I think they opened with half step....
Man they played about everything that night
I saw them in Baton Rouge .....their first time in Louisiana since the French quarter bust....not as good a show
I also saw them in Jackson MS arts festival with a small crowd
BeBop the local productions outfit and record store chain owned by Drake Elder just had to have them play Jackson and even with just the festival floor full they played a very heartfelt show till the Fire Marshall shut them down around 2am and then went home with the local production brass to an all night party jam out at the resevoir....groupies for Bobby Weir of course
The sound was awful in Jackson but the band knew folks around there also knew it was the one and only time in fairly small Jackson Miss the Dead would ever play there
We were really happy with that one....
I saw them at the Fox in Atlanta around then too
My concert interest in the Dead sorta petered out after that
Around here the band that draws like that is Panic
Half Step was the second number, after Minglewood. And they stretched it out a bit, clocking it in at over 10 min.
Too bad about the sound at that Jackson gig, but sounded like a real good time.
My last Dead show was in ‘87 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, an almost annual tour stop for them.
Saw Bobby and the Midnights at a small club in the early ‘80s. Billy Cobham on drums. Quality gig. Weir’s an underrated guitarist.