I haven't read through all 2200 pages of this thread but I assume we all figured out that 1985 really was the goods. It's the year that I keep going back to for the surprises and the energy - especially in the first sets. Here's a very on fire first set I just heard for the first time not long ago from 3/25/85 Springfield, MA. Cheers!
This is really embarrassing, but I think I was wrong (close! but wrong). As I was alllllllmost off to sleep last night, a voice in the back of my brain said, "Dude, that wasn't the O'Jays riff, it was the Sly & The Family Stone's 'Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)' riff from five years earlier." I said, "Dude, no way." Voice said, "Yeah, pretty sure. They are very close variations on the same basic three-note idea." Me: I can't get up and check it right now. Voice: Play it in your head. Me: ... Crap. Where were you 45 minutes ago before I got all pronouncement-like? Voice: <shrug> That's how I roll. Here's Sly's riff. What do you think? I think *that* may actually be Shakedown's spiritual godfather based on what we hear in this PITB. Still pretty cool.
4 9 91 Holy mother of god. This Foolish Heart. 20 minutes of some of the best jamming ive ever heard. Jerry totally botches all the lyrics but tge playibg after the song "ends" is just.... Holy crap. Everybody needs this in their lives.
I thought you went to the Pine Knob shows in 91? To be fair there are several cities in the area with either Hills or Heights - Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights, Madison Heights... Come to think of it, there are a lot of decent sized venues in the area - Meadowbrook, Freedom Hill, Pine Knob, the Palace.... etc.
So im on 65 north heading out of Mobile. I literally jist pulled over in a median because i had to go nuts over set 2 of 4 27 91 Sugar Mag opener. The HOTTEST ScarFire ever An unbelievable and jammed out PITB A sublime abd exceptionally excellent UJB Oh my jeezus. It does NOT getter better than this set guys. @ianuaditis , you are in for a friggin treat my friend
I'm not going to actively diss '85, but this is funny. Wasn't that year part of the @Archtop live era? Respect must be accorded.
Nice. I was in my first year or two of college and a random package from my dad came in the mail with Greyfolded. That was a good surprise! I've always had a strong preference for D1 over D2. I'd be interested in other opinions.
Few things in the Dead canon are better Nothing in the Dead canon is better than the 11/9/73 Playing.
Judging from my previous adventures through this long run of shows, my favorite moment of the entire 9-show '91 MSG run is the Foolish Heart from 9/12/91. The jam out of Terrapin on 9/18/91 also very good. I made a couple of compilations around about 2003 of what I considered the best stuff from that run. Except for the "Jams" compilation, nothing was included from 9/10 and 9/13, because you should get those shows in their entirety. 9/16 was a keeper as well it seems. These lists below might horrify some completists, so you may want to keep on scrollin'... Hmm.. I will need to go back and listen to these. Memphis from 9/9 must have been really good, can't imagine why it would be there otherwise. GRATEFUL DEAD September 8,9,12,14,16,17,18, 1991 Madison Square Garden – New York, NY - Highlights Sans Jams DISC ONE [78:36] 01 [12:54] Foolish Heart (9/12/91) 02 [08:59] Memphis Blues (9/9/91) 03 [07:18] Loser (9/8/91) 04 [14:12] Let It Grow (9/8/91) 05 [04:05] Space > (9/14/91) 06 [05:58] All Along The Watchtower > (9/14/91) 07 [06:11] China Doll (9/14/91) 08 [08:50] The Other One > (9/8/91) 09 [10:09] Wharf Rat (9/8/91) DISC TWO [62:28] 01 [07:43] Althea (9/17/91) 02 [06:51] Loser (9/17/91) 03 [07:34] Ramble On Rose (9/18/91) 04 [09:28] Row Jimmy (9/18/91) 05 [14:01] Eyes Of The World (9/17/91) 06 [11:39] Morning Dew (9/9/91) 07 [05:12] Attics Of My Life (9/8/91) DISC THREE [76:18] (ALL 9/16/91) 01 [08:13] Feel Like A Stranger 02 [06:40] Bertha 03 [08:14] The Music Never Stopped 