Box of rain 2nd set opener Hampton VA, 87

[my3snappy]

To a couple comments below, this clip isn't the "breakout" ~ that was a year earlier ('86) at the same venue. First one since '73. This one is kind of the one-year anniversary version......same venue, and again in the second show of three.

[Picasso736]

Met my wife of 20 years at this show, and we were sitting on Phil's side!

[MsScarlet05]

Thought we we're gonna bring the roof down. It was such a blast when they broke out with this. I was in my 2nd yr of college at New Paltz & had been singing this around campus a couple of days before. I told a friend I wanted to hear it & he laughed at me, stated it had been some yrs since they'd pulled it out. Can't help to feel it was a gift. Put a smile on my face then, and still does now !! Miss them so much ~

[dancinglight2013]

Love the irony of the momentary lapse of memory.

[MrGratefulDean]

I was at this show

[mkonjhg1]

That Great, Phil Forgets the Words O)r Something And EVERYONE CHEERS

[bglass10]

Phil's muff at 2:18 and Jer's cracking up are priceless. Love Phil to death, but boy, he sure can't sing! Before doing Rain on this tour, I believe Phil hadn't sung for like 800 shows.

Long live the Dead!

[mkonjhg1]

@bglass10 700 I Beleive But That Good For That Long!

[fiorastar]

I was about ten feet front and center from the stage--with a friend I had brought to her first Dead show (Hi Molly, if you're out there!!). Some of our friends put us both up on their shoulders for the whole song, and we were right in front of Phil the whole time. The crowd completely drowned out the music to the point where they had to up the amplification a LOT!

[rugerman711]

The whole place exploded with this so much that you couldn't even hear the music over the audience when they broke into this ! ! Hampton shows were some of the best ! !

[calerouan]

On the shores of the Atlantic , Jerry Garcia, mescaline and "The Dead"

[edansmith]

This was 1986 - March 20th. My first of many GD shows. The whole place went absolutely nuts! Thanks for posting!

[ryphil4]

3/23/87 was the actual date..

[edansmith]

got me... I spaced that they played it the following year too

[damnright4]

I love this version!!!Jerry cant grin and smile enough.

[muckstar23]

believe it- if you need it

[setboy1]

Way to go Phil!