Notes:
*without Jerry
Set List:
New Minglewood BluesSugaree
El Paso
Jack-a-Roe
Little Red Rooster
Tennessee Jed
It's All Over Now
Bird Song
Man Smart/Woman Smarter
Shakedown Street
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
drums
Spanish Jam
Uncle John's Band
Not Fade Away
Wharf Rat
Around and Around
One More Saturday Night
Baby Blue
Comments
My 1st Show!
The start of my long strange trip!!
2nd Set was AWESOME ! Spanish Jam!!!!
Hartford rocked!
In '82, everyone remembers the Earthquake Space on the 18th but this show was strong too. Just like in '83 when everyone overlooked the spectacular 10/14 show because of "St. Stephen" the following night, this show stands in the shadow of its' successor.
Check out the nutty "Shakedown" and the rest of the 2nd set.
1st show..:)
Probably the only time I ever got seats in the first 10 rows. I remember hooking in with the crowd for T-jed. The space spanish jam was also new to me at the time. I was fairly overwhelmed.
Great Shakedown
Shakedown was enough for the entire second set. I remember dancining and watching the jamming and then, just when you think its about to wind down, Brent takes off for a couple more minutes on piano. Well worth seeking out on tape.
Scott
They rebuilt the roof
Yes this was the first show the Dead played after they put the new roof on. The first set is exceptional and offers many gems, El Paso and Jack -a -Roe which they just brought back electric. The first half of the second set is hot but short but they make up for it after drumz big time. Baby Blue is awesome!
yes, this was also sweet &
yes, this was also sweet & tight. A wonderful saturday night up from New Haven in Mom's 404 Peugeot with some of the gang ...
What a show .. what a night
Drove in from Troy NY for this show ... another great night with Jerry and the boys.
Left the show in another
Left the show in another realm and found my '74 Dodge Dart w/o any brakes. Made it back to Providence on a whole lotta luck. I can hardly remember and will never forget. The show electrified me.
Spring '82 at it's finest
So, I was a freshman at the University of Bridgeport, and learned that the school activities committee (or some such moniker) had tickets available for UB students. Woo-Hoo! I immediately went and scored a ducat for each night in Hartford. So, I get a ride up with my dorm-neighbor (I can't remember your name! You lived down the hall from me in Schine Hall, on the top floor!). Turns out the event staff thought our tickets were counterfeit (maybe they were?). He had a load of trouble getting in, and in fact may not have, but I can't recall. I was turned away at the first gate I tried to enter, but just kept going to the next one and in I strolled, for a night that would re-define how I experienced this amazing band.
These would be my first shows outside of New York. And WOW! What a trip! I came away from this show vowing to see as many more as I possibly could from that point on (this was my 7th show), in as many locations as possible. The next night was just as good, and stranger too...
Ex