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  • Jack Straw
    Jack-a-Roe
    Cassidy
    Row Jimmy
    Mama Tried
    Mexicali Blues
    Stagger Lee
    Passenger
    Deal

    I Need a Miracle
    Shakedown Street
    From the Heart of Me
    Terrapin Station
    Playin' in the Band
    drums
    Playin' in the Band
    Casey Jones

    Johnny B. Goode

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  • dstache
    11 years 3 months ago
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    A pretty good show, definitely better than the previous 2 shows. For me, Shakedown is the only stellar song, but Jack-a-Roe, the cowboy combo, Stagger, Miracle, Terrapin, and Playing are all very well done. Others have pointed to the jam out of drums, before the Playing reprise, and I agree it is interesting and enjoyable, but I wouldn't call it great. Overall, Good set 1, VG set 2, 8/10. I should note that I listened to the rolfe.wise-cohen.310 recording. There are other recordings. I think this early one may still be the best. It is a true AUD A recording.
  • jolie
    15 years 8 months ago
    Make that drummerS
    Loveya, Jolie Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow Tapping at your window Touch your hair -- Robert Hunter, "Crazy Fingers"
  • jolie
    15 years 8 months ago
    Popcorn flying!
    I remember the drummer throwing popcorn in the air at the end of Johnny B. Goode. Then Billy (I think) said it was Chuck Berry's birthday (which it wasn't). Loveya, Jolie Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow Tapping at your window Touch your hair -- Robert Hunter, "Crazy Fingers"
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setlist
Jack Straw
Jack-a-Roe
Cassidy
Row Jimmy
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Stagger Lee
Passenger
Deal

I Need a Miracle
Shakedown Street
From the Heart of Me
Terrapin Station
Playin' in the Band
drums
Playin' in the Band
Casey Jones

Johnny B. Goode
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Springfield Civic Center Arena

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Submitted by E S Crane on Sat, 06/09/2007 - 21:48

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The jam following drumz into the Playin' Reprise is one of the most exciting pieces played by Jerry and Bobby in 1979. Sadly, this does not exist in the vault. The rest of the show is sick, and bobby's comment about Phil "last being seen with space aliens" before the second set is priceless, but the real magic is when Jerry and Bobby play their Space Calypso duet out of drumz and into the PITB reprise. Get you ears around this jam!
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Submitted by jolie on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 23:10

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I remember the drummer throwing popcorn in the air at the end of Johnny B. Goode. Then Billy (I think) said it was Chuck Berry's birthday (which it wasn't). Loveya, Jolie Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow Tapping at your window Touch your hair -- Robert Hunter, "Crazy Fingers"
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Submitted by jolie on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 23:10

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Loveya, Jolie Cloud hands reaching from a rainbow Tapping at your window Touch your hair -- Robert Hunter, "Crazy Fingers"
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Submitted by dstache on Fri, 01/04/2013 - 10:12

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A pretty good show, definitely better than the previous 2 shows. For me, Shakedown is the only stellar song, but Jack-a-Roe, the cowboy combo, Stagger, Miracle, Terrapin, and Playing are all very well done. Others have pointed to the jam out of drums, before the Playing reprise, and I agree it is interesting and enjoyable, but I wouldn't call it great. Overall, Good set 1, VG set 2, 8/10. I should note that I listened to the rolfe.wise-cohen.310 recording. There are other recordings. I think this early one may still be the best. It is a true AUD A recording.