The band comes out of set break with their last Louie Louie, a charged up, oh so weird version that nails it perfectly for the Louie-ville crowd. A few tunes after that, the Dead move from Estimated into Uncle John’s, stumbling a little over the segue and intro, but then settling into what sounds like a slightly faster tempo. Whatever is going on, the crowd loves it, roaring at every opportunity and seemingly goading the boys into a smashing jam that fades off to Drums. But the highlights were still to come as they tumble out of Space into a funky Other One, throwing off some magically delicious sonic laser beams and space blasters before settling into a melancholy and achingly beautiful Stella Blue. Then, a typically smoking Sugar Mags closes out the set. But do not walk about before the encore as the Dead come together to send the place home with a fantastic version of Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.

Even though the Hell in a Bucket opener is not the headiest version out there, together with some of the other odd moments of the night, it brings to mind the Dead’s music video for the tune. In the heyday of Kurt Loder and Downtown Julie Brown, when MTV actually played music videos, no self-respecting band would release an album without at least a couple of videos. Somehow the Dead – or Arista Records, who was distributing the In the Dark album – thought it would be a good idea to put together a couple of them. We all know the Touch of Grey video, which received major airplay on MTV and helped bring hundreds of thousands of Touch-Heads to the shows. But the Hell in a Bucket video garnered far less time on the network. Fortunately, it can still be seen in all its amazing over-the-top glory.