I was at this show. I, along with the whole section of people around me, were quite vocally shocked and disappointed by the six song first set. Both sets normally had 9 songs up until around 1984.

I remember some guy saying that the band knew the first set was a disappointment, and “say they will make it up in the second set”. Umm, the guy hadn’t moved from his seat the whole time… so yea.

But as a person who found Bob’s slide playing painful… this was the very rare first set without one of those Bob slide songs (CC Rider, Little Red Rooster, Minglewood Blues etc.). A small victory.

Listening back, Jack Straw has great energy. Jerry flubs the opening lyric of Sugaree, but it is played well.

More than anything, picking out and listening/attending these non-illustrious random Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday shows, reminds me that being in the Grateful Dead was, often, a job like any other. Some days are great, some days are ordinary, and some days aren’t great. But you show up, and by showing up, it’s a win.

This is one of those latter shows. We all showed up and did our best.

fun fun fun
tasty jack straw, and saint of circumstance
hell yes

Relatively standard, Jerry sounding a little rough (Black Peter).
No significant highlights

Awesome first set!

Give this Lost Sailor/St. a listen. The vocals are suppressed, there are drop-outs, the cymbals are too high, Brent might as well have been 5 different keyboardists (god I loved him!), there are tons of flaws. Just tune it out a little and...

It's an architectural wonder. From about 5-8m it's like standing on a mountaintop watching the loose ends on p-branes intersect. Love their interpretations of the Barlow fantasies. They nail the jam in St. to boot. It's a lovely mix; the light-through-winebottle variety.

One other note. You hear Brent whispering lyrics at some point I forgot where. Sounds like someone is sitting beside you mumbling. He often did that and you hear it in places where they didn't kill his mic, particulary on '82-86. Did I mention I loved him? Lol.