Dead of the Day: 01-10-1979

Nassau Coliseum

Uniondale, New York

The show starts off with a rocking Promised Land, and while the first set might not have too many fireworks, it is solid. The Stagger Lee and Row Jimmy are two of our favorites, and then The Music Never Stopped just blows the top off the set. There is a little bit of disco sound in The Music Never Stopped as the boys – Jerry especially – blitz through the tune. The disco would carry over into the second half with a killer, jammed out Shakedown opener. Phil throws down, Jerry goes off, and the entire band just riffs out the “just got to poke around” for a luscious long while. Afterwards, a very fine trifecta of Miracle> Bertha> Good Lovin’ roars forth with Donna providing some solid backup vocals, reminding us all how good she could be at times. Then the boys turn to Dark Star, which they had busted out for the first time in four years just ten days earlier at the closing of Winterland. As the first notes roll out, the crowd goes berserk, and the band does not disappoint on a rapturous version that segues into a churning Drums. After Billy and Mickey do their stuff, the band comes back out for an eerie, lively exploration in Space. A deeply emotional rendition of Wharf Rat rises out of that murky ether, bridging over to Stephen, which was the last they played of the tune until the brief three-show breakout in October of 1983. The boys then come back around to Chuck Berry to see the show out with Around And Around and then an encore of Johnny B. Goode.

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Identifier:
gd1979-01-10.157156.fob.3MicMix.wagner.miller.flac2496
Source:
(FOB) (2)Sony 54P + (1)Sennheiser 441 > Namakichi 550 > Cassette Master (Sony TC-158SD/Maxell UDXLII-S90/Dolby B)
Notes:
Notes: — Thanks to Bob Wagner for lending me his masters — Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his previous help with this project — This is 157156 2496 -> 1644.1
Description:
Set I
Promised Land
Dire Wolf
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Looks Like Rain
Stagger Lee
El Paso
Row Jimmy
Passenger
Loser
The Music Never Stopped
Set II
Shakedown Street
I Need A Miracle >
Bertha >
Good Lovin’
Dark Star >
Drums >
Space >
Wharf Rat >
Saint Stephen >
Around & Around

Encore:
Johnny B. Goode


Comment
Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Keith Godchaux – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Donna Jean Godchaux – Vocals
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Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6MHz) > Tascam Hi-Res Editor (WAV 24-bit/96k) > Adobe Audition 2020 > Samplitude Pro X6 Suite > FLAC/24
Transferrer:
All Transfers and Mastering by Charlie Miller charliemiller87@earthlink.net June 25, 2022
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Tuning
165.43
2
Promised Land
369.36
3
Dire Wolf
341.38
4
Mama Tried
160.56
5
Mexicali Blues
349.78
6
Tennessee Jed
572.88
7
Looks Like Rain
607.42
8
Stagger Lee
558.96
9
El Paso
359.11
10
Row Jimmy
842.62
11
Passenger
390.91
12
Loser
585.82
13
The Music Never Stopped
492.27
14
Tuning
100.58
15
Shakedown Street
950.28
16
I Need A Miracle
338.57
17
Bertha
411.7
18
Good Lovin’
608.88
19
Dark Star
1106.52
20
Drums
524.57
21
Space
337.75
22
Wharf Rat
629.31
23
Saint Stephen
443.31
24
Around And Around
470.3
25
Encore Break
36.58
26
Johnny B Goode
276.6
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2 responses to “01-10-1979”

  1. Sly Avatar
    Sly

    Yup, luscious Shakedown jam…

  2. P_P_K Avatar
    P_P_K

    Me ’twas there. St. Stephen = epic. Weir always seemed to rock at Nassau.

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