Cotterell Gym

November 04, 1977

Hamilton, NY US

Average: 4 (2 votes)

Notes:

last "Cold Rain": 09-28-76 [63]

Set List:

Bertha
Good Lovin'
Brown Eyed Women
Cassidy
It Must Have Been the Roses
Sunrise
New Minglewood Blues
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Let it Grow

Samson and Delilah
Cold Rain and Snow
Playin' in the Band
Eyes of the World
Estimated Prophet
The Other One
drums
Iko Iko
Stella Blue
Playin' in the Band

Johnny B. Goode

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Comments

Jones gang

I was a junior at Tufts, and had tickets for the Saturday show in Rochester. On Friday, a friend came up to me on campus and said she had four extra tickets to that night's show at Colgate in Hamilton if I could give her a ride. There was no hesitation.
I rounded up to buddies quickly, and on our way out of town at about 1 p.m., we stopped by a third guy's house and called for him from the car. He leaned out his window and we explained we were heading to Hamilton and had a ticket. He disappeared from the window and I swear, he was in the car three seconds later. We found out on our return he left his stereo and lights in his room turned on.
This was a great show, very high energy with a non-stop second set (meaning no breaks between songs). It also was the only time I saw them really banter with the crowd, at one point introducing themselves as the Jones gang (Jerry Jones, Bobby Jones, Donna Jean Jones, etc. etc.) It was hilarious.
More than that, this show foreshadowed the greatest weekend of music that I ever experienced, with the Rochester show on Saturday and Binghamton show on Sunday.

 

What a weekend indeed!

I was at Syracuse University. We had tickets for all 3 shows, this one, Rochester and the phenominal Binghampton. We drove to Colgate in a blinding snow storm. What a treat to see the Dead, in their prime, clearly in a great mood, with a snow storm raging outside, in a room no larger than a High School gym! There is a Dick's Pick of the second show of the weekend in Rochester.I wish this show would be released and then there was Binghampton, which I believe was the best of the three. All three shows rate in the top ten of shows I've attended. This show was very high energy from start to end. Rippin guitar solos. It was not an off night or off weekend. I remember it was one of the fastest paced Eyes of the World ever. One side of the gym had tall, wide windows. The lights were turned on outside illuminating the raging snow as the stage was lit in deep blue, a white spot on Jerry playing needless to say a very inspired Cold Rain and Snow. A brilliant Playin in the Band bookmarked a spectacular second set. What a night and what a weekend.