BillK522

Seems 1989 gets a little lost in the mix on the appreciation scale. My biggest year with the band, so maybe the view is a little skewed. Early part of the year full of quality non MIDI Jerry shows and Hampton began amazing late run that ended with Brent. The cherry on top the JGB Fall Tour if you want to add that. Praise DSO.

26/10/26 Miami Arena, Miami, FL Set 1: Foolish Heart; Little Red Rooster; Stagger Lee; Me And My Uncle → Big River; Brown Eyed Women; Victim Or The Crime → Don't Ease Me In Set 2: Estimated Prophet → Blow Away; Dark Star → drums → space → The Wheel → All Along The Watchtower → Stella Blue → Not Fade Away Encore: And We Bid You Goodnight The bus tangled with a semi on I-95 just north of Jacksonville, leaving us with no side window and a rear panel smashed in to the point that the spare tire would not fit in the rear wheelwell. After a few hours of glass removal and banging on metal, a visit to a hardware store for a piece a plexiglass, we limped into Miami. This show made all the tribulations worth it. The Dark Star just killed. Consumed the show from the eighth row on the aisle Jerry's side, he saw a lot of me that year. It was 37 years ago today. Praise DSO.

I wish my team would put the ball in play instead of striking out 15x a game, be game aware, and support their pitcher with button up defense. Go Brewers. Go Rays. Go Guardians. Dodgers, not so much. Praise DSO.

80/10/14 Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA Acoustic: Dire Wolf; Dark Hollow; It Must Have Been The Roses; Cassidy; I've Been All Around This World; Monkey And The Engineer; China Doll; Heaven Help The Fool; Bird Song → Ripple Set 1: Alabama Getaway → Greatest Story Ever Told; Friend Of The Devil; Me And My Uncle → Mexicali Blues; Candyman; Little Red Rooster; Tennessee Jed → Let It Grow → The Wheel → The Music Never Stopped Set 2: Scarlet Begonias → Fire On The Mountain; Estimated Prophet → Terrapin Station → Playing In The Band → drums → space → I Need A Miracle → Uncle John's Band → Morning Dew → Playing reprise → Good Lovin' Encore: U.S. Blues; Brokedown Palace Thanks Gratefulsets. Have been paying attention to these lists with the looming Reckoning recreation at the Anthem. It will be a full night of music in DC. Can I interest you in LIG>Wheel> Music close to the first? It was 46 years ago today. Praise DSO.

Spun this one on yesterday's bike ride. Stunning. Band locked in from the jump. A Star for the ages. Praise DSO.

I have yet to dance in the sand. Count down those days. Praise DSO.

89/10/09 Hampton Colisuem, Hampton, VA Set 1: Feel Like A Stranger; Built To Last; Little Red Rooster; Ramble On Rose; We Can Run; Jack-a-Roe; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Row Jimmy; The Music Never Stopped Set 2: Playing In The Band → Uncle John's Band → Playing reprise → Dark Star* → drums → space → Death Don't Have No Mercy → Dear Mr. Fantasy → Hey Jude Finale → Throwing Stones → Good Lovin' Encore: Attics Of My Life** * First time played since 1984-07-13 ** First time played since 1972-10-28 Notes: billed as Formerly The Warlocks Thanks GratefulSets. The 45 minute stretch from the opening notes of the Star until the conclusion of the Death Don't the most mind blowing sequence I ever experienced at a Grateful Dead concert. Praise DSO.

My Apple Wallet is stuffed with West Coast shows. Praise DSO.

LA>SLO. Not much travel for five shows. Just saying. Praise DSO.

Waking up with D/S from Saratoga and coffee. Cheated yesterday and did 85/07/01 Merriweather for the bike ride. How about Dancin, Duprees to open? Is that any good? Second set S>F, Playin'>Uncle's--chunky. Improved sound quality, everyone in nice balance and the performance itself first rate. Boy did we get spoiled in MD/DC. Praise DSO.

Riverbend show officially released in the 30 Trips Around the Sun box set. The miss for me is Blossom, which I hope is being held back for later release. Praise DSO.

You have inched ahead of me, I wrapped the Greeks yesterday. Looking forward to SPAC, had a cassette of set two back in the day. Praise DSO.

Philly show on a Wednesday. Very work schedule friendly. Praise DSO.

Still riding the high of these shows a week later. Amazing music and people. Praise DSO.

The latest box set from the Dead. Seven shows from Summer Tour 1985 3 Greek, SPAC, Hershey, Merriweather x2. Was waiting for me when I got home from Burlington. Presently spinning 6/16. Mix and performance a little uneven at times, but feeds the wacky sounds and setlists of 1985. Wild Other One following the Cryptical break out. Neat packaging. Anyone else purchase? Thoughts? Praise DSO. https://store.dead.net/collections/summer-magic-1985