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What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? (most would answer aRrrrr) In your best pirate voice: Some would say it’s the Rrrrr, but really, it’s the Ccccccc!!

I’m picturing a bull being released into the ring at the rodeo. Glad you got a killer show for your return😀

Sugaree opener, that had to be fun!

I’ve reversed my opinion on Keep on Growing, enjoy it now, but I like the way you put it😄

Best wishes for you to get well soon, Doc!

It looks like this fall tour has one 3 day weekend to kick it off, followed by a five day gap and then 13 shows in 17 days, a couple Tuesdays and even a Monday. Looks pretty good except that a couple in my driving range if it was a weekend are on Tuesdays. Glad to have Long Island coming up the weekend after Thanksgiving, can’t make anything else this round.

Civic Hall, Rotterdam, Netherlands (5/11/72) Playing in the Band Sugaree Mr. Charlie Black Throated Wind Deal Chinatown Shuffle Mexicali Blues China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Hurts Me Too Beat it on Down the Line Brown Eyed Women Jack Straw Big Railroad Blues Casey Jones Good Lovin' Morning Dew Me and My Uncle Two Souls In Communion El Paso Tennessee Jed Next Time You See Me Dark Star drums Dark Star Sugar Magnolia Caution Who Do You Love Caution Truckin' Uncle John's Band One More Saturday Night

City Hall, Newcastle, England (4/11/72) Greatest Story Ever Told Deal Mr Charlie Black Throated Wind Tennessee Jed Big Boss Man Beat it on Down the Line Sugaree Jack Straw Chinatown Shuffle China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Playing in the Band Next Time You See Me Brown Eyed Women Looks Like Rain Big Railroad Blues Casey Jones Good Lovin' Ramble On Rose Truckin' drums The Other One Comes A Time Sugar Magnolia E:Brokedown Palace F: One More Saturday Night

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands (5/10/72) Bertha Me and My Uncle Mr. Charlie China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Black Throated Wind Next Time You See Me Loser Jack Straw He's Gone Chinatown Shuffle Playing in the Band Big Railroad Blues Big Boss Man Greatest Story Ever Told Casey Jones Truckin' drums The Other One Bobby McGee The Other One Wharf Rat Beat it on Down the Line Two Souls In Communion Ramble On Sing Me Back Home Sugar Magnolia Not Fade Away Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Not Fade Away

Deutsches Museum Halle, Munich, West Germany (5/18/72) Truckin' Sugaree Mr. Charlie Jack Straw Tennessee Jed Chinatown Shuffle Black Throated Wind China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider El Paso Hurts Me Too You Win Again Playing in the Band Good Lovin' Casey Jones Top Of The World Me and My Uncle Ramble On Rose Beat it on Down the Line Dark Star Morning Dew drums Sugar Magnolia E: Sing Me Back Home One More Saturday Night

Just noticed, no Who Do You Love in there. Was definitely feeling tired at the tail end of this 4 night run of monster shows, but pulled it together and was able to keep going most of the night. Another great show, fun to hear the nightly variations of all the repeats in these shows, and to hear the band continuing to dial it in. Nice day to explore Berlin a little bit, saw some sights and ate one of the best meals of my life this evening with the best company, still in a schnitzel coma but it was worth it. Headed to Munich tomorrow😀

Musikhalle, Hamburg, West Germany (4/29/72) Playing in the Band Sugaree Mr. Charlie Black Throated Wind China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Big Boss Man Jack Straw Loser Chinatown Shuffle Me and My Uncle Big Railroad Blues Good Lovin' Casey Jones Greatest Story Ever Told He's Gone Next Time You See Me Dark Star Sugar Magnolia Caution Who Do You Love One More Saturday Night Uncle John's Band Filler: Box of Rain Ripple

First set was around two hours and I’m pretty sure they finished up right around midnight, I think 3.5 hours total or so.

04/26/72 Jahrhundert Halle - Frankfurt, West Germany Set 1: Bertha Me And My Uncle Mr. Charlie He's Gone Black Throated Wind Next Time You See Me China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Jack Straw Big Railroad Blues Playin' In The Band Chinatown Shuffle Loser Beat It On Down The Line You Win Again Good Lovin' Dire Wolf Casey Jones Set 2: Truckin' Drums The Other One Comes A Time Sugar Magnolia El Paso Tennessee Jed Greatest Story Ever Told Two Souls In Communion Turn On Your Love Light Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad Encore: One More Saturday Night All I can say is wow, just a perfect night, one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. There was a big curtain behind the soundboard, and beyond that, a huge dance floor that was a romp for the whole night. Great space to move freely and I did my best to do it justice! Every show so far has been so cool to see deadheads from all over Europe having so much fun ❤️

