without Bruce Hornsby - last "Same Thing": 12-31-71 [1321] - "SOTM" tease before "Miracle"
setlist
One More Saturday Night
Jack Straw
Peggy-O
New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Queen Jane Approximately
Loser
Cassidy
Deal
Foolish Heart
Man Smart/Woman Smarter
Uncle John's Band
Playin' in the Band
Same Thing
drums
space
I Need a Miracle
Standing on the Moon
Throwin' Stones
One More Saturday Night Reprise
U.S. Blues
show date
Venue
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The 'Saturday Night Sandwich'. HA!
Worth the price of admission all by itself.
Powerful Show
Wow!!! I must have been trippin', but I thought this show was one of the top 3 of the 70 Dead shows I have been to. Micky and Billy were slammin' the skins really hard and I thought the whole band was really trying to play with power. Jack Straw, especially.
Saturday Night Opener Closer Gig
Best night of the run. I'd rather be with you!
First Cali show
I remember it well. First time I ever saw the boys outside of Atlanta and Charlotte. What a different vibe in a general admission setting - no one sneaking around trying to get to different seat, everyone happy to be where they were. Unbelievable show - the Saturday Sandwich was a mind-blower. Sat just off the floor, Jerry side. A 17 year-old Georgia boy in overalls on his own in the land where the Dead were born. Will never forget that trip! I remember hearing about some wacko-sounding opener for New Years Eve, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Had never heard of them. But, I sure was about to! Couldn't score a ticket to the New Year's show, but did score a ticket to see the Neville Brothers at the Warfield - WHAT A SHOW THAT WAS! :)