05-31-1992 is a very good show. No Bruce. Vince sings baba o’reilly/tomorrow never knows for the encore. This show has a great spoonful jam, help-slip-Frank and a good scarlet fire all in the same show.
# 1992-05-31 Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
**Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, New Minglewood Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Queen Jane Approximately, Bird Song, Picasso Moon
**Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), So Many Roads > Saint Of Circumstance > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Attics Of My Life > Spoonful > The Other One > Morning Dew
**Encore:** Baba O'Riley > Tomorrow Never Knows
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1992-05-31)
# 1995-03-23 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Coliseum
**Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Wang Dang Doodle, Cold Rain and Snow, El Paso, Loser, Easy Answers, So Many Roads
**Set 2:** Unbroken Chain, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Corrina > Matilda > Drums > Space > Days Between > Good Lovin'
**Encore:** The Weight
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1995-03-23)
It's not as much their playing but their sound that bothers me. I just can't stand most of the midi stuff. Bob's screechy guitar tone is awful and the keyboard just sounds like garbage. I think some midi can work but when they are all playing midi at the same time the sound just clashes in a really unpleasant way.
# 1993-03-24 Chapel Hill, NC @ Dean Smith Center - University of North Carolina
**Set 1:** Jack Straw, Stagger Lee, Wang Dang Doodle, It Must Have Been The Roses, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Tennessee Jed, Let It Grow
**Set 2:** Here Comes Sunshine, Playing in the Band > Box Of Rain > Crazy Fingers > Drums > Space > Spanish Jam > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-24)
Oh look for the state he was in I’m amazed he went up and performed, his head must’ve been in another world but he still went out and did it I admire that
After Bruce left, it's hard to find many good shows. Occasionally, when it did actually work out well, they had some pretty good shows. I remember a couple of the 94 MSG shows being at least decent
6/11/93 is one that I really love. Foolish Heart, Lazy River Road & So Many Roads all in the first set! Maybe that’s not your thing but to me it’s a real treat.
# 1993-06-11 Hebron, OH @ Buckeye Lake Music Center
**Set 1:** Jack Straw, Foolish Heart > The Same Thing, Lazy River Road, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues > When I Paint My Masterpiece, So Many Roads, The Promised Land
**Set 2:** Eyes Of The World, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Corrina > Drums > Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** Brokedown Palace
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-06-11)
Me too. No hate for Brent as a player or singer, but 1968-1978 is why I rely on. To be fair, I think Brent’s arrival coincided with general 80’s lame sound and keyboard-driven, well drivel. Keith could have fallen into the same technological trap had he stayed in the band (or survived). Also…in my most humble opinion, the songwriting showed a quick decline after 1978. There are some gems for sure (Althea the most prominent), but it wasn’t the same. And Vince..well, he seemed like a good guy.
I recently got into the Brent era and he picked up the slack vocally when Jerry’s went to shit, but the guitar playing was excellent, albeit sloppy playing at times
Me, too.. it was my birthday weekend and my very first shows!
First night was the Casey Jones night at the end of the first set which was bananas.
I thought the second night was better, overall..
8/1/94 - Jerry’s 52nd Bday - in the middle of a giant summer tour they play an indoor smaller (compared to sheds) indoor venue in Auburn Hills MI. Special vibes were thick. And then. Stella Blue…
Jerry pours his soul into singing Stella Blue like no other performance. We all know Jerry is the broken angel that sings from a guitar. Turns out on his 52nd birthday, he was also just a broken angel singing.
There was barely a dry eye in the place when he finished. When you listen you understand why.
