setlist
Alabama Getaway
Greatest Story Ever Told
Peggy-O
Little Red Rooster
Bird Song
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Tennessee Jed
New Minglewood Blues
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
Ship of Fools
He's Gone
Truckin'
drums
The Other One
Stella Blue
I Need a Miracle
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
One More Saturday Night
Brokedown Palace
Greatest Story Ever Told
Peggy-O
Little Red Rooster
Bird Song
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Tennessee Jed
New Minglewood Blues
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Lost Sailor
Saint of Circumstance
Ship of Fools
He's Gone
Truckin'
drums
The Other One
Stella Blue
I Need a Miracle
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
One More Saturday Night
Brokedown Palace
show date
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One of the best venues in
One of the best venues in the Midwest!
worst venue ever
So solly, this venue is a pit. Terribly steep hill, congested highway & lots, couldn't sneak our liquid refreshers in, extremely long waits for beer and to pee, very hot!!!!!!, but, was a great show mired by the aforementioned.
2002 reunion shows confirmed my previous reactions to the venue, but those shows were OUTASIGHT & OFFDACHART!!
CB
My first show!
My very first show.... Drove down from Neenah... still in high school.... when the guy behind me tore if his clothes while the band was still tuning, I knew I was in for a different experience!
Funny thing though, I didn't see the band again until '91..... living in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico wasn't conducive.... and I'm not sure if I truly 'got it' when I was that young....
More than 1000 bootlegs and many shows later, I did indeed start 'getting it'!
Great show... have this one on tape.
Jack
Alpine '81
Yes it was a pretty good show, but maybe not quite as good as the previous night in St. Paul. Does anyone remember the altered marquee after this show? Going in it said " The Grateful Dead " (of course). As we were leaving, I noticed someone had changed it to say - " The Dreadful Gate ". A great laugh to cap off a great weekend seeing The Good Ol' Grateful Dead!!
Alpine Valley shows
Another confirmed show via ticket stub that I located. Alpine Valley did suck to get in and out of but what you wound up with was a natural amphitheatre, nestled in the hills of the Kettle Moraine. The Dead always seemed like they enjoyed playing here and it is a beautiful venue - one of the best in the Midwest.
"If the thunder don't get you then the lightning will...."
Doc
What a night....
As we drove up and I saw the marquee advertising "THE DREADFUL GATE" we knew we were in for a fun night and perked up from a way big time in St Paul night before. A beautiful night under the stars, good people, it was WHOLE :) It didn't matter even that I broke a bone in my right foot dancing on the hillside - went down finally to get some first aid and ended up near the backstage buffets and grabbed ice from a bucket of Heinekens. Wandered into a nurse who handed me a clipboard to fill out a medical form but when she walked off for a minute I saw some tape and decided I'd skip the form, grabbed the tape and headed back onto the hillside. Not a thief but wasn't a good time for formalities - taped up and danced the rest of the night away. Driving back east was rough in the followig days....but it was sooo worth it :)
Initiated!
My first Dead show. I was smittenly converted. Based on the attendees list above and the aud. from Archive.org, I'd say this is a candidate for an official release.