Interesting premise, but... Average show lengths: 2/26 - 6/9/77 = 158 minutes 9/28 - 12/31/77 = 148 minutes 1/31 - 5/17/78 = 153 minutes
Gordon S >From: "David Minches" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:26:35 -0500 >Subject: 1978 > > >The shows, and especially the 2nd sets, from 1978 have fewer songs (and shorter show >length) than the 1977 shows. > >Do think that Garcia's beginning-of-the-year illness that led to Weir-only shows >(that themselves were relatively short) established a pattern that wasn't broken? >The shows at the end of 1977 were quite a bit longer than their 1978 counterparts so >it's not as though they aged and lost endurance in a month or 2. > >Any thoughts?
