set 2 opener. Took a few tries for them get it just exactly perfect. 😁

Heed that link above - count2's database is powerful and bad ass! I was surprised to see that there was a set 2 Bertha -> Good Lovin' in '93... and there was a show opener of it in '89. The penultimate set 2 sequence, 11-2-84, is post space and features the greatest Bertha ever, IMHO. Absolutely love that BCT show..

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I'd really like to hear some long distance running experiences from folks here there and everywhere or at least some highlights? I know we all have set out on Americas great roadways for one or three shows back when gas was under a dollar. And I've also been fortunate enough to hear travels with Dark Star through these forums and in person with you kind people. I think my longest and most trying was the Eel River 3 set show on August 29,1987. I went up and back without stopping. 21 hours to get there a half hour before the show, scoring my ounce of the prized Humboldt and to get the batteries and the blank tapes situated with my taping gear, great show then directly back in to my 79 collora right after to get back to Laramie for Monday morning class. Needless to say I had to find another recruit for the next excursion. I really went through lots of friends that wouldn't do it again. I always had the 3am-8am driving shifts and of course paid for their tickets, food, beverages, everything even a lay at the Mustang Ranch outside of Reno. Sounded good to the college kids of Wyoming when I asked if they were up for an all expense paid trip to California for the weekend (courtesy of the 40 dollar sheets) until they realized I meant only 3 days. Earlier in 87 was 32 hrs for the JGB Lawlor Events Center in Feb Totally worth getting my first Dixie Down equaling happy trails through the desert back to class for Monday morning, Wiltern March 13 and 14 also 87(couldn't miss a Friday the 13th after what happened at the upcoming recreation in Berzerkly on Fri the 13th in '84. The Alladin theater was when my cherry popped for 4/6/84~24 hrs RT one hell of a ChinaRyder and spaced into Eyes,with Bobby sitting on the edge of the stage swinging his legs during SSDD. Syracuse 10/20/84~ 22hrs RT,that town was decked out and all the houses seemed to have open doors for travellers to crash and got jack strawed...I could go on and on about 87 because the darkness of Jerry in a coma of '86 put a lot of people in "glad he's back and tjd the gotta see every show mentality ramped up when he recovered and returned. Please share some tales before you or this forum disappear. am interested ime other folks tales of highway hypnosis if got in you to share?