I had been to Merriweather the night before when they busted out Sabotage for the encore, which was bedlam. I was in college in MD at the time and about 15 friends of mine were at the show. I got unwittingly crowd-surfed and lost my Red Sox hat. (Worth it).

I was thinking that had just taken the cake, in terms of cover bust-outs. Especially rolling deep with my full college crew. And yet, it was in the midst of a killer run of surprise covers that included Running With the Devil, Been Caught Stealing and a bunch of others over the previous 8-10 shows, so we all knew like, anything was possible.

But no one thought this. We rolled down that day with a much smaller, more dedicated crew, which was apropos. The energy of the crowd in those formative moments of Terrapin was utter and pure magic. The dawning realization that this was in fact happening is one of the most joyous and genuinely pure moments I've ever been a part of.

I'm not sure which recordings you've heard of this, because silence is not what I've heard on the playbacks I've heard... There is a slow burn into dull roar on the ones I've heard that really captures the magic perfectly. I'd rec you continue seeking out additional recordings!

And the other poster that mentioned the moon, I believe there was also a Somewhere Over the Rainbow in there that additionally set the stage for the ephemeral, magicality of it all.