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  • The Quest for Fire | Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum Β· March 25, 1986 | S2E06

    🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum, PhiladelphiaΒ· March 25, 1986 Β·

    β¬… Previous: The Spectrum 3-24-86

    ➑ Next: March 1986 tour recap

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    S1E01 β†’ Baltimore May 4, 1980

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 25, 1986

    Set 1

    Feel Like A Stranger

    Tennessee Jed

    C.C. Rider

    Tons Of Steel

    It Must Have Been The Roses

    Desolation Row >

    Don't Ease Me In

    Set 2

    Scarlet Begonias >

    Touch Of Grey >

    Looks Like Rain >

    Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad >

    Drums >

    Space >

    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues >

    Black Peter >

    Throwing Stones >

    Turn On Your Lovelight

    🎡 Encore:

    Brokedown Palace

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    Last night of the tour and both the band and ourselves are starting to feel fatigued. The first set does little to alleviate this feeling, but is notable for the first ever Desolation Row which clocks in at over ten minutes and sung virtually flawlessly. The great East Coast Scarlet>Fire drought continues with a spirited Scarlet>Touch that takes us not into to the promised land but to a Looks Like Rain. Yes it was a solid last night of the tour, but not getting the Fire sticks far longer than necessary.

    from the podcast:

    "We are showered in Blissful Mist, a great name for some kind of product. Alcoholic drink, aftershave, room deodorizer. Whatever it is, we’ll buy it. Few can dish it out like Bobby when it comes to post-heartbreak brooding. And kudos to Dan Healy for ramping up the vocal effects: the delay, the knob-twiddling, and Bobby’s screams, all quantifiers that life does indeed rain on your parade."

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    🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tourβ€” Complete Playlist:

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    Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year.

    ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ──────────────

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    25 min
  • The Last Sailor | Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum Β· March 24, 1986 | S2E05

    🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA Β· March 24, 1986 Β·

    β¬… Previous: The Spectrum 3-23-86

    ➑ Next: The Spectrum 3-25-86

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    S1E01 β†’ Baltimore May 4, 1980

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 24, 1986

    Set 1

    Alabama Getaway ->

    Greatest Story Ever Told

    Dire Wolf ->

    Little Red Rooster ->

    Brown Eyed Women

    Brother Esau

    Ramble On Rose

    El Paso

    Box Of Rain

    Set 2

    Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleloo ->

    Woman Are Smarter

    High Time

    Lost Sailor ->

    Saint Of Circumstance ->

    Drums ->

    Space ->

    Morning Dew ->

    🎡 Encore:

    In The Midnight Hour

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The second Box of Rain of the tour is the highlight of the set, but one would be remiss into thinking that it was the only well played tune of the set. Night two at The Spectrum and there are still plenty of surprises including the final Lost Sailor ever. Some may bid it good riddance but not us. It is a bittersweet moment, which may be eclipsed by the monumental Morning Dew out of Space. On the night of a partial lunar eclipse it is apt imagery.

    host to dish out these words:

    "A home is built on a foundation of the familiar, and no one builds a house quite like Bobby. So you gentlemen of a certain cut, gather one and all. It is time to lay down at his feet flowers, trinkets, expressions of thanks, and to pay tribute to your master, he who has propelled us into a host of adventures, unimaginable lands, and incomprehensible life events. "

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    ───────────

    πŸ—Ί EXPLORE OTHER TOURS

    Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got:

    🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tourβ€” Complete Playlist:

    GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST

    Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year.

    ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ──────────────

    ═══

    ═══

    πŸŽ™ GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST

    Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations.

    Six shows per tour. Countless fun.

    πŸ“– Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April

    πŸ“„ Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE

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    27 min
  • Special Philly | Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum Β· March 23, 1986 | S2E04

    🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    ⭐ Production Note: This episode has been remastered for better audio quality and a more concise flow. We’ve combined the previous two-set format into this single episode, featuring expanded commentary and a more curated selection of excerpts. To keep our feed clean, the original unedited versions have been removed. Enjoy this new, streamlined version of the show!⭐

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    Grateful Dead Β· The Spectrum, Philadelphia,PA Β· March 23, 1986 Β·

    β¬… Previous: Hampton Coliseum 3/21/86

    ➑ Next: The Spectrum 3/25/86

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    S1E01 β†’ Baltimore May 4, 1980

