The show was held at William & Mary College in Williamsburg, VA. If you've never been, Williamsburg is a restored colonial town for the tourists -- everywhere you look is ye olde candle maker and the town crier. This was before the insane mid-80s outburst of MTV Deadheads, but even so, the Deadheads took over the town in our own friendly way. Walk in to ye olde ice cream parlor, and there are Deadheads helping the counter help apply extra whipped cream to sundaes, and discreetly breaking up mushrooms in to their milkshakes.

To add to the adventure, it turns out that besides being income tax day (April 15) it was also parent visitation day at William & Mary.

A beatiful crisp spring day as the sun went down. Suddenly someone appeared in the parking lot with a large bag of rather gigantic blotters for sale at very low prices. The rumor was always that the band was connected in some way to this. Who knows?

Inside, the stage was VERY low to the floor -- maybe a foot off the ground, making for a very intimate setting. The ushers were all college students, and it was refreshing to see that no matter how wasted we were, they were more wasted. John Scher, the east-coast's answer to Bill Graham tried to get us to calm down and move back from the speaker towers, while spaced out ushers tried to whip us up in to a frenzy with their flashlights.

Those who could still talk when the second set started saw Billy and Mickey come out and start swinging their arms back and forth and spinning on their stools before the show even started -- like two wrestlers getting ready to grapple.

The rest of the show speaks for itself in a dozen crackling ways, especialy the Drums (featuring the ENTIRE band in those days, all playing various percussion instruments) and Morning Dew. When they played Around and Around, we really DID believe that they would "never stop rocking" -- they're going to play all night!

Well, no not exactly. I DO miss the One More Saturday Night encore on many tapes in circulation. The band came out and Bobby said, "Guess what night it is?" and our busy little minds scrambled..."Uh... New Years? Halloween? Someone's birthday?" No, it's SATURDAY NIGHT. Whee!

No room here to tell you how after the show with our faces painted day-glo we wound up at Camp Perry Marine Base instead of our campground. (Camp Perry also being a CIA training center). The nice guard with his nice shiney boots and nice rifle showed remarkable restraint, and pointed us toward our campground.

OK? OK.

Glen

this was the best of times. shows were easy to get into. the heat was not yet sophisticated. deadheads were united in the adventure of getting to the shows and having a good time one and all. my first morning dew, i think. this is one of the shows i saw in the late 70's i can remember. i would have to say this show was and is my favorite, would love to have a copy.

This topped off a great week of music for me. Sunday Bonnie Rait at GW with members of Little Feat helping out on a couple songs. Little Feat at the Warner two shows a night Monday - Frinday with Bonnie Rait helping out and, of course, this show on Saturday Night. Easily the finest Morning Dew I ever experienced. Sorry this was the last show at this venue due to the timing of parents weekend....had to move up to Hampton Roads. In September of 78', Little Feat played their finest show that I ever witnessed at this venue. Both were very intense trips to Wm and Mary and spectacular shows!!! Rossboy777