Dead of the Day: 08-18-1991

Shoreline Amphitheater

Mountain View, California

There are some other great moments from this day in Dead history – just check out the Shakedown sessions from ’78 – but our Dead of the Day tops it with a brilliant Hornsby-added performance from 1991. The show gets started with a smoking Hell In A Bucket with Jerry and Bruce streaking off and the entire band bringing a ton of energy.  Two songs later, they bust out It Takes A Train To Cry, which is so fine with the piano up in the mix and Jerry delivering the goods. Beat It On Down The Line gets off to a humorous start with a flub on the 19 beat intro. Then, as the band comes together for the close, Bruce continues to jam away on the piano as the rest of the boys slowly join back in for another go round, creating a special moment. The West LA Fadeaway, Masterpiece, and Stagger Lee that come out next all have their amazing runs and jams before Johnny B. Goode takes it into the break.

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Identifier:
gd1991-08-18.141295.sbd.miller.flac2496
Source:
SBD > Cassette Master (TDK SA-X100)
Notes:
Notes: — The patch in West L.A Fadeaway is post-song tuning only
Description:
Set 1

Hell In A Bucket, Jack A Roe, CC Rider-> It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry, Beat It On Down The Line, West L.A. Fadeaway, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Stagger Lee, Johnny B. Goode

Set 2

Deal, Samson & Delilah, Mississippi Half Step, Feel Like A Stranger-> Drums-> Jam-> China Doll-> Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away, E: Brokedown Palace
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Cassette Master (Nakamichi CR-7A) > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) >KORG AudioGate 4 > Adobe Audition CC2015 > Samplitude Pro X3 Suite > FLAC/24
Transferrer:
Charlie Miller
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00:00
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01 Tuning
02:22
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02 Hell In A Bucket
07:55
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03 Jack-A-Roe
06:49
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04 CC Rider
05:31
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05 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
05:51
6
06 Beat It On Down The Line
06:40
7
07 West LA Fadeaway
09:05
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08 When I Paint My Masterpiece
05:47
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09 Stagger Lee
07:00
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10 Johnny B Goode
04:45
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11 Tuning
01:47
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12 Deal
08:51
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13 Samson And Delilah
08:41
14
14 Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
09:04
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15 Feel Like A Stranger
08:28
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16 Drums
16:22
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17 Space
10:45
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18 China Doll
08:33
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19 Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad
06:15
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20 Throwing Stones
08:48
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21 Not Fade Away
09:07
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22 Encore Break
02:13
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23 Brokedown Palace
06:12
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Deal brings them out of the rest, as the band eviscerates the second half jam, led by Jerry’s achingly beautiful guitar. Samson and Delilah then struts out with Bruce defining the sound in a subtle, but deeply felt manner. A similarly tasty Half Step leads into Feel Like A Stranger before Mickey and Billy take it into a deep, seventeen-minute Drums exploration. Out of a lengthy Space, China Doll emerges, rolling into some dark, intrepid territory. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad> Throwing Stones> Not Fade Away takes it out, keeping the momentum through to the end. Then, we get an emotional Brokedown from Jerry with the rest of the band providing the perfect backing for this incredible version. The show might not have the best setlist, but there are so many strongly played tunes that the night holds together well and provides surprises at nearly every turn. And, of course, Bruce is just on throughout the evening, not only giving his own incredible turns, but elevating Jerry to a different level.

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6 responses to “08-18-1991”

  1. Ken Avatar
    Ken

    Excellent capper to this stand at Shoreline. Deal, Half Step and Stranger into drums are all second set oddities. Jerry must have been having fun because he ignores Bobby leading the Throwing Stones and gets a GTRFB in first.

  2. Robert Turgeon Avatar
    Robert Turgeon

    Looking for a Shoreline show 90 or 91 with Springsteens Sax man Clarence Clemons…

    1. Jephro Avatar
      Jephro

      That’s 6/21/89.

  3. dahainer Avatar
    dahainer

    that’s the summer solstice show in 89 you are looking for

  4. August West Avatar
    August West

    I can remember, at the end of BIODTL, Bobby comically giving Bruce the “cut-throat gesture.

  5. dahainer Avatar
    dahainer

    This show capped a 6 show norcal run (Sac -Shoreline) with no repeats really nice set of shows

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