Notes:
"Funiculi Funicula" tuning into "Casey Jones" - last "Casey Jones": 08-03-82 [125] - sound check: Casey Jones, Lovelight
Set List:
Casey JonesFeel Like a Stranger
Althea
Cassidy
Tennessee Jed
Looks Like Rain
Might As Well
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Man Smart/Woman Smarter
He's Gone
drums
Don't Need Love
Truckin'
Wang Dang Doodle
Stella Blue
Around and Around
Good Lovin'
Day Job
Comments
I loved this opener.
I made a bet with a guy in the parking lot of the Spectrum (renamed the F U Center) in 2002 at a "The Dead" show. I remember that Susan Tedechi was singing with them at that show. The bet was that the Grateful Dead played Casey Jones in 1984. He swore that it hadn't been played since 1982. He just knew it had been twenty years. We went and found a Deadbase in the parking lot and he couldn't believe I remembered that tidbit. It was easy. I knew the answer because I was here at this show and it is something you don't forget. Very hot. Merriweather is a great venue.
Dougles
Fun night
Good bet Douglas. Hard to forget this opener as it was one of the few times it came out from here to the end. Tapes bear out the strength of this version and the crowd is way into it. Merriweather is a great venue for sure.