Grateful Dead 
Date 1984-04-27
Providence Civic Center 
Providence RI

Set 1
d1t01 - tuning
d1t02 - Alabama Getaway >
d1t03 - Promised Land
d1t04 - equipment break
d1t05 - Dire Wolf
d1t06 - Minglewood Blues
d1t07 - Row Jimmy
d1t08 - Me & My Uncle >
d1t09 - Big River
d1t10 - Althea
d1t11 - My Brother Esau
d1t12 - Big Railroad Blues >
d1t13 - The Music Never Stopped

Set 2
d2t01 - tuning
d2t02 - Playin' In The Band >
d2t03 - China Doll >
d2t04 - High Time >
d2t05 - Women Are Smarter >
d2t06 - Drums->
d2t07 - Space >
d2t08 - The Wheel >
d2t09 - Wharf Rat >
d2t10 - Around & Around >
d2t11 - Johnny B. Goode
d1t12 - Touch Of Grey 

Recording Information:
Source: MAUD CA: Beyer M201's (Hypercardioid) 50 feet from stage 6'high DFC >Sony TCD5M > 
        TDK MA90x2.5; No Dolby - Master copy from lead deck run by KH.
Transfer: Nakamichi MR-2 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew: Chris Kidwell; Sean Murtha; Tom Pinney; Kyle Holbrook; Gary Steele
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the tour story:
After meeting all the Mainers the previous night I was almost talking with that damn accent all day! Providence is the town the Dead play almost as much as Boston, so these New England heads consider it a home show. Tom, Greg and Chris had a great crew of friends and many of them were deadicated types, regaling us with stories of the Lewiston Maine Mothers day show in September 1980 and such. Tickets were tough to come by for this Friday show and you could sense the crowd this night was going to be much larger than the previous night by standing around outside the venue watching the pre-show festivities build up toward time to get in line. 

At start of set 1 you can hear a taper with a heavy New York accent who must have been patched out of us asking if we can get the stand higher. Our inexpensive light stand at the time only went up 6 feet. He asked again before Row Jimmy.
Alabama Getaway was of course given opener treatment, lots of EQ adjusting with Healy getting things right for us. 
Incredibly long 11 song first set for 1984. Throwing in a short Direwolf heading toward a very long Row Jimmy led by Jerry's soloing. They seemed to be in a good mood, playing lots of classic Americana Dead tunes. 

Second set pre drums had the most unusual combination with China Doll > High Time sandwiched between Playin' and Women are Smarter. This was maybe the only time they ever played those two tunes in that combination, according to Deadbase statistics. On top of that, they only played High Time twice in 1984. The transition into High Time was met with an approving "Alright Jerry" by our patcher with the NY accent! The Women Are Smarter got the pre-drums treatment, Bobby jammed out doing his faux whisper, getting the crowd singing with him shtick at the end. An animated drums led to a meandering space winding up inside the Wheel, which was my post drums highlight. The rest was typical Grateful Dead fare ending with a Touch of Grey to send us out the door knowing there are only two more shows on this East Coast tour. Destination- Long Island's famed Nassau Coliseum!  

- - - - - - shntool

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