Grateful Dead Live at Madison Square Garden on 1994-10-14
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- Publication date
- 1994-10-14 ( check for other copies)
- Topics
- Audience, John Bleich, Brian Green, SIRMick, LMPP
- Collection
- GratefulDead
- Band/Artist
- Grateful Dead
- Resource
- DeadLists Project
Jack Straw
West L.A. Fadeaway
Queen Jane Approximately
Lazy River Road
El Paso #
Ramble On Rose
Box Of Rain
Set 2
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire On The Mountain
Looks Like Rain
Samba In The Rain
Corrina ->
Drums ->
Space ->
I Need A Miracle ->
Attics Of My Life ->
Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore
Liberty
# = Weir on acoustic guitar
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Song Title | Versions | Compilations | Covers |
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Tuning | |||
Jack Straw | |||
West L.A. Fadeaway | |||
Queen Jane Approximately | |||
Lazy River Road | |||
Tuning | |||
El Paso | |||
Ramble On Rose | |||
Box Of Rain | |||
Tuning | |||
Scarlet Begonias > | |||
Fire On The Mountain | |||
Tuning | |||
Looks Like Rain | |||
Samba In The Rain | |||
Corrina > | |||
Drums > | |||
Space > | |||
I Need A Miracle > | |||
Attics Of My Life > | |||
Turn On Your Lovelight | |||
Liberty |
Notes
Notes:
- tape flip after Ramble On Rose crossfaded
- patched tracks:
Corrina 2:58 - 3:13
I Need A Miracle 5:11 - 5;15
patch source: Schoeps CMC521 > Sonosax SX-M2 > Apogee AD-1000 > Sony D10 (FOB) (shnid 83822)
- seamless change between discs 2 and 3
- Addeddate
- 2008-12-16 06:46:16
- Identifier
- gd1994-10-14.nak300.bleich.LMPP.96383.flac16
- Lineage
- mac > Nakamichi CR-5A > EMU 1212M > 24/96 Wave > Adobe Audition > Wavelab with iZotope Ozone > iZotope RX Advanced > 16/44.1 Wave > CD Wave > TLH > flac16
- Location
- New York , NY
- Run time
- 169:51.61
- Taped by
- John Bleich
- Transferred by
- Brian Green and SIRMick
- Type
- sound
- Venue
- Madison Square Garden
- Year
- 1994
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Reviews
Subject: This day in Grateful Dead History
Subject: Ok, but one major flaw
Subject: Right on
Subject: The X Factor
I got chills just reading your review Zalosh. I've went to somewhere over 100 shows, in a buch of different venues, but the crowd reaction after Fire was beyond compare. I was looking up to see if the roof would actually blow off the Garden!
I went with some long time deadheads, and a few newbies, and I remember one of the newbies asking "what is going on?" when the crowd went berserk after Fire. Had to put that one under the heading of "if I have to explain you wouldn't understand".
The hairs on my head stand up just thinking about that moment.
Subject: The X-factor
This was my third-to-last show (I went three nights later which was just awful and to the June 24th 1995 RFK show the next summer less than 50 days before Jerry's demise). Over the previous 12 years I had seen the boys in big venues and small, during Fall Spring & Summer tours, wasted and sober, and given and received miracles - in total I enjoyed the experience somewhere around 60 times.
Too me, a "great" show transcended the common debates about set lists, the weather, the company, etc. A "great" show was one where the band created a contageous musical energy (usually with Jerry leading the way) that in turn, inspired the audience to recipricate with a frenzied mob energy which, in turn, the band fed off of, and so on. On rare occasions, this virtuous circle reached a mind-blowing crescendo where EVERYONE was playing in the heart-of-gold band. Sometimes it lasted for an entire show (like Cornell 1977) but other times it was more brief - maybe a post drums, or perhaps even just a single song. The specifics mattered little. It was the mere possibility of experiencing this phenomenon that kept me coming back all those times.
THAT, is why this show is a "5". I was in the fourth row, right in front of Jerry. I was with three friends but otherwise surrounded by comlete strangers. Jerry looked tired and old as he appeared on stage but as the show got its legs ol' Jer began swaying a bit to the music and smiling periodically. The first set was entirely ordinary, albeit fun and pretty crisp by 1994 standards.
As the lights went down prior to the second set the crowd was lively but had little warning for what lay directly ahead - a Scarlet Fire that created the greatest X-factor moment that I personally ever experienced.
Was it the best Scarlet Fire ever? No. Did Jerry hit some off keys and mess up the lyrics a few times? Yes. However, There are four distinct sections of this half-hour long masterpiece that still give me chills when I listen to them 15 years hence. I'm not bending the truth when I tell you that if I'm in the right mood, listening again to these magical moments in the sunset of Jerry's journey brings tears to my eyes. The crowd was rooting so hard for him and so was the band. To this day, I believe that Collectively, every soul in that arena litterally willed Jerry to a higher plain, one from an earlier day when X-factors occured more regularly.
The four moments of brilliance: 1) the Jerry solo during Scarlet is tight and melodic. His tempo was a step ahead of everyone. His head was down and his focus was intense. The notes bounced off the roof and back into Jerry's head. He was in the zone. 2) The jam betweem Scarlet and Fire was meandering and full-bodied. It was reminicent of the Famous Hartford Scarlet Fire from Dick's Picks Six which interestingly, was performed on the exact same night 11 years earlier. Jerry was downright frisky as he explored every possible nook and cranny of that famous stanza. 3) Just listen the last two minutes of the Jerry solo between the first and second verses of Fire (roughly minutes 8-10 of on this recording). About half way through this solo Jerry just sort of stops like he's completely out of gas. I remember looking up at him and wondering where he was going only to see him grinning from ear to ear over at Phil. He paused for a few more seconds, took two steps back, dropped his head and reentered the zone. At that moment Jerry put every single person in that arena on HIS back and carried us to a faraway place. Just listen to the crowd as they roar in amazement as Jerry explores whole new universal rhelms on behalf of his 25,000 brethren. It was like no other Fire jam I've ever heard in terms of its flowing style and energy pack. When he finished I found myself jumping up and down and yelling at the top of my lungs and when I looked around me across the floor and up into the upper decks so was everyone else. 4) The final Jerry solo at the end of fire. Pure climax. It was definately a bit rough around the edges as Jerry's stamina was waning. Nonetheless, back onto that higher plain we all went. Higher, and higher, up and up and up, through the ceiling and into the stars until an emotional climax was reached. Finally Jerry pulled up on the reigns and headed us back for home.
As the song ended the crowd went into a mode that I never before or ever again experienced. Everyone began hugging people around them. I saw tears and heard elated screams. I patted complete strangers on the back and received hugs from people that had wandered toward me from several rows away. Just listen to the "tuning" segment between the Fire and Looks like rain. The screaming continues for over a minute though it seemed like ten. Magic.
The rest of the show was good, very much like the first set but obviously no match for what we'd just witnessed.
That was the last X-factor I ever experienced and it was easily the most memorable.
Thanks Jerry.
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