The better of the two nights for me

It might have been the previous night but I think it was this night when I saw the Dead for the first time. My life hasn't been the same since. Thanks for everything.

This was the second show in PHL and I was hoping for something a little more rocking than the Friday show. That day we went to the "Ramblin' Raft Race" People sailing anything that would float down the beautiful Skuykill River. We partied all day with a Lipton Ice Tea/Grain cocktail. Just made it to the show as Stranger was cranking.
The second set rocked again - loved that Scalet>Fire & Estimated>Eyes. We ran out of smoke during the show, so afterward I sent my friend Maddog out into the parking lot Shakedown scene to cop. He came back and unknowingly bought some Green (aka flakes,etc). I took one hit and knew it was trouble. That was the last hit I ever took. When I came out of my comatose stuper we were on 95 south just crossing the MD state line. Apparently Maddog took a wrong turn on the way home to Jersey and just kept going. I knew the Dead were at the Cap Centre the next day so we just continued our long strange trip. I'm so glad too because that 8/31 show was really smoking too. I also met a sweet girl from San Luis Obispo who had been on tour for a while and had all the setlists. I thought this was awesome and she was cute. This was pre-Deadbase and a great documentary of the 80 tour. Wish I had saved my setlists