Grateful Seconds: 1990

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Thursday, May 31, 2018

Werewolves of London (Truly, Madly, Deeply), October 31, 1990

On Halloween Night in London Town, the Werewolves of London came back again. It was 1990, Ice Ice Baby was about to top the British charts, The Cure and Public Enemy were on the cover of New Music Express , but the Grateful Dead came back to England on Halloween, one night away from ending their three week European tour.

This was a mere three months after the death of Brent Mydland, but the band kept playing on. they would save Dark Star for the next (final) night but they started hot here with Help on the Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower, Bird Song, Scarlet>Fire, and encored with Werewolves, which was a special Halloween treat http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2015/10/one-more-halloween-night-dead-shows-on.html, the 11th of 12 versions, and the second of three on 10/31 (1985, 1990 and 1991).

This was also the penultimate and 20th of 21 times the Grateful Dead played in London.

Enjoy and read all the interesting, and watch the voodoonola video

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Slobs and Me-Heads, Carson, CA May 5, 1990

So right before Jerry took a little holiday to Hawaii, http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2018/01/jerry-garcia-leaves-lsds-heights-for.html, the Dead come out of their post-Spring tour break to play a pair of college shows at Cal State Dominguez Hills in Carson, California. let's talk about Saturday (here)

This the era where the Dead were being banned from places like the Greek in Berkeley and Frost at Stanford, and ironically at this venue in Carson, a few days after the show.

But these one-off shows were pretty good one, despite Deadbase Fans not placing them in the top-20 for the year.

After Let the Good Times Roll (Cars version, i wish), the Dead do a Derby The Race Is On, which they forgot to do in 1977 and 1978 and 1979 I recall.

Then , wtf the band launches Help on the Way>Slipknot>Franklin's Tower in the middle of the first set!! According to my 2015 study http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2015/10/complete-help-on-way-history.html, this is the once-only mid-first set version of HSF. In my 4th show on April 23, 1977, I saw a mid-second wet HSF (my only mid-second set version) so I know how this feels.

One More Saturday Night closed the first set which I always love and rarely saw.

This was a radio broadcast and a smashing second set setlist too with Truckin>Crazy>Playin>Uncle John's all before the drums. So have fun, here's another rarely considered jewel in the crown of Dead shows.

And boy did Bill Graham look handsome below, wish he had survived and hear alot more Touch of Greys.

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Brent's Last Show, July 23, 1990

Last Ever Brent Song
The last time sang a song with the Grateful Dead Was July 23, 1990, four days later he joined the Angels. Keith had died exacty ten years erlier than this show. Here's some media

There was a series of articles surrounding Brent's death, but I don't want to talk about that sad day. Here was Brent's last show and Brent's last tune Never Trust a Woman, which I believe was the first one I ever hear Brent sing at the Greek back in the early 1980's going into drums. I love all of Brent's performances and he really made huge strides over the years, especially with those Blow Aways towards the end. Of course, most of the shows earlier in the tour were considered stronger, this was special since its the last one. Rest in Peace young East Bay man. Enjoy some video of Brent's last show and take the weight right off of you.

Cold Rain & Snow, Picasso Moon, Good Time Blues, Stagger Lee, Cassidy, Truckin'-> Smokestack Lightning Victim Or The Crime-> Foolish Heart-> Women Are Smarter-> Terrapin Station, Drums-> Jam-> All Along The Watchtower-> Standing On the Moon-> Around & Around-> Good Lovin', E: The Weight

Monday, January 8, 2018

Jerry Garcia Leave's LSD's Heights for Ocean Depths, JGB in Hawaii, May 1990

Jerry Garcia may have spent one of the happy weeks in the last five years of his life when he took a working vacation to Hawaii in May 1990. He book-ended his scuba vacation on the Big Island with a May 12 show at the Waikiki Shell a few hundreds yards from Dick Latvala's job at the Honolulu Zoo http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/02/dick-latvala.html Shout out to Dick. And then a May 20 benefit in Hilo on the eastside of the Big Island where Jerry loved to scuba dive. All those tunes are here Apparently coming very soon is a Garcia Live volume 10 of the Hilo show. Buy it, its a bargain for a very special very long Jerry show. Give Jerry's kids a few dollars for the love he gives you.