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 23, 1986

    Set One

    1. Gimme Some Lovin'>

    2. Deal

    3. Willie And The Hand Jive

    4. Candyman

    5. Cassidy

    6. West L.A. Fadeaway

    7. Mama Tried >

    8. Big River

    9. Might As Well

    Set 2

    1. Shakedown Street >

    2. Samson And Delilah

    3. He's Gone >

    4. Spoonful >

    5. Drums >

    6. Space >

    7. The Other One >

    8. Comes A Time >

    9. Good Lovin'

    🎡 Encore:

    Keep Your Day Job

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The best first set of the tour? Could be, as we get more bust outs and a an ultra-rare Willie and the Hand Jive. The Dead are on fire from the first song. How about that Deal! Never miss a Sunday show! And this is especially true when it's a Palm Sunday in the City of Botherly Love. Shakedown Street never fails to impress in Philly and this one is no different. And that's only the first song. A great set on a great night with the Grateful Dead.

    "Jerry is too busy playing to care about what anyone thinks, the healthiest way to deal with most situations. The pacing is perfect, the vibe is perfect, the situation is perfect. As perfect as a Gimme Some Lovin’>Deal to open the first night at the Philadelphia Spectrum, when a ticket to paradise could be had for less than twenty bucks can be."

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    ═══

    ═══

    ───────────

    πŸ—Ί EXPLORE OTHER TOURS

    Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got:

    🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tourβ€” Complete Playlist:

    GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST

    Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year.

    ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ──────────────

    ═══

    ═══

    πŸŽ™ GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST

    Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations.

    Six shows per tour. Countless fun.

    πŸ“– Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April

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    30 min
  • Mothership Departures | Grateful Dead Β· Hampton Coliseum Β· March 21, 1986 | S2E03

    🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    Grateful Dead Β· Hampton ColiseumΒ· Hampton, VA Β· March 21, 1986 Β·

    β¬… Previous: Hampton Coliseum 3-20-86

    ➑ Next: The Spectrum Philadelphia 3-23-86

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead -Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA Β· March 21, 1986

    Set 1

    (I'm A) Road Runner

    Dupree's Diamond Blues

    New Minglewood Blues

    Bird Song

    Tons Of Steel >

    Supplication Jam >

    Let It Grow

    SET 2

    Uncle John's Band >

    Terrapin Station >

    Playing In The Band Reprise >

    Drums >

    Space >

    I Need A Miracle >

    Stella Blue >

    Sugar Magnolia

    🎡 Encore

    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The Grateful Dead welcome spring with six shows in two of the most celebrated venues the East Coast has to offer: the Hampton Coliseum and the Philadelphia Spectrum. With plenty of energy and a slew of bust-outs, the tour was one to remember, containing the legendary Box of Rain in Hampton. But a closer look reveals why this may not have been either the show or the song of the tour. Be sure to check out all six shows!

    Its the final night of three in Hampton, and many think this is the best of the three. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Behold this excerpt from the podcast:

    "The Grateful Dead locate an escape route in the form of a Supplication Jam that flows smoothly and softly throughout the Coliseum, washing away 899,999 tons of whatever that was. The water clears the last bits of debris from the Brent tune, opens up, and draws us into the cool, crystal sound. "

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    ═══

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    ═══

    ═══

    ───────────

    πŸ—Ί EXPLORE OTHER TOURS

    Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got:

    🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tourβ€” Complete Playlist:

    GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST

    Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year.

    ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ──────────────

    ═══

    ═══

    πŸŽ™ GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST

    Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations.

    Six shows per tour. Countless fun.

    πŸ“– Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April

    πŸ“„ Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE

    βœ‰οΈ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY

    πŸ”— All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL


    If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. πŸ™

    Β© 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast

    ═══

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    27 min
  • Just the Box | Grateful Dead Β· Hampton Coliseum Β· March 20, 1986 | S2E02

    🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    ⭐ Production Note: This episode has been remastered for better audio quality and a more concise flow. We’ve combined the previous two-set format into this single episode, featuring expanded commentary and a more curated selection of excerpts. To keep our feed clean, the original unedited versions have been removed. Enjoy this new, streamlined version of the show!⭐

    β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

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    Grateful Dead Β· Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA Β· March 20, 1986 Β·

    β¬… Previous: Hampton Coliseum March 19, 1986

    ➑ Next: Hampton Coliseum March 21, 1986

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    πŸ—Ί NAVIGATE THIS TOUR

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    ═══

    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead Β· Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA Β· March 20, 1986 Β·

