Decaf Dead | Grateful Dead Β· The Capitol TheatreΒ· June 17, 1976 | S3E03 - Grateful Shows

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Decaf Dead | Grateful Dead Β· The Capitol TheatreΒ· June 17, 1976 | S3E03

🎸 JUNE 1976 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1976

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Grateful Dead Β· The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ Β· June 17, 1976 Β·

β¬… Previous: The Beacon Theatre 6/15/76

➑ Next: Capitol Theatre 6/18/76

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S1E01 β†’ Baltimore May 4, 1980

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🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:

Grateful Dead - The Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ , June 17, 1976

Set 1

Cold Rain And Snow

Big River

They Love Each Other

Cassidy

Tennessee Jed

Looks Like Rain

Row Jimmy

The Music Never Stopped

Scarlet Begonias

The Promised Land

Set 2:

Help On The Way >

Slipknot! >

Franklin's Tower >

Dancin' In The Street >

Samson And Delilah

Ship Of Fools

Lazy Lightnin' >

Supplication

Friend Of The Devil

Let It Grow >

Wharf Rat

Around And Around

β•β•β•πŸŽ™ CONCERT ANALYSIS

Never had such a good time during the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. The Grateful Dead storm into The Beacon Theatre in New York City for two nights. Then it's a quick jump over the lazy Hudson River to the Capitol Theater in New Jersey for three more shows.

Can the Grateful Dead keep the motor rolling as they kick off a trio of shows in New Jersey? There's only one way to find out.

A Tennessee Jed sample from the podcast:

"Our empathy for the simple life grows, a quiet recognition found in music that carries lessons from a culture we will never experience. Empathy gives way to jealousy and envy for a life we’ve never known. But jealousy is a two-way street. Out there, a teenager sings her heart out by the creek, dreaming of a life on stage under the bright lights of Broadway, a place we’d avoid at all costs."

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S1E01 β†’ Baltimore May 4, 1980

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