Grateful Dead

Of the few I attended, this was my favorite. I had heard zillions of tapes, but I finally "got it" here, and with the help of a tape of this show, I was able to revisit the feeling of being there live. "High Time" was superb, "Fingers/Rain/Gone" flowed like quicksilver, and Jerry really reached back for something extra on "Days Between." The gospel vocal break at the end of "He's Gone" going in to Drums was awesome.

"If you don't like where the shoes that fit are leading you. . . . Take them off and go barefoot." and "If you don't know where you are going. . . . then you can't possibly be lost." Whatever happened between Chicago and this show put me in some kind of funk that was hard to shake. Really got into looks like rain, it just seemed so just right on to me at that moment and still hits that funky nerve