1973-10-23 Grateful Dead

Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN

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Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals

Soundcheck:
Wang Dang Doodle [1]

Set 1:
Promised Land , Sugaree , Mexicali Blues , They Love Each Other , Me And Bobby McGee , Deal , Black Throated Wind , Brown Eyed Women , Beat It On Down The Line , Brokedown Palace , Jack Straw , China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider , Around And Around

Set 2:
Mississippi Half Step , Big River , Row Jimmy , Me And My Uncle , Ramble On Rose , El Paso , Loose Lucy , Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine [2] > The Other One [3] > Drums > Jam > Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow > Sugar Magnolia

Encore:
Casey Jones [4] , One More Saturday Night

Songs listed in italics are not sourced from a recording

[1] debatable, more of a jam, Jerry can be heard singing the chorus off-mic
[2] Theme only
[3] Includes Phil 6/8 Time Jazz Jam
[4] Stopped at about the 2 minute mark due to fans fighting(?) near the stage.

Average Song Gap

4.13

Songs By Album

Wake of the Flood: 5
Ace: 3
American Beauty: 3
Garcia: 2
Reflections: 1
The Grateful Dead: 1
Aoxomoxoa: 1
From the Mars Hotel: 1
Anthem of the Sun: 1
Workingman's Dead: 1

Soundcheck			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Wang Dang Doodle	debatable, more of a jam, Jerry can be heard singing the chorus off-mic				last

Set 1			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Promised Land		Bob Weir		2	2
Sugaree		Jerry Garcia	Garcia	2	2
Mexicali Blues		Bob Weir	Ace	2	1
They Love Each Other		Jerry Garcia	Reflections	1	1
Me And Bobby McGee		Bob Weir		14	2
Deal		Jerry Garcia	Garcia	3	1
Black Throated Wind		Bob Weir	Ace	1	1
Brown Eyed Women		Jerry Garcia		3	2
Beat It On Down The Line		Bob Weir	The Grateful Dead	1	2
Brokedown Palace		Jerry Garcia	American Beauty	35	3
Jack Straw		Bob Weir		2	2
China Cat Sunflower >		Jerry Garcia	Aoxomoxoa	2	1
I Know You Rider		Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia		2	1
Around And Around		Bob Weir		3	3

Set 2			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Mississippi Half Step		Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	1	2
Big River		Bob Weir		1	1
Row Jimmy		Jerry Garcia	Wake of the Flood	2	1
Me And My Uncle		Bob Weir		2	1
Ramble On Rose		Jerry Garcia		4	2
El Paso		Bob Weir		1	1
Loose Lucy		Jerry Garcia	From the Mars Hotel	4	2
Truckin' >		Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	2
Nobody's Fault But Mine (theme only) >	Theme only	Instrumental		4	2
The Other One >	Includes Phil 6/8 Time Jazz Jam	Bob Weir	Anthem of the Sun	5	3
Drums >		Instrumental		8	3
Jam >		Instrumental		16	37
Weather Report Suite Prelude >		Instrumental	Wake of the Flood	1	1
Weather Report Suite Part 1 >		Bob Weir	Wake of the Flood	1	1
Let It Grow >		Bob Weir	Wake of the Flood	1	1
Sugar Magnolia		Bob Weir	American Beauty	1	2

Encore			Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Album	Last	Next
Casey Jones	Stopped at about the 2 minute mark due to fans fighting(?) near the stage.	Jerry Garcia	Workingman's Dead	5	3
One More Saturday Night		Bob Weir	Ace	1	1

Tour

Grateful Dead Fall 1973 Midwest

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Notes

Setlist is uncertain because the entire show does not circulate, and is very different song order compared to what does circulate but according to deadlists.com a "Vault source" confirmed this setlist in May of 1997.

deadessays: The Proto-Solomon Jazz Jam

gratefulseconds: October 1973, The Seven

ref: Taper's Section.

Torrents for Date

Weather

High: 73.1 °F
Low: 47.9 °F
Feels Like High: 73.1 °F
Feels Like Low: 47.0 °F
Wind Speed: 10.3 mph
Humidity: 78.3 %
Moonphase: 0.91
Clear conditions throughout the day.

Show Certainty

Confirmed

Setlist Certainty

Uncertain Setlist

1973-10-23 [Tue]

Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington, MN

Soundcheck

Set 1

Set 2

Encore