Hardpan

Love the Rude/TB dynamic here on the forums when it comes to your current take on seeing shows. You both present the same case every time😂 My busiest year was 29 in 2019 and I doubt I’ll ever see that again. The kids are getting bigger and I want to give them more time, and I’ll admit to feeling burnt out if I’m seeing more than a few on the tour. I’ve seen a bunch of shows and I’m glad to make it fit in as I can, but I’m gonna do my best to try to make it to these 😄

This was one of those shows that reminds me why I like to keep coming back. Amazing energy the entire show, especially Scarlet Fire, where everything expanded and you could feel the whole room lifting. Killer jam out of drums, ferocious entry into Johnny B Goode where I thought it was just the two step part of Aroundx2. Everyone I talked to post show and the following day mentioned the Scarlet Fire and how good it was 🔥🔥

The Rochester minor league baseball stadium show is fun, they usually play there every year. Not a huge venue but still a fun time and great place to see DSO.

Recently tried Mike’s Amazing Mayonaisse, if you see it in the store it may be worth breaking your allegiance to your favorite brand to give it a shot. Good stuff 👍

Hey Jen, depending on heavily sold the venue is (which will probably be the case on NYE) sometimes they will wristband for the floor, so you could only get down there if you have GA. If it’s packed, though, the floor will be tough to find a space to dance. You’ll still be able to get down to the front lobby section, which is ok for space albeit a little quiet. Some dancers will also take up residence in the upper hallway, also pretty good for space but not very loud. Hope this helps, see you there!

This show was indeed killer, I left the venue completely soaked from dancing my brains out the entire night in the upper balcony floor. Looking forward to the Cap run for New Years 🌋⚡️🌪️

Well, that’s a great review! Glad you got out to see a show and great to see a good ole happy, detailed, glowing review!

Just did a quick dive, and wow! Great job and thanks a lot. I’ve wished for a searchable online Deadbase and this feels like just the thing, amazing work ⚡️⚡️

I talked to a guy like this at a show, he was so mad about the setbreak and drums and space in particular and also saying how these guys aren’t the Grateful Dead and being mad they didn’t play Terrapin or Eyes or another one of his favorites. Pretty sure he left during drums and space. I thought it might be the same guy but the show I saw was an 85 smoker at the Stone Pony. This guy was really going out of his way to communicate to me how shitty of a time he was having 😂😂

We gotta get back with the kids and see more stuff, need some time there to explore.

Assembly Center (Lousiana State U), Baton Rouge, LA (10/16/77) Promised Land Sugaree Cassidy Loser New Minglewood Blues Friend of the Devil Sunrise Dire Wolf Music Never Stopped Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet drums The Other One Good Lovin' Terrapin Station Black Peter Around and Around U.S. Blues Ripple

Tonight was killer. I had a lot more fun, felt acclimated to the altitude and spent the whole night down in the first few rows twirling around in circles 😄. After another short rain delay, the sun came out bright and hot. The band came out breathing fire right out of the gate, and the crowd really felt electric and fully into it. Lisa killed it on Strange Man, really enjoyed hearing Liberty and So Many Roads, it’s been a while since I’ve seen either song played. Skip started off on oxygen in Tom Thumb’s, love his substitutions in there and this one was great. The crowd was really into the “spent a little time on the mountain” line. Alligator was a lot of fun, and Mountain Jam was a nice treat. Was, of course, as always, hoping for the Dew, and it felt like its arrival was being foreshadowed throughout the second set with some of the 80s pre Dew songs. Gimme Some Lovin, Wheel and Watchtower had me feeling like maybe it could be coming and it was a surprise to get it out of GDTRFB. The Morning Dew was perfect with Jeff nailing the vocals with emotion. Skip was also killing it all night and was laying out the big bombs during Dew. Really enjoyed being down in front and watching the band when I was able keep the front of my body aimed at the stage, resting up tonight and hoping to drive to Yellowstone early tomorrow morning, that was fun😁

Hey Pocky Way Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo Black Throated Wind Liberty Strange Man Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues Run For the Roses Easy Wind So Many Roads Shakedown Street New Speedway Boogie> Gimme Some Lovin’> Corrina> Alligator> Drums> Alligator (with Mountain Jam)> The Wheel> All Along the Watchtower> Going Down the Road Feeling Bad> Morning Dew Lonesome and a Long Way From Home

Well, what a great start to three nights at this amazing venue. We got in over here on Thursday, have been driving around this beautiful area, it’s really cool here. Rode the gondola to the top of the mountain, where there are a couple buildings under construction. Passed by few food trucks and a beer tent, to the concert area, a small flat area followed by a short, steep incline up to another flat area at the top. Started down at the bottom and spent most of the time up top enjoying the view of the stage, with the staggering expanse of Grand Teton National Park providing the backdrop. Start time was scheduled for 6pm, had a rain delay of maybe 30-45 minutes, but the storm passed quickly and the sun came out and warmed everything back up. Love the early start outdoor shows, sun was setting early in the second set. I had a good time and the band sounded excellent but I had a hard time getting my legs, usually seem to run into that on the first night of a run, where it could be any number of factors, but I think the elevation was giving me trouble so I took it easy most of the night. Gonna go hit em again tonight with renewed vigor, probably gonna go poke around here again today and see what we can see. Thanks DSO for playing here, been wanting to visit here for a while and this was the perfect time 😄

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (2/24/73) Bertha Mexicali Blues Brown Eyed Women Looks Like Rain Loose Lucy Beat it on Down the Line China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Jack Straw Here Come Sunshine El Paso Box of Rain Tenessee Jed Playing in the Band They Love Each Other Greatest Story Ever Told Row Jimmy Big River Ramble On Rose Me and Bobby McGee Truckin' Nobody's Jam Eyes of the World Sugar Magnolia Johnny B. Goode