Grateful Dead Live at Boston Garden on 1991-09-26
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- 1991-09-26 ( check for other copies)
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- Soundboard, Don Pearson, Dan Healy, Charlie Miller, 24 bit
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Set I
Jack Straw
Cold Rain & Snow
Wang Dang Doodle
Candyman
Mexicali Blues >
Cumberland Blues
Picasso Moon
Box Of Rain
Cold Rain & Snow
Wang Dang Doodle
Candyman
Mexicali Blues >
Cumberland Blues
Picasso Moon
Box Of Rain
Set II
Dark Star >
Saint Of Circumstance >
Eyes Of The World >
Drums >
Space >
The Other One >
Dark Star >
Attics Of My Life >
Good Lovin'
Brokedown Palace >
We Bid You Good Night
Saint Of Circumstance >
Eyes Of The World >
Drums >
Space >
The Other One >
Dark Star >
Attics Of My Life >
Good Lovin'
Brokedown Palace >
We Bid You Good Night
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Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Vince Welnick - Keyboards
Bruce Hornsby - Piano, Accordion
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums
Bob Weir - Guitar
Vince Welnick - Keyboards
Bruce Hornsby - Piano, Accordion
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums
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Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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Tuning | |||
Jack Straw > | |||
Cold Rain And Snow | |||
Black Throated Wind | |||
Candyman | |||
Picasso Moon | |||
Picasso Moon > | |||
Box Of Rain | |||
Saint Of Circumstance > | |||
Eyes Of The World > | |||
Drums > | |||
The Other One > | |||
Attics Of My Life > | |||
Brokedown Palace > | |||
Brokedown Palace (encore) |
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-- Recorded by Don Pearson and Dan Healy
-- There's 2:10 of noodling leading into Dark Star
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- Don Pearson and Dan Healy
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July 14, 2021
Subject: " Seeking all that is still unsung"
Subject: " Seeking all that is still unsung"
In honor of Charlie's ultramatrix remastering of this historic show. I share my updated, and spell checked, review of this amazing concert.
Happy trails!
I was blessed to see four out of six of this amazing run. Here is just a little back story on what was happening, first this was the Band's first test of limiting the number of cities on a tour, they only played three cities that fall tour, Richfield, MSG and Boston Garden. This was to deal with the ever-increasing challenges of us deadheads wearing out our welcome in many cities in the megalopolis.
Second Jerry graced the front cover of most recent issue of Rolling Stone, which I believe came out during the New York run. In it Garcia talked about his lack of inspiration with the music. At the time it was the most honest Jerry had been about recent events and for all intents and purposes you could not blame him. The previous year was extremely difficult with the loss of Brent and barely taking three months off that previous year.
Finally there were mixed reviews that came out after the nine show run, at MSG. Granted they played some stellar shows but this coupled with the RS interview had us all abuzz if a real break for the boys was on the horizon.
This was the first time that the Dead was welcomed backed to the hallow ground of the "Garden" since 1982, when as I you may have heard, the road crew was grilling on one of the back fire escape and the Fire Marshall flipped out, the Garden was made out of wood being decades old. This was the infamous “lobster incident” There may have been some conflict with the local stage workers union as well.
Regardless they were back, and this end of tour run was highly anticipated. If you are not familiar of all the details of this run, the first night had the glorious surprise of “Help> Slip> Fire on the Mountain”, which for the faithful was clearly a nod from Jerry that he was not done yet.
The run continued to get better and fast forward to Thursday and all in attendance knew that some kind of greatness could occur.
The band did not disappoint and in the second set they blew every one away, even the most die-hard skeptics.
The night started off with the band taking more time on stage, than usual, turning and fiddling and clearly demonstrating they were not in a rush to leave Beantown.
The “Jack Straw” was the perfect opener, not the greatest version ever played, but it is the type of version that just draws you in and it just keep getting better and better as it went on. It was simple enthralling.
Jerry follows this with a great “CR & S”, ok I will now mention Bruce's accordion playing, he does play it often this show, some tunes it works and others it does not, but here I will say it worked although I would have preferred him just to play the grand piano.
