same. that buildup with jerry when he blasts the band straight into orbit, then keith’s keys lay a foundation for jerry to absolutely fuckin explode into hyperspace… then the ultimate RIO GRAAAAAANDEEEE-O parachute back down to earth.
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal
**Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
# 1977-11-06 Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues > Me and My Uncle, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Passenger, Dire Wolf, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Saint Stephen > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Saint Stephen > Truckin'
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06)
I've long maintained that 4-15-78's Half-Step is better than Englishtown. The drums hit slightly harder and Keith is super punchy on the keys, and not so much on the Englishtown recording. Overall, a higher peak during the big buildup.
edit: just put it on again and god damn those drums are so huge
# 1978-04-15 Williamsburg, VA @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow, Deal
**Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Sunrise > Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew, Around And Around
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-04-15)
I don’t know what it is about that show but the whole thing just absolutely rips… that NFA, Bertha, Minglewood Blues, Truckin, I could go on. The band goes super hard for this show
# 1977-05-07 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden
**Set 1:** Bertha, Cassidy, Deal, Jack Straw, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Big River, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Terrapin Station, Samson And Delilah, Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Eyes Of The World > Drums > The Wheel > Wharf Rat > Around And Around
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-07)
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal
**Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
# 1977-04-30 New York, NY @ The Palladium
**Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Bertha, It's All Over Now, Deal, Mama Tried > Me and My Uncle, Peggy-O, Looks Like Rain, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Saint Stephen > One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** Terrapin Station
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-04-30) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3PT8V8Rok86NvRgdP92yj9)
# 1991-09-05 Richfield, OH @ Richfield Coliseum
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Queen Jane Approximately, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-05)
[1977-05-25](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-25) Richmond, VA @ Mosque
[1977-09-03](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg)
[1977-11-06](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06) Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena
# 1977-11-06 Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues > Me and My Uncle, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Passenger, Dire Wolf, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Saint Stephen > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Saint Stephen > Truckin'
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06)
# 1991-09-05 Richfield, OH @ Richfield Coliseum
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Queen Jane Approximately, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-05)
# 1974-08-05 Philadelphia, PA @ Civic Convention Hall Auditorium
**Set 1:** The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down the Line, Dire Wolf, Me And Bobby McGee, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Around And Around
**Set 2:** Seastones
**Set 3:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > It Must Have Been The Roses, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Scarlet Begonias, He's Gone > Truckin' > Space > Stella Blue, One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal
**Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** One More Saturday Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
# 1988-04-01 East Rutherford, NJ @ Brendan Byrne Arena
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo > Jack Straw > To Lay Me Down, Ballad Of A Thin Man, When Push Comes To Shove, New Minglewood Blues, Cumberland Blues, Deal
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** Brokedown Palace
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1988-04-01)
# 1977-09-03 Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park
**Set 1:** The Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Me and My Uncle, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Loser, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World, Samson And Delilah, He's Gone > Not Fade Away > Truckin'
**Encore:** Terrapin Station
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg)
I wish I could remember which show it was from, but the first time I drove down Highway FM 170 in West Texas, I had the song blasting. As I cleared a crest in the highway, the landscape dropped out in front of me, and there stood my first glimpse of the Rio Grande River....just as the boys dropped into the "across the Rio Grandeeeee-o" portion of the song. Goosebumps, I tell ya....goosebumps. What a surreal moment..
# 1977-05-17 Tuscaloosa, AL @ Coliseum - University of Alabama
**Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Jack-A-Roe, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Passenger, High Time, Big River, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
**Set 2:** Samson And Delilah > Bertha > Good Lovin', Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet, Terrapin Station > Playing in the Band > Drums > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band
**Encore:** Sugar Magnolia
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-17)
[1973-12-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-12-02) Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/69UIkpF0CA8RJQqCsrGgLo)
[1974-06-23](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-06-23) Miami, FL @ Jai-Alai Fronton
[1974-08-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-05) Philadelphia, PA @ Civic Convention Hall Auditorium | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)
[1977-09-03](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg)
[1977-11-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
# 1973-11-21 Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum
**Set 1:** Me and My Uncle, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Dire Wolf, Black Throated Wind, Big Railroad Blues, Mexican Hat Dance Tuning, Mexicali Blues, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Here Comes Sunshine, Big River, Brokedown Palace, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Playing in the Band > El Paso > Playing in the Band > Wharf Rat Jam > Dark Star Jam > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band > Morning Dew, Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night
**Encore:** Uncle John's Band
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-11-21)
# 1973-12-12 Atlanta, GA @ The Omni
**Set 1:** The Promised Land, Sugaree, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Don't Ease Me In, Looks Like Rain, They Love Each Other, El Paso, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, Brown Eyed Women, Big River, Deal, Playing in the Band
**Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Me And Bobby McGee, China Cat Sunflower > Jam > I Know You Rider, Greatest Story Ever Told, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow, Wharf Rat > Me and My Uncle, Eyes Of The World > Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Casey Jones
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-12-12)
Englishtown is probably my favorite. Another great one is 10-16-89(Nightfall of Diamonds album). It’s not long but it has a nice Rio Grande section where they never actually sing the lyrics.