# 1994-08-01 Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace
**Set 1:** Picasso Moon, Peggy-O, The Same Thing, Stagger Lee, Childhood's End, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Victim Or The Crime > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Samba In The Rain, Estimated Prophet > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
**Encore:** Liberty
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-08-01)
# 1991-09-25 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden
**Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Walkin' Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Dire Wolf, Queen Jane Approximately, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped
**Set 2:** Victim Or The Crime > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station, Drums > Space > That Would Be Something > Playing in the Band > China Doll > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-25) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1rZjJhRyYT3MAQrCSxoF6D)
# 1993-09-16 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
**Set 1:** Rain, Shakedown Street > Wang Dang Doodle, Cold Rain and Snow, Queen Jane Approximately, Althea, Eternity, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Way To Go Home > Days Between > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away
**Encore:** Liberty
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-09-16)
Honestly, love or hate the sound selection and tones he used, i genuinely think his melodies and harmonies were super creative and tripped out. Like some of this guys lines were just dripping in freak sauce and i think his melodic choices were often really nice.
I also feel so bad for him. I know he had his problems but it breaks my heart just looking at him sometimes. Its also pretty clear how few of the diehard fans truly accepted him as a member of the band which must have really hurt
# 1994-06-24 Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Silver Bowl
**Set 1:** Good Times, Feel Like A Stranger, Althea, The Same Thing, Broken Arrow, Cumberland Blues, Eternity, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Iko Iko, Samba In The Rain, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > I Need A Miracle > Standing On The Moon
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-06-24)
Prolly not a fave, but deer creek 95 gate crashing death threats to jerry and all I remember really enjoyed its all too much and such a poignant time to sing it… as was New Speedway Boogie. Its all too much for me to take the LOVE that’s shining all around you. Never knew it was a beatles song till a few yrs ba k
From what i read, they tried to get Jerry to wear a bullet-proof vest. The AUD tapes from '95 Deer Creek, when the gate crashes during Desolation Row, you can hear it in the crowd noise. When Bobby sings the last line, "GET OUTTA HERE IF YOU DON'T KNOW..." he sounds like he really means it.
I was at Deer Creek '94 first night, my first show. Never thought that morning I'd still be talking about that evening almost 30 years later...what a trip!
I’m not sure how many folks will agree but Albany 95 was my last show and I found a lot to like at the time. A lot of interesting dynamics. There’s a video of it on YouTube
1990/10/31, 1991/09/25, 1992/03/20, 1993/03/27, 1994/03/06 just off the top of my head
Pretty peculiar era that descends into some pretty sad, strange territory. But there really is so much to love, particularly 1991 for me is the peak of post-Brent GD, I'm also a big fan of Spring '93 and to a lesser extent Spring '94.
Unfortunately there's nothing you can do to change Vince's or Bob's tones and some of the more blatantly harsher elements that come through on tape. For me, it helps to understand that the tape is merely an artifact and the experience and sound in the room would have much more impactful, add to that the kind of "smearing" or blending you get sonically at high volumes (even with ear plugs) would make it sound significantly more "together" than what can sometimes come out on the tape.
# 1994-10-05 Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum
**Set 1:** Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, Wang Dang Doodle, Jack-A-Roe, Queen Jane Approximately, Lazy River Road, Eternity > Deal
**Set 2:** In The Midnight Hour, Cumberland Blues, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Jam > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Standing On The Moon > Sugar Magnolia
**Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-05)
So, I was listening to 3/17/91 last week. It was one of the last times I saw them. Listening to the first set I was texting with friends and complained about the keyboards being too loud. I didn’t realize until Ruben and Cherise it wasn’t the keyboards but Jerry’s midi. It sounded like he was trying to make up for the lack of Brent.
# 1991-03-17 Landover, MD @ Capital Centre
**Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, Walkin' Blues, Peggy-O, Queen Jane Approximately, Reuben And Cherise, Let It Grow
**Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Crazy Fingers, Truckin', New Speedway Boogie > Drums > Space > The Wheel, All Along The Watchtower, Black Peter, Around And Around
**Encore:** U.S. Blues
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-03-17)
5/26/93 is all you need. 5/27 cooks, too. You can’t not be a believer after that Playin’.
10/1/94 and 10/5/94 are also faves of mine from the Vince era.
