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The Chance in Poughkeepsie was a great venue. It was like having your own private club. The Garcia Band shows on June 4, 1983 were packed, no space to move anywhere and probably double maximum capacity. Four nights later, the Bob Weir shows were undersold, half full for the early show and the late show less than half full. 

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I saw Dylan there

WPDH The Home of Rock and Roll

Poughkeepsi , City of Sin. One of my best friends was going to Matresse college, snuck into the girls dorms,show was a blazing we managed to get a table overlooking the stage on the balcony, very fond memories! Thanks for the post gonna have to dig that one up

Was born in Poughkeepsie grew up in Hopewell Jct. raised on PDH

Hi Howard

These were awesome shows. The place was shaking like there was an earthquake happening. Loved The Chance. I still like those Midnights shows. 

Were you with us for the Robert Hunter show at the Chance when he rolled in , in an old car walked up to us, and asked if he could join us for the joints we were smoking.That was quite surreal. 

 

 

I was born at Saint Frances hospital. Left Hyde Park(East Park 9G) after kindergarten

moved back to Clinton Corners for 9 and 10 grade. Some of the older friends attended the Jerry show

my first show wouldn't be until October of that year in Lake Placid

which is interesting because I was conceived at a JayCees convention in Lake Placid

St Frances for me too... quite a fire at the old psych hospital yesterday 

Howard's ticket is the same one posted in the video

Interesting 

Bobby and the Midnights were fun shows and great musicians. That said the one tour they did with JGB where they alternated who opened and on the nights JGB opened for the Midnights were pretty brutal. It was not a pleasant transition. 

Music Mountain

<< The Eggman

Sandiegohead on Thursday, June 4, 2026 – 11:57 am

Hi Howard

These were awesome shows. The place was shaking like there was an earthquake happening. Loved The Chance. I still like those Midnights shows. 

Were you with us for the Robert Hunter show at the Chance when he rolled in , in an old car walked up to us, and asked if he could join us for the joints we were smoking.That was quite surreal. >>

 

Those Chance shows were all amazing. I was at several Robert Hunter shows at the Chance, 78-83. The year before you arrived at SUNY, Hunter played a small bar / club show in a short lived venue on the Kingston Waterfront in Dec. 1980. That was memorable for many reasons, Hunter was relaxed, non-confrontational, an audience member asked about Sugar Magnolia and he why he had not sung the 'Jump Like A Willy in Four Wheel Drive' lyric, you can ask Weir, do you really think I could write something like that. 

<<Mice elf

Bss on Thursday, June 4, 2026 – 12:50 pm

Howard's ticket is the same one posted in the video

Interesting>>

Those are definitely my ticketstubs. I have the originals. Do you want me to take another photo of it, holding it next to a dated newspaper from today? Maybe someone grabbed a screen shot of one of my previously postings? 

>>Those are definitely my ticketstubs. I have the originals. Do you want me to take another photo of it, holding it next to a dated newspaper from today? Maybe someone grabbed a screen shot of one of my previously postings? <<
 

I said I thought it was interesting 

Interesting that the exact same obscure "thing" from like 50 years ago was posted up in different corners of the internet at basically the same exact time

lol nobody is cross examining you. Show sounds pretty good.

Great JGB shows from the Roseland to The Chance In Poughkeepsie!!!! The entire place was Electric as many viles where being dispersed and many many folks dosed to the gills!!! Years later I ran into a bartender who said that was the 1st time ever they ran out of bottled beer as folks figured it out they they were getting dosed.... I still have  my masters of both shows, The Late show the band started playing before the curtain was even up!!! These are the type of Venues JGB was made for... Not huge arena's

Those Chance shows were all amazing. I was at several Robert Hunter shows at the Chance, 78-83. The year before you arrived at SUNY, Hunter played a small bar / club show in a short lived venue on the Kingston Waterfront in Dec. 1980. That was memorable for many reasons, Hunter was relaxed, non-confrontational, an audience member asked about Sugar Magnolia and he why he had not sung the 'Jump Like A Willy in Four Wheel Drive' lyric, you can ask Weir, do you really think I could write something like that. ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

Howard are you sure of the date on that Hunter show? I was there too he also played Touch of Grey with many additional versus similar to additional versus to Sugar Magnolia. 

This is the Hunter show I caught at The Landmark in Kingston Oct. 26, 1982. 

Run for the Roses

Touch of Grey

Slack String Quartet

Deal

Pieces of Eight

Box of Rain

Set Two

Eva

Touch of Darkness

Only to Believe

Rubin and Cherise

Tiger Rose

Rum Runners

Franklin's Tower

It

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Alabama Getaway

Rock Columbia

Easy Wind

Scarlet Begonias

Sugar Magnolia

Scarlet Begonia

Ripple

<<Those Chance shows were all amazing. I was at several Robert Hunter shows at the Chance, 78-83. The year before you arrived at SUNY, Hunter played a small bar / club show in a short lived venue on the Kingston Waterfront in Dec. 1980. That was memorable for many reasons, Hunter was relaxed, non-confrontational, an audience member asked about Sugar Magnolia and he why he had not sung the 'Jump Like A Willy in Four Wheel Drive' lyric, you can ask Weir, do you really think I could write something like that. ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

 

Howard are you sure of the date on that Hunter show? I was there too he also played Touch of Grey with many additional versus similar to additional versus to Sugar Magnolia. >>

Hi Markus, It was December 1980, not the Landmark in Kingston. The venue was a shortlived club on the Kingston Rondout Waterfront on Abeel Street. Hunter commented that he had played in the Buffalo area the night before and that Kingston, NY had an extended Autumn, unlike Buffalo which was fully into the winter season. Looking back at my ticketstubs, I can only find two from Robert Hunter shows, both at the Chance in the 1983. 

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I really think it was. Sugar Magnolia and Touch of Grey had so many additional versus he sang along with the regular versus. I think the same for other tunes as well.