The latter set starts off with some sparkling playing on Scarlet, as the boys take the tune into an undiscovered corner of the universe. Eventually they transition in spectacular fashion into Fire on the Mountain. From there, Fire gets going with subdued jamming explorations, building intensity along the way until the song becomes an agile yet monstrous beast tearing across the landscape. The Estimated> Eyes up next is simply transcendent, as Bobby rolls some perfect rhythm and Jerry busts out pristine spacey jams. The first-ever Maybe You Know is definitely misplaced in the middle of this scorching jam-fest, but it is hard not to appreciate Brent’s tremendous efforts on the tune.  Rising out of pure noodling in the midst of Space, the Morning Dew hits before you really even know what is going on and then is quickly solidified by Jerry’s arcing vocals. The Dew contains some powerful magic, making you wonder why the boys did not bust it out of Space more often. A Throwing Stones> Good Lovin’ caps off the set before a vocally challenged Touch encore. All told, a night to be remembered.

Built in 1963, Patrick Gym is a multi-use facility that normally hosts UVM basketball games. Between floor capacity and the bleachers – yes, actual moveable bleachers – the place probably had about 3500 or so people for the Dead show. Supposedly only students were eligible for a lottery for the sought after seats for this night. But as “statman” relates on Archive, at least two other folks made it in that night. As a senior in high school, statman and his buddy

left for the whole tour. There were no tickets for this one. Two of my buddies got some, but Kenny and I had none. A state trooper was standing in front of a glass door and we saw two names on a clipboard of student security – Dave Platt and John McGerry. We said we were them and they gave us security shirts and said return later on. We came back later on with our security shirts over our tie-dyes and our heads full of acid. They told us to go to the far door and watch for these crazy Deadheads who might be on drugs.

As you can imagine, they did not find anyone on mind-altering substances, so they headed into the venue and enjoyed the show.