Jerry Garcia Band
1990-09-01
Shoreline Amphitheater
Mountain View, CA
HQ Audience Recording
192 Kbps
Artwork Included
1st Set:
01. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
02. Stop That Train
03. Dear Prudence
04. I Shall Be Released
05. Run For The Roses
06. My Sisters And Brothers
07. Deal
2nd Set:
01. I Second That Emotion
02. Think
03. And It Stoned Me
04. Waiting For A Miracle
05. Don't Let Go
06. That Lucky Old Sun
07. Tangled Up In Blue
Jerry Garcia entered the Rock Hall of Fame in 1994 as part of the Grateful Dead, a story we will tell in more detail in our September 7 post featuring the band. Unfortunately, Jerry will probably never get into the Hall as a solo artist for a few reasons. First, his solo studio album production was relatively slight, totaling just 5 discs, not including work done with other acts. Second, many of his best solo songs - Sugaree, Deal, Bird Song, The Wheel, Loser, The Love Each Other, etc. - became such essential parts of the Dead’s live shows that folks forget they were originally Garcia tunes. Finally, many folks think Jerry was the Dead and/or the Dead was Jerry, neither of which is true. As today’s post shows, a Jerry Garcia solo concert could light up a stage in its own unique way!
On July 26, 1990, Brent Mydland, keyboardist for the Grateful Dead, died from a drug overdose. Mydland became the 3rd of the band's keyboardists to die far too young, following Pigpen (alchohol abuse) and Keith Godchaux (car accident). He would not be the last, as Mydland's successor, Vince Welnick tragically took his own life in 2006. Mydland's death came at a time when his contributions to the band had grown immensely. When he first joined the band in 1979, Dead Heads had concerns as his early efforts, songs such as Far From Me and Easy To Love You, were far more commercial sounding than the band's far ranging improvisational jams. In the ensuing years, however, Mydland became an integral component of the Dead's jams, trading keyboard runs with Garcia's guitar lines to give the band a deeper platform from which to launch their musical explorations. He also added some excellent new material, such as We Can Run and I Will Take You Home, as well as some classic covers, including Dear Mr. Fantasy and Hey Jude (reprise) to the Dead's repertoire. Shaken by the loss of Mydland, the Dead canceled several August and September shows to take time to mourn, and to find a keyboardist for the upcoming fall tour. One such canceled date was September 1, 1990, a quarter century ago this very day, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA, just a few miles from the Dead's home base in San Francisco. Jerry Garcia decided to turn that date into a tribute to Mydland, and he booked his solo band to fill the date. Download this high quality audience tape, take a listen, and you'll quickly feel all the emotional intensity of that night as Jerry said goodbye to his fallen brother in music.
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