39th Aniv. of my first dead show, Pauly Pavilion 78

Not only my first show, but a truly epic night as well!  The first set has 12 songs, and doesn't fit on a 90 minute tape (ah, the old days).  Takes a bit for the mix to come together on Jack Straw, but this is truly one of the best first sets the band played that year!  And the 2nd set, wholly crap!  The bands simply on fire for this show, sweet licks, punchy rhythms, even Mickey said it was the better night when interviewed at the close of Winterland the following night.  During the show, there was a big screen over the stage with pictures of the famous trip to Egypt a few months earlier.  The drum solo had Hamza el Din with Bill Walton and Bill Graham, all jiving in odd time, then the band comes out and executes arguably the best version of the very rare song Ollin Arrageed.  Then a break out of St. Stephen (hadn't played since early that year),  and Lee Oscar coming out to jam on the last few songs.  

Pauly Pavillion, UCLA,  Dec 30, 1978  (a Saturday night) 

Set 1

Jack Straw  ("now we play for Clive")

They Love Each Other

Mama Tried>

Mexicali Blues ("everybody Polka") 

Loser

Looks Like Rain

Stagger Lee

Passenger

Tennessee Jed

Minglewood Blues

Sugaree

The Promised Land

Set 2 

I Need a Miracle>

Bertha>

Good Lovin'

Scarlet Begonias>

Fire on the Mountain

Playing in the Band>

Shakedown Street>

Drums>  (with Hamza el-Din, Bill Walton, etc)

Ollin Arageed> (with Hamza el-Din)

St. Stephen > (last St. Steph. 1-28-78)

Not Fade Away>

Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad>

Around and Around (with Lee Oskar)

Encore:

One More Saturday Night (with Lee Oskar)

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