    Set 1

    Touch Of Grey >

    Little Red Rooster

    Friend Of The Devil

    It's All Over Now

    Row Jimmy

    Me And My Uncle >

    Mexicali Blues

    Althea

    Box Of Rain

    Set 2

    Aiko Aiko >

    Estimated Prophet >

    Eyes Of The World >

    Drums >

    Space >

    Wharf Rat >

    Throwing Stones >

    Not Fade Away

    🎡 Encore

    U.S. Blues

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The Grateful Dead welcome spring with six shows in two of the most celebrated venues the East Coast has to offer: the Hampton Coliseum and the Philadelphia Spectrum. With plenty of energy and a slew of bust-outs, the tour was one to remember, containing the legendary Box of Rain in Hampton. But a closer look reveals why this may not have been either the show or the song of the tour. Be sure to check out all six shows!

    "The future will hold many more versions of Box of Rain. Performance-wise, many of them will be better than this. But years from now, when it seems like the world has forgotten about light, hope, possibilities, and long, heartfelt hugs from strangers, any Deadhead can still recall, with perfect clarity, exactly what they were doing the day they heard the Grateful Dead play β€œBox of Rain” in Hampton."

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  • The Return of the Mothership | Grateful Dead Β· Hampton ColiseumΒ· March 19, 1986 | S2E01

    🎸 May 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, March 19, 1986

    Set 1

    Hell In A Bucket

    Stagger Lee

    C C Rider

    Cold Rain And Snow>

    Beat It On Down The Line

    Big Railroad Blues>

    Looks Like Rain

    Visions Of Johanna

    The Music Never Stopped>

    Don't Ease Me In

    Set 2

    China Cat Sunflower>

    I Know You Rider

    Playing In The Band>

    Drums>

    Space>

    The Wheel>

    Truckin'>

    Black Peter>

    Around And Around>

    Johnny B. Goode

    🎡 Encore

    The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The Grateful Dead welcome spring with six shows in two of the most celebrated venues the East Coast has to offer: the Hampton Coliseum and the Philadelphia Spectrum. With plenty of energy and a slew of bust-outs, the tour was one to remember, containing the legendary Box of Rain in Hampton. But a closer look reveals why this may not have been either the show or the song of the tour. Be sure to check out all six shows!

    From the podcast:

    "Spring arrives not with the sorrowful bleat of a lamb laboring along the slaughter line, but with the roar of a proud March lion, sweeping into town on the heady exhaust of the Grateful Dead, projecting Motorcycle Dreams and Diaries....The band has some cleanup to do; but we cannot help them in any way, shape, or form; they are definitely not getting it just exactly perfect. The drummers just hammer away at us with random intent, doing their best to push through the wailings, screams, and overall mayhem in order to rid the Hampton Coliseum of the dust collected since the last time the Grateful Dead played here nearly a year ago to the day."

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    ═══

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  • May 1980 Tour Recap | Grateful Dead Β· Baltimore to Portland Β· May 4-11, 1980 | Β· S1E07

    🎸 May 1980 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1980 Baltimore to Maine

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    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ TOUR ANALYSIS

    Final analysis of the six night we spent on the Grateful Dead Spring tour of May 1980

    This was a tour that took us from the Baltimore Civic Center on May 4, 1980 to

    Recreation Hall, Penn State University- May 6, 1980

    Barton Hall, Cornell University - May 7, 1980

    Glens Falls Civic Center - May 8, 1980

    Hartford Civic Center - May 10, 1980

    Cumberland County Civic Center - May 11, 1980

    A short recap of all that went down and a hint of what is to come

    Only one show this week,

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    ═══

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    12 min
  • The Cumberland Mind | Grateful Dead Β· Cumberland County Civic Center Β· May 11, 1980 | S1E06

    🎸 May 1980 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · Baltimore to Maine 1980

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME, May 11, 1980

    Set 1

    Alabama Getaway>

    The Promised Land

    They Love Each Other

    Cassidy

    Loser

    It's All Over Now

    Easy To Love You

    Big Railroad Blues

    Looks Like Rain

    Don't Ease Me In

    The Music Never Stopped

    Set 2

    Scarlet Begonias>

    Fire On The Mountain

    Feel Like A Stranger>

    Terrapin Station>

    Playing In The Band>

    Drums>

    Space>

    Black Peter>

    Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>

    Around And Around>

    Johnny B. Goode

    🎡 Encore: Brokedown Palace

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    The final night for us with the Grateful Dead at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Maine, in May 1980. And on Mother's Day no less. It's an open secret the Grateful Dead always play great in Maine, so how does this show measure up to those who have come before it, or after?

