Terrapin Thread
The composed epic that keeps opening after it ends.
Terrapin Station is structured on record and a launchpad live. These stops follow it from early 1977, when the piece was still new, through Radio City's theater refinement, Brent-era arena sweep, and the final-year Shoreline version where Terrapin has become part of the band's mythology.
Path Threads
terrapin · terrapin station · epic · suite · story
Stops On This Path
1. May 7, 1977 · Boston Garden
May 7, 1977 at Boston Garden · Boston, MA, US · Post-Hiatus era · 4 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Terrapin is still new enough to feel like a composed arrival.
Setlist includes Bertha · Cassidy · Deal · Jack Straw · Peggy-O · Minglewood Blues · Mississippi Half Step · Big River · Tennessee Jed · The Music Never Stopped.
2. May 28, 1977 · Hartford Civic Center
May 28, 1977 at Hartford Civic Center · Hartford, CT, US · Post-Hiatus era · 9 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Hartford shows how quickly the band made the piece a set anchor.
Setlist includes Bertha · Good Lovin' · Sugaree · Jack Straw · Row Jimmy · Minglewood Blues · Candyman · Passenger · Brown Eyed Women · Promised Land.
3. October 31, 1980 · Radio City Music Hall
October 31, 1980 at Radio City Music Hall · New York, NY, US · Brent era · 6 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 4.8
Radio City gives the suite theatrical scale without stadium distance.
Setlist includes Heaven Help The Fool · Sage And Spirit · Little Sadie · Monkey And The Engineer · It Must Have Been The Roses · Cassidy · Bird Song · Ripple · Jack Straw · Cold Rain And Snow.
4. July 7, 1989 · John F. Kennedy Stadium
July 7, 1989 at John F. Kennedy Stadium · Philadelphia, PA, US · Brent era · 14 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
JFK is the Brent-era sweep version, big enough to show how the piece carried outdoors.
Setlist includes Hell In A Bucket · Iko Iko · Little Red Rooster · Ramble On Rose · Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again · Loser · Let It Grow · Blow Away · Box Of Rain · Scarlet Begonias.
5. June 4, 1995 · Shoreline Amphitheatre
June 4, 1995 at Shoreline Amphitheatre · Mountain View, CA, US · Final era · 7 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Shoreline hears Terrapin as ritual, not novelty.
Setlist includes Bertha · Wang Dang Doodle · Peggy-O · Queen Jane Approximately · Loose Lucy · Mama Tried · Mexicali Blues · Lazy River Road · Cassidy · Here Comes Sunshine.