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Set 1:
Touch Of Grey
Promised Land
Loser
New Minglewood Blues
Ramble On Rose
Me And My Uncle
Cumberland Blues
Looks Like Rain
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider

Set 2:
My Brother Esau
Maybe You Know How I Feel
Bertha
Estimated Prophet
Eyes Of The World
Drums
Throwin' Stones
Morning Dew
Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
Don't Ease Me In

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A very good show from a great tour. I have been listening to the entire East Coast Spring �83 tour and there really has not been a clunker yet, this was show # 9 of the 13 played on that tour. The first set has some high points, with �Cumberland Blues� and �Looks Like Rain� being stellar versions. I loved when they brought back �Cumberland Blues� and put it the tail end of �Me and My Uncle�, in the traditional �Big River� slot, this was the first show with this paring ( of 5 total times played) and it took us by surprise. The set closing �China > Rider� is also well played, and always a treat in the 1st set. The only down side to this show is the 2nd set opener, �My Brother Esau�, played at 10 of the 13 dates on this tour, �The new Bobby Tune� or �Wandering the Land� is what we called it in Hampton. This was the second and last time it would appear in the 2nd set, not a great way to start the set. With the exception of one time in 1986, all six versions of �Maybe you Know� where played during the East Coast Spring �83 tour and this version rocks. I like this song, don�t know why it was shelved and never really dusted off again. The �Bertha > Estimated > Eyes � that follows are all well played, without any real highlights, just solid and enjoyable. The meat of this show starts in �Space�; very dark, deep distortion leads to a powerful �Throwing Stones�, with an amazing jam, the final vocals are also strong. Since �Throwing Stones� was not yet mated with �Not Fade Away� to end the set, ( 1st done this tour in Binghamton) it lead to a very good �Morning Dew�, Phil is all over this version, not sung with the passion of the great versions, but still very well played and the final jam builds nicely. A rocking �Sugar Magnolia� closes the set. The final 40-minutes of this show are top notch and make this a valuable addition to your �83 collection. I have listened to it twice in the last 4-months after not hearing it since it was at the show almost 30-years ago. The soundboard copy I have did have any annoying digital buzz every now and then and I will looks for a cleaner copy.
- (10/16/2012)

Brent absolutely hit it out of the park on Maybe you know! yeah why they stopped playing that is anyone's guess
- (11/13/2015)

Hello Fellow Rhode Islanders ....
this was my 1st RI show out of the 10 that followed and this day 4/20/1983 changed my life forever.
Well, I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong, seldom turns out the way it does in a song EXCEPT WHEN The sky was yellow, and the sun was blue ... LOV YA SCARLET ....

iko iko now till the end of time..

- (08/04/2021)

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