Phil Bombs | Grateful Dead · Baltimore Civic Center · May 4, 1980 | Set 1 · S1E01
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Grateful Dead · Baltimore Civic Center, MD · May 4, 1980 · Set 1
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Grateful Dead - Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD, May 4, 1980
Set 1
- Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo>
- Franklin's Tower >
- Feel Like A Stranger
- Althea
- El Paso
- Easy To Love You
- Brown Eyed Women
- It's All Over Now
- Don't Ease Me In
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On May 4, 1980 the Grateful Dead appeared at the Baltimore Civic Center in Maryland as they hit the East Coast for their first full-fledged tour of the eighties. Spoiler alert: it's not all rainbows and unicorns.
The boys slog through plenty of grit and grime in this first set. Highlights include a rather harrowing All Over Now and the opening Half Step>Franklin's Tower.
How about some El Paso-isms straight from the mouth of our narrator:
"The El Paso trots into town, or the venue, whichever you prefer. We sincerely appreciate these tales of the wicked, wild West, filled with wild, wicked Western characters. The denizens of El Paso spit in the face of the 'strangers are just friends you haven’t met yet' crowd. However, certain protocols do apply.
Handsome or ugly, a friend or a foe, please refrain from stealing other men's women. It’s bound to lead to duels, bullets, dust, horses drinking from leaky, rusty buckets, tumbleweed, and tumbling dice, not the ideal scenario for potential friendship."
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