    Second sets opening with a Scarlet>Fire can't be all that bad. You know it, we know it, but it what rises from the ashes following this pair that can make or break a show. It is the end of the tour for us, so we gladly hang on every note, every word, watching time slip through our fingers, never to come back. It is bittersweet, and none more so than the fitting Brokedown Palace encore:

    "As our adventure reaches a fitting end, it is time to pass the baton to those who will carry it forward. Brokedown Palace is a metaphor for the life we have shared together. While it hasn’t always been pretty or perfect, we tried our best to be a positive force. Life on the road is full of adventures and clichΓ©s, which, come to think of it, is a clichΓ© itself."

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    ═══

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    ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ──────────────

    ═══

    ═══

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  • The Jerry Whalers | Grateful Dead Β· Hartford Civic Center Β· May 10, 1980 | S1E05

    🎸 May 1980 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · Baltimore to Maine 1980

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    ➑ Next: Cumberland County Civic Center

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    🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

    Grateful Dead - Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT, May 10, 1980

    Set 1

    New Minglewood Blues

    Peggy-O

    Mexicali Blues>

    El Paso

    Althea

    Passenger

    Far From Me

    Lost Sailor>

    Saint Of Circumstance>

    Deal

    Set 2

    China Cat Sunflower>

    I Know You Rider

    Feel Like A Stranger>

    Comes A Time>

    Estimated Prophet>

    He's Gone>

    Uncle John's Band>

    Drums >

    Space>

    Not Fade Away>

    Sugar Magnolia

    🎡 Encore:

    Alabama Getaway>

    One More Saturday Night

    β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

    Night five of the Grateful Dead's May 1980 tour brings us to the Hartford Civic Center on May 10, 1980, the second of a three-night Civic Center extravaganza. Hartford has a reputation for hosting some fine shows, and tonight is no exception.

    This is it. The big one. Fireworks both on and off the stage as the Grateful Dead play what is most likely the show of the tour with a staggering seven songs before drums, causing much consternation among tapers, yet satiating the Hartford crowd. Some amazing stuff. And Comes A Time is the one song to rule them all. From the show:

    "Comes A Time is the crown jewel of the tour. It will be placed in a glass viewing case in the Museum of Collected Deadhead Minds and occasionally loaned to others for viewing. The Deadhead Trust association has an endowment totaling thousands of dollars to ensure it is safely and securely cared for. The fact that we are here is no accident. Comes A Time appears to fulfill a unique role in our lives. As there are varying degrees of fandom, we await our turn, and the coaxing that brings forth a fully realized version of ourselves. "

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    ═══

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  • It's a Wonderful Live | Grateful Dead Β· Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY Β· May 8, 1980 | S1E04

    🎸 May 1980 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · Baltimore to Maine - 1980

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    Set 1

    Alabama Getaway>

    The Promised Land

    Friend Of The Devil

    Mama Tried>

    Mexicali Blues

    High Time

    Lazy Lightnin'>

    Supplication

    Ramble On Rose

    Lost Sailor>

    Saint Of Circumstance

    Set 2

    Uncle John's Band>

    Estimated Prophet>

    Eyes Of The World>

    Drums>

    Space>

    Truckin'>

    Stella Blue>

    Around And Around>

    Johnny B. Goode

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    U.S. Blues

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    The Grateful Dead appear at the Glens Falls Civic Center in Gens Falls New York on May 8, 1980 as they roll through their first complete spring tour of the eighties. Night four of tour on May 8th, one of the most auspicious dates in Grateful Dead history, and in Upstate New York! Could it be? For us it's the beginning of a three night Civic Center extravaganza. Glens Falls welcomes back Deadheads for the second time in less than a year for some minor league hockey rink action.

    From the drop of the puck Jerry and the boys decide it's gloves off as they rip into an Alabama Getaway>Promised Land. Other highlights include the first High Time of the eighties and a delirious LL>Supplication

    Set set highlights include a joyous UJB and Stella Blue. From the podcast:

    The room fills with the scent of flash powder. In the smoke, a magnesium angel appears to warn us of impending grandeur. We dismiss it with a simple wave of the hand. There's no need, my friend; we understand the situation. It is truly a wonderful life.

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