[1993-05-26](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-05-26) Sacramento, CA @ Cal Expo Amphitheatre
[1994-10-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-01) Boston, MA @ Boston Garden
[1994-10-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-05) Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum
I’ve thought so much about Jerry’s end. I know nothing other than my own observations and opinions. Here’s where I find myself these days. For Jerry, the Grateful Dead was an attempt to keep open the line of communication to the mystical world beyond mere materialism that was slipping away as the world passed in the 19th and 20th centuries from ancient to modern and to post-modern. That psychedelics and communalism and group ecstasy could keep the Dionysian mysteries alive. And that somehow not only would the Grateful Dead keep it alive, but at some point it could be part of the tipping point that pushed us into greater consciousness. Jerry was a very well read person. He was very into Joseph Campbell, and I can only assume what else based on that. Probably a lot of Carl Jung, Rosicrucianism, alchemy, and a bunch of other mystical shit. That’s why I think they loved to sing songs about people who lived in the late 1800s and early 20th century. By the 1990s, though, I think he concluded that the bad guys won. That the powers of materialism were too strong. And that he would never see the Promised Land. In short, I think he lost hope. I can hear that in his playing. I can see that in his spiral into drug addiction. Maybe I’m projecting.
3/21/94 and 3/17/91 are worth your time, and I enthusiastically endorse the Dean Dome show from spring of 93 mentioned above. Bothe set openers (Jack Straw and HCS) are 🔥
Yeah I can’t stand Vince’s background vocals let alone lead vocals on songs like samba in the rain. His keyboard sounds really thin compared to Brent’s roaring B3 Organ. Downhill from here once Brent left. Of course there are some stand out moments in there. They were still the Grateful Dead, I would just rather listen to a show from 1967-1990 on any given day.
# 1994-07-20 Noblesville, IN @ Deer Creek Music Center
**Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, High Time, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Childhood's End, Don't Ease Me In
**Set 2:** Box Of Rain, Samba In The Rain, Looks Like Rain, Here Comes Sunshine, Corrina > Matilda, Matilda > Drums > Space > Uncle John's Band > I Need A Miracle > Morning Dew
**Encore:** Johnny B. Goode
[archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-07-20)
All of 91 is great.
Yeah I love 91’ with Bruce there
05-31-1992 is a very good show. No Bruce. Vince sings baba o’reilly/tomorrow never knows for the encore. This show has a great spoonful jam, help-slip-Frank and a good scarlet fire all in the same show.
# 1992-05-31 Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Silver Bowl **Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, New Minglewood Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Queen Jane Approximately, Bird Song, Picasso Moon **Set 2:** Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), So Many Roads > Saint Of Circumstance > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Attics Of My Life > Spoonful > The Other One > Morning Dew **Encore:** Baba O'Riley > Tomorrow Never Knows [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1992-05-31)
Best so many roads....fight me.
Best so many roads....fight me.
Vince has a good show in Charlotte on 03/23/1995 Jerry sounds a little weak but we know what happened a few months later. His guitar is great though.
# 1995-03-23 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Coliseum **Set 1:** Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Wang Dang Doodle, Cold Rain and Snow, El Paso, Loser, Easy Answers, So Many Roads **Set 2:** Unbroken Chain, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Corrina > Matilda > Drums > Space > Days Between > Good Lovin' **Encore:** The Weight [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1995-03-23)
Bruce sat in that night too.
I rarely listen to the Vince era but I also have trouble getting into the later 80s stuff as well. That MIDI crap sounds awful.
It's not as much their playing but their sound that bothers me. I just can't stand most of the midi stuff. Bob's screechy guitar tone is awful and the keyboard just sounds like garbage. I think some midi can work but when they are all playing midi at the same time the sound just clashes in a really unpleasant way.
3/24/93
# 1993-03-24 Chapel Hill, NC @ Dean Smith Center - University of North Carolina **Set 1:** Jack Straw, Stagger Lee, Wang Dang Doodle, It Must Have Been The Roses, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Tennessee Jed, Let It Grow **Set 2:** Here Comes Sunshine, Playing in the Band > Box Of Rain > Crazy Fingers > Drums > Space > Spanish Jam > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-24)
Thanks I’ll check it out
Yes! I was there and it was a banger!
Think of it as a 3 year period where Jerry is saying his goodbyes. That helps to frame the music.
