The Show With the Playin' In the Band That Makes Me Blush

100 Days of the Dead Day 22

31 Years Ago Tonight...

Grateful Dead ~ October 14, 1977
Hofheinz Pavilion ~ University of Houston
Houston, Texas

1st Set: Jack Straw, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo->
El Paso, Brown-Eyed Women, Minglewood Blues, Loser,
Passenger, Friend Of The Devil, Me & My Uncle,
Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped

2nd Set: Bertha-> Good Lovin', Candyman, Playing In The Band->
Drums-> The Wheel-> Wharf Rat-> Around And Around

Encore: Brokedown Palace-> Playing In The Band

Hey now it's me Sugarmag and I wanted to tell you about this here show. Something that you may have figured about me by now is that I am not the most critical of listeners and you already know that I'm going to tell you it's good. Well, bite me! It's a good show! Listen to it and it'll make ya' feel good! This show is special to me for personal reasons that I can't tell you about. Well I could tell you, but than I'd have to shoot you;). I can't listen to Playing In the Band without blushing. Anyway...

This show starts out with Bob saying, "We're trying to get everything just exactly perfect" and that always makes me smile. I wonder if it says in a Deadbase somewhere how many times Bobby said that? Jack Straw makes me want to dance, they played it a gazillion times (actually I think it was like 430) but it always makes me think of summer and Deer Creek. Half Step is nice, Jerry's guitar is awesome but it always is (unless you can't hear it). Donna sounds good singing on this song, really she sounds good on this whole show. Friend of mine can't stand Donna and she won't listen to any shows with Donna, but sometimes, like on this night, she sounds good. El Paso is one of my favorite cowboy tunes and this is a good one. Brown Eyed Women is good too and Jerry's guitar playing is beautiful. I really dig Passenger it rocks! It has such great energy and Donna sounds good. In fact I'm realizing that Donna sounded good more of the time than she sounded bad. This is just a good night, every song is good and I am running out of time and verbage to do it justice. I can't end my comments without telling you how much I liked Wharf Rat. The truth is that sometimes I am a little bored with Wharf Rat but they played a grate one this night, it has a long beautiful jam, it is just exactly perfect. Check it out, it'll make you smile.

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