Thursday, August 21, 1980

this is one of those shows that the first set is better than the 2nd for openers everyone got a rose when they walked in i know drums to open up is strange they did it once on the west coast as hot as the first set was the 2nd wasnt all that bad ive seen much worse 2nd sets .Icant remember if i saw anthor truckin into the other one and i saw alot of shows in my time very grateful for this recording thank you still work on that audience though

I think this show is crackling in parts. Listen to the Jerry Mexicali improv. Don't tell me he's not thinking Mariachi band during the final improv verse - Jerry's "Brass via Chords" sans MIDI! To think that they would play 100-200 nights a year and he'd come up with different phrasing and melodic ideas each time a song was played is what makes Jerry and the Dead so fantastic.