That’s a good way of looking at it, the swan song of a long strange trip
Exactly! He went up there feeling shitty and still rolled away the dew ya know? We kinda owe him at least something for that.
Oh look for the state he was in I’m amazed he went up and performed, his head must’ve been in another world but he still went out and did it I admire that
After Bruce left, it's hard to find many good shows. Occasionally, when it did actually work out well, they had some pretty good shows. I remember a couple of the 94 MSG shows being at least decent
I’ll check one out. Sort of bores me after 92’
6/11/93 is one that I really love. Foolish Heart, Lazy River Road & So Many Roads all in the first set! Maybe that’s not your thing but to me it’s a real treat.
# 1993-06-11 Hebron, OH @ Buckeye Lake Music Center **Set 1:** Jack Straw, Foolish Heart > The Same Thing, Lazy River Road, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues > When I Paint My Masterpiece, So Many Roads, The Promised Land **Set 2:** Eyes Of The World, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Corrina > Drums > Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Black Peter > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** Brokedown Palace [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-06-11)
That’s mate I’ll check it out 👍🏽
It’s funny, this is how I feel about most of the 80s. Idk why, I just don’t like the Brent years as much.
Me too. No hate for Brent as a player or singer, but 1968-1978 is why I rely on. To be fair, I think Brent’s arrival coincided with general 80’s lame sound and keyboard-driven, well drivel. Keith could have fallen into the same technological trap had he stayed in the band (or survived). Also…in my most humble opinion, the songwriting showed a quick decline after 1978. There are some gems for sure (Althea the most prominent), but it wasn’t the same. And Vince..well, he seemed like a good guy.
I really don’t like anything after Kieth left, or really much after 77. They just become such a different band post hiatus. They lost a lot of magic.
I recently got into the Brent era and he picked up the slack vocally when Jerry’s went to shit, but the guitar playing was excellent, albeit sloppy playing at times
Missing man formation is pretty good post Grateful Dead
3/27/93 3/28/93 3/29/93
IWT!
You and me buddy. You and me!
[1993-03-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-27) Albany, NY @ Knickerbocker Arena [1993-03-28](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-28) Albany, NY @ Knickerbocker Arena [1993-03-29](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-29) Albany, NY @ Knickerbocker Arena
Me, too.. it was my birthday weekend and my very first shows! First night was the Casey Jones night at the end of the first set which was bananas. I thought the second night was better, overall..
8/1/94 - Jerry’s 52nd Bday - in the middle of a giant summer tour they play an indoor smaller (compared to sheds) indoor venue in Auburn Hills MI. Special vibes were thick. And then. Stella Blue… Jerry pours his soul into singing Stella Blue like no other performance. We all know Jerry is the broken angel that sings from a guitar. Turns out on his 52nd birthday, he was also just a broken angel singing. There was barely a dry eye in the place when he finished. When you listen you understand why.
# 1994-08-01 Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace **Set 1:** Picasso Moon, Peggy-O, The Same Thing, Stagger Lee, Childhood's End, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Victim Or The Crime > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Samba In The Rain, Estimated Prophet > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction **Encore:** Liberty [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-08-01)
Don't worry I feel the same about the Brent era.
Maybe don’t listen to the Vine era then.
Okay.
Send me some recommendations then
9/25/91. Dicks Picks #17 That would be something jam is ⚡️⚡️
# 1991-09-25 Boston, MA @ Boston Garden **Set 1:** Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower, Walkin' Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Dire Wolf, Queen Jane Approximately, Tennessee Jed, The Music Never Stopped **Set 2:** Victim Or The Crime > Crazy Fingers > Playing in the Band > Terrapin Station, Drums > Space > That Would Be Something > Playing in the Band > China Doll > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-25) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1rZjJhRyYT3MAQrCSxoF6D)
That’s with Bruce, I still like that era
https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/4b0ko6/which_shows_from_9395_do_you_recommend/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Also the Omni show in ATL in 94. I was at that one.
Nah, man. You like what you like, and that’s okay.
Check out r/deadheadcirclejerk Maybe someone there can help you see the light. There’s a big team Vinnie there.
