Vanderbilt University
October 21, 1972
Nashville, TN US
Notes:
free outdoor concert
Set List:
Bertha
Me and My Uncle
Deal
Beat it on Down the Line
Sugaree
El Paso
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Black Throated Wind
Tennessee Jed
Jack Straw
Loser
Playing in the Band
Promised Land
Brown Eyed Women
Big River
He's Gone
Greatest Story Ever Told
Bird Song
Truckin'
The Other One
Morning Dew
Sugar Magnolia
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I was too young to drive, so a friend and I took the Grayhound bus to Nashville ... walked down Broadway to VU. It was a beautiful Fall afternoon...the show was outdoors on a hillside. What a magical afternoon that was....Great show.
Well....remembering the show,,,,,the band was at it's finest on this wonderful fall day. Dogs dyed purple and Boone's Farm wine with mushrooms! What a special place in space & time.
As a teen living at home, I used to get fried, come home and put on headphones in bed to listen to the Midnight album hour on the radio. When Europe '72 came out, the DJ played two sides of it. I had never even heard of the Dead, but I got on the bus that very night! Wow, for a kid growing up in Nashville listening to the ABB, The Beatles, Jethro Tull, and the like, the Dead blew my mind that fateful night. Soon thereafter, I learned that the Dead were doing a free show at Vandy. I remember marveling at all the knobs on Phil's bass and at how cool Donna's hair was. I also remember meeting heads who'd come down from NY and had pitched a tent on the quad at Vandy. I couldn't believe anyone would come down from NY for a concert! After the show, I understood why!
I missed the show because of work but a group of friends drove up from Orlando and Gainesville. When they returned, they said Garcia played a lot of pedal steel. Can anyone who was there either confirm or disconfirm this? It's bothered me for 40 years!
Locations
partial set 2
He's Gone
Greatest Story Ever Told
Bird Song
Truckin'
The Other One
Morning Dew
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