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Grateful Dead - 5-17-77 - Tuscaloosa - Better Scarlet > Fire than 5-8-77?

Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:14 am
Posted by Fishwater
Carcosa
Member since Aug 2010
6057 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 8:14 am
A friend introduced me to the Scarlet > Fire from 5-17-77 from Tuscaloosa, AL.

Great show that lives in the shadows of 5-8-77.

What do you think of this Scarlet > Fire?



Coliseum, University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
MAY 17, 1977

Set I:
New Minglewood Blues 00:00
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo ~ 06:01
El Paso 16:37
They Love Each Other 21:09
Jack Straw 29:05
Jack-A-Roe 34:32
Looks Like Rain 41:29
Tennessee Jed 50:23
Passenger 01:00:15
High Time 01:05:15
Big River 01:15:22
Sunrise 01:23:18
Scarlet Begonias~ 01:27:46
Fire On The Mountain 01:39:27

Set II:
Samson and Delilah~ 1:54:27
Bertha~ 02:02:24
Good Lovin' 02:08:38
Brown-Eyed Women 02:15:45
Estimated Prophet 02:23:13
Terrapin Station~ 02:32:41
Playing In The Band~ 02:44:07
Drums~ 02:56:23
Wharf Rat~ 03:01:12
Playing In The Band 03:14:05

Encore:
Sugar Magnolia 03:18:59
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48980 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:21 am to
dirty little secret about may 1977…Garcias guitar was frequently out of tune. Most egregiously on the widely revered Cornell show

My favorite scarlet/fire is 2/5/78 Cedar Rapids



I much prefer 78 to 77 in general. If you want to go deep, check out the July 1978 boxed set
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
40349 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 9:22 am to
Pretty rippin second set
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
Member since Jun 2007
21914 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 10:19 am to
All those may shows are fire, but the 2nd set of 5-8-77 is pretty much perfect.
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27776 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 4:14 pm to
I be back in a few hours but the opening has me believe the impossible. That Pembroke Pines on 5/22/77 may have some competition!

Also, all these great 77 shows was when Jerry was playing the Travis Bean guitar.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
25723 posts
Posted on 5/16/26 at 6:40 pm to
quote:

That Pembroke Pines on 5/22/77 may have some competition!

That’s high on the ranking for me too
Also anytime when the Nevilles show up
This post was edited on 5/16/26 at 6:52 pm
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
42081 posts
Posted on 5/17/26 at 10:14 am to
Cornell, Boston, Buffalo get all the hype from the legendary Spring '77 tour and rightfully so,,,,,,but that Tuscaloosa show was a 3.5 hour monster that just ripped from beginning to end......definitely Top 5 from that tour.
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