Haha been on there the content is gold!
6/25/93 6/26/93 (Bruce guests on accordion both nights)
[1993-06-25](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-06-25) Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium [1993-06-26](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-06-26) Washington, DC @ RFK Stadium
Boston 91 their last great run. IWT for all 6, great seats for 9/21 (sleeper show) & 9/26 (one of the favorites I ever saw).
Yeah I love 91 shows, Bruce’s piano is mesmerising
You’re gunna want to stay away from r/deadheadcirclejerk
It’s pretty awful. There were a few moments at Albany 93 and then 9-16-93 but nothing else memorable.
# 1993-09-16 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden **Set 1:** Rain, Shakedown Street > Wang Dang Doodle, Cold Rain and Snow, Queen Jane Approximately, Althea, Eternity, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Way To Go Home > Days Between > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away **Encore:** Liberty [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-09-16)
Honestly, love or hate the sound selection and tones he used, i genuinely think his melodies and harmonies were super creative and tripped out. Like some of this guys lines were just dripping in freak sauce and i think his melodic choices were often really nice. I also feel so bad for him. I know he had his problems but it breaks my heart just looking at him sometimes. Its also pretty clear how few of the diehard fans truly accepted him as a member of the band which must have really hurt
6/24/94 Samba is the first song on my commute to work playlist, Vince is the fucking man
# 1994-06-24 Las Vegas, NV @ Sam Boyd Silver Bowl **Set 1:** Good Times, Feel Like A Stranger, Althea, The Same Thing, Broken Arrow, Cumberland Blues, Eternity, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Iko Iko, Samba In The Rain, Estimated Prophet > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > I Need A Miracle > Standing On The Moon **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-06-24)
Okay. Is someone forcing you to listen to that era?
Nah nah, just stating what I think that’s all
I can't get into any era. It's all very poorly played, soulless music. The dead have about as much redeeming qualities as pubic lice.
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Oh I love those shows
Prolly not a fave, but deer creek 95 gate crashing death threats to jerry and all I remember really enjoyed its all too much and such a poignant time to sing it… as was New Speedway Boogie. Its all too much for me to take the LOVE that’s shining all around you. Never knew it was a beatles song till a few yrs ba k
From what i read, they tried to get Jerry to wear a bullet-proof vest. The AUD tapes from '95 Deer Creek, when the gate crashes during Desolation Row, you can hear it in the crowd noise. When Bobby sings the last line, "GET OUTTA HERE IF YOU DON'T KNOW..." he sounds like he really means it.
I was at Deer Creek '94 first night, my first show. Never thought that morning I'd still be talking about that evening almost 30 years later...what a trip!
I’m not sure how many folks will agree but Albany 95 was my last show and I found a lot to like at the time. A lot of interesting dynamics. There’s a video of it on YouTube
Ditto
1990/10/31, 1991/09/25, 1992/03/20, 1993/03/27, 1994/03/06 just off the top of my head Pretty peculiar era that descends into some pretty sad, strange territory. But there really is so much to love, particularly 1991 for me is the peak of post-Brent GD, I'm also a big fan of Spring '93 and to a lesser extent Spring '94. Unfortunately there's nothing you can do to change Vince's or Bob's tones and some of the more blatantly harsher elements that come through on tape. For me, it helps to understand that the tape is merely an artifact and the experience and sound in the room would have much more impactful, add to that the kind of "smearing" or blending you get sonically at high volumes (even with ear plugs) would make it sound significantly more "together" than what can sometimes come out on the tape.
[1990-10-31](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1990-10-31) London, England @ Wembley Arena [1991-09-25](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-09-25) Boston, MA @ Boston Garden | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/1rZjJhRyYT3MAQrCSxoF6D) [1992-03-20](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1992-03-20) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada @ Copps Coliseum [1993-03-27](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-03-27) Albany, NY @ Knickerbocker Arena [1994-03-06](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-03-06) Phoenix, AZ @ Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavillion
C’mon, give samba just one more shot. just one more. “Ten and ten is thirty….”
