Grateful Dead show guide

August 27, 1972 · Old Renaissance Faire Grounds

August 27, 1972 at Old Renaissance Faire Grounds · Veneta, OR, US · Europe/Golden era · 3 circulating recordings · Archive listener rating around 5

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Setlist Songs

Promised Land · Sugaree · Me And My Uncle · Deal · Black Throated Wind · China Cat Sunflower · I Know You Rider · Mexicali Blues · Bertha · Playing In The Band · He's Gone · Jack Straw · Bird Song · Greatest Story Ever Told · Dark Star · El Paso · Sing Me Back Home · Sugar Magnolia · Casey Jones · One More Saturday Night

Highlights

Bird Song · Playing In The Band · Dark Star · El Paso · Sing Me Back Home · Dark Star > El Paso > Sing Me Back Home

Guide Note

Veneta feels sunstruck, loose, and mythic without losing musical clarity. It is a gateway show because the setting is famous, but the jams still hold up under close listening.

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