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10.31.70 was the last Viola.

Now that was a show. Night 1 was cool but night 2 is why I drove 11 hours. That was one of the best shows I’ve seen. That was what you want in a Halloween show!!! You could hear the banter on stage of them talking about the original show. There were things like Bobby dropped out during this part and they did a 9 minute drums we are just doing 5 mins. Note that’s what I heard. The accuracy of that may be off but they were talking it out as they went. Made me realize it was a recreation. I wasn’t familiar with it. People kept saying 71 but the viola>Cumberland was completely foreign to me and I guessed it had to be 70. I was like did they play viola in 71? I don’t have my deadbase so can’t look it up. But oh boy. That set 1 was just a wild setlist. It made more sense that it was an early and late show as the set 1 would have been really weird for the 1st half of a full show. There were some legit heads that said that it had to be an elective right. It’s one of those reminders that the dead did so much variety it’s hard even for the most die hards to know it all. gonna be hard to top this one. Today’s show is gonna come early. At least we gained an hour with the time change.

Filler: white rabbit (shorty version) As high caliber a 3 show run as anybody could ask for. If you look at that setlist above you'll see the dance breaks were LLR and Space, 🥵😅 The execution of the whole event was near flawless in my perception. While I'd still rather be in a spinning dervish of dancers, I am a fan of the drive in concept. Thanks much to the band and crew for their efforts to feed us our fuel!!

Night #3 11/23/1978 - CRAP Centre Set One: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Franklin's Tower > New Minglewood Blues ; Stagger Lee ; Looks Like Rain ; Tennessee Jed ; Passenger ; Brown Eyed Women ; The Music Never Stopped Set Two: Samson And Delilah ; Friend Of The Devil ; Dancing In The Street > Terrapin Station > Playing In The Band > Drums > Ollin Arageed Jam > Space > Shakedown Street > Playing In The Band > Around And Around Encore: U.S. Blues

I had a terrific time Saturday and Sunday nights. Thanks so much to the band and crew!!

Met new people danced whole show great big blue moon perfect weather Perfect 70’s halloween tribute Chill venue and vibe nothing like DSO show!!!! thanks band i really needed that and into tonight for those so lucky...

Wow! Where do I begin? Such an adventure. From gathering the crew together, getting to the venue, to the time travel that the band took us on, back to 10/31/70. We played that game with trying to figure out the year of the show. We were thrown off by the combo of early tunes and two drummers. Crazy elective? When discussing at half time, we had to remind ourselves that there was a sliver of time when Mickey was in the band pre ‘74. Lisa’s absence helped us figure it out, gotta be pre ‘72. Lisa added harmonica on a couple of tunes but got to spend time on the sidelines being a fan, dancing and watching Dark Star Orchestra perform. I thought that was cool. Everyone in the band was tight, hot, and on fire! Nothing but fun from beginning to end. I really needed a show, been pressured, stressed lately, had a lot to shake out. It took all night, but I got that taken care of. Thankful that the band rocks as hard as they do for as long as they do. Another great night. Enjoyable set list. I like it when the band takes us back in time, before my time immersed with the Grateful Dead. Now it’s time to go ahead and say it. They’re not the best at what they do, they’re the only ones who do what they do.