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Black Throated Wind
June 12, 1992
Knickerbocker Arena

Nice drive toward the end...
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The Wheel
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Maybe just another Wheel, but this show, especially after the Lay Me Down, felt to be all about recovering after saying good-bye to Brent.....
1
Not Fade Away
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Excellent NFA '87 jam into great Garden crowd and nice GDTRFB/We bid coda riff......
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Greatest Story Ever Told
Sept. 16, 1987
Madison Square Garden

Out of Second Set opener Bertha with a crazy weird segue into Devil with a Blue Dress....
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The Music Never Stopped
Sept. 15, 1987
MSG

RIpping coda. End to a great first set.

Comments

Box of Rain
Sept. 15, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Just noticing how underrated this show is. Wow. It even has an excellent Walking Blues!
Touch of Grey
Sept. 15, 1990
Madison Square Garden

This tune basically bookended Bruce's first five night run as a member of the gang. It's a great version to boot. Not too many dry eyes in the house. Jerry's voice at the end said a lot. Kinda shocked this show doesn't have more love. Great show.
Crazy Fingers
Sept. 15, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Gotta agree. After the pure perfection of 8/13/75 and the beauty of 6/14/76, this one is right there with the best of them. Amazing. Thanks in a big way to Bruce! When they pick up the pace and begin the surge into UJB, lilting and gorgeous.
Bird Song
Sept. 15, 1990
Madison Square Garden

Phenomenal. Jam builds intensely after about 8 minutes. Pretty insane. And everything leading up to it, too.
Throwing Stones
Sept. 22, 1993
Madison Square Garden

Grendel, always enjoy reading your posts. 9/18/90 is a real nice show. That entire Garden run was pretty much magnificent. All 6 shows could have made a great box. 19-20 were particularly epic in how they felt like one long journey (and I say this knowing it was all one long journey... but those 2 nights were something special..). Despite Road Trips and DP9, it still would be a great box, since a lot of fantastic stuff from those shows was still left on the cutting room floor (Help-Slip-Frank; GDTRFB-Stella; the entire 2nd set from the first night - 9/14/90 - a scorching Scarlet-Fire, a sublime Terrapin that won't quit, a weird, blistering O1 into a beautiful, haunting, and very underrated Wharf Rat - an awesome night with a straightforward but ridiculously fun first set....), really, everything from that run (and 9/15, Bruce's first night as an official member, was none to shabby either... Even the Women Smarter from 9/20 was just exactly perfect). Having said all that, the entire Fall Tour through Europe was pretty darn tight. Everyone came to play after the tragedy of the summer. And they played hard..... But I digress. Completely forgot that we're on a totally different Garden run here. This Fall of '93 Garden run was pretty darn good too, especially considering it was 1993!!!