Grateful Dead, Three Shows, Fall of 1991

This one goes out to my friend Mark from Sedona. One of the people I know that saw more GD shows than me. Mark just received an "all clear" from his doctor after battling phase 3 testicular cancer. So instead of a memorial we get to have him around for a bit longer. Well these shows are about loss and a memorial. But at the same time remembering a great life.
These shows are important and special because they follow the untimely death of Grateful Dead friend and famous concert promoter, Bill Graham, who died on 10-25-91 in a helicopter
accident. Flying in weather reported as low overcast, rain and gusty winds, the
aircraft flew directly into a 223-foot high-voltage tower along Hwy 37, which runs
between Vallejo and Marin County. Also killed in the crash was pilot Steve Kahn and
Graham's girlfriend, Melissa Gold. The already scheduled shows at Oakland Arena became a "public" wake for the loss. The stage the night of 10-27-91 revealed large beautiful funeral wreaths made of roses dedicated to Bill (Bills had a picture of him in the middle), his girlfriend and the pilot. The wreaths remained all week and continued on to Golden Gate Park. At these shows the Grateful Dead celebrated Bill's life through music bringing back Mona which had not been played since 3-25-72.
Many friends and family attended these shows to honor Bill so of course the musical talent back stage was great. Bruce Hornsby was already touring with the band at this time and Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan joined the GD during the Oakland shows. It was a week long party which began at Oakand and ended with the history making free concert "Laughter, Love & Music" in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA. The free concert in San francisco was an all day event with an estimated 300,000 people and a wide assortment of bands. The Grateful Dead set had John Fogerty, Neil Young, and John Popper as guests. Of course Ken Kesey a friend of Bill's and the band had to be a part of the send off for Bill. So at the Halloween show Kesey stepped out and gave a eulogy for Bill during one of the most heavy moments of jamming I have ever heard by any band. This for me marks the end of an era. And I consider the 10-31-1991 show to be one of the last great moments for the Grateful Dead.

Grateful Dead
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Stadium
Oakland, CA
10-27-1991
Soundboard

Disc I - Set I
01 Sugar Magnolia
02 Sugaree
03 Walkin' Blues
04 Althea
05 When I Paint My Masterpiece
06 Candyman
07 Cassidy
08 Touch Of Grey

Disc II - Set II
01 China Cat Sunflower >
02 I Know You Rider
03 Samson And Delilah >
04 Ship Of Fools
05 Iko Iko* >
06 Mona* >
07 Drums >

Disc III - Set II (cont'd)
01 Space >
02 The Wheel >
03 I Need A Miracle >
04 Wharf Rat >
05 Good Lovin'
Encore
06 Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Comments
w/ Bruce Hornsby.
*Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan

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Grateful Dead
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Oakland, CA
10-31-1991
Soundboard

Help On The Way->
Slipknot!->
Franklin's Tower
Little Red Rooster
Loser
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Let It Grow

Scarlet Begonias->
Fire On The Mountain
Truckin'->
Spoonful*->
Dark Star*->
Drums->
Jam**->
Dark Star*->
The Last Time*->
Standing On the Moon->
Throwing Stones->
Not Fade Away
E: Werewolves of London*

* With Gary Duncan of Quicksilver Messenger Service
** with Gary Duncan and Ken Kesey gives spoken eulogy to Bill Graham

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Grateful Dead
Golden Gate Park, Polo Field
San Francisco, CA
Bill Graham Memorial Concert "Laughter, Love, and Music"
11-03-1991
Soundboard

Setlist:
01 - Tuning
02 - Hell In A Bucket
03 - China Cat Sunflower ->
04 - I Know You Rider
05 - Wang Dang Doodle @
06 - Born On The Bayou #
07 - Green River #
08 - Bad Moon Rising #
09 - Proud Mary #
10 - Truckin' ->
11 - The Other One ->
12 - Wharf Rat ->
13 - Sunshine Daydream

Encore:
14 - Forever Young **
15 - Touch Of Grey

** with Neil Young
# with John Fogerty
@ with John Popper

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Stephane Grappelli, 4-25-1978

Stephane Grappelli is one of the finest violin players you will ever hear. This is a real nice recording with David Grisman and Tony Rice on the last five tracks. I was blessed to see Garppelli at the Hollywood Bowl around this same time period and I was blown away.

Stephane Grappelli Group
04/25/1978
Great American Music Hall
San Francisco, CA
Soundboard > NPR radio

John Etheridge - guitar
Brian Toff - bass
Diz Disley - guitar
Stephane Grappelli - violin

2 discs
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Tiger Rag
The Man I Love
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Golden Green
After You've Gone
Chattanooga Choo Choo
St. Louis Blues
Someone to Watch Over Me
I've Got Rhythm
Stephane Grappelli interview excerpts
David Grisman interview excerpts
Pent-Up House
Night and Day
Pennies From Heaven
Piano Medley: Time After Time/Tea For Two
The Tipsy Gypsy
Gypsy Swing
No Name Tune For Gypsy Baptism
Limehouse Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown

Notes:
David Grisman & Tony Rice on the last five tracks of disc 2.
Show was during the Gypsy Kings movie shoot.

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Hot Tuna, 12-30-1988

This is a pretty nice acoustic Hot Tuna recording. I like the other one I posted better due to the special guests and the history. But this is sweet as well.

