After the break, the Dead come back out with a solid Bertha and Big River. But the second set really takes off with the Eyes Of The World. It is laid back and groovy, but jammed out to the hilt throughout its outstanding eighteen minutes. Slowly, the Eyes meanders to a close and slides into a haunting, ethereal China Doll. The Promised Land that bursts forth next is an exuberant release heading into an immaculate Ship of Fools. But the highlight of the set may very well be the Weather Report Suite that ends it. The boys take their time developing it, unfolding the tune into textured, speckled rapture before unfurling the moody and layered Let It Grow. But for all the awesomeness in the early two-thirds, the final set is the cream. And the richest part of it begins with the rapturous To Lay Me Down, which is probably the best version the boys ever rolled out. But things really get off the hook with the epic Truckin’, all thirty minutes of it. From the very beginning, Jerry is spiriting off, bringing bright, sonorous licks to the tune. But after the verses run out, things get particularly interesting as the entire band heads off into a driving jam, restlessly rolling through the furthest limits of the Truckin’ theme. Eventually the song itself can no longer contain the brilliant searching, and the boys head off into a Mind Left Body Jam that reaches out even further, bristling down seemingly familiar paths only to end up in vastly new territory. Even that, though, is not enough as the band transitions into a Spanish Jam that, never lacking flare, almost predictably, and no doubt too quickly, arrives at Wharf Rat. From there the boys head out with US Blues and One More Saturday Night before coming back for a scintillating Uncle John’s encore.

The Grateful Dead released the show as Dave’s Picks Volume 2.