I was at this show, but not the night before. We all loved this show, but I got the worst "tour cold" I ever had this night and was almost too sick to go to Pittsburgh even though it was my hometown. This show had great energy from both the band and the audience. I remember at breakfast the next morning in town the headlines read "City Vexed By Deadheads." I think 'hexed' would have been more accurate.

Anyway, this is probably the best Morning Dew I saw live between 1985 and 1995. It is not an "all-timer" but is easily within a four-star range as is the rest of show. The only major down point, like always (sigh), was the instantaneous deflation of the joyous balloon of energy buoying the Coliseum that occurred during 'Victim Or The Crime'. For a band that mostly avoided proselytizing or preaching, Bobby really screwed the pooch royally on this turkey. Pesky-ass song seemed to follow me like a bad STD. Second to last song before the break is pretty wicked, but not as bad as a second set pre-drums choice. "Victim" was alternatively called "Or The Song That Launched a Million Bad Trips" by me and all my deadhead buddies back during these days. he-he. Bobby "Ace" Weir, jeezus. The rest of the show is top-shelf for this tour.