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May 1980 Tour Recap | Grateful Dead · Baltimore to Portland· May 4-11, 1980 | · S1E13
May 1980 - Tourbook 01 Grateful Dead Episode 131st April 2026 • Grateful Shows • J.Y. Pod
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🎸 MAY 1980 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1980

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S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980

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═══🎙 TOUR ANALYSIS

Final analysis of the six night we spent on the Grateful Dead Spring tour of May 1980

This was a tour that took us from the Baltimore Civic Center on May 4, 1980 to

Recreation Hall, Penn State University- May 6, 1980

Barton Hall, Cornell University - May 7, 1980

Glens Falls Civic Center - May 8, 1980

Hartford Civic Center - May 10, 1980

Cumberland County Civic Center - May 11, 1980

A short recap of all that went down and a hint of what is to come

Only one show this week,

Next week a new tour begins!

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🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR

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S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980

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🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS

Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got:

🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist:

GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST

Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year.

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