Set List:
Cold Rain and SnowNew Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Me and My Uncle
Big River
They Love Each Other
Looks Like Rain
Brown Eyed Women
It's All Over Now
Jack-a-Roe
Lazy Lightnin'
Supplication
I Need a Miracle
Bertha
Good Lovin'
Stagger Lee
Estimated Prophet
Eyes of the World
drums
Iko Iko
The Other One
Black Peter
Around and Around
Comments
Cold Rain and Snow
Sunday afternoon, cold and rainy
winter in New York State.
The auditorium was small,
one of those WPA hockey arenas
that are in every city in the Northeast.
It was warm and dry inside,
and all my friends were there.
We went in the Vegamatic,
orange like rust going sixty.
The show started slowly.
The same songs, the same order.
I've heard this before.
A first set like all others.
Then the warm-up over,
they shifted gears
picked up the pace and
swept us off our feet
dancing flying.
Now it's time to leave.
No more rain, just snow.
half a foot and more.
We had to push the Vega
up a hill around a corner,
ice and wind,
with a cliff on the side.
Just you behind the wheel,
three young men,
now all pushing fifty,
pushing and slipping
the wheels spinning
time away.
Cold Rain and Snow
Hitchhiked to this show on one of the coldest days I can remember. Had friends drop me off on the highway the night before. Lost a tent pole, couldn't set up the tent in the woods, froze all night. Spent most of the show with my feel still numb. (But happy!) Big plaque in the foyer of the hall dedicated to Elvis, who died just eight days before he was scheduled to appear there. (Uh... a somewhat dubious honor for the town!)
Glen
Drums
Of all the drum solos and duets I heard over the years the one they played this night was absolutely superb. Actually, it was astounding.
This show had a strange vibe
This Sunday show was originally scheduled to be in November, and for me, it was the day before I had to register for second semester at Syracuse. The arena seemed to be empty... I recall walking right up to the stage and watching Jerry and Donna grinning at each other during Cold Rain And Snow...
One side note: My friend (Steve Menzer) and I saw Phil Lesh in the back of his limo with the light on, heading to the arena perhaps an hour or so before the show started...On the way back, we saw our friend Steve Miller on the side of the road getting towed out.
Cold Cold Cold
A snowy night in lovely Utica - what else needs to be said? The show was OK and my shrooms were better, but the ride home around the Sacandaga Reservior was miserable. No encore and they kicked Keith and Donna out of the band about a week later. They kinda mailed in this show, but who could blame them? The best part was seeing all our crew there........