Cumberland County Civic Center
March 31, 1985
Portland, ME US
Notes:
inverted "Playin"
Set List:
Music Never StoppedCandyman
C.C. Rider
Loser
Beat it on Down the Line
Dupree's Diamond Blues
It's All Over Now
Don't Ease Me In
Iko Iko
Samson and Delilah
He's Gone
I Need a Miracle
China Doll
drums
The Wheel
Playin' in the Band
Day Tripper
U.S. Blues
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« Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum - March 29, 1985Attendees of this show
nice show after warm spring day. dosed and saw many strange patterns and skeletony visions. right before they played day tripper, I had the strangest feeling they were conjuring up someone. the thought hit my mind....John Lennon. At that precise point, Phil turned at a right angle and looked over his glasses directly at me and played the unmistakable opening to Daytripper. Leaving the show was surreal as a rather hefty snow had been falling while we were inside. i was so messed up i couldn't find my bearings and must have circled the auditorium several times before realising the way back to semi-reality.
I traveled from FL to NH to see this show (and the next one) and I dragged along my brother and a friend who knew nothing about the Dead. My most vivid memory of this show is the crowd reaction to the beginning of "Day Tripper". Even my uninitiated friend had to admit he had never heard an audience cheer that loudly. It's all over the tapes if you check them out.
I was on my 5th year of serious east coast touring with the Usual Suspects We had all filtered into Portland on the travel day. Meeting up at the Sonesta Hotel downtown we partied with about 15 heads and and a tank in our room. Needless to say the next morning, not only we're we kicked-out and they kept our money for the second nights stay, and said that they we're going to call all of the hotels in Portland to tell them not to rent to us.
Of course I had a back-up reservation under a different name at the Sheraton Towers just outside of downtown. Well as luck would have it , not only was the band there and we saw almost all members but Brent came down to our room for while for some late night stories and beers. What a hoot. Thank you Sonesta Hotel.
I had just purchased a new VW golf 4 speed ad it was a champ in the snow after the first show.
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nice show after warm spring day. dosed and saw many strange patterns and skeletony visions. right before they played day tripper, I had the strangest feeling they were conjuring up someone. the thought hit my mind....John Lennon. At that precise point, Phil turned at a right angle and looked over his glasses directly at me and played the unmistakable opening to Daytripper. Leaving the show was surreal as a rather hefty snow had been falling while we were inside. i was so messed up i couldn't find my bearings and must have circled the auditorium several times before realising the way back to semi-reality.