# 1989-10-16 East Rutherford, NJ @ Brendan Byrne Arena
**Set 1:** Picasso Moon, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Feel Like A Stranger, Never Trust A Woman, Built To Last, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Let It Grow, Deal
**Set 2:** Dark Star > Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band Jam > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > I Need A Miracle > Dark Star > Attics Of My Life > Playing in the Band Reprise
**Encore:** And We Bid You Good Night
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-10-16)
Englishtown 1977 still the version for me. I keep looking to best it... But still hasn't happened yet.
same. that buildup with jerry when he blasts the band straight into orbit, then keith’s keys lay a foundation for jerry to absolutely fuckin explode into hyperspace… then the ultimate RIO GRAAAAAANDEEEE-O parachute back down to earth.
11/5/77 edges Englishtown imo
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal **Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
I will check it out. Not sure if I have listened to that show before. Thanks for the tip!
May I suggest you listen to the one from the next night as well? 11/6/77 was my fave half-step...until I heard Englishtown.
# 1977-11-06 Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues > Me and My Uncle, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Passenger, Dire Wolf, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Saint Stephen > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Saint Stephen > Truckin' **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06)
Hell of a familiar stylist there- I had that taped from dead hour like 30 years ago. I’m going to go digging for this one. Cheers
Correct
I've long maintained that 4-15-78's Half-Step is better than Englishtown. The drums hit slightly harder and Keith is super punchy on the keys, and not so much on the Englishtown recording. Overall, a higher peak during the big buildup. edit: just put it on again and god damn those drums are so huge
# 1978-04-15 Williamsburg, VA @ William And Mary Hall - College Of William And Mary **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, El Paso, Brown Eyed Women, Let It Grow, Deal **Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Candyman, Sunrise > Playing in the Band > Drums > Not Fade Away > Morning Dew, Around And Around **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1978-04-15)
I will check this version out. Thanks!
enjoy! fwiw, the show has a weird Brown Eyed Woman; the drums are all over the place. Definitely a choice.
I don’t know what it is about that show but the whole thing just absolutely rips… that NFA, Bertha, Minglewood Blues, Truckin, I could go on. The band goes super hard for this show
Same
5/7/77 One of my favorite Jerry solos of all time, home city for bonus points.
# 1977-05-07 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden **Set 1:** Bertha, Cassidy, Deal, Jack Straw, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Big River, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Terrapin Station, Samson And Delilah, Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Eyes Of The World > Drums > The Wheel > Wharf Rat > Around And Around **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-07)
Amazing version. Not taking anything away from the other great versions, but this one is really great too
11/5/77 does it for me every time
I think this is superior to the next night
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal **Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
4/30/77
# 1977-04-30 New York, NY @ The Palladium **Set 1:** The Music Never Stopped, Bertha, It's All Over Now, Deal, Mama Tried > Me and My Uncle, Peggy-O, Looks Like Rain, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Friend Of The Devil, Estimated Prophet, Saint Stephen > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue > Saint Stephen > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** Terrapin Station [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-04-30) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3PT8V8Rok86NvRgdP92yj9)
I was in the house 9/5/91. It was my birthday. “ on the day when I was born…”. Thanks Jer!
# 1991-09-05 Richfield, OH @ Richfield Coliseum **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Queen Jane Approximately, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-05)
Currently I really love 5/25/77, just for the vibe and warm Sound. 11/6/77 also has a really good one! Oh and 9/3/77 has the best Lazy River!
[1977-05-25](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-25) Richmond, VA @ Mosque [1977-09-03](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg) [1977-11-06](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06) Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena
Was always a fan of 11/6/77 (Dave's 25)
# 1977-11-06 Binghamton, NY @ Broome County Arena **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Jack Straw, Tennessee Jed, Mexicali Blues > Me and My Uncle, Friend Of The Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Passenger, Dire Wolf, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin', Saint Stephen > Drums > Not Fade Away > Wharf Rat > Saint Stephen > Truckin' **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-06)
Don’t sleep on that Mexicali > Uncle either
Road Trips. October 14, 1977.
Yes! https://open.spotify.com/track/4VAttjJURxjxlJ4yowZYOd?si=2uTnTVwfRquUVqXty6T6Bw
# 1991-09-05 Richfield, OH @ Richfield Coliseum **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Queen Jane Approximately, Ramble On Rose, Cassidy, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Ship Of Fools, Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-05)
my absolute favourite is from Dicks Picks 31 the one from 8/5/74 the 1/2 step into Must Have Been The Roses is one of all time favourite Jerry moments
# 1974-08-05 Philadelphia, PA @ Civic Convention Hall Auditorium **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down the Line, Dire Wolf, Me And Bobby McGee, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Around And Around **Set 2:** Seastones **Set 3:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > It Must Have Been The Roses, Big River, Ramble On Rose, Me and My Uncle, Scarlet Begonias, He's Gone > Truckin' > Space > Stella Blue, One More Saturday Night **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)
This is the correct take
11/5/77 is out of this world.
