Sportatorium - October 25, 1985

Deal??? What a great closer.....i mean opener!! It just felt like the whole show was backwards. Morning dew to open the 2nd set?? It was just not heard of in those days. Small place to see the dead in. I got real close to the stage. The band were goofing off, laughing and have fun on the stage.
One of the BEST Morning Dews i ever heard.
This palce is long gone. There is a big condo in its place now
A+++ show!!!

I'd just moved from UK to work in the Bahamas. Took 2 flights to Miami and lost my hotel ticket. Befriended by Marcia & Mike Elder who saved the day, as they would for the next 12 years - love you guys.
The drive to the sportatorium was surreal, being surrounded by deadheads. I'd left a small British industrial town and I'd never seen anything like it.
I think I spent most of the gig pinching myself. I really didn't know any songs until Sugar Magnolia!! At the end of the first set everyone buggered off for a beer and a smoke, so I got within about 20 feet of the stage. I didn't even know about drums>space - so that's what I remember first. I certainly remember Bobby climbing onto the speakers!!!

rmburke

I don't remember a lot about the show itself. However a soon-to-be friend of mine was arrested in a restroom stall as he tried to flush a little something during Dire Wolf. I guess the undercover cop in the stall next door heard some sniffing sounds and decided that it was not related to a head cold. All was well after some proper lawyering. But I will re-visit this one at Archive just because it looks so interesting on paper and in the kind recommendations here.