Cold day, no tickets, bummer. What can I say? Heard the first set from outside, then found a womens restroom window to sneak through. Saw the second set, and later acquired a tape of the first set. What a story to bring back to college. Had never heard of Iko Iko, but caught on quick. The crowd participation with the band was a big influence at this show. I could feel the "Family" thing for the first time.

my older former Terp brother's first show. we didn't get in until halfway through Bird Song. Brother and me both big Iko fans, but I only knew it from the John Baldry version. Seemed like they kept starting Truckin', then as soon as the crowd would start to roar, they'd back off. I thought it was cool, but my non-dead-fan sister in law got a little miffed. My buddy Ted mis-timed things and had a long night after me and my girlfriend went to sleep, (I read somewhere that tapers had rated this as one of the best Bird Songs ever, would have been nice if U of M had there shit together and i could have heard all of it.

Lost my tickets since the show but I remember Bob Marley and the Whalers being billed to open for the Dead but sadly Marley was diagnosed with some illiness and died shortly thereafter. The Whalers cancelled.....to bad, would have been really cool to see Jerry and Marley on stage together.