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    "Beer Barrel Polka" tuning before "Tennessee Jed" - 7 beat "BIODTL"

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  • Promised Land
    Tennessee Jed

    China Cat Sunflower
    I Know You Rider
    El Paso
    U.S. Blues
    Greatest Story Ever Told
    It Must Have Been the Roses
    Me and Bobby McGee
    Deal

    Around and Around
    Mississippi Half-Step
    Truckin'
    Nobody's Jam
    The Other One
    Heaven Help Jam
    Row Jimmy
    Big River
    Ship of Fools
    Sugar Magnolia

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  • martabassy
    7 years 5 months ago
    The Best El Paso in my memory -
    I was the blond haired giraffe bouncing up and down in the front, enough to make Jerry crack up at one point. Having become a professional musician since those days, jaded by years of great and not so great music, the GD show at University of Nevada, Reno, May 74 stands out as my all-time favorite. It wasn't a monstrous crowd, which I liked. The transparency of 'the Wall' was amazing! I remember that far in the back I could hear a loose nut on Billy's kick pedal, seriously! The wind was a big factor, good, bad. Certainly made a lot of folks nervous. I think the good, being a player, was that when you're charged up by the 'elements', added with a little sense of danger, you're gonna play on top of your game. As Billy explained it to me some years back "play and get the hell out of there!"
  • nitecat
    10 years 2 months ago
    Ziphler, Woh I remember that ride too!
    Hey there Ziphler, that was some trip we took to Reno in that old station wagon! I remember we followed the Dead to Portland, too in that old boat! We called it a boat cause it drove like a boat. I also remember it had a terrible oil leak, and we traveled with a case of oil just to keep it going! That Portland show was the only time I saw them play "Money Money", a tune they quickly retired. It was an odd, angry tune, not working with the dead synergy. Reno seemed odd like the Dead couldn't get squared away with the crowd, but that could just be me. I seemed like they tried to get energy goin and there wasn't much response from the audience. Maybe I was just spoiled by Winterland crowds.
  • ziphler
    11 years 9 months ago
    Wow, me too! I remember
    Wow, me too! I remember buying an old station wagon for $50 to drive to a dead show in Reno but there was a lot of window pane that year.
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Submitted by Jonathan Lane on
"Beer Barrel Polka" tuning before "Tennessee Jed" - 7 beat "BIODTL"
setlist
Promised Land
Tennessee Jed

China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
El Paso
U.S. Blues
Greatest Story Ever Told
It Must Have Been the Roses
Me and Bobby McGee
Deal

Around and Around
Mississippi Half-Step
Truckin'
Nobody's Jam
The Other One
Heaven Help Jam
Row Jimmy
Big River
Ship of Fools
Sugar Magnolia
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University of Nevada

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Submitted by The Othe One on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 02:48

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I had a great time, I'm not sure about the band. The wind was blowing real hard, but the music was great!
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Submitted by KJ7XJ on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 07:58

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I have decent audience copy of this show. Even with the wind, its a great one. The Truckin>Nobody's>Other One>Heaven Help is just awsome! Please remaster this from the vault!
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Submitted by forcritessake on Wed, 02/25/2009 - 13:55

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From Deadbase...1: Promised, Sugaree, Mexicali, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, B. E. Women, BIODTL 2: China Cat> I Know You Rider, El Paso, U. S. Blues, Greatest, Roses, Bobby McGee, Deal, Around 3: Half Step, Truckin> Nobody's Jam> Other One> Mind Left Body Jam> Row Jimmy, Big River, Ship Of Fools, Sugar Magnolia "Beer Barrel Polka" tuning before "Tennessee Jed" - 7 beat "BIODTL"
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Submitted by jimmieji on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 13:32

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I became entirely unglued by the time the Dead came on - that's what I get for dosing without eating a proper breakfast. Seriously, I had NO IDEA what was happening by the time we hitched from South Lake Tahoe to Reno. Complete LSD Blackout.It was my first show with Sharon and our only real "date." I finally, got it together at the encore and realized I was at a Grateful Dead show. Later, JiJi
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Submitted by ziphler on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 22:24

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Wow, me too! I remember buying an old station wagon for $50 to drive to a dead show in Reno but there was a lot of window pane that year.
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Submitted by nitecat on Fri, 08/22/2014 - 19:40

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Hey there Ziphler, that was some trip we took to Reno in that old station wagon! I remember we followed the Dead to Portland, too in that old boat! We called it a boat cause it drove like a boat. I also remember it had a terrible oil leak, and we traveled with a case of oil just to keep it going! That Portland show was the only time I saw them play "Money Money", a tune they quickly retired. It was an odd, angry tune, not working with the dead synergy. Reno seemed odd like the Dead couldn't get squared away with the crowd, but that could just be me. I seemed like they tried to get energy goin and there wasn't much response from the audience. Maybe I was just spoiled by Winterland crowds.
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Submitted by martabassy on Fri, 06/16/2017 - 14:30

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I was the blond haired giraffe bouncing up and down in the front, enough to make Jerry crack up at one point. Having become a professional musician since those days, jaded by years of great and not so great music, the GD show at University of Nevada, Reno, May 74 stands out as my all-time favorite. It wasn't a monstrous crowd, which I liked. The transparency of 'the Wall' was amazing! I remember that far in the back I could hear a loose nut on Billy's kick pedal, seriously! The wind was a big factor, good, bad. Certainly made a lot of folks nervous. I think the good, being a player, was that when you're charged up by the 'elements', added with a little sense of danger, you're gonna play on top of your game. As Billy explained it to me some years back "play and get the hell out of there!"
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Submitted by Songwind on Wed, 03/25/2020 - 11:53

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Is there a digital copy of this available for download? I know there were some soundboard issues, so if it's a partial copy that would be fine.

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Submitted by Benjamin95 on Sun, 02/21/2021 - 02:22

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The picture was old from the University of Nevada but the reason behind the picture is still the hot point to talk about in the meantime. The band is performing in front of the students and taking appreciation from the https://anffhub.latrobe.edu.au/members/1499/blog/2020/07/unravelling-th… that means they know how to build relationships with the university student.

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Submitted by Brians356 on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 21:42

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I was there, my first and only GD concert. Sitting about 20 yards out from center stage, on the grass in up to 40-knot crosswinds. Some gusts carried the sound away momentarily. I had just finished my first year studying music at U. Nevada, and had just been hired to play trombone in the Harrah's Tahoe house orchestra for the Sammy Davis Jr show, the beginning of my own 15-year pro music career. Only 49+ years ago!