Grateful Dead
Date 1985-09-02
OKC Zoo Amphitheatre
Oklahoma City OK

Set I
d1t01 - Intro
d1t02 - Bertha
d1t03 - Greatest Story Ever Told
d1t04 - tuning
d1t05 - West L.A. Fadeaway
d1t06 - equipment break
d1t07 - Mama Tried >
d1t08 - Me And My Uncle
d1t09 - another equipment break
d1t10 - Stagger Lee >
d1t11 - Iko Iko
d1t12 - New Minglewood Blues
d1t13 - tuning
d1t14 - Ramble On Rose
d1t15 - Hell In A Bucket

Set II
d2t01 - Intro
d2t02 - China Cat Sunflower >
d2t03 - I Know You Rider >
d2t04 - Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
d2t05 - Ship Of Fools >
d2t06 - Playing In The Band >
d2t07 - Drums >
d2t08 - Space >
d2t09 - I Need A Miracle >
d2t10 - China Doll >
d2t11 - Around And Around >
d2t12 - Good Lovin'
d2t13 - Encore 	Keep Your Day Job

Recording Information:
Microphones: Beyer M201c (Cardioid)XY 90º
Recorder: Sony TC-D5M
Location: Lawn ~150' from stage
This Source: Master AUDCA Maxell MX90 No NR
Transfer:  Nakamichi 582ZX > Sonic AD2k @24/48 > Marantz PMD661|24/48 SD
Processing: SD| Audacity | cdwav editor | TLH | FLAC
Recorded by: Executive Crew; Mike Davis, Kenny Davis, Kyle Holbrook, Tom Pinney, Olvy Johnson, Mike Yacavone
Transfer by: Kyle Holbrook
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The tour story:
We had a day in between to get out of Austin up to Arlington leaving some people at home and picking up a few others for the drive. Driving to OKC from DFW is a straight shot North on I-35 with just a few turns off the highway to get to the zoo. Another hot day would find us celebrating the Dead's 20th year by being at this venue which the boys played at three times. This was a Monday show with Kansas City the next day and Red Rocks THU through SAT of that week. Jerry wore a red T Shirt while Bobby featured his short shorts to combat the Oklahoma heat. Trouble ahead Jerry in Red!

The first set was punchy and fraught with equipment problems, mostly from Phil's bass rig. At one point you can hear the speakers fry and the crowd roar from Phil and Harry's antics while getting it fixed (or turned off). I always love a good "Bertha", but here "the Greatest Story Ever Told" shines, although you can hear the Phil pharts from his soon to be fried speaker. The "West L.A. Fadeaway" was lengthy and bluesy with the boys hitting on all cylinders. They then led us through a combination of two cowboy tunes and two New Orleans tunes with the "Stagger Lee", "Iko-Iko" being the set highlights. Iko-Iko had us dancing and smiling with Jerry's playful guitar runs as the summer sun was setting. Talking 'bout Hey Now! Brent throws down on Minglewood; after Jerry offers up a searing solo, Brent scat sings then RIPS into a Hammond B3 organ solo with more heat than the Oklahoma sun.

"China Cat Sunflower" comes ripping out of the gate with some serious jamming during the interlude before "I Know You Rider". Brent is prominent in this recording. Along with the drummers, Mydland accented Garcia's segue solo's then the entire band drove through an on tempo, non rushed "Rider". They must have been having fun (and listening well) as each instrument seems to be keying off the others. Man Smart (Woman Smarter) was often a tune I might fast forward while listening, but not this one. Stylish and syncopated with more tasty Brent playing and singing. A long "Playing in the Band" jam led into some great drums and a space heavily infused with Mickey's BEAM. They closed the set with a standard song run for 1985 but to this listener the "I Need A Miracle" and "China Doll" were well above average. They closed out the longest two set show of their Southwestern late summer tour and the circus got ready to head to Kansas City for the next night.


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