Musicians Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals Phil Lesh - electric bass Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc Mickey Hart - drums, perc Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals Set 1: Jack Straw , They Love Each Other , Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues , Stagger Lee , Cassidy , Row Jimmy , Minglewood Blues , Jack-A-Roe , The Music Never Stopped Set 2: Samson And Delilah , Ramble On Rose , Terrapin Station > Let It Grow [1] > Space > Drums > Space > Stella Blue > Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine [2] > Around And Around Encore: U.S. Blues

[1] Last known performance (by GD) 1978-05-14 (84 events ago) [2] Theme only

  The set was started out typical for Fall 1979 shows, Brent was getting absorbed into the Hive, but after they started Terrapin, the show really got into gear.  I highly recommend set two, there was always magic in Maine.  (Bangor 1971, Lewiston 1980, Augusta 1984, Oxford 1988 and lots of shows in Portland come to mind)This was my 34th show out of 80, and my first on the East Coast, after, my three debut West Coast shows in June and August in Northern California (loved those first Oakland Auditorium shows). Sorry for the lack of my usual media comments and reviews, but Augusta is kind of island away from it all. Someone I went to the show with, left their car in the parking lot, and forgot and got a ride back to school (Mike M?). So later that night Jimmy Roux and I drove him back to Augusta to get his car.  Lucky this show was nearby. 

Subject: 22 Minute Let It Grow and... Not only a long one, but inspired. A year and a half since last played, Garcia takes to it like a ravenous wolf. At 16:30-ish, he delivers licks so blurry-fast they sound like his synthed-up solo from the Terrapin record. Earlier (8:30?) Brent has a great organ solo. At 18:30 the thing finally slows down.  The audience, too, seems hungry, and very tuned in (they are clapping right on the beat on the second jam in Jack Straw; at the start of Around and Around; and when they bring it down around 5:30, really stunning).  The general sound quality here feels like one is sitting in the front row, not as if we are listening from a distance. But the audience sometimes drowns out the music, and Garcia is sometimes somewhat in the background (he is playing some great phrases in Mexicali, but they are a little hard to discern). 

Weather High: 79.1 °F Low: 59.1 °F Feels Like High: 79.1 °F Feels Like Low: 59.1 °F Wind Speed: 13.9 mph Humidity: 87.4 % Moonphase: 0.37 Partly cloudy throughout the day.

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Ticket Price $9.50

Sellout Yes

In Attendance 8000

Gross $76,000.00