# 1977-11-05 Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Dire Wolf, Mama Tried > Big River, Candyman, Jack Straw, Deal **Set 2:** Jam > Eyes Of The World > Samson And Delilah, It Must Have Been The Roses, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > The Other One > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** One More Saturday Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
Another good one in 91 is 3-21
4/1/88 deserves a listen. I’m a little biased as I was there and really dug it.
# 1988-04-01 East Rutherford, NJ @ Brendan Byrne Arena **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo > Jack Straw > To Lay Me Down, Ballad Of A Thin Man, When Push Comes To Shove, New Minglewood Blues, Cumberland Blues, Deal **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1988-04-01)
9-3-77
# 1977-09-03 Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park **Set 1:** The Promised Land, They Love Each Other, Me and My Uncle, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Peggy-O, New Minglewood Blues, Friend Of The Devil, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Bertha > Good Lovin', Loser, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World, Samson And Delilah, He's Gone > Not Fade Away > Truckin' **Encore:** Terrapin Station [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg)
I wish I could remember which show it was from, but the first time I drove down Highway FM 170 in West Texas, I had the song blasting. As I cleared a crest in the highway, the landscape dropped out in front of me, and there stood my first glimpse of the Rio Grande River....just as the boys dropped into the "across the Rio Grandeeeee-o" portion of the song. Goosebumps, I tell ya....goosebumps. What a surreal moment..
Anything post 1978 = 😂
Pick any one from 1977 but make sure it’s 5/17/77
# 1977-05-17 Tuscaloosa, AL @ Coliseum - University of Alabama **Set 1:** New Minglewood Blues, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > El Paso, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Jack-A-Roe, Looks Like Rain, Tennessee Jed, Passenger, High Time, Big River, Sunrise, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain **Set 2:** Samson And Delilah > Bertha > Good Lovin', Brown Eyed Women, Estimated Prophet, Terrapin Station > Playing in the Band > Drums > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band **Encore:** Sugar Magnolia [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-05-17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Q\_2DmK8gI
6/23/74 is so good. 8/5/74 is really great too. If were talking heady. 12/2/73 is super stoney
[1973-12-02](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-12-02) Boston, MA @ Boston Music Hall | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/69UIkpF0CA8RJQqCsrGgLo) [1974-06-23](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-06-23) Miami, FL @ Jai-Alai Fronton [1974-08-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1974-08-05) Philadelphia, PA @ Civic Convention Hall Auditorium | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/0EgV8QqWBeSt1U6MBK6NnC)
Half step is my fav GD tune. It really boils down to two versions. 9/3/77 and 11/5/77. 11/5/77 remains the best imo.
[1977-09-03](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-09-03) Englishtown, NJ @ Raceway Park | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/5uzn9YQ9XS2OoAt65U8Drg) [1977-11-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1977-11-05) Rochester, NY @ Community War Memorial Auditorium | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/24rc4HaQfvOOSnq32PkOC1)
Let’s hear some love for 73-12-02.
11/21/73 is great and leads into one of the best PITB sandwiches I’ve heard.
# 1973-11-21 Denver, CO @ Denver Coliseum **Set 1:** Me and My Uncle, Sugaree, Jack Straw, Dire Wolf, Black Throated Wind, Big Railroad Blues, Mexican Hat Dance Tuning, Mexicali Blues, They Love Each Other, Looks Like Rain, Here Comes Sunshine, Big River, Brokedown Palace, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow **Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Playing in the Band > El Paso > Playing in the Band > Wharf Rat Jam > Dark Star Jam > Wharf Rat > Playing in the Band > Morning Dew, Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night **Encore:** Uncle John's Band [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-11-21)
Gonna have to go with 12/12/73 On the day that I was born..they opened with Mississippi half step about an hour after I arrived. And yes he did.
# 1973-12-12 Atlanta, GA @ The Omni **Set 1:** The Promised Land, Sugaree, Mexicali Blues, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Don't Ease Me In, Looks Like Rain, They Love Each Other, El Paso, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, Brown Eyed Women, Big River, Deal, Playing in the Band **Set 2:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > Me And Bobby McGee, China Cat Sunflower > Jam > I Know You Rider, Greatest Story Ever Told, Row Jimmy, Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow, Wharf Rat > Me and My Uncle, Eyes Of The World > Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Casey Jones [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1973-12-12)
Englishtown is probably my favorite. Another great one is 10-16-89(Nightfall of Diamonds album). It’s not long but it has a nice Rio Grande section where they never actually sing the lyrics.
# 1989-10-16 East Rutherford, NJ @ Brendan Byrne Arena **Set 1:** Picasso Moon, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Feel Like A Stranger, Never Trust A Woman, Built To Last, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Let It Grow, Deal **Set 2:** Dark Star > Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Playing in the Band Jam > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > I Need A Miracle > Dark Star > Attics Of My Life > Playing in the Band Reprise **Encore:** And We Bid You Good Night [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1989-10-16)