Grateful Dead - 1990-07-04 - Bonner Springs, KS (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1990-07-04
Sandstone Amphitheatre 
Bonner Springs, KS
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Tuning
02. Cold Rain & Snow > 
03. Walkin' Blues
04. Mississippi Half-Step 
05. Queen Jane Approximately
06. Loose Lucy
07. It's All Over Now
08. Loser
09. The Promised Land

2nd Set:
01. Tuning
02. Victim Or The Crime > 
03. Foolish Heart > 
04. Just A Little Light > 
05. Scarlet Begonias > 
06. Fire On The Mountain > 
07. Drums > 
08. Space > 
09. The Wheel > 
10. Gimme Some Lovin' > 
11. Stella Blue > 
12. Sugar Magnolia 

Encore:
01. U.S. Blues 

Grateful Dead - 1990-07-04 - Bonner Springs, KS (SBD)

1990s - #1: As long time readers of this blog know, I've spent numerous posts discussing the Grateful Dead's musical renaissance between 1989 and 1991. The number of official releases from that period is a testament to the caliber of the band's performances in that era, as they include:

• 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. 
• a show from Paris from October 27, 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

Without a doubt, those 3 years marked the last great period of the Dead's long, strange and incredible musical trip. This soundboard recording captures the Dead during that run, in Boner Springs on July 4, 1990, 33 years ago today.   Unfortunately, in the midst of this successful run th band woukd suffer a devastating blow, as keyboaredist Brent Mydlan died over an overdose just 3 days after the Summer 1990 tour ended.