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Submitted by Jonathan Lane on
"Tico Tico" tuning before "Promised"
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Mississippi Half-Step
Mexicali Blues
Big Railroad Blues
Black-Throated Wind
Scarlet Begonias
Beat it on Down the Line
Tennessee Jed
Me and Bobby McGee
Sugaree
Jack Straw
It Must Have Been the Roses
El Paso
Loose Lucy
Money Money
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider

Promised Land
Bertha
Greatest Story Ever Told
Ship of Fools
WRS Prelude
WRS Part 1
Let it Grow
Wharf Rat
Big River
Peggy-O
Truckin'
Heaven Help Jam
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
One More Saturday Night

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Portland Memorial Coliseum

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Submitted by Dark Star Dan on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 23:43

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I remember hearing David once saying, I believe on the KPFA Dead marathon in 1991, that if he was stranded on an desert island, this would be the show he would bring...(this was after, of course, David describing his ride up to Oregon in his VW bus to see this show...and people say I don't have a memory anymore.) This show definitly goes into overdrive melt/down somewhere deep into Truckin' jam, etc... :)
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Submitted by hallelujah hatrack on Tue, 09/11/2007 - 10:31

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Anthony P Arvanites wow wee this one cooks!
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Submitted by gotgopher2 on Thu, 04/03/2014 - 19:08

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I remember this one well. Show was supposed to start at 7, and the band took the stage 15 minutes early, ready to cook. Superb set list (maybe my favorite of all my Dead shows), and the band was in great form. This was my first taste of the "Mars Hotel", and I loved hearing the new stuff. The acoustics of the building didn't do the sound system justice though. From certain vantage points you're in good shape, but throughout much of the building the sound is a muddled mess. I had to get much closer to really hear the vocals, and good instrumental separation. That being said, there was enormous energy, and a good time was had by all. After over five hours of heaven the fun police turned on the house lights, and pulled the plug just after midnight.
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Submitted by nitecat on Fri, 08/22/2014 - 20:08

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Still a teen, we drove from the south bay to Portland in an old station wagon purchased for $50. It had a terrible oil leak, we traveled with a case of oil. Great show, this was one of a handful of shows where they played Money Money. It was quickly retired, never to ever be played again. What a wonderful adventure!
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Submitted by ziphler on Tue, 10/07/2014 - 12:48

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Well apparently I was at this show. I remember the $50.00 station wagon, leaving San Carlos/Redwood City for Reno and only now that nitecat mentions it, the case of oil to keep the boat afloat. so I guess I was in Portland. Oddly enough the setlist seems familiar. It's funny what we DO remember.
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    "Tico Tico" tuning before "Promised"

setlist

  • Mississippi Half-Step
    Mexicali Blues
    Big Railroad Blues
    Black-Throated Wind
    Scarlet Begonias
    Beat it on Down the Line
    Tennessee Jed
    Me and Bobby McGee
    Sugaree
    Jack Straw
    It Must Have Been the Roses
    El Paso
    Loose Lucy
    Money Money
    China Cat Sunflower
    I Know You Rider

    Promised Land
    Bertha
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    Ship of Fools
    WRS Prelude
    WRS Part 1
    Let it Grow
    Wharf Rat
    Big River
    Peggy-O
    Truckin'
    Heaven Help Jam
    Not Fade Away
    Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
    One More Saturday Night

    U.S. Blues

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  • ziphler
    11 years 1 month ago
    the oil!
    Well apparently I was at this show. I remember the $50.00 station wagon, leaving San Carlos/Redwood City for Reno and only now that nitecat mentions it, the case of oil to keep the boat afloat. so I guess I was in Portland. Oddly enough the setlist seems familiar. It's funny what we DO remember.
  • nitecat
    11 years 2 months ago
    Money Money
    Still a teen, we drove from the south bay to Portland in an old station wagon purchased for $50. It had a terrible oil leak, we traveled with a case of oil. Great show, this was one of a handful of shows where they played Money Money. It was quickly retired, never to ever be played again. What a wonderful adventure!
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    gotgopher2
    11 years 7 months ago
    Great show, sound was so-so
    I remember this one well. Show was supposed to start at 7, and the band took the stage 15 minutes early, ready to cook. Superb set list (maybe my favorite of all my Dead shows), and the band was in great form. This was my first taste of the "Mars Hotel", and I loved hearing the new stuff. The acoustics of the building didn't do the sound system justice though. From certain vantage points you're in good shape, but throughout much of the building the sound is a muddled mess. I had to get much closer to really hear the vocals, and good instrumental separation. That being said, there was enormous energy, and a good time was had by all. After over five hours of heaven the fun police turned on the house lights, and pulled the plug just after midnight.