1974-06-16 Grateful Dead

State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA

official-release

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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

Set 1:
Bertha , Mexicali Blues , Row Jimmy , Beat It On Down The Line , Scarlet Begonias , Black Throated Wind , Sugaree , El Paso , It Must Have Been The Roses , Jack Straw , China Cat Sunflower [1] > I Know You Rider [1] , Around And Around

Set 2:
U.S. Blues [1] , The Race Is On [1] , Eyes Of The World [1] > Big River [1] , Playing In The Band [1]

Set 3:
Tennessee Jed , Me And My Uncle , Deal [2] , Greatest Story Ever Told [2] , Ship Of Fools , Truckin' [2] > Nobody's Fault But Mine [2][3] > Mind Left Body Jam [2][4] > Wharf Rat [2] > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad [2]

Encore:
Casey Jones

[1] Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3
[2] Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc
[3] Theme only, no lyrics
[4] Light Into Ashes blogger describes this MLB jam: "They ease into this one a little uncertainly, so it's a rather loose and playful version, not as emotive. Garcia plays a waspy slide while Godchaux clatters around on the Fender Rhodes, and they segue smoothly into Wharf Rat." I'd also add that this one has a "bluesy" feel to it, following up on the Nobody's Fautl Jam theme.

Average Song Gap

1.83

Set 1		Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Last	Next
Bertha		Jerry Garcia	4	3
Mexicali Blues		Bob Weir	1	1
Row Jimmy		Jerry Garcia	3	1
Beat It On Down The Line		Bob Weir	2	1
Scarlet Begonias		Jerry Garcia	1	2
Black Throated Wind		Bob Weir	4	1
Sugaree		Jerry Garcia	2	3
El Paso		Bob Weir	2	1
It Must Have Been The Roses		Jerry Garcia	1	1
Jack Straw		Bob Weir	2	2
China Cat Sunflower >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Jerry Garcia	1	2
I Know You Rider	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir	1	2
Around And Around		Bob Weir	1	1

Set 2		Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Last	Next
U.S. Blues	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Jerry Garcia	1	2
The Race Is On	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Bob Weir	3	3
Eyes Of The World >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Jerry Garcia	1	1
Big River	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Bob Weir	1	1
Playing In The Band	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3	Bob Weir	1	3

Set 3		Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Last	Next
Tennessee Jed		Jerry Garcia	1	1
Me And My Uncle		Bob Weir	1	2
Deal	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc	Jerry Garcia	2	3
Greatest Story Ever Told	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc	Bob Weir	1	3
Ship Of Fools		Jerry Garcia	1	2
Truckin' >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc	Bob Weir	2	2
Nobody's Fault But Mine (theme only) >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc Theme only, no lyrics		5	9
Mind Left Body Jam >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc Light Into Ashes blogger describes this MLB jam: "They ease into this one a little uncertainly, so it's a rather loose and playful version, not as emotive. Garcia plays a waspy slide while Godchaux clatters around on the Fender Rhodes, and they segue smoothly into Wharf Rat." I'd also add that this one has a "bluesy" feel to it, following up on the Nobody's Fautl Jam theme.	Instrumental	4	6
Wharf Rat >	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc	Jerry Garcia	1	3
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad	Released on Road Trips Volume 2 Number 3 Bonus Disc	Jerry Garcia	2	6

Encore		Gap Analysis
Name	Notes	Lead Vocals	Last	Next
Casey Jones		Jerry Garcia	1	4

Tour

Grateful Dead June 1974

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Notes

kazart: Dead Stage Banter Part 1

There's a "Streets of Cairo" tease/quote from Bob about 2/3 of the way into the "Nobody's Fault" jam as tracked on the official release.

gratefulseconds: A Tale of Two Playgrounds: Grateful Dead Rock 35,000 Over 1973 and 1974 in Des Moines, Iowa

The rarely used Roland synth played throughout this show is by Keith, not Ned as has been speculated, per Jesse Jarnow. "It appears for the longest duration in the Playing In The Band jam, but a few other brief appearances, specifically whooshes under the 1st verse of Tennessee Jed, a faux-clav like sound on Me and My Uncle, briefly a few times during the verses to Truckin’, and a brief burp in Eyes."

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Moonphase: 0.89
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1974-06-16 [Sun]

State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA

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