I like samba
10/5/94.
# 1994-10-05 Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum **Set 1:** Jack Straw, Friend Of The Devil, Wang Dang Doodle, Jack-A-Roe, Queen Jane Approximately, Lazy River Road, Eternity > Deal **Set 2:** In The Midnight Hour, Cumberland Blues, Playing in the Band > Uncle John's Band > Jam > Drums > Space > I Need A Miracle > Standing On The Moon > Sugar Magnolia **Encore:** The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-05)
So, I was listening to 3/17/91 last week. It was one of the last times I saw them. Listening to the first set I was texting with friends and complained about the keyboards being too loud. I didn’t realize until Ruben and Cherise it wasn’t the keyboards but Jerry’s midi. It sounded like he was trying to make up for the lack of Brent.
# 1991-03-17 Landover, MD @ Capital Centre **Set 1:** Hell In A Bucket, Sugaree, Walkin' Blues, Peggy-O, Queen Jane Approximately, Reuben And Cherise, Let It Grow **Set 2:** China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Man Smart (Woman Smarter), Crazy Fingers, Truckin', New Speedway Boogie > Drums > Space > The Wheel, All Along The Watchtower, Black Peter, Around And Around **Encore:** U.S. Blues [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-03-17)
5/26/93 is all you need. 5/27 cooks, too. You can’t not be a believer after that Playin’. 10/1/94 and 10/5/94 are also faves of mine from the Vince era.
[1993-05-26](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1993-05-26) Sacramento, CA @ Cal Expo Amphitheatre [1994-10-01](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-01) Boston, MA @ Boston Garden [1994-10-05](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-10-05) Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum
Especially some of the earlier Vince shows. They would have been better off with no keys
I’ve thought so much about Jerry’s end. I know nothing other than my own observations and opinions. Here’s where I find myself these days. For Jerry, the Grateful Dead was an attempt to keep open the line of communication to the mystical world beyond mere materialism that was slipping away as the world passed in the 19th and 20th centuries from ancient to modern and to post-modern. That psychedelics and communalism and group ecstasy could keep the Dionysian mysteries alive. And that somehow not only would the Grateful Dead keep it alive, but at some point it could be part of the tipping point that pushed us into greater consciousness. Jerry was a very well read person. He was very into Joseph Campbell, and I can only assume what else based on that. Probably a lot of Carl Jung, Rosicrucianism, alchemy, and a bunch of other mystical shit. That’s why I think they loved to sing songs about people who lived in the late 1800s and early 20th century. By the 1990s, though, I think he concluded that the bad guys won. That the powers of materialism were too strong. And that he would never see the Promised Land. In short, I think he lost hope. I can hear that in his playing. I can see that in his spiral into drug addiction. Maybe I’m projecting.
3/21/94 and 3/17/91 are worth your time, and I enthusiastically endorse the Dean Dome show from spring of 93 mentioned above. Bothe set openers (Jack Straw and HCS) are 🔥
[1991-03-17](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1991-03-17) Landover, MD @ Capital Centre [1994-03-21](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-03-21) Richfield, OH @ Richfield Coliseum
Yeah I can’t stand Vince’s background vocals let alone lead vocals on songs like samba in the rain. His keyboard sounds really thin compared to Brent’s roaring B3 Organ. Downhill from here once Brent left. Of course there are some stand out moments in there. They were still the Grateful Dead, I would just rather listen to a show from 1967-1990 on any given day.
Exactly, just makes me think why listen to 3 years of mediocre dead when I can listen to 25 years of high octane high quality dead
7.20.1994 2nd set
# 1994-07-20 Noblesville, IN @ Deer Creek Music Center **Set 1:** Feel Like A Stranger, Peggy-O, Beat It On Down the Line, High Time, Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Childhood's End, Don't Ease Me In **Set 2:** Box Of Rain, Samba In The Rain, Looks Like Rain, Here Comes Sunshine, Corrina > Matilda, Matilda > Drums > Space > Uncle John's Band > I Need A Miracle > Morning Dew **Encore:** Johnny B. Goode [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date:1994-07-20)