Dead of the Day: 10-28-1985
Fox Theater
Atlanta, Georgia
Our Dead of the Day takes us out to the high class Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia back in 1985. The Jerry songs in the first set are all excellent: Sugaree, Peggy-O, Ramble On Rose, and Row Jimmy. The Peggy-O in particular is really divine. On that one, Jerry provides some wonderful, spare picking, Brent serves up some lovely runs, and Bobby is dialed in, playing off Jerry’s leads. Bobby’s playing on Peggy-O is no fluke; he is on throughout the evening. On his side of things, he starts off by going with the first-ever Kansas City with the Royals having just won the World Series. Then, after that Peggy-O, Bobby flubs some lyrics on Esau, but that is the only thing bringing down this fantastic version. The Cassidy is bright, and the Promised Land rocks the set out. The second half opens with Scarlet Begonias, which is hot in itself, but transitions illustriously into Touch Of Grey. The Women Are Smarter that comes out next is well-played and a lot of fun with Bobby and Brent building on each other musically and vocally. Then we get a Terrapin Station, which, as always, is quite a trip. Post-Space, the Stella is absolutely magisterial.
Kansas City *
Peggy-O
My Brother Esau
Ramble On Rose
Cassidy
Row Jimmy
Promised Land
Touch Of Grey >
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) >
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin’ >
Smokestack Lightning >
Stella Blue >
Around & Around >
Good Lovin’
Encore:
Keep Your Day Job
Kansas City Royals were in the World Series
Jerry Garcia – Guitar
Bob Weir – Guitar
Brent Mydland – Keyboards
Phil Lesh – Bass
Bill Kreutzmann – Drums
Mickey Hart – Drums
Yesterday’s Dead of the Day:
Other October 28th Shows and Recordings:
- 1972 – Cleveland Public Hall – Cleveland, Ohio
- 1977 – Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Hall – Kansas City, Kansas
- 1979 – Cape Cod Coliseum – South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
- 1984 – Berkeley Community Theater – Berkeley, California
- 1990 – The Zenith – Paris, France
- 1991 – Oakland Coliseum – Oakland, California
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