Got the summertime blues? Go on a long, strange tour with me through time. Back by popular demand, we’re extending the We Will Get By Streaming Tour into August. Tune in on YouTube and join the chat as we explore the wonders of summer tours past. We will get by, we will survive!

The next stop on our We Will Get By Streaming tour is summer tour, 1980. The Dead were riding high in the summer of 1980 after some stellar summers to finish out the 70s.

At the end of August, 1980 the Dead did a three night stand at the Uptown Theater in Chicago. Tonight’s recording comes from the first show of the run. Like a few of the recordings shared over the last two months, Phil is way up in the mix on this soundboard and it’s glorius.

Out of the gate, the “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” is a smoker. Also check out “China > Rider,” and “Comes a Time” in the second set.

Set 1:
Tuning
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ->
Franklin’s Tower ->
New Minglewood Blues
Dire Wolf
Cassidy
Row Jimmy
Me And My Uncle ->
Big River
Althea
Easy To Love You
Feel Like A Stranger

Set 2:
Little Red Rooster ->
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider ->
Estimated Prophet ->
Eyes Of The World ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Playing In The Band ->
Comes A Time ->
Playing In The Band ->
Around And Around ->
Alabama Getaway

Encore:
Johnny B. Goode

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the soundboard recording!