“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!”
Grateful Dead
McNichols Arena,, Denver, CO
December 2, 1992
SBD > Cassette Master (TDK SA-X100)
All Transfers and Mastering By Charlie Miller
Two sets of masters were used to make this show complete
Disc 1 – Set 1:
- Feel Like A Stranger
- They Love Each Other
- The Same Thing
- Jack-A-Roe
- It’s All Over Now
- So Many Roads
- Let It Grow
Disc 2 – Set 2:
- tuning
- China Cat Sunflower >
- I Know You Rider
- Way To Go Home
- Truckin’ >
- He’s Gone >
- Drums >
Disc 3 – Set 2 cont’d.:
- Space >
- I Need A Miracle >
- Wharf Rat >
- Turn On Your Lovelight
Encore: - encore break
- Rain
Beauty is also in the ear, too, I guess. I find they are kinda laid back, for the most part, very tight and very
sweet. But don’t think that they don’t get ELECTRIC!. Of the nine versions of this in the Archive, there are
almost no reviews, and these are the only two reviews of the actual music on this date:
REVIEW: Great to see a board of this emerge finally but…
Don’t get discouraged by the first song. You will notice there is another band playing faintly in the background
for first song. (Same ban?) Someone recorded over a tape for this source, but it sounds like it all goes back to
normal after Stranger. Jerry is learning how to stay on the bike through this show. Vince has a good night and
Bralove went easy on feeding Vince cheesy sounds, opting for mostly a organic sounding piano. This health
renaissance from Jerry continued through March 93 and the band found a very mellow sound in this period with
Mickey sticking to Congos and Bongos and the overall stage volume brought down. Bob’e voice begins to show
signs of the problems he would later have after spring 93′ requiring throat surgery to remove nodes on his vocal
chords. He is a little raspy here, and singing at a lower volume which might account for the whole band playing
more glacial and less bombastic.
REVIEW: Just so glad he’s back!
This show was one of those bitter sweet GD moments. It wasn’t a real well played show but it was also
unforgetable to the GD family. For the second time in not so many years Jerry was returning from the brink of
death and which into the great Abyss he dove head first just a few years later. After almost fifteen years what
still sticks in my mind was the look on his face as he tried to reconnect with his guitar and he did so a few times
but there still seemed a air of unfamiliarity about it through most of the show. Then you really saw he made the
connection with all of us as they sang Rain and everbody knew it was Still the Grateful Dead and if we were
patient we would get back most of the ole Jerry we knew before his ill health.
“Today’s Dead Tomorrow”, Upcoming Gig Events
As always, verify with the venue…
Florida Mountain Boys:
J.R.’s Old Packinghouse Cafe, Thurs., Dec. 5th, 6:00 p.m.
987 South Packinghouse Road, Sarasota, 371-9358
Kettle Of Fish:
Siesta Key Oyster Bar, Wed., Dec. 4th, 7:00 p.m.
5238 Ocean Blvd, Sarasota, 346-5443
Marina Jack’s Patio Bar, Thurs., Dec. 5th, 6:00 p.m.
2 Marina Plaza, Sarasota, 365-4232
The Blue Rooster, Sat., Dec.7th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.
1525 Fourth St., Sarasota, 388-7539
Seafood & Music Festival
Siesta Key Beach, Sun., Dec. 8th, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
948 Beach Rd., Siesta Key
Schmitz Brothers Band:
JDub’s Brewing Company, Sat., Dec.7th, 7:00 – 1000 p.m.
1215 Mango Ave, Sarasota, 955-2739
Ship Of Fools:
The Mable(formerly Growler’s), Sat., Dec.7th, 9:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
2831 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, 487-7373
The Blue Rooster:
Tues., Dec. 3rd, Lauren Mitchell with Bill Buchman, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 4th, Al Fuller’s Blues Jam, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 5th, Duke Robillard, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 6h, Toronzo Cannon, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 7th, Kettle Of Fish, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 8th, Truality gospel brunch, Noon to 2:00 p.m.
1525 Fourth St., Sarasota, 388-7539
J.R.’s Old Packinghouse Cafe: (new times! Tues., Wed, Thurs., 6 p.m.; Mon, Wed., Sat., 7:00 p.m.)
Mon., Dec. 2nd, Open Mic with Rick Alvis, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 3rd, Steve Paradis, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 4th, Frankie Lombardi, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Thurs., Dec. 5th, Florida Mountain Boys, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 6th, Gracie Maple and The White Crow Band, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 7th, Nortjh Trail Band, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
And the OPC is now open Sundays with food and drink specials, 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.
987 South Packinghouse Road, Sarasota, 371-9358
Sarasota Folk Club:
This month’s Fogartyville concert is Mon., Dec. 16th, “Holiday Of Song”, with Mindy Simmons and 2pm.
Open mic at 7:15 p.m., concert at 8:30, but here is no open mic for the “Holiday Of Song”.
Fogartyville Community Media & Arts Center, 525 Kumquat Court, Sarasota, 894-6469
For all information regarding the Sarasota Folk Club, go to their website: http://www.sarasotafolk.org/