Grateful Dead - 1991-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1991-12-30

Oakland Coliseum Arena

Oakland, CA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Touch Of Grey

03. Wang Dang Doodle

04. Row Jimmy

05. Big River >

06. Maggie's Farm

07. Ramble On Rose

08. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

09. Bird Song >

10. The Promised Land

2nd Set:

01. Tuning

02. China Cat Sunflower >

03. I Know You Rider

04. Samson And Delilah

05. Ship Of Fools

06. Saint Of Circumstance >

07. Dear Prudence Jam >

08. Drums >

09. Space >

10. The Last Time >

11. Stella Blue >

12. Turn On Your Lovelight

Encore:

01. Crowd & Tuning

02. The Weight

Grateful Dead - 1991-12-30 - Oakland, CA (SBD)

GD 1991 - Back To Back - #1:  As the Dead took the stage in Oakland on December 31, 1991, 32 years ago today., more than just the calendar year 1991 was about to end. The 2 shows in our Back To Back set also mark the end of an incredble 3 year run that started back in July 1989. The list of officially released show from this period is impressive to say the least:

• a show from Philadelphia from July 7, 1989
• the Giant Stadium Shows 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

The period marked the last great sutained run of the band's long strange trip.  With the passing of long time manager Bil Graham in fall 1991, Bruce Hornsby leaving the band in early 1992, and Garcia's second major illness, also in 1992, the band was never again able to quite hit those heights. Download this soundboard recording, then come back tomorrow for the 2nd half of this Back To Back entry.