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As I'm randomly want to do, the odd thought came to me today (in Muir Woods no less!) about how many times China > Rider as well as Scarlet > Fire appeared in the same show. Without much further consideration, I put the over / under at 10 times. In a shout out to count2 and www.gratefulsets.net, I knew said info could be gleaned with ease... Well clearly I'm a good odds maker when it comes to this sort of minutia, because the actual number is 9 times... Ha! ☺️ Twice in '79, twice in '80, 3 times in '81, once in '83, and once in '85. Predictably, each instance saw China > Rider in set 1 and Scarlet > Fire in set 2. (Technically one time was a Radio City acoustic show, so one might consider that sets 2 and 3.) In 6 of these shows, China > Rider closed set 1 and Scarlet > Fire opened set 2, as one might imagine. I'm sure ya'll are relieved to gain this information. 😂

I’ll play: one of the great combos for me is scarlet >fire estimated >eyes. When you get both of those combos in the same show….well…yeah. Right Chuck? Not that rare. 38 shows. Not all of them are uninterrupted- sometimes there is a song or 2 between. But always in the 2nd set and ALWAYS scarlet >fire first.

14 shows that had both Shakedown Street with Scarlet > Fire: Dallas 12/22/78 > Berlin 10/19/90. Set openers as most would suspect. Except 12/30/78 which had them both in a monster second set leading up to the infamous 12/31/78. No wonder 12/31/78 SF is so magical! 2 as encores, one of those was showcasing Brent first show helping to explain how the interplay between Brent and Jerry got so damn good ! Thank you gratefulsets developer and the prompts here to have some fun!

Gritty win for Blue Jays last night. Ensuring the Series goes back to Toronto. Quality baseball drama. Praise DSO.

77/10/29 Evans Field House, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Might As Well, Jack Straw, Dire Wolf, Looks Like Rain, Loser, El Paso, Ramble on Rose, Minglewood Blues, Must Have Been the Roses, Let It Grow. Bertha>Good Lovin', Friend of the Devil, Estimated Prophet> Eyes of the World>Space>St. Stephen>Drums>Not Fade Away> Black Peter>Sugar Magnolia. E: One More Saturday Night. Dave's Picks 33. It is a whopper. Praise DSO.

Glad to hear I'm not the only one, JohnA. Liking your post virtually. 79/02/03 instance the first China>Rider in 95 shows, amazing that duo was shelved for that long. Your thought provokes one in mine: How many times were Help>Slip>Frank and Scarlet>Fire played at the same show? (Knowing I got one 90/10/31) Well let's see... Opening Gratefulsets.com, type, type. What a know, nine times as well. 77/04/23 Springfield (S>F close the first) 90/06/15 Shoreline 90/10/31 London 91/10/31 Oakland (two halloweens in a row) 92/05/31 Las Vegas 93/04/03 Nassau 94/10/01 Boston 95/02/24 Oakland 95/05/26 Seattle All 90's occurences opened the show with H>S>F and opened the second set with S>F. Figure you were probably at a couple of those. Praise DSO.