Dead of the Day: 06-02-1995

Shoreline Amphitheatre

Mountain View, California

Again there is only one show on this date. And, what’s more, the one concert is from 1995. But before you head for the exits, give this night a serious listen and see both what the Dead were capable of in their final year and, also, how often they fell short. In the Alabama Getaway opener, Jerry puts some mustard on his guitar, and Vince contributes some really nice fills. The first set also offers up one of only eight post-Pig School Girls with, again, Vince laying in some light and airy keys while Bobby provides his own interpretation of the tune. The Bird Song late in the set offers up a cacophonic mélange in a really spacey jam, breaking new ground in a tune that had already seen its share of exploration. Somehow the Dead come back from the brilliant brink, returning for another verse before sidling into a rocking Promised Land to see the first half of the night off.

Recording info
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Identifier:
gd1995-06-02.sbd.miller.114337.flac16
Source:
SBD -> Dat (44.1k)
Notes:
Notes: — Set 2 is seamless — Drums with chanting by the Gyoto Monks — This is the only purely digital source in circulation
Description:
Set 1 Alabama Getaway, Greatest Story Ever Told, Candyman, Good Morning Little School Girl, Ramble On Rose, El Paso*, Bird Song, Promised Land Set 2 New Speedway Boogie, That Would Be Something, Way To Go Home, Saint Of Circumstance, He’s Gone-> Drums-> Chanting by Gyoto Monks-> Space-> Easy Answers, Standing On the Moon, Around & Around, E: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Set 3 Weir on acoustic. Other Artist(s): Gyoto Monks
Lineage:
Dat (Tascam DA-20) -> Tascam SS-R05 -> Samplitude Professional v11.2 -> FLAC
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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Alabama Getaway ->
06:33
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Greatest Story Ever Told
05:41
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Candyman
08:19
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Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
06:00
5
Ramble On Rose
09:01
6
El Paso
06:09
7
Bird Song ->
15:27
8
Promised Land
04:47
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New Speedway Boogie ->
08:38
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That Would Be Something ->
06:10
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Way To Go Home ->
06:33
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Saint Of Circumstance ->
09:02
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He’s Gone ->
14:37
14
Drums ->
13:31
15
Space ->
12:19
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Easy Answers ->
07:47
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Standing On The Moon ->
10:52
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Around And Around
09:08
19
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
04:19
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The beginning of the second set leaves a little to be desired with a lifeless That Would Be Something and then Vince’s Way to Go Home. But things start turning up with the Saint of Circumstance> He’s Gone. And He’s Gone gives way to Drums, which is stellar on its own, but flies completely off the hook when the Gyoto Monks begin their chanting; pity anyone who was on mind-altering substances. Out of Space comes an Easy Answers, which, after entering into a little distant space, is itself followed up with a monumental Standing on the Moon. The Jerry tune is perfectly played with all the pain in Jerry’s voice just adding to the deep melancholy and longing. The band finishes off the second set in the same way they did the first, with an upbeat tune, this time an Around and Around. Then the boys comes out for one more, a rollicking Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds that shows so much promise but also, especially with Jerry’s mumbling, never quite lives up to its potential. One of the Dead’s greatest nights? No. But tell me you would not want to be there under the stars at Shoreline when they were playing that Standing on the Moon.

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3 responses to “06-02-1995”

  1. Bryan Blackledge Avatar
    Bryan Blackledge

    Little rough around the edges but still good. Present.

  2. Jason L McQueen Avatar
    Jason L McQueen

    Don’t know why the people on this site have to be such harsh critics? So Jerry had a raspy voice. So what? So they never played a song the exact same way 2wice. So what.

  3. Aaron B Avatar
    Aaron B

    Those monks sound like Icelandic Viking music

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