Truckin', Loser, Hard To Handle, Playing In The Band > Bertha, Deal, Me & My Uncle, Next Time You See Me, Me and Bobby McGee, Cumberland Blues, Big Boss Man, Good Lovin' Casey Jones, Sugar Magnolia, Around and Around, Uncle John's Band, Lovelight

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Reviewer: Dead Fan 1970 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 17, 2020

Subject: The House Lights and the Chairs Additions/clarifications to what several have said above:

Prior to the Dead's March 20 performance, there was a lot of back and forth btw the U of Iowa administration and the UPC, University Programming Committee. The issues involved whether or not there would be portable chairs on the basketball floor, and whether or not the house lights would stay on during the concert. When the New Riders took the stage as the warm-up act, the wooden chairs were still in place, and the house lights continued glaring. (This was all an attempt to tamp down drug activity.) The NRPS played their first 2-3 songs while large numbers in the audience shouted for the house lights to be turned off. Eventually, Marmaduke addressed the "house lights man" through his microphone, and the crowd started chanting. As a result, the house lights were turned off. After that, the audience spontaneously moved the folded wooden chairs either to the sides or to piles in the middle of the floor. Finally, marijuana cigarettes began making their smoking way from hand to hand through the audience. All of this occurred before the Dead came onstage--I don't recall Jerry Garcia being involved at all (though I was standing in a spot where I could watch him and the others lighting up behind one of the massive amplifiers, which looked like a smokestack). According to the Daily Iowan, the student newspaper's review the following week, however, some messed-up audience member attempted to stab Bob Weir with a housekey. - March 17, 2020The House Lights and the Chairs

Reviewer: MBinDC - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 15, 2019

Subject: Great Show but file issue When streaming the Good Lovin' locked up my computer two times. Weird. - May 15, 2019Great Show but file issue

Reviewer: njpg - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 20, 2018

Subject: - Almost a 5. I almost shed tears to rate it a 4, but the mix is terrible and the vocals are worse. Someone should remix this! Although the short songs (most of them new at the time) are played extremely well, the jams are weak. This is definitely at "turn the volume up on the instrumental parts and down on the vocals" show. - March 20, 2018

Reviewer: JamsOnly - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 16, 2016

Subject: Well Played Solid playing throughout - February 16, 2016Well Played

Reviewer: marcoezquandolas - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 20, 2015

Subject: Trim the setlist? Hey, Jonathan,



Could you please trim the setlist and take the doubles out of this? It would make it flow so much better! Great show, good recording!



Thanks - March 20, 2015Trim the setlist?

Reviewer: DMTrue13 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 6, 2015

Subject: Jerry Love Jerry's really loud guitar, he's really reaching for it. Don't really like the track listing. - March 6, 2015Jerry

Reviewer: ackart1 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 6, 2015

Subject: A Memorable Night The crowd was a mix of rather uptight Iowa City locals and turned on youth from the surrounding midwest. New Riders opened with a ringing pedal steel. The rowdy time happened in the Dead set, with the shedding of chairs making police etc. nervous. There was also a half-nude stage streaker who was unceremoniously dumped to the side stage. They used a full soundboard (I sat next to it) so maybe the vaults have the definitive show. This is incomplete. I remember an incendiary China Cat. I vaguely recall something about an attempted bust, which had happened a year earlier when the Airplane toured Volunteers at this massive field house. Vintage. - March 6, 2015A Memorable Night

Reviewer: danstoned - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 1, 2013

Subject: Psychedelic Safety Officer Jerry Garcia Late into the 2nd set, 12,000 tripped out New Rider/Dead fans passed thousands of wooden fold-up chairs over our heads to the side and back of the Iowa City Fieldhouse to get them off our dance floor. The Dead awarded our efforts with the best "Around and Around" I'd ever heard then, and since. Dead shows opening with the New Riders in 1970-71 were epic. Proof that drugged out anarchy was not chaotic at all.! - July 1, 2013Psychedelic Safety Officer Jerry Garcia

Reviewer: Roadsideboy2 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 17, 2013

Subject: Jerry stopped I.C. concert to get audience comfortable Iowa City Fieldhouse had wood chairs set up on the floor. Audience was moving around and chairs were causing problems. Jerry had the band stop playing and announced that everyone should fold up the chairs and stack them against the walls. They started playing for what seemed to be 3-4 hours, although the recordings here don't add up to that total. :-) - June 17, 2013Jerry stopped I.C. concert to get audience comfortable

Reviewer: oddshocks - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 23, 2013

Subject: Groovy Dig the show. Vocals seem odd at times but not bothersome. Great setlist. Solid show for sure. - April 23, 2013Groovy

Reviewer: chris phillips - favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 22, 2013

Subject: Dogs, Pig, Sheep Jerry sounds like he is really enjoying the evening.

Truckin', Hard To Handle, Loser, Casey Jones and Bertha are hot as per "highlights".

Good Lovin' will have you grooving, although I've heard better raps. Uncle John's Band is jammed out, if not sung harmoniously. Jerry sounds great in Love Light, but can't deal with Weir's interjecting at all.

The board sounds great *****. I had never heard it. Thank You kindly to all - April 22, 2013Dogs, Pig, Sheep

Reviewer: eyesaweabyrd - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 21, 2012

Subject: you don't never know as said already, real tight show though the vocals are off here and there the playing makes up for it. great to hear such a strong pig presence. a gem for sure. - March 21, 2012you don't never know

Reviewer: secret8476 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 20, 2012

Subject: Great Good Lovin'.... or Best Good Lovin'?

This show is fan-tabulous. Its really nice to hear these '71 gems. This one is hot and smokey and spicy and you might find yourself doin a lil shakin' and a lil' groovin' in your chair while listening to this show. The Good Lovin' is epic. As another poster says, this show is chocked full of Pig. Just crank it up and enjoy - this one gets 5 stars.









~ Let the good times roll - March 20, 2012Great Good Lovin'....

Reviewer: skwimite - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 15, 2005

Subject: Too vocal? The vocals seem to distort at high levels, but maybe it's just my computer speakers...or my ears. Either way I'm downloading this because I love this period, and the sound(vocals aside) and playing are really good. Nice early Deal. Plenty-o-Pig! Just hope it sounds better on the big stereo. 4's fair. - July 15, 2005Too vocal?

Reviewer: TheDead6595 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 7, 2005

Subject: Love it. I like it too except they are singing WAY off key

in the harmony vox of truckin'. So what?

Jerry's sweet playin' more than makes up for it. - February 7, 2005Love it.