1984-11-17 [Sat]

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Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA

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Jerry Garcia - acoustic guitar, vocals
John Kahn - acoustic bass
Acoustic Set 1:
Deep Elem Blues , When I Paint My Masterpiece , Little Sadie , Simple Twist Of Fate , Run For The Roses

Acoustic Set 2:
Friend Of The Devil , I've Been All Around This World , Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie , Gomorrah , Bird Song , Goodnight Irene

Acoustic Encore:
Ripple

Tour
Garcia-Kahn November 1984
Also Appearing
Robert Hunter
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Notes
  • JGMF: Garcia and Kahn Sell Out: Orpheum Theatre, Boston, November 17, 1984
  • Review: [positive] Daykin 1984: Reviewer Daykin notes JG started off shaky, head on chest and no engagement with audience. He says things improved, and really liked Bird Song (except for one bad note). Overall positive review.
  • Review: [negative] Gewertz 1984: This review in the Boston Herald ran under the headline "Garcia gives a dreadful concert". "Garcia delivered perhaps the worst single performance this writer has ever witnessed in a major concert". Yet the crowd went wild. His voice "ravaged and ruined". Deadheads were "dancing to some stereo in their own heads, not the plodding guitar and bass duets that wheezed from the stage." Garcia was "a listless troll lost in some inner world".
  • Ref: Billboard, December 1, 1984, p. 37;
    • Torrents for Date
    Weather
    High: 43.1 °F
    Low: 35.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 35.7 °F
    Feels Like Low: 26.9 °F
    Wind Speed: 27.7 mph
    Humidity: 41.1 %
    Moonphase: 0.82
    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    Time
    7:30 PM
    Ticket Price
    $12.50
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    2800
    Gross
    $36,938.00