ejd@petrus.UUCP (Ed J. Donofrio) (11/04/85)
Since I haven't seen a posting yet for this here goes.... Friday night 11/1/85 Dancin in the Streets Cold Rain & Snow Red Rooster Stagger Lee Me & My Uncle Big River Brown Eyed Women Jack Straw Don't Ease Me In Samson & Delilah High Time He's Gone Spoonful Comes a Time Lost Sailor Drums Space Saint of Circumstance Gimme Some Lovin She's An Artist Gloria Day Job Saturday night 11/2/85 Bertha Greatest Story Dupree's Diamond CC Rider Althea Brother Esau Candyman Let it Grow Aiko Aiko Estimated Prophet Uncle John's Band China Doll Drums Space Morning Dew Throwing Stones Love Light Baby Blue I'd maybe like to solicit a few comments from people who were at the shows out of curiousity to see if they felt the same way I did about the shows. I really enjoyed the show on Friday night (silly comment), specifically opening with Dancin. There were good jams from everyone during Red Rooster, and I especially liked the fast, upbeat version of Stagger Lee. Jack Straw and Don't Ease really were a pretty rocking ending to the first set. I was pretty surprised by Jerry following High Time with He's gone. I thought for sure he would need a rest after the harmonies in high time. At the end of Lost Sailor it they played the first few notes of Saint of Circumstance, but waited until after space to come back into it. I was thoroughly happy about Gloria, that has got to be one of best songs for crowd participation they do. The place was really into it. Second night... I thought the first set slowed down a little after Bertha and Greatest Story, I'm not real crazy about Dupree's anyway. Candyman and Let it Grow I thought were very hot tunes. They did some tremendous jams around let it grow. Good Stuff.. I couldn't say too much about the second set because I kinda just drooled all over myself. Looking at the setist for the second set gets me kinda excited. Anyone else think that Love Light was cut a little short??? I also thought Saturday night was a little spacier, I'd be curious to find out if that was only me or not... I don't think I've ever experienced anything like that one note that mickey hart hit during space a few times on Saturday night. It's not that it was that loud but I thought the top was gonna fly off the arena. He did it a couple times to let us know that their sound system could probably take down the building if they wanted to. Maybe it was just the purity of such a low tone, but it was one of those sounds that it feels like you can feel the shock wave. Just like to spur a little discussion of what other people thought of the shows... "Don't lend no hand to raise no flag atop a ship of fools" --Ed