Notes:
*With Joan Baez **With Matt Kelly ***With John Cipollina. Bill Graham flies in on a joint - also: NRPS - only "Banks Of The Ohio" - final "Bobby McGee" - final "Bye Bye Love" - final "Children Of The 80s" - last "Dark Star": 01-20-79 [232] - final "Lucifer's Eyes"
Set List:
Me and Bobby McGee*Bye Bye Love*
Lucifer's Eyes*
Children of the Eighties*
Banks of Ohio*
Shakedown Street
Me and My Uncle
Mexicali Blues
Cold Rain and Snow
C.C. Rider**
It Must Have Been the Roses*
Beat it on Down the Line
Big Boss Man**
New Minglewood Blues**
Don't Ease Me In
Iko Iko*
Playin' in the Band
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums
The Other One***
Not Fade Away***
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad***
Morning Dew
Dark Star
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Baby Blue*
Comments
Of my 80 shows, this was my
Of my 80 shows, this was my favorite and my only Dark Star. This was the night Jerry married Mountain Girl.
This was an all time blast.
This was an all time blast. My second set of New Years shows. They played on and on and on. The set list was just incredible. This was by far the best Jerry performance that I have ever seen.
Best Brent New Year's
Great Shakedown opener - with Jerry and Brent playing off each other like nobody's business.
The Playing > Terrapin > Playing Reprise > Drums > Jam > Other One > Not Fade Away > Going Down the Road Feeling Bad > Morning Dew may comprise one of the best second sets ever, and easily one of the best NYE's - amazing flow and perfection - the band and the Shabda X-Factor are one. And then you've got the Dark Star > Bertha > Good Lovin' for the icing on the cake. Ohhh yeahhhhhh.
breakfast at dawn
i think this was the last year BGP served us breakfast after the show was over.
I really loved this one
it was great to be there and I played the tapes till they fell apart, pretty much.
my first NYE
art I waited in line over night at the Oakland BASS for tickets and scored NYE tickets for the first time in many attempts.Met some guys there who owned a bay area micro brewery and we left the line to take a tour of it and brought back a few cases to "sample".What a blast! The show itself was a let down due to some bad stuff that happened that night.When I got the tape (grade A sdb.) I couldnt believe how good it was.I think that this show wasnt on the radio,like many NYE's were,so a good tape wasnt as available as most NYE's were.I copped a 2nd gen from Menke,whom I new briefly in the 80'S,and it became my most listened to tape of all time.Go figure.I made some killer tape connections from my copy,bought a D-5,and started a new chapter in my Dead concert history."The Taping Years",from 1982-'87.Then I decided I enjoyed dancing more than taping,and could settle on second generation tapes.It's ironic how much joy this show broght me over the years after not really enjoying myself at the actual show.Happy "Gong Bong" New Years!
the Gong Bong!
thanks for the flashback to spending the night on the sidewalk outside the Oakland BASS.