The rest of the set is very well played, a poetic “Candyman”, a unusual and rare paring of” Mexicali> Cumberland”, a rip roaring “Picasso Moon” that could have gone on for another three or four minutes and a set ending “Box of Rain”. Sadly, that was marred by a fire/door alarm that someone set off during the song. Thankful a resourceful fan or worker turned it off to a resounding cheer of appreciation from us all. You luckily cannot hear it on this matrix. Bruce's accordion playing IMHO does not worked on this song, but is still was an enjoyable closing to a confident 1st set.
It was a long set break this night and when they came back on stage the air was heavy with the sweetness of cannabis, unfortunately the Garden had a horrible ventilation system, so for you non-smokers it wasn’t fun, and it was very warm too, as there was no AC either, if not hot inside for late September.
The band starts tuning and begins to just drift off, the lights Candace had gracing the stage were white diamonds, everyone was thinking like "No way! Are they going to do it?" We were all holding our collective breaths and then it became wonderfully clear. Yes! they were going to do it and open the second set with” Dark Star”. There is not a long intro as they go right into the motif and Jerry just sounded wonderful playing those opening licks. This version is more melodic and easier going, like a slow running summer stream, rather than intense and spacey like the one that was played in Greensboro in the Spring It clearly is one of the best 90's DS for sure. There is great interaction between everyone in the band, especially Phil, and Jerry is clearly steering the ship.
His solo into the first verse is quite beautiful. They had already played the 1st verse earlier in the run but again chose to play the song form the beginning on this special night.
They explore a couple themes quite well, and they pick up the tempo quite nicely, before making an incredible transition into “Saint”. It was a perfect pairing, and the place exploded. This version easily is one of the best they ever played, and the ending chorus is raved up with Jerry singing his heart out on it.
Then we get serious, but the good kind, with Jerry immediately strumming those familiar chords of “Eyes of the World”. It is an up-tempo version, and shorter than other contemporary versions, but this one just shines all the way. Jerry's every solo is so sweet, emotional, and with purpose and he literally crafts a masterpiece on this one. It is simply one of my favorite versions ever.
At the end of Phil clearly opens the door on “The Other One” and you are like this would be crazy and Jerry, sort of slows it down and says, not yet guys, and the band fades of stage quickly after this. The drums are nice very cerebral and build up to some cool intensity and continue to expand this set, an obvious acknowledgement of this band's deep psychedelic history. So far only two songs were written after 1972 have been played the entire night so far.
Bob Bravlove adds some intense Tibetan inspired sounds as the band transitions into space. The spaceship was lifting off again to points unknown, or at the very least had not been visited in over 20 years.
Once again the band does an amazing job of developing and exploding into a roaring version of the Other One. Phil is just all over it with Jerry and Bob's vocals are full of passion and purpose. Bruce and Vince have been quite balanced and complementary to each other this entire night too. Then yet another joyful ode to the past as, as they return into the final verse of “Dark Star”, what a rare treat. I have to say that the final few minutes of this is simple amazing.
Tape trader fun fact, it was over 12 years since both the “Other One” and “Dark Star” were paired together on 1/20/79 in Buffalo, New York. You must go back another 8 years, to 4/14/71, for the previous pairing of the Other One and Dark Star. So, this is extremely rare, and this was our Haley Comet on this night.
Once again Jerry leads this lilting and gentle coda, with everyone contributing tasteful accents and it comes to a complete end with Bruce playing his keys like a soft summer rain.
It was amazing and the place was so quite you could hear a pin drop, as we were all spellbound.
Then Bruce starts to play softly, and you can hear Jerry pulling at those emotional heartstrings from deep in the past and this blossoms into “Attics of My Life”.
Once again, the band blew us away with a religious reading of this song, they only had just brought it back for the first time earlier in the tour since Brent's passing, and this version is both fragile and a very moving rendition and it will bring you to tears. It is that good. Easily the best one I ever saw live.
When Bob started playing those familiar chords of “Good Lovin'”, after such a mass spiritual cleansing, it was the ideal joyous group orgasm. Now it was time to honor Pig Pen's memory as well, this was the best example of how this band could honor their fallen friends and band mates.
Once again this version shines and was a perfect ending to a set, that was stunning, remarkable, inspired and, as history has shown, one this band would never quite play like this with Jerry at the helm ever again.
The encore sealed that fate, or rather raised it the bar so high this night could not be ever be matched again nor should it be.
“Brokedown Palace” was the song that so many of us well traveled tour heads, best friends, rainbow warriors, and lovers knew was the guide to send us all home, with a smile on our face and love in hearts.
