Notes:
Santana opened - "Dark Star" tease before last verse of "Wharf Rat"
Set List:
Touch of GreyGreatest Story Ever Told
Mississippi Half-Step
Wang Dang Doodle
Peggy-O
Black-Throated Wind
Iko Iko
Cassidy
Don't Ease Me In
Eyes of the World
Picasso Moon
Crazy Fingers
Saint of Circumstance
drums
space
I Need a Miracle
Wharf Rat
Throwin' Stones
Not Fade Away
Box of Rain
Comments
Wang DANG!
Wang Dang Doodle was cool. I loved Jerry's baritone sax sound during this tune.
Remember the full moon coming out behind the stage to start second set.
SMile High!
I was 2nd row center for this and it sure seemed that everyone around us was REALLY ripped. I mean Zing! Maybe they were spraying liquid from the stage. I dunno! We were so close that we couldn't see much of what they were playing on the big screens. We had a great time at this show. The download sounds great! One of my Fav's...
This was also the night that while driving home to Littleton on 285 we came around the bend at about midnight and there were all these cherries in the darkness... A sobriety checkpoint...
There were 5 of us in my little car and we were all Gonzo'ed out. Bewteen us all we had a sheet, half z. of shrooms, porbably an z. of weed, an 8 ball, open beer and an open bottle of Jack... The Police had all these cones out on the road to create a little lane that they used to line up the cars. The car ahead of us was the last one to fill up the lane and they waved us right by it all. Holy Freakin Shit! If we were one car ahead many lives would have changed, marriges wouldn't have happened, babys wouldn't have been born. Some of us would have spent a lot of time in jail. It amazes me to this day. Kinda like seeing a whole other parallel life flash before your eyes that would have been so different than what turned out. Angles watching over us... Maybe... Dumb luck... who knows! All I can say is it never felt so good to get home!
Life Lessons
We drove all the way to Colorado with no driver's side window to hear the GD show at Mile High in Denver. Our plan was to sell all of our veggie burritos & jewelry so that we could buy lots of goodies, and then try to find a few Miracles. The show was not yet sold out. This was my 3rd GD show, and at this point I just thought that, hey, if people are giving stuff away, why should I buy? I started walking around, looking for a Miracle. Eventually I got tired and sat down, right in the middle of everyone milling about. I just watched. And felt. And thought. I realized what a newb I was, that there was much I didn't understand. I saw that there were people who had been on the road for a very long time. People who worked hard getting from town to town. People who probably did not have the money to get in. I felt selfish and ashamed of myself for taking advantage of the system. Right then, I noticed a group of people who looked to be about my parent's age, and looked like they were straight from the burbs. One of the ladies came up to me, tears in her eyes, couldn't hardly look me in the face, and insisted that I take her money so that I could buy myself a ticket. Then she RAN back to the group, and it seemed like she was crying and very upset. I wondered if maybe her daughter had run away on tour? I dunno, my mind was taking me places. I collected myself, got up, found my friend, and took us both to the line to buy tickets, where I promptly bought myself one, my friend one, and an extra one. I turned away from the booth and saw this hippy guy, dirty, dreaded, sunbaked, and looking at us all in line with sad eyes. I walked right up to him and gave him a Miracle. I thought a pogo stick had magically appeared under his feet!!! It was the BEST feeling in the world. After that, I always bought my own tickets, plus one extra if at all possible.
My younger sister had never
My younger sister had never been to a Dead concert, so I had to introduce her. Bruce Hornsby came out and played with them, and my sister said she actually liked the music. ... ya all know that it's more than like... she really didn't get it.
What an awesome concert! I moved to another state and that was the last time I heard Jerry alive... what a tragedy... what enlightenment he could bring to the soul.
My sister left early, and I told her that if anyone was standing around outside to give them her ticket... she did and I had a newb sit by me the rest of the show... that was great... didn't get the name but they definitely got it!
keep Carlos out of jail
Sat outside for this one, saw a pretty girl collect a miracle.
Santana started late cuz he was busted for a joint in an airport in Texas, I believe. Some kids were carrying signs asking fro donations to keep Carlos out of jail.
Some folk in the parking lot had huge vat of stew brewing. Denver cops on horses acting tough ujntil one horse started rearing up.