Sunday, June 25, 1978

Absolutely one of the best days of my life. My buddy Butch and I stopped by on a hitch-hiking trip down the Coast. A big show on a sunny summer day -- Eddie Money, the Outlaws, Santana, the Grateful Dead. we chilled in the back of the stadium through Money and most of the Outlaws. Figuring to work our way up to the front when they'd likely conclude their set with the three-guitar-attack "green Grass and High Tides" turned out just perfectly. Saw Santana and the Dead from the very front.

This show beats the June 4 show, no question. Jerry's guitar playing is perfect and fiery, and it's good night for vocals. But he's also doing things different also seems to be having flash-backs to earlier vocal and guitar styles. This first set is not to be missed. There's fierce Big River with an interesting introduction. In Candyman Jerry's vocal has shades of the late 60's with the way he uses vibrato.