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  • Bertha
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    Friend of the Devil
    C.C. Rider
    Dire Wolf
    Me and My Uncle
    Big River
    Deep Elem Blues
    Cassidy
    Althea
    Music Never Stopped

    Mississippi Half-Step
    Franklin's Tower
    Lost Sailor
    Saint of Circumstance
    drums
    Truckin'
    Nobody's Jam
    Black Peter
    Sugar Magnolia

    Don't Ease Me In

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  • 7thWalker
    6 years 5 months ago
    Classy small venue
    This venue has a seating capacity of only about 2,700. I saw this show the night after seeing them at the Rosemont Horizon outside Chicago, which holds about 20,000. Huge difference in size but they played the hell out of both shows. The Des Moines Civic Center sees more broadway touring shows than music. I think by '81 it was very rare for them to play in such an intimate setting. It was very clean and genteel, unlike the sports arena the night before. There was even a coat check!
  • hockey_john
    9 years 6 months ago
    jam
    the jam after saint is a supplication
  • FOB DFC
    16 years 10 months ago
    Great Nobody's Fault at this
    Great Nobody's Fault at this show
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setlist
Bertha
Greatest Story Ever Told
Friend of the Devil
C.C. Rider
Dire Wolf
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Deep Elem Blues
Cassidy
Althea
Music Never Stopped

Mississippi Half-Step
Franklin's Tower
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
drums
Truckin'
Nobody's Jam
Black Peter
Sugar Magnolia

Don't Ease Me In
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Submitted by hockey_john on Wed, 10/22/2014 - 04:43

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the jam after saint is a supplication
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Submitted by 7thWalker on Tue, 11/14/2017 - 11:28

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This venue has a seating capacity of only about 2,700. I saw this show the night after seeing them at the Rosemont Horizon outside Chicago, which holds about 20,000. Huge difference in size but they played the hell out of both shows. The Des Moines Civic Center sees more broadway touring shows than music. I think by '81 it was very rare for them to play in such an intimate setting. It was very clean and genteel, unlike the sports arena the night before. There was even a coat check!