Hartford Civic Center
October 15, 1983
Hartford, CT US
Set List:
Feel Like a StrangerDire Wolf
New Minglewood Blues
Brown Eyed Women
Wang Dang Doodle
Big Railroad Blues
Let it Grow
Day Job
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Playin' in the Band
China Doll
drums
St. Stephen
Throwin' Stones
One More Saturday Night
Brokedown Palace
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northshore_LI
With a rose.
very carefully listening/watching as they came out of the deep Space as I was obviously aware they had broken the Stephen out at MSG a few nights earlier.
The second that note was plucked I remember the place just lighting up like no other time. There were bright lights and the enthuisiasm level was incredible. People were hugging eachother and beaming smiles everywhere. A memory I'll always cherish
I personally think this is the best of the Stephens that were busted out on this run, too. It's just got a feel to it that is higher than the others. Probably due to my presence at this one, but still.
Maybe it was just me too, but there was a lot of unspoken communication going on that night. I was in this huge chain of Space wanderers who noodled past the front of the stage just as Stephen broke out. It was like being caught by a huge but gentle wave.
...I wish I had attended. I've listened to the China/Rider. It is strange, odd sounding. The band is on the edge going through this. The wind down from Playin to China Doll was exquisite. Space with Jerry and Bob (Spanish jam?) was alternately powerful and melancholy. And then St. Stephen. That crowd reaction had to be one of the great exaltations of their career. And...Brents keys on Thrown Stones and the perfect Jerry solo on Brokedown. Great, Great set.
Set 1
-Note: like the previous evening, Jerry’s guitar is a bit too low in the mix
-Stranger: nothing great but a better start than the previous night for sure
-Dire: Jerry’s voice is pretty ragged, solo and the song overall are very short
-Minglewood: some strange interesting noises from Bobby in the 2d solo
-BE Women: very good, long solo albeit without a climax; well sung
-Wang Dang Doodle-nice version
-Big RR Blues: very good 1st & 2d solo
-Grow: really nice solo & outro; good to very good version
-Day Job: nice energy, very good solo
Set 2
-China Cat: very good solo, jam starts slow but gets cooking, smooth transition
-Rider: very good solo & jam
-Playing: Jam 2:35 – 16:02, long, enjoyable, slows down gets spacey around 11:30 mark, neat little gentle jam to end, good to very good version overall
-China Doll: solo 1:55 – 3:11, emotional, very good; pretty outro
-Drums
-Space: Spanish tint, more of a jam than space, excellent
-St. Stephen: intro isn’t perfect but is powerful and puts a big smile on my face, short but good 1st solo, short but excellent 2d solo, great jam, far from perfect overall but absolutely beautiful nonetheless, tear-stained smiles throughout the arena
-Throwing Stones: a good follow-up to Stephen but destined to be a bit anticlimactic after such a treat, Brent adds some nice “ashes, all fall down” at the end
-Saturday: rock & roll, nicely done
-E: Brokedown: solo 4:26 – 5:05, short but beautiful
Overall: the 1st set is better than the previous night, but still no real highlights (Big RR comes closest). The 2d set is just a tad below the previous night, but is still great. The China > Rider is close to excellent, the Playing > China Doll is very good, the Spanish-themed Space is excellent and Stephen is all you could ask for from an ’83 show. The rest of the set takes a step back, but is still worthwhile. Good Set 1, Great Set 2, 8.5/10 overall.
If I had it my way i would of prefered they break it out in Boise when there were only few hundered of us there.Thats cause I love the behind the scene shows when it was mostly tour headsa. That said this was wild crazy and so much fun 2 Stephens within a week of each other.Ans still to come Lake Placid Portland and so on and so forth.
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Make that four great shows in a row!
Dougles