Oh Yeah, I remember tis one. What a weekend!! Went to Santa Barbara to meet up with Rick, who had the tix. When I got there I found out he had family obligations, That' Rick for you. So I headed South to meet up with friends turned out to be one of those miracle weekends, no details on this part. So I head back to SB, on Sunday with this great grin on my face. Pulled into SB and saw the line halfway around the gym. Oh well I already had a great weekend.
So I caught up with Rick and we were getting ready to go to the show. I told Rick that the line was already getting long and we better hurry. Rick never hurries. Then his brother-in-law comes in and tells us if we leave now we can get in the back door. That was the only time I saw Rick hurry. We got right in with floor seats about halfway back. I don't thik it could have been much better. We had seats and plenty of dancing room.
I was already in a great mood and the show just kicked it into high gear. Bobby did a great El Paso, in fact that West Texas wind sent chills up and down my back. I think the highlight though was Jerry at the end of first set. This was the only time I remember him doing anything like this. Bobby was going to the mic to announce half-time when Jerry kinda nudged him, memory kinda foggy here folks. Jerry sticks up his finger to say he wants to do one more and starts into a rockin' Scarlet. It was great.
I always think of the Dead as the whole experience, not just the show. So I hope didn't bore you with unecessary details.
Miss you Rick, say hi to Jerry for me.

Once in a while you can get shown the light.
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.