11/17/85 long beach: good age for CASSIDY & LOOKS LIKE RAIN, thunder rolling bigger & bigger on both. graceful allmans-y ribbons at CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER > I KNOW YOU RIDER peak. 19-minute HE’S GONE > SPOONFUL > GOOD TIME BLUES. HE’S GONE jam starting to sweetly molt before weir takes over; not-bad by SPOONFUL standards. garcia splits before mydland’s tune. 35-minute DRUMZ > SPACE > THE WHEEL > THROWING STONES > NOT FADE AWAY. fun underwater circus-y garcialogue SPACE. [2/3]
punch-drunk crowd could absorb it or
not. Regan and I nicknamed the week-
end “To Live and Die in L.A. — Tour 85"
because of all the weird vibes (and de-
struction of property and disgusting
mountains of garbage generated by L.A.
Heads) we saw over the course of 48
hours.
moped TTT TT A
ticket for Grateful Dead in Long Beach
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The second show started off fine with
a tight, well-played first set, but in my
view it ran out of gas at different times
during the second set. But so did the
audience: the hall was only about two-
thirds full for this Sunday show, and it
looked like a lot of those who were there
might have abused themselves a little too
much the night before. Still, the “Throw-
ing Stones-Not Fade Away” closer defi-
nitely packed a wallop, whether the
11-17-85, Long Beach Arena
Mississippi Half-Step, New Minglewood
Blues, Stagger Lee, All Over Now # Friend of
the Devil, Cassidy, Big Railroad Blues, Looks
Like Rain # Might As Well
China Cat Sunflower # I Know You Rider,
Samson & Delilah # He's Gone # Spoonful §
Never Trusta Woman § rhythm devils # space
# The Wheel # Not Fade Away/Baby Blue
scene reports from night 2 of long beach ’85. #deadfreaksunite #gd111785 [3/3]