So sorry Rick and family ❤️

Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany (4/24/72) Truckin' Tennessee Jed Chinatown Shuffle Black Throated Wind China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Mr. Charlie Beat it on Down the Line Loser Playing in the Band Next Time You See Me Me and Bobby McGee Good Lovin' Casey Jones He's Gone Hurts Me Too El Paso Dark Star Me and My Uncle Wharf Rat Sugar Magnolia Not Fade Away Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad Not Fade Away One More Saturday Night The order of the second set was mixed around a little, I think it went: Dark Star > Me and My Uncle > Dark Star > Wharf Rat > El Paso Hurts Me Too He’s Gone Sugar Magnolia NFA>GDTRFB>NFA One More Saturday Night I might have the second set mixed up, but wow what a great time. We got to Germany from Paris by train at around 2pm, didn’t get any time in the city really, but hope to look around a bit tomorrow before our train to Frankfurt. A great crowd, many enthusiastic German Deadheads along with a lot of Americans. Found out after we ate dinner that the restaurant didn’t accept card payment 😵‍💫 Had no cash and had to take the walk of shame to an ATM, but before I got back, Jake was talking to a German deadhead who covered our bill!! We repaid him at setbreak and had a nice chat. Lots of enthusiasm on the dance floor and great sound, great spacey Dark Star with a nice feedback segment. A fun night, off to bed and hopefully up early to take a look around😃

What an amazing time. So cool to see British Deadheads who have never seen DSO completely blissed out in ecstasy, it was so sweet and made me feel so grateful for the band we all love being here in the USA. First set clocked in at just about two hours, Cumberland smoked, China Rider had the house jumping. Second set, a beautiful sequence, emotional Dew with a nice quiet space. Great listening crowd, not a whole lot of jabbering. Floor was pretty packed but we found plenty of breathing room in a little alcove in the balcony and did a number on the carpeting up there. Nice to have some time to hang out and take in the the sights and flavors of London, on to Paris tomorrow!😀

Yes, all Europe 72 shows! Gonna be an endurance test, getting excited😁

Excited to see a couple shows at the Catskill Mountain Jubilee this weekend. It was a lot of fun last year, nice outdoor space with grass to dance upon. This brutal heatwave up here has broken, looking like some great weather, 80/56 temps. Anyone else here planning on being in attendance?

Gotta give Morning Dew an asterisk, as it’s listed as “(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew” on Europe ‘72 😄

We have the same thing going through the house over here. First one kid, then the other and Sara. Fever and cough, no Covid, we were also thinking the flu, lasted around 4 days. Get well soon!

Never Trust a Woman opened set 2 on 8/4/82. I only know this because DSO played it in Providence in 2018 and my buddy Tim was so vocal in his opposition to the song as a second set opener 😄

Some great selections here, John. Listened to 11/2/84 for the first time last night based on your testimony and agree that it’s great. I’ll toss a few of my favorites out: 3/14/81, Hartford: great show throughout, love the raw tone to Jerry’s voice. Tough to pick a highlight. 7/15/88, Greek: another JohnA recommendation that has become a favorite show. One of my all time favorite Dews and a killer huge sound ⚡️⚡️ 6/18/83, SPAC: has a feeling that they’re barely keeping the beast under control, a great, almost going off the rails feeling to this show where it feels like the band is being played by the music 🌋 11/1/85, Richmond: I gotta choose, the Jack Straw is my number one version. One of my earliest recordings I had and best loved shows of all time. That’s all I have for now, listening to the SPAC 83 show right now, first time in a while, man it’s a smoker 🌋⚡️😄

I hear ya on that, Rude. It’s tough when they’re so little and tough on grandma for sure also. I chalked it up as being impossible with leaving the kids but Jake said he’s goin either way so I figured I had to give it a shot, it didn’t take much convincing and my mom agreed to stay with them. Our youngest starts kindergarten in the fall so it makes it easier. Not bringing the taping stuff, I’ve more or less abandoned doing it, it was fun and met many friends while set up but it really cuts into the amount of fun you can have. If I could set something small up that I didn’t need to monitor I’d do it every time.

Yep we’re gonna give it a shot. It’s gonna be a marathon of marathon 72 shows. It would be nice to have the break in the middle sometime but it will be nice to have time to explore a little in London and Paris. We booked hotels for all of the single nights and airbnbs for London and Paris. We figured out the travel by train, it’s all doable the next morning from city to city versus overnighting it. The one exception was Munich to Milan which was a 9 hour overnight train that bypasses the mountains. The bus the next morning is around five hours and cuts thru them. Would have probably done something like sleep on the train for some stretches but there’s the problem of having our bags with us at the show and dealing with that stuff. Me and Jake are doing the run, my wife is gonna be with us from London to Berlin and heading home from there. She’s got a friend out there so she’ll have stuff to do while we’re at the shows and will attend her second DSO show at the Olympia, her only other one was Red Rocks 2018 😄