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Opened side door on sky walk to let us go out and burn

Of the two, this was definitely the better show re: Buckeye Lake. It was a froggy voice night for Jerry, and, yeah, the second set was short, but it was sweet. The Playin' reprise is just perfect, and tied for the hottest Lovelight I saw ~ I mean, when Bobby stops the band with a "wait a minute" you know they're in a groove. Closest I ever saw to first-album-look Bob, too, this was right before he started ponytailing it so it was really long. Great setlist in the first half. Funny that at one point in the Cumberland jam, I distinctly thought I heard Jerry thinking he was still playing Big River ~ and whenever I hear the tape, I hear it again! That's what you get for playing those two country standards in a row....which I thought was an inspired bit of set-listing. And really dug Gentlemen, Start. Plus, a Brent verse in Rooster : ) Not top tier, but a sweet little show, I thought ~ especially after Buckeye, which we wrote off after the first set. Fun two-fer midwest road trip from Baltimore, though.

Had to miss Buckeye Lake (I was a groomsman in a friend's wedding and couldn't get him to change the date). Drove to Pittsburgh from Cincy after my friend's wedding reception and crashed at my father in law's. Met another friend from work when he tackled me in the middle of Half Step and we went rolling down the aisle.