This was my first show of so many. I have a lot of recollections of that day. One of them was seeing MTV production crews running around everywhere, including Shakedown Street, and trying to interview Dead Heads who couldn’t care less that that day’s show was part of John Cougar Mellencamp’s Farm Aid.

Thing was Dylan kind of shot himself in the foot with the comments he made the previous year at Live Aid, and Dylan was touring with the Dead that year so…It kind of explains how the whole scenario even happened.

The first set was decent, but like most sets on that tour it sounded kind of rushed because they just wanted to get Dylan out there, and do the set with him. Songs in the first set that were begging for Jams didn’t get them, and by when Dylan joined them on stage…he’s not a fan of improvisation, or jamming so other than the coolness factor of them playing together, performance wise, it wasn’t much to write home about. There were some good shows on that tour, but Rich Stadium wasn’t one of them.

Jerry is on fire on track 12 for the first two minues, and great guitar break on track 13. Nice July 4 show!