There was the huge rainbow stretching across the top of the stage with the sun in the middle. The other thing that sticks in my mind was that the stage set was a scaled down version of the Autzen Stadium set from the summer before. We had to park out in the neighborhood and I recall signs in windows of homes in the area welcoming the Grateful Dead.Ī few weeks before the show, we went to see 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and were blown away to hear Jerry play the notes from the movie. My wife and I barely made it back in time from a cross country ski trip with the Eugene Parks & Rec. I'm not sure but the torrent may still be going over at bt.

Not all of this show is available as a board - but much of it is.

There are good shows, there are great shows, there are unbelievable shows.and then there's 1-22-78!!!!!!!!!!!! Blues' encore is in a league of it's own. Like Dick said, this show's so hot even the 'U.S. All you can do is listen with mouth agape and drooling. As for set II, there are no words to do it justice. It sounds as if the band is a train that is JUST ABOUT to run off the tracks at any second but somehow, some way, it never derails CONTROLLED CHAOS at it's musical best. And the energy and final jam in 'TMNS' is unparalelled, imo. I've never heard another 'Jed' that comes remotely close to this one. The interplay between Jerry & Bob in 'Jed' is simply AMAZING. The entire first set is a highlight in and of itself but highlights of the highlight are the 'Tenn Jed' and 'TMNS'. 'Minglewood.' starts things off in raucous fashion and things never let up. My favorite shows are those in which the boyz (and girl) sound as if they're attacking their instruments, and this show is a non-stop exhibition of that. From first note to last, there's not one single GD show that tops this one.

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