This version, although a little heavy on the accordion, is especially moving and quite beautiful and Jerry solo is stellar. Once again it is one of my favorite version I ever saw live.
Then to surprise us with one more glorious gem from the days of old, was a stunning and glorious “ “We Bid You Goodnight” An old time spiritual that is an affirmation of life, love, music and what can happen when all of these elements are threaded so thoughtfully and tenderly together in a way that only the Grateful Dead could do.
What is also noteworthy is the sweet and sincere acknowledgements by Phil, Bobby and Jerry at the end of “We Bid You Goodnight”. If you are wondering why the Garden erupted the way it did during this song, here is why. Phil blew a kiss to us all, Bobby winked, and Jerry smiled and waved, twice.
It all came together this night on a cool night in the other city on the Bay.
Happy trails!
I was blessed to see four out of six of this amazing run. Here is just a little back story on what was happening, first this was the Band's first test of limiting the number of cities on a tour, they only played three cities that fall tour, Richfield, MSG and Boston Garden. This was to deal with the ever-increasing challenges of us deadheads wearing out our welcome in many cities in the megalopolis.
Second Jerry graced the front cover of most recent issue of Rolling Stone, which I believe came out during the New York run. In it Garcia talked about his lack of inspiration with the music. At the time it was the most honest Jerry had been about recent events and for all intents and purposes you could not blame him. The previous year was extremely difficult with the loss of Brent and barely taking three months off that previous year.
Finally there were mixed reviews that came out after the nine show run, at MSG. Granted they played some stellar shows but this coupled with the RS interview had us all abuzz if a real break for the boys was on the horizon.
This was the first time that the Dead was welcomed backed to the hallow ground of the "Garden" since 1982, when as I you may have heard, the road crew was grilling on one of the back fire escape and the Fire Marshall flipped out, the Garden was made out of wood being decades old. This was the infamous “lobster incident” There may have been some conflict with the local stage workers union as well.
Regardless they were back, and this end of tour run was highly anticipated. If you are not familiar of all the details of this run, the first night had the glorious surprise of “Help> Slip> Fire on the Mountain”, which for the faithful was clearly a nod from Jerry that he was not done yet.
The run continued to get better and fast forward to Thursday and all in attendance knew that some kind of greatness could occur.
The band did not disappoint and in the second set they blew every one away, even the most die-hard skeptics.
The night started off with the band taking more time on stage, than usual, turning and fiddling and clearly demonstrating they were not in a rush to leave Beantown.
The “Jack Straw” was the perfect opener, not the greatest version ever played, but it is the type of version that just draws you in and it just keep getting better and better as it went on. It was simple enthralling.
Jerry follows this with a great “CR & S”, ok I will now mention Bruce's accordion playing, he does play it often this show, some tunes it works and others it does not, but here I will say it worked although I would have preferred him just to play the grand piano.
The rest of the set is very well played, a poetic “Candyman”, a unusual and rare paring of” Mexicali> Cumberland”, a rip roaring “Picasso Moon” that could have gone on for another three or four minutes and a set ending “Box of Rain”. Sadly, that was marred by a fire/door alarm that someone set off during the song. Thankful a resourceful fan or worker turned it off to a resounding cheer of appreciation from us all. You luckily cannot hear it on this matrix. Bruce's accordion playing IMHO does not worked on this song, but is still was an enjoyable closing to a confident 1st set.
It was a long set break this night and when they came back on stage the air was heavy with the sweetness of cannabis, unfortunately the Garden had a horrible ventilation system, so for you non-smokers it wasn’t fun, and it was very warm too, as there was no AC either, if not hot inside for late September.
The band starts tuning and begins to just drift off, the lights Candace had gracing the stage were white diamonds, everyone was thinking like "No way! Are they going to do it?" We were all holding our collective breaths and then it became wonderfully clear. Yes! they were going to do it and open the second set with” Dark Star”. There is not a long intro as they go right into the motif and Jerry just sounded wonderful playing those opening licks. This version is more melodic and easier going, like a slow running summer stream, rather than intense and spacey like the one that was played in Greensboro in the Spring It clearly is one of the best 90's DS for sure. There is great interaction between everyone in the band, especially Phil, and Jerry is clearly steering the ship.
His solo into the first verse is quite beautiful. They had already played the 1st verse earlier in the run but again chose to play the song form the beginning on this special night.
