Captain Zap Posted August 14, 2021 Report Share Posted August 14, 2021 I was trying to figure out what my favorite Grateful Dead concert was and why ... I went back to my first shows and it was New Year's Eve ... 1978 at Winterland that stuck out. I just got done listening to the show and I think I hit my nail on the head. Not one, Not two ...but three sets including Dark Star and Saint Steven and TWO encores. Here's hoping Dark Star Orchestra finds this playlist somewhere in the future where I'll be there. SET 1: Happy New Year's Sugar Magnolia Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain Me and My Uncle Big River Friend of the Devil It's All Over Now Stagger Lee From the Heart of Me Sunshine Daydream SET 2: Samson and Delilah Ramble On Rose I Need a Miracle Terrapin Station Playing in the Band Drums Not Fade Away Around and Around Set 3: Dark Star The Other One Dark Star Jam Wharf Rat St. Stephen Good Lovin' Encore 1: Casey Jones Johnny B. Goode Encore 2: And We Bid You Goodnight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted August 15, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 They played that show in Baltimore, rams head on a new year’s Eve run somewhere between 2005-2010. I tried to stay vague, unfocused so as to keep it fresh but had the misfortune of having my niece’s boyfriend at the set break, proceed to rattle off the set list to me. Buzz kill. 7/12/90 RFK or 10/27/80 Radio City are my top two that I was at. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP 2muchfun Posted August 15, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Favorite show I was at…”The Mescaline Show” Springfield Mass 3/11/78 Lots of roaring and giggling in the lyrics…broke out werewolves masks. Great acid and hot girlfriend to boot. Cold Rain BIODTL FOTD Looks Like Rain Loser Mexicali Mama Tried Tennessee Jed Minglewood Peggy O Lazy Lightning Supplication Scarlet Fire Dancin in the Streets D/S NFA Stella Blue Around & Around Werewolves Johnny B Goode close second was 6 months earlier at Englishtown. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Zap Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Looks like it was 2008 at the Ram's Head @Greg from Chestertown. The New Year's shows were always a blast no matter the venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP DesertDead Posted August 15, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Well. The 12/31/78 show, as well as the shows mentioned by you, 2muchfun and Greg, are all incredible shows. This assignment is obviously next to impossible. Which year, which season, indoor/outdoor, which city, the list, the performance, the companions, the party, the journey. So much to consider. The totality of it all brings me to humbly offer up the best Monday of my life: July 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley. Setlist Let the Good Times Roll Feel Like a Stranger Built to Last Me and My Uncle Cumberland Blues It's All Over Now Row Jimmy Masterpiece When Push Comes to Shove Music Never Stopped China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Playin' in the Band Uncle John's Band Standing on the Moon drums The Wheel Gimme Some Lovin' Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad Not Fade Away We Bid You Goodnight Johnny B. Goode *First Bid You since your show, Captain. 😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted August 15, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 3/31/87 was another nice one I got to experience live and in person. That night’s first two tunes, Jack Straw and Franklin’s are worth mentioning for Likeeveryone’s request for favorite two song combo. Tons of energy there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tea Posted August 15, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Greg from Chestertown said: 3/31/87 was another nice one I got to experience live and in person. That night’s first two tunes, Jack Straw and Franklin’s are worth mentioning for Likeeveryone’s request for favorite two song combo. Tons of energy there. That Desolation is a romp! That FM broadcast was One of my fave tapes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandflea Posted August 15, 2021 Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Merriweather - June 30 1985. Mississippi Half-Step C.C. Rider Brown Eyed Women Mama Tried Mexicali Blues Keep on Growing Big Railroad Blues Looks Like Rain Don't Ease Me In Shakedown Street Samson and Delilah Gimme Some Lovin' He's Gone Cryptical Envelopment drums The Other One Stella Blue Around and Around Sugar Magnolia U.S. Blues 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Zap Posted August 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2021 Fall 1981 there was a three show run at the Greek Theater, University of California in Berserkly. All three shows (September 11 through September 13th) were really awesome. The huge tie-dyed tapestry behind the stage was memorable. China/Rider to end the first set and no slow going into the second set with Scarlett/Fire ... what a great buzz to feed on. I can say that this show on September 12, 1981 was the stuff that kept me coming back for more. Set 1: Shakedown Street Greatest Story Ever Told Friend of the Devil El Paso Bird Song Cassidy Tennessee Jed Looks Like Rain China Cat Sunflower I Know You Rider Set 2: Scarlet Begonias Fire on the Mountain See See Rider Blues Estimated Prophet Eyes of the World Drums Not Fade Away Wharf Rat Around and Around One More Saturday Night Encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Good Lovin' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Rude Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 That’s a great setlist! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 The closing of Winterland show was one of the shows that really turned me on to the Dead. Dcfrank and when I posted as rickE listened to that show over and over again in our early college years. I was already listening some but those years were transformative in my transition from a fan to what some may call a Head. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Zap Posted August 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Indeed Mason's Child ... I had not been on the bus for long but was enticed by new friends I'd made earlier in the year to make it to this show in specific. The show went on forever as Bill Graham was hell bent on showing all of us a good time and ignoring the local ordinances. Champaign and eggs for all who braved the night. It was the longest show I ever went to and stuck with me for decades. I still hail this show as the perfect storm. An historic venue on it's final night with thousands of like minded individuals ... shaking our bones through the night and into the morning. They finally broke their Dark Star silence and hearing those first chords coming from Jerry's guitar .... WOW It was an incredible night that had I not been there ... would have left a crater in my soul 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Long drive today. I’m firing up some of these favorites that you were on attendance for you guys gave up. Started with the closing of winterland. Dark star just commenced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Coming coming coming around got me running in circles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Mescaline show next. I believe brad is referring to 5/11/78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP 2muchfun Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Yes typo! 5/11/78…enjoy roars and giggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Yup. I will probably have time for one more. We stopped in Colby where they have a park at the gas station. The girls are playing. We gonna go 80s next. Not sure which one yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Greg from Chestertown Posted August 17, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 Go 3/31/87! Killer desolation row, in the dark was released that day. Touch second set opener. A bunch of other hilights that I am blocking on right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Tom Banjo Posted August 18, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 You convinced me. Jack straw has begun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Zap Posted August 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2021 After the 3 set shows at the Warfield and Radio City Music Hall in the Fall of 1980 I took a month long respite. On November 30 I found my self in Atlanta at the Fox Theater. No disappointment ... it was a barn burner in an ornate venue ... First Set · Feel Like a Stranger · Loser · Cassidy · Ramble On Rose · Little Red Rooster · Bird Song · Me and My Uncle · Big River · It Must Have Been the Roses · Lost Sailor · Saint of Circumstance Second Set · Deal · Scarlet Begonias · Fire on the Mountain · Samson and Delilah · Ship of Fools · Playing in the Band · Drums · Space · The Wheel · China Doll · Around and Around · Johnny B. Goode Encore: · Uncle John's Band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum MVP Ammagamalin Crew Posted September 7, 2021 Forum MVP Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 My first show was today back in 1983 followed by my second show the next night. I wasnt fully on the bus to be at the first night of the three or to follow down to santa fe afterwards 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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