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05/15/81
Athletic Center (Rutgers University) - New Brunswick, NJ

Set 1:
Mississippi Half-Step
Franklin's Tower
New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Cassidy
Candyman
Little Red Rooster
Jack-A-Roe
El Paso
Ramble On Rose
Looks Like Rain
Don't Ease Me In

Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias
Fire On The Mountain
Estimated Prophet
Eyes Of The World
Drums
Not Fade Away
Black Peter
Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
U.S. Blues

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Comments:

Lightning through the skylight during Estimated. A very cool thing
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arrived at this one without ticket, paid way too much, ate some paper and had quite a time:)
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Yes - looks like rain - the lightning - lots of drama.
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just rec'd this one on high quality audience cd's....wow!!

what an amazing show...even the "rooster" got my attention and i normally don't like that song.

incredibly long first set and every song is played well...the second set is fantastic with a very fine scarlet>fire to kick things off...check this one out!
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my first show MAGIC
-Anonymous


LLRAIN>Classic Jerry pluckin'@the end coupled w/choice Bobby lyrics comin' in@the righ time w/a wee bit of profanity & some AUD mixin' w/in.
The folks in N.NJ & the metro NY area wewre treated to a true delight of GD@their finest.
DON'T EASE-Again an AUD but nevertheless buttered w/pure emotion!
- (08/07/2010)


One of my first shows. Half-step set the tone.

Lightning was very cool also during Looks Like Rain. Couldn't have scripted it any better.
- (03/22/2013)


My first show! Glad to know it wasn’t the 😜
That made me see lightning through the skylight
- (02/21/2019)


This is Hunter's Trix Vol. 128

http://bt.etree.org/index.php?page&cat=8
- (05/17/2021)


As I picked up my MATCHES and was closing the door
I had one of those flashes I'd been there before

There's a dragon with MATCHES that's loose on the town
Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down

Written years apart from each other, these two songs were destined to be paired together, clearly. Yet another example why they are the Just Exactly Perfect Band.
-JT (11/22/2022)


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Band Configuration
(04/16/79 - 07/23/90)

Lead Guitar: Jerry Garcia
Rhythm Guitar: Bob Weir
Bass: Phil Lesh
Keyboards: Brent Mydland
Drums: Bill Kreutzmann
Drums: Mickey Hart

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