Grateful Dead - 1991-08-12 - Sacramento, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1991-08-12
Cal Expo
Sacramento, CA
Soundboard Recording
256 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Iko Iko
02. New Minglewood Blues
03. Althea
04. Me And My Uncle
05. Big River
06. Bird Song
07. Promised Land

2nd Set:
01. China Cat Sunflower >
02. I Know You Rider
03. Playin' in the Band >
04. Terrapin Station >
05. Drums >
06. Space
07. The Wheel
08. I Need A Miracle
09. Stella Blue
10. Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore
01. The Weight

Grateful Dead - 1991-08-12 - Sacramento, CA (SBD)

As mentioned in numerous posts on So Many Roads, between 1989 and 1991, the Grateful Dead played some of their finest performances not just since Jerry Garcia recovered from his diabetic coma in 1987, but also since the band’s peak in the 1970s. The Dead's playing was strong night in and night out, as evidenced by the large number of official releases from that 3 year year run (go here to see for yourself). In addition, the set lists expanded, with long lost tunes Such as Attics of My Life and Death Don't Have No Mercy being played for the first time in almost 2 decades. The number of official releases available from that period lends further evidence to how well the band was playing at the time:

• a show from Philadelphia on July 7, 1989 
• the Giant Stadium concerts from July 9 and 10, 1989
• The 2 night stand at RFK Stadium from July 12 and 13, 1989
• the famed Warlock shows in Hampton Virginia on October 8 and 9, 1989 
• the Meadowlands NJ concert on October 16, 1989
• the Landover, Maryland show on March 15, 1990 
• the Knickerbocker arena run from March 24 to 26, 1990; 
• 2 (yes 2) box sets from Spring 1990, featuring every show from that tour - the only other tour to be released in its entirety besides Europe 1972
• a show from from Mountain View CA from June 16, 1990
• a show from from Pittsburgh from July 8, 1990
• the Madison Square Garden concerts from September 14 to 20, 1990. 
• shows from Paris on October 27 and 28, 1990 
• a show from Washington DC from June, 14, 1991
• the Giants Stadium shows from June 16 and 17, 1991
• a show from Pine Knob from June 20, 1991 
• a show from Madison Square Garden from September 10, 1991, featuring Bradford Marsalis
• a show from Boston Garden on September 25, 1991

Over the next 3 days, we'll bring you three shows from that period, startin with this soundboard recording from August 12, 1991, 34 years ago today. Download this one, then come back tomorrow and the day after that for 2 more!