They explore a couple themes quite well, and they pick up the tempo quite nicely, before making an incredible transition into “Saint”. It was a perfect pairing, and the place exploded. This version easily is one of the best they ever played, and the ending chorus is raved up with Jerry singing his heart out on it.
Then we get serious, but the good kind, with Jerry immediately strumming those familiar chords of “Eyes of the World”. It is an up-tempo version, and shorter than other contemporary versions, but this one just shines all the way. Jerry's every solo is so sweet, emotional, and with purpose and he literally crafts a masterpiece on this one. It is simply one of my favorite versions ever.
At the end of Phil clearly opens the door on “The Other One” and you are like this would be crazy and Jerry, sort of slows it down and says, not yet guys, and the band fades of stage quickly after this. The drums are nice very cerebral and build up to some cool intensity and continue to expand this set, an obvious acknowledgement of this band's deep psychedelic history. So far only two songs were written after 1972 have been played the entire night so far.
Bob Bravlove adds some intense Tibetan inspired sounds as the band transitions into space. The spaceship was lifting off again to points unknown, or at the very least had not been visited in over 20 years.
Once again the band does an amazing job of developing and exploding into a roaring version of the Other One. Phil is just all over it with Jerry and Bob's vocals are full of passion and purpose. Bruce and Vince have been quite balanced and complementary to each other this entire night too. Then yet another joyful ode to the past as, as they return into the final verse of “Dark Star”, what a rare treat. I have to say that the final few minutes of this is simple amazing.
Tape trader fun fact, it was over 12 years since both the “Other One” and “Dark Star” were paired together on 1/20/79 in Buffalo, New York. You must go back another 8 years, to 4/14/71, for the previous pairing of the Other One and Dark Star. So, this is extremely rare, and this was our Haley Comet on this night.
Once again Jerry leads this lilting and gentle coda, with everyone contributing tasteful accents and it comes to a complete end with Bruce playing his keys like a soft summer rain.
It was amazing and the place was so quite you could hear a pin drop, as we were all spellbound.
Then Bruce starts to play softly, and you can hear Jerry pulling at those emotional heartstrings from deep in the past and this blossoms into “Attics of My Life”.
Once again, the band blew us away with a religious reading of this song, they only had just brought it back for the first time earlier in the tour since Brent's passing, and this version is both fragile and a very moving rendition and it will bring you to tears. It is that good. Easily the best one I ever saw live.
When Bob started playing those familiar chords of “Good Lovin'”, after such a mass spiritual cleansing, it was the ideal joyous group orgasm. Now it was time to honor Pig Pen's memory as well, this was the best example of how this band could honor their fallen friends and band mates.
Once again this version shines and was a perfect ending to a set, that was stunning, remarkable, inspired and, as history has shown, one this band would never quite play like this with Jerry at the helm ever again.
The encore sealed that fate, or rather raised it the bar so high this night could not be ever be matched again nor should it be.
“Brokedown Palace” was the song that so many of us well traveled tour heads, best friends, rainbow warriors, and lovers knew was the guide to send us all home, with a smile on our face and love in hearts.
This version, although a little heavy on the accordion, is especially moving and quite beautiful and Jerry solo is stellar. Once again it is one of my favorite version I ever saw live.
Then to surprise us with one more glorious gem from the days of old, was a stunning and glorious “ “We Bid You Goodnight” An old time spiritual that is an affirmation of life, love, music and what can happen when all of these elements are threaded so thoughtfully and tenderly together in a way that only the Grateful Dead could do.
What is also noteworthy is the sweet and sincere acknowledgements by Phil, Bobby and Jerry at the end of “We Bid You Goodnight”. If you are wondering why the Garden erupted the way it did during this song, here is why. Phil blew a kiss to us all, Bobby winked, and Jerry smiled and waved, twice.
It all came together this night on a cool night in the other city on the Bay.
Reviewer:
ham flower
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April 20, 2020
Subject: ooohh yeah
Subject: ooohh yeah
a healy 24-bit release transferred by uncle charlie miller? don't mind if i do.
sound is top notch and the show is excellent with a strong first set and a second set to die for, not to mention the extra rare encore with the only time brokedown palace went into AWBYG.
thanks charlie!
sound is top notch and the show is excellent with a strong first set and a second set to die for, not to mention the extra rare encore with the only time brokedown palace went into AWBYG.
thanks charlie!
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