Today is all about the Festival Express, a tour that took the Dead, the Band, Janis Joplin, and others across Canada by train in 1970. We're playing classic performances and hard-to-find jams from this legendary run of shows.

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Set 1:

• Uncle John's Band
• Hard to Handle 

Set 2: 

• The Band - The Weight
• Buddy Guy - Money
• Janis Joplin - Cry Baby

Set 3: 

• Rick, Janis, Jerry, Bob - Ain't No More Cane
• Delaney, Jerry, Leslie - Blue Yodel #1 
• Ian, Sylvia, Jerry - CC Rider

Encore: 

• New Speedway Boogie
• China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider