40 years ago tonight, the grateful dead in portland, maine, their last show at the cumberland county civic center, probably due to (another) gate-crashing incident. spring ’86, show #8.
soundboard (set 2 only): https://archive.org/details/gd1986-03-28.sbd-set2.browning.31603.flac16
oade bros.’ tape: https://archive.org/details/gd1986-03-28.139325.FOB.Schoeps.Oade.Bryant.Gastwirt.Miller.Noel.t-flac16 [1/4]
3/28/86 portland, ME: only 2nd show of tour without debut or revival. 1st GOOD TIME BLUES of ’86. “we want phil!” chant before another strong BOX OF RAIN, big ending note. strong 56-minute PLAYING IN THE BAND > FRANKLIN’S TOWER > I NEED A MIRACLE > PLAYING IN THE BAND > DRUMZ > SPACE > THE WHEEL > DEAR MR. FANTASY > PLAYING IN THE BAND. PLAYING floats major, shifts to frayed FRANKLIN’S, but fun turn into MIRACLE & even more fun turn back into a depth-finding PLAYING. [2/4]
the golden road & local news coverage of night 2 in portland, tonight in 1985. [3/4]
scene reports from the dead in portland, tonight in 1986. #deadfreaksunite #gd032886 [4/4]