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Field House (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Troy, NY (5/7/78) (1) Jack Straw Dire Wolf Mexicali Blues Mama Tried Tennessee Jed It's All Over Now Friend of the Devil Passenger Brown Eyed Women Music Never Stopped (2) Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet He's Gone drums Iko Iko The Other One Black Peter Around and Around E:U.S. Blues F?

Party's at Flairblair's!

Congrats on navigating the Covid Gauntlet - Have a blast! Watch out though - The Jamacian flu can be debilitating in its own right.

It’s like ski school! Let the experienced instructors indoctrinate your children into the live music lifestyle while Mom and Dad play !

Best GD songs ever written? It’s a dead heat between Terrapin and Ripple Best non-GD song ever written? Bob Dylan Viola Lee makes me moist and lustful - A spiraling giant indeed! Never thought I’d ever get to ‘dance one’ live but DSO was/is up to the task. The collective dance vibe reaction when Viola starts up always makes me giddy - always gets a “Yes!!!” or “Oh Wow!” or after lots of dancing “Oh Shit!” Once it really gets cookin it’s like trying to ride a mechanical bull ❤️

12/31 - Set 1 was really bleeping good. Feel bad for the PITS folks who are already in Mexico - the very definition of 'last minute' cancellation.

Favorite with Jeff: 2015-5-23 Jubilee Set One: Sittin On Top Of The World ; Morning Dew ; Beat It On Down The Line > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ; Doin' That Rag ; Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Death Don't Have No Mercy Set Two: Dupree's Diamond Blues > Mountains Of The Moon > Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Love Light Filler: Easy Wind > Viola Lee Blues Favorite with JK: 2009-2-14 - Hilton Head Set One: Viola Lee Blues, Walk in the Sunshine, They Love Each Other, Black Throated Wind, Box of Rain, You Ain't Woman Enough, Bird Song, Big Iron-> Jack-a-Roe, Sing Your Blues Away, Mexicali Blues, Uncle John's Band Set Two: Greatest Story Ever Told, Second That Emotion, I Feel Like Dynamite*, Waiting for a Miracle, Easy Wind, Me & Bobby McGee, Eyes of the World-> Weather Report Suite-> Let It Grow-> Stella Blue-> Not Fade Away-> Going Down the Road Feeling Bad-> Not Fade Away Encore: And It Stoned Me * Dedicated to Merl Saunders

The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get

Agreed! New Potato Caboose is another one I'd love to see them do - been hiding since 2014!

RIP - Madden WAS football and loved Beer BOOM!

Cancellations are really piling up! I hope we can find a reasonable balance of health and risk. Reasonable and balance aren’t very ‘en vogue right now - shit, neither is hope. Let’s panic.

Flairblair! Flairblair! Flairblair! Flairblair! It’s a great day whenever you pop up! ❤️ 🎶 I’ll meet you ..

Thanks, DD. I appreciate the sentiment. In all honesty, I became a bit cool on the Victim > Foolish combo. They began to play it a ton and I got to the point that I was just chasing whales. Felt the same way for Throwin Stones > NFA. They were just taking valuable real estate away from the stuff I really loved. Right before Jerry passed I really felt like began to accept all of it (except maybe Samba ) . Something about that Tempe > Denver run. It was a charmed time for me - let's just say I was flush after being hand-to-mouth for months and months. Also - I was out-kicking my coverage by a mile 😍

You’re right, not worth it - what was I thinking? The whole show was crap - Pass Go - collect $200.

Well Shit - Better put the others up: 1990/12/13 - McNichols Arena, Denver, CO https://archive.org/details/gd1990-12-13.sbd.miller.108981.flac16 Set 1 Jack Straw-> Sugaree, Wang Dang Doodle, Friend Of The Devil, Me & My Uncle-> Big River, Ramble On Rose, Memphis Blues, Valley Road Set 2 Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin's Tower, Saint Of Circumstance, Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Jam-> The Other One-> Morning Dew-> Box Of Rain, E: U.S. Blues The playing on Ramble On Rose is a pretty good barometer for how Jerry was feeling. An absolute stunner with the St of Circumstance followed by a Turbo-Eyes. Morning Dew had great potential but Jerry somehow skipped the end - I guess it doesn't matter They made up for it by launching into Box to close the set. 1990/12/14 - McNichols Arena, Denver, CO https://archive.org/details/gd1990-12-14.sbd.miller.89127.sbeok.flac16 Set 1: Shakedown Street, Picasso Moon, Peggy-O, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, When I Paint My Masterpiece, To Lay Me Down, Let It Grow Set 2: Victim Or The Crime -> Foolish Heart -> Man Smart, Woman Smarter -> He's Gone -> Drums -> Space -> Dark Star (v2) -> I Need A Miracle -> Wharf Rat -> Turn On Your Lovelight Encore: Knockin' On Heaven's Door As great as 12/12 + 12/13 were, I think 12/14 is right there even though the setlist wasn't as thrilling for some. You want the goods? Give that To Lay Me Down a spin. I think it's a hair better than MSG 9/18/90. Serious Phil Bombs during LIG with an earth rattler at the end. Here's more goods: The solo in Foolish Heart is just perfect, The Woman R Smarter is usually not my cup of tea but this one is amazing! Just listen to it. AND Finally: More Goods? Check out Jerry's solo during Knockin - it's like no other Knockin I've ever heard. Do yourselves a favor and put this one on - it has Tea's seal of approval 😁

A little late for the 12/12 anniversary but this was right near the top as the best GD show I ever saw. Ruby put me 3rd row - right in front of Jerry. Never had better seats (that were assigned to me anyway): https://archive.org/details/gd1990-12-12.sbd.miller.109289.flac16 Set 1 Touch Of Gray-> Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Walkin' Blues, Loose Lucy, Mexicali Blues-> Maggie's Farm, Queen Jane Approximately, Deal Set 2 China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain, Iko Iko, Dark Star-> Terrapin Station-> Drums-> Jam-> All Along The Watchtower-> Stella Blue-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away, E: The Weight

Scarlet > Fire for the win!

Outside of the Live Dead album, 9/18/87 REALLY primed my urge to go see this band. Wore that mother out

Jack Straw > Sugaree

When Rude’s talkin segments and deconstruction and Bill gets snow-globed - it had to be a great show!

Do a little dance . Make a little love . Get down tonite!

Can't . function . must . see . DSO . with . friends . and . dance. uncontrollably . otherwise . I . may . go . nuts. Too late. ...AND you'll have fun, fun, fun till daddy takes the T-Bird awayyyyyyy!

Elective Setlist (1) Box of Rain Johnny B. Goode China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider The Music Never Stopped To Lay Me Down Big Boss Man When Push Comes to Shove Jack Straw Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Deal (2) Feel Like A Stranger, Cats Down Under Stars The Stranger Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain > Drums/Space > St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > Death Don’t Have No Mercy > One More Sat PM E: Midnite Moonlite

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!