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6/29/76 Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL Tennessee Jed, Cassidy, Peggy-O, Mama Tried, Mission In The Rain, Looks Like Rain, Brown Eyed Women, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Row Jimmy, The Music Never Stopped, Might As Well Samson & Delilah, Candyman, Playin' In The Band-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Playin' In The Band-> Saint Stephen-> Not Fade Away-> Saint Stephen-> One More Saturday Night E: U.S. Blues F: Take a Letter, Maria

Original Recipe Promised Land, Althea, Minglewood Blues, Liberty, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Cumberland Blues, Tomorrow Is Forever*, Black-Throated Wind, Box of Rain, Let It Grow Feel Like a Stranger, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Truckin’ > Easy Wind > Drums > Space > The Last Time > All Along the Watchtower > Days Between > Good Lovin' E: Baby Don't You Do It * Dedicated to Dolly Parton

How about DSO history 2001-09-08 Show# 546 Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA Click Here for Setlist GD 01/11/1979 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY This was my tenth DSO show. By then I had met and hung out with the crew after shows and met nearly all of the band, except Rob Koritz and Lisa. That night I met Rob between sets and we had a chance to actually talk. Then he took me Backstage and introduced me to Lisa. "Mean" Willie Green sat in with the Band that night on Drums and Percussion. I also met him (Didn't know who he was at the time.

Not at DSO but did attend original performance. One of only 2 Casey Jones in 122 of my GD shows.

Within every Hunter song is a couple of lyrics that are words to live by, Bobby songs too, Black Throated Wind comes to mind. Dylan lyrics too. Their cover songs that stand the test of time also contain lyrics that are words to live by. That’s what makes a show work. You shake out the angst by boogieing your sneakers away. Your head gets filled with words you need to hear. So, yea, they all invade my mind.

The best examples, IMHO, of lyrics invading one's mind, is when by whatever reason a familiar Dead song throws up a few lines that you interpret anew. For me, this is most typical with Garcia/Hunter material. It usually happens based on a new life experience, but it can also happen out of nowhere by a surprisingly fresh interpretation. To wit: despite Jerry shelving it after 3 live plays, I consider If I Had The World To Give top notch Garcia/Hunter stuff. And I digress by noting DSO seems to agree, as it pops up more than occasionally in elective shows. More digression: this shit fascinates me - what made Jerry take up great songs that he poingently delivered only to abandon them? Sing Me Back Home and She Belongs To Me are a couple other good examples. World To Give is classic Hunter, whereby its thrust is powerfully uplifting, only to go against that grain while not in obvious fashion (and of course we all know Hunter thrived on the non-obvious nebulous verse). Anyway, I'm trying to get to lines I heard in a newfound darkness. "Only if you let me be your world, could I ever give this world to you." What an awful concept, and what an unhealthy sentiment.