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Had to go to the American Express office in Richmond to get cash (pre ATM days) to pay scalper unheard of price of $50 for tix to this show after getting get face value for previous night and Columbia SC Halloween the night before that. One of the best 3 day runs in my GD adventures.

That 10/31/86 kaiser was preceded by 10/30/86 Robert Hunter opening for Kingfish with Bobby with a short but powerful 6 song set,: Box (on his knees by the end of the plea) Ruebin Aim At the Heart Promontory Ship of Fools (the glare he gave us was one of importance) Terrapin, all verses The 10/30 Easy to slip was incredible compared to 10/31 10/31/86 JGB opening for Kingfish 11/1/86 Berkeley Community Theater Creativity and madness class The African Queen Meets the Holy Ghost with Joseph Campbell and John Perry lectures in the morning followed by a space jam with Jerry, Mickey, and not Human after lunch followed by a panel discussion on what happened in the jam followed by Q and A. Our first time using a D5, they caught us going into 10/30 because no one was there except maybe 100 Love that 10/31/85 show, I guess there isn't an 85 show I don't love. Looking forward to field reports from upcoming DSO experiments. Hartford fest is no more. It'll be my first Jubilee!

85/11/02 Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA Bertha>Greatest Story, Dupree's Diamond Blues, CC Rider> Althea, Brother Esau, Candyman, Let It Grow. Iko-Iko, Estimated Prophet>Uncle's John's Band>China Doll> Drums>Space>Morning Dew>Throwin' Stones>Lovelight. Second of the legendary Richmond pair from late 85. Tasty Jerry selections in the first, Jerry ballads wrap D/S. Fantastically recreated by our band at the Anthem 22/03/25. Praise DSO.

Grateful Dead • 1966-10-31 (09:09) • California Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA https://archive.org/details/gd1966-10-31.sbd.bershaw.5416.shnf

Montana Wildaxe, 12/17, at the Queen in Wilmington, De. Tight local band that’s been around since the mid seventies. They can play Dead all night long but you could get some Whipping Post, Down by the River, maybe even some Superstition sandwiched into Dead tunes. They only play a few times a year anymore so it’s kind of a big deal. Ask Bixby, he knows.

Jack Straw from this show has some traction.

I didn’t have any audio issues until the second night, when I was 20 rows to Brent. So we moved back to where we were on night 1, 15 rows to Phil, and didn’t leave for two days. The massive swirl of the sound in that black cage-lookin pavilion was one intense trip. Puddles, indeed. I wasn’t sure if it was me, it was so distinct and bizarre, I’ve never had any experience like that at a show, before or since. When I finally got my wits about me to say “fuck this, we’re bailing” (likely exact quote), it was like being set free. Hey Pocky Way was a riot that second night (always was a riot, though). I grew up about 20 minutes away in just over the Indiana border, so we took Route 30 and back roads instead of I-80. We could see from the lot that people were bailing on their cars on the side of the freeway. I think these were the first big concerts at the place, but I could be wrong about that and am too high to Google it right now.