Dead of the Day: 06-06-1991

Deer Creek Amphitheater

Noblesville, Indiana

Our Dead of the Day comes at us from that bastion of good music during the latter years of the band, Deer Creek Music Center. The show starts off with a fun, impassioned Jack Straw before really setting off with a spacey, jazz infused They Love Each Other that is off the charts. The Wang Dang Doodle holds its own with Jerry raging some serious MIDI, busting out a barry sax sort of sound. The Row Jimmy that comes next is full of ethereal goodness with Bruce laying down some stunning keys to complement Jerry’s great guitar. The Black Throated Wind and Big Railroad Blues are both excellent before giving way to a lovely Cassidy, which is fully jammed out.

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gd91-06-06.sbd.miller.18711.sbeok.shnf
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Recording Info:SBD -> Dat -> Cm -> DatTransfer Info:Dat -> Behringer UltraMatch SRC2000 -> Dio 2448 -> Samplitude v.60 -> Cool Edit Pro v1.2 -> CD -> EAC (Secure Mode) -> SHN (3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs SHN)All transfers done by Charlie Miller
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Recording Info: SBD -> Dat -> Cm -> Dat Transfer Info: Dat -> Behringer UltraMatch SRC2000 -> Dio 2448 -> Samplitude v.60 -> Cool Edit Pro v1.2 -> CD -> EAC (Secure Mode) -> SHN (3 Discs Audio / 2 Discs SHN) All transfers done by Charlie Miller
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Jack Straw, They Love Each Other, Wang Dang Doodle, Row Jimmy, Black Throated Wind, Big Railroad Blues, Cassidy, Might As Well China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet-> Uncle John’s Band-> Drums-> Jam-> The Wheel-> All Along The Watchtower-> Stella Blue-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: Box Of Rain
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Jack Straw
06:20
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They Love Each Other
09:17
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Wang Dang Doodle
09:32
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Row Jimmy
10:17
5
Black Throated Wind
06:22
6
Big Railroad Blues
06:12
7
Cassidy
06:57
8
Might As Well
06:16
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China Cat Sunflower
06:50
10
I Know You Rider
06:10
11
Estimated Prophet
13:23
12
Uncle John’s Band
10:16
13
Drums
10:56
14
Space
16:09
15
The Wheel
04:02
16
All Along The Watchtower
06:37
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Stella Blue
08:11
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Turn On Your Lovelight
08:05
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Box Of Rain
04:50
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A short, but groovy China Cat opens the second set before heading into the transition to Rider with so much energy and verve. The I Know You Rider itself ranges over a wide expanse, starting off tight and tasty with Jerry, Bruce, and Vince all dicing it up to a sensational level before becoming just a bit more sedate, allowing for some tremendous, soaring exploration. Bobby’s vocals are exquisite on the Estimated that comes next as the whole band delivers in that seamless, mind-meld sort of way that they were capable of in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. The Uncle John’s is quite good as well, though, even at ten minutes, it still lacks the deep jamming that the tune was capable of. But we get loads of that in the Drums and Space that follow, coming in at over twenty-seven minutes, all of it worth listening to. Out of the depths of Space, The Wheel suddenly forms on the horizon, coming ever closer before washing over the boys, though they never quite come together on the vocals. Still, Bruce’s keys and the shear excitement of the tune provide an able segue into a relatively short Watchtower that almost unravels in the blistering guitar, cacophonic drums, and crowded musical interstices. But Stella Blue then makes everything right with its reflective, perfectly paced, and appropriately jammed playing. Lovelight provides the rocking closer that the crowd was certainly craving before Phil offers up a Box of Rain encore. The highlights of this show might be in the first set, but the band certainly keeps things entertaining in the second.

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2 responses to “06-06-1991”

  1. August West Avatar
    August West

    I think you mean “bari sax.” But that would not be “face melting.”

  2. Scottj Avatar
    Scottj

    This was the 1st of 2 shows that we attended as my “Batchelor Party” getting married on Saturday 6/8/91!
    Went to the Bahamas and then came back and went to Pineknob!
    These shows are legendary for we went to all the Deercreek shows with the exception of the last year-
    Might as Well
    Might as Well,
    We started out on Heineken, and soon hit the harder stuff

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