| 1983-04-16 | Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ | Thunder Skull Award |
| Set 1: Minglewood Blues, Tennessee Jed, Me And My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, My Brother Esau, West L.A. Fadeaway, Maybe You Know, Looks Like Rain > Touch Of Grey | Minglewood Blues, Tennessee Jed, Bird Song, West L.A. Fadeaway, Maybe You Know, Looks Like Rain > |
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| Set 2: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Uncle John's Band > Truckin' > Drums > Space > Black Queen > Iko Iko > Bob Star > The Other One > Black Peter > One More Saturday Night, E: Johnny B. Goode | China Cat Sunflower > Uncle John's Band > |
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| Corrections / Observations | ||
| Received by Dick | 1983-00-00 | |
| Tape Source | Steve Rolfe | |
| Review Entry Date | 1984-02-08 | |
| Dick's Review | Steve phoned me 15 minutes after the end of the show to tell me that this show as one of the Big Ones. He hasn't ever gone this far so I put a lot of weight to his perceptions. The show is a great one but 10/14/83 - Hartford is the best of the year by a small margin over this show. The start of the 1st set is OK but nothing really gives the evening’s potential away until Bird Song where there is a very exciting instrumental rush that comes close to The Other One. This period is where they added a solid finishing (?) touch to West L.A. Fadeaway which makes it a lot more more meaningful! The next tune is a song by Brent that he only attempted twice (one time on this tour a few days later) and I think it is his best contribution (as far as a song goes) so far. A very hot finish to an excellent 1st set, Uncle John’s Band is a rare surprise but they don’t seem to have the mixture that produced the 12/79 - Oakland versions! Truckin' > Drums is all well done but nothing is outrageous. This occurs in the next segment when Steve still does his thing for a couple of thrilling songs. These 2 songs by itself almost qualifies it for a Thunder Skull Award. The jam section contains another rarity: Weir’s trip on: I Want To Be A Star - Bob Star | |
| 2nd Review Date | 1984-02-08 | |
| Dick's 2nd Review | The finish of the show is fitting to a Thunder Skull Award Show. Superb!!! |