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The night after THE night is always difficult. Following The Warlock Shows in Hampton, some people thought every show would just get better until we were all raptured off to Heaven to cruise around in Busses whose tires never got flat nor required gas. October 11th had to come. While 10/11/89 was a really good show, not too many people could tell me about it without using Dead Base or Google. If I ask most DeadHeads about Hampton, they can tell me exactly what was played each night, at least for the second sets. SPAC was like October 11th… Thanks to Joni Mansfield-Hazaz, for the picture. She’s one of the few people that saw more Dead shows than Weir. Love her forever!

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There’s a lot of folks that woke up Monday morning wondering why their clothes are on the front lawn and who put the TV up in a tree. There’s so much to cover, I don’t even know where to begin. It sure was a blessing to get off of the couch and into the chowdah as Dead & Company opened up a few cans of whoop-ass in Boston. The scene couldn’t be more inviting around Boston and it’s great to see our community taking over cities again.  I always liked big cities because we don’t overwhelm the natives as much. Back in the day, when we came through the smaller towns, it was like a Coup de Chaos. We would turn a small town upside down on the way through. Folks didn’t know how to handle it. Some learned to adapt over the years, others banned US from coming back. We just made the big cities a little more colorful for a few days. Boston rolled out The Red Carpet and The Band responded in kind!
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