04 [08:40] Mississippi Half-Step > 05 [08:41] Saint Of Circumstance > 06 [07:49] Comes A Time > 07 [14:43] Uncle John’s Band > Jam > 08 [08:04] Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad > 09 [05:14] Attics Of My Life +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GRATEFUL DEAD MSG '91 Jams Setlist CD 1 1. Jam w/ Dark Star themes > (9/8/91) 2. Drums > (9/8/91) 3. Space > (9/8/91) 4. Drums > (9/9/91) 5. Space > (9/9/91) 6. Dark Star > (9/10/91) 7. Drums (9/10/91) CD 2 1. Space > (9/10/91) 2. Dark Star > (9/10/91) 3. Drums > (9/12/91) 4. Space w/ Spanish themes > (9/12/91) 5. Jam into The Wheel > (9/12/91) 6. Drums > (9/13/91) 7. Space > (9/13/91) 8. Drums (9/14/91) CD 3 1. Space > (9/16/91) 2. Drums > (9/17/91) 3. Space > (9/17/91) 4. Jam out of Terrapin > (9/18/91) 5. Drums > (9/18/91) 6. Space > (9/18/91) 7. Slipknot! > (9/10/91) 8. Franklin's Tower (9/10/91)
Working my way through 2/9/73 this morning, good fun for a Friday with the debut of the Wall of Sound prototype and a whole batch of new tunes! "Here Comes Sunshine"! "Eyes"!. First set got off to a rocky start when they blew all the tweeters on the wall, but they recovered pretty quickly and give us a solid, if unexceptional first set for most of it. However, there are a few exceptions. The "Loose Lucy" debut is fire and serves as a nice counterpoint to the cowboy tunes. The real meat of this set starts with that "Sunshine" debut, ain't nothin' tentative or rough about this one. It's ready to go night one. "PITB" carries things on nicely to end the set, especially the interplay between Phil and Jerry when the jam section starts, Jerry's flitting around like a punch-drunk bumblebee. Bring on the second set...
At the point they stop playing "Row Jimmy" as a reggae tune (assuming they ever did so live, I think the reason I know it was a reggae number is because of Wake), what did they play it as? Sometimes it sounds vaguely reggae, but otherwise I don't know what they're doing. Listening to the one on 11/10/73.
I'm about halfway through the second set of 2/9/73 now and there are so many things to say about it, especially how absolutely incredible the debut of "Eyes" was/is. However, I want to just take a second to acknowledge, once again, how amazingly flexible this band was. I mean, at the end of that pretty out "Eyes" jam they drop immediately into the "China Doll" debut which has such an aching, heartbreaking vibe. I mean, less than twenty seconds to go from floating in the cosmos to sitting at the end of a dark pier. It's incredible how they could do that. Just incredible. This band.
@posnera It's Costello, with tonight's #BoxScore from The Riviera Theatre: Show #141 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL 2018-02-17 SOLD OUT ~ THANK YOU! Set One (9:19PM - 10:47PM) Jam -> The Wheel @ -> Black Throated Wind -> Jack Straw Reprise # -> Bertha Loser $ -> Jam -> Easy Wind % -> Viola Lee Blues Set Two (11:18PM - 12:46AM ish) Cats Under The Stars ^ -> Throwing Stones He’s Gone & -> Truckin’ -> Mississippi Half Step * E: Dancing In The Streets + @ - With a “Hey You” (Pink Floyd) Jam # - Partial version, first time played in this format by Almost Dead $ - With an “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” (The Allman Brothers Band) Jam % - Flipped version ^ - With a Scarlet Begonias Jam & - With Tennessee Jed Teases (B) & crowd vocals * - With a “Walk on the Wild Side” (Lou Reed) Tease (DD) and a Playin Tease (B) + - With a “Walk the Dinosaur” (Was, Not Was) Tease (SM), a Tease of a WOLF song, & multiple “Hey Bulldog” (The Beatles) Teases / Jams (MB, JR, TH, & then Band) Pre Show & Set Break Music: Scott’s Early Rock N Roll Spotify Mix Poster: New Antlers Thanks to all of you who made it out. We'll see you in Madison...
The "Eyes" debut is notable since while most Dead songs started with brief, first set versions before finding their way to the second set, Garcia and the band apparently conceived "Eyes" from the beginning as a second set jam piece.
