Set List:
Mississippi Half-StepFranklin's Tower
Dancin' in the Streets
Brown Eyed Women
New Minglewood Blues
Tom Thumb's Blues
Stagger Lee
Samson and Delilah
Shakedown Street
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
drums
The Other One
Wharf Rat
Throwin' Stones
Not Fade Away
Not Fade Away
U.S. Blues
Comments
The Next Night
The memories from this show were hazy. I remember that the music was amazing from the beginning all the way back out into the parking area where the crowd was still clapping the NFA beat well into the night.
Both nights would make great releases from an underrated and underrepresented year.
The sound was kind of
The sound was kind of unusual with a wierd echo, especially with Bobby's guitar. Interesting setlist, but I don't agree that 1986 was underrated. Jerry was quite ill at this point and it shows in most of shows leading up to RFK, all of which were very short with generally uninspired jamming. The first night of the Greek might be the exception, with a wonderful Comes a Time.
Parking lot
On the way out of this show there were a group of bikers in the front of the parking lot. They were fuckin up heads as they left. We barely escaped there wrath. Now thats a Dead show
My first of many great shows at Alpine
What a great show! I still listen to the audience tape... love the Half Step opener and the Shakedown... Alpine Valley was just such a GREAT place to camp out and see shows. Great vibes all around!
All for a ham sandwich
I was traveling from Buffalo N.Y. back to California with a friend and we came across a herd of Deadheads in Madison and we heard about the show from them. There was a guy selling tickets out on the road to Alpine Valley and when we asked how much he wanted, he said "I only want some food." So we drove into town and bought him a sandwich and he gave us tickets for both shows. We ended up camping on a golf course next to a couple of beautiful women who had a lot of hash. It rained. Everyone was eating bratwurst and I was a vegetarian. That's all I remember.