02-11-1979
Kiel Auditorium
St. Louis, Missouri
The show is fairly standard fare for this point in 1979. There are some high points. For instance, we always like a Sugaree, and this one delivers in spades. The Stella Blue is also quite lovely, as one would expect. But there are also a few tunes that seem like the Dead could have taken them a good deal further, including the China>Rider and Terrapin. However, the biggest shortcoming of this show is the sound quality. Perhaps we have just been conditioned in the digital era to expect every tape to have been worked over by Charlie Miller. Still, this one sounds like a beat up old Maxwell XL II on our hatchback’s factory installed tape deck back sometime in the early 1990s. If you do give it a listen, try to keep an open mind or just remember the good old days of trading tapes.
Sugaree
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Friend Of The Devil
Lazy Lightning >
Supplication
Might As Well
The Music Never Stopped
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
From The Heart Of Me
Terrapin Station >
Playing In The Band >
Drums >
Space >
Not Fade Away >
Stella Blue >
I Need A Miracle >
Good Lovin’
Encore:
U.S. Blues
Bob Weir – Guitar
Keith Godchaux – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Donna Jean Godchaux – Vocals

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