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this show was at the state fairgrounds but in Des Moines,Ia. A wonderful 3 set show where it rained during Looks Like Rain and the sun came out during Here Comes Sunshine and there was a double rainbow off to the side of the stage during Sugar Magnolia. Jerry,in pigtails, walked over to the side of the stage to see the rainbow.

This show was a CORKER. A rare and wonderful full three sets of music....The double rainbow during "Here Comes Sunshine" was pretty magical. The playing was just drippy and psychedelic, long, long jams, really inspired playing from the classic Dead era. They were at the absolute top of their game and it is a shame there seem to be no high quality tapes of this show. Scrounge that vault, boys! It's gotta be in there somewhere.......

my first bus stop..... i got off AND on that day and its been that way ever since:]

to see the rainbows - the band played the weather and vice versa. If memory is correct this was a Mother's Day show - we were delayed by a big roadblock just south of our departure - Waterloo. Echoing tdub - this show cooked and if anyone knows of a tape circulating....? or photos...my life would be fuller - has it really been 35 years?!?! what goes around comes around

Bob,You need not go too far. Your fellow former Iowan and now Washington neighbor can make you one of these. I sent you a pm. If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake

I knew there was magic in this world!

Any other Graceland alum who attended this show, it was my first show and first psych. I watched Jerry ride the sun rays up and down as they cascaded out during here comes the sun. Truely magical and definately unforgetable.

I will never forget after Jerry got zapped with electrical shock and all; it was raining and thes sun was shining, the double rainbow and all. When the song ended; Jerry looked at the rest of the band and said: '" Wow; I didn't know we could do that"

Yeah, if anyone had a decent copy of this show, I would be most grateful. Many thanks in advance!

It's available for steaming at archive.org

Hazy memory and all... this was my first Dead concert and what an initiation! Yes, the crowd went wild during the rain and then the sudden sunshine during "Here Comes Sunshine", the Dead themselves seemed quite amazed! The double rainbow may have started during "Sugar Magnolia" but I think it was particularly visible all throughout "Casey Jones" as they just kept playing the refrain and faced the rainbows (in the eastern sky) until they faded away. It was truly magical, and very appropriate just after the Europe '72 rainbow tour. And apparently the Northern Lights were also out that night as everyone was traveling home along I-80. One of our gang managed to get in a pony keg so we were well-quenched during the concert and it was cool to camp right there by the grandstand! I think for everyone I went with, it ranks as one of the best concerts ever...

If Hal R or anydeads can steer me to a copy of this show from the Des Moines County Fairgrounds I would be doing that rag! The magic of weather control (rain->rainbows), road crew throwing baggies from stage, Mars Hotel cards (Ugly Rumors).. One of my most memorable Dead shows (had recently sworn off mind-altering substances)...Many thanks to any that can help!!!

My second show at age 16. I was really too young to appreciate the music but had a good time. I camped out the night before at the Fairgrounds campgrounds. The day of the show there was intermittent light rain as others have mentioned. I too remember the band playing Looks Like Rain and then Here Comes Sunshine when the sun came back out. I remember the rainbow and Jerry getting shocked. But mostly I remember long, meandering jams that seemed to get lost, only to pull back together later on. When I listen to a Dicks or Dave’s Picks from 1973, it all comes rushing back. I’m really now more into the Dead than I ever was as a kid. I love the music

First concert, Jerry played to the sunbeams bursting through the clouds.