Hot Tuna
Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
12-30-1988
Soundboard


01 Intro
02 Hesitation Blues
03 Walkin Blues
04 Lets Get Together Right Now
05 Candy Man
06 99 Year Blues
07 I Am The Light Of This World
08 Ice Age
09 Broken Highway
10 Trial By Fire
11 Sea Child
12 San Francisco Bay Blues
13 Parchman Farm
14 Embryonic Journey
15 Police Dog Blues
16 Killing Time In The Crystal City
17 Uncle Sam Blues

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JJ Cale, Leland Meadows, CA, 7-03-1993

Here is a fine one from JJ Cale. I feel he is often over looked. JJ has a great laid back feel that I really like. I think I included the covers but if not contact me and I will get them posted.

JJ Cale
High Sierra Music Fest
Leland Meadows, CA
7-03-1993
Soundboard


01. Instrumental
02. Call Me the Breeze
03. Hard Time
04. Riverboat Song
05. Take Your Hands Off Her
06. Tijuana
07. Humdinger
08. Cajun Moon
09. After Midnight
10. Sensitive Kind
11. Crazy Mama
12. Roll On
13. Borrowed Time
14. Shambala (Dan Moore)
15. Blues Follow Me (Christine Lakeland)
16. Cocaine
17. Magnolia

JJ Cale - Guitar/Vocal
Daniel Moore - Rhythm Guitar
Duke Mcvinny - Bass
Christine Lakeland - Rhythm Guitar
James Cruce - "Traps"
James Karstein - "Congas, Shakers And All That Other Stuff"

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Tim & Mollie O'Brien and The O'Boys with Jerry Douglas, 9-21-1996

Ok, blues time is over for now at AZ Jones. It was fun and a good change of pace, but now on to other things. Here is some great bluegrass, for Iggy and company. This one has Tim and Molly O'Brien and one of my favorites, Dobro ledgend Jerry Douglas. And it is another great soundboard recording.

Tim & Mollie O'Brien and The O'Boys with Jerry Douglas
Acoustic Stage - Catawba Valley Arts & Science Center
Hickory, North Carolina
September 21, 1996
Soundboard

Tim O'Brien – Mandolin, Fiddle, Guitar
Mollie O'Brien – Vocal
Mark Schatz – Bass, Banjo, Ham bone
Scott Nygaard - Guitar
Jerry Douglas - Dobro
Russ Barrenburg – Guitar

1.My Dear Old Cottage Home
2.Samson & Delilah
3.Havin' Myself A Time
4.Man Gave Names To All The Animals
5.Meet Me On Red Mountain
- Exit Mollie -
6.River Of Blood
- Exit Scott Nygaard -
7.Fraidlin
8.Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Scott Nygaard returns -
9.Maggie's Farm
- Enter Jerry Douglas -
10.Tombstone Blues
11.Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
12.Brother Wind
- Jerry, Scott exit -
13.Buck Dancin'
- Mollie, Jerry, Scott return -
14.Flying Away
15.Sign Your Name Across My Heart
16.Alaska
17.Like We Used To Do
- Enter Russ Barrenburg -
18.Sitting Alone In The Moonlight
19.Smack Dab In The Middle
20.Crowd
Encore:
21.Turkey Slippers
Time: 90:25
To burn to 2 discs, begin d2 with t11 or wherever you'd like.


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The Grand Falls, Arizona

The Grand Falls is a little known waterfall in Arizona east of Flagstaff. I have also heard people call it Chocolate Falls due to the brown muddy color of the water. Grand falls is in a peaceful and surreal location on the edge of the Painted Desert on the Navajo Indian Reservation. Almost every time I have been there I was the only one there. This water fall is 185 feet tall and very wide. There are times in spring when it has a heavy flow and times when it is just a trickle. The waterfall was formed when a lava flow blocked the path of the Little Colorado River and caused it to take a sharp right turn. The falls drop into a deep gorge that then continues on for miles and gets deeper and deeper at it makes it's way to the Grand Canyon. This is really in the middle of nowhere. There are no homes or structures seen for miles. The best time to be there is in early spring when there is snow melt from the White Mountains, and sunset is the best time of day. You could make a nice day of seeing Walnut Canyon National Monument and its ruins east of Flagstaff and then end the day with a trip out to Grand Falls. This is a picture of the falls in the dry time of the year. As you can see it is just a trickle of water compared to the massive flow during spring. But even then it is a beautiful spot and when it is dry we found we could walk right down to the base of the falls and walk across some ledges down at the bottom. The road out there is a rough dirt and cinder road. To get there you take I-40, 15 miles east from Flagstaff. Then take exit 211 at Winona. Drive 2.3 miles north to Leupp Rd. Turn right and drive 20.3 miles to unpaved and unsigned Indian Road 6910 (between mileposts 5 and 6). Turn left and drive along this rough road 9.4 miles to the turnoff on the left, which leads to the falls overlook (do not cross the Little Colorado River). If you try to cross the Little Colorado when it is flowing you could get stuck and there is not going to be anyone to help out there. Grand Falls can also be accessed from Indian Road 70 (instead of 6910). This road is located 15.0 miles along Leupp Rd (5.3 miles before Road 6910). Follow Road 70 8.4 miles to the same turnoff on the left before the Little Colorado River (Roads 6910 and 70 join together just before the turnoff) This panorama was made by splicing together two photos. It is so wide it is hard to get it all in one picture from the front perspective.

Albert King, Barcelona, 7-09-1989

Here is the last of the blues posts for a little while. This one is Albert King another of the icons of blues guitar. This is a nice soundboard recording of Albert the self proclaimed "Godfather Of The Blues" with a full horn section. Pretty nice stuff! The set list was incomplete so this is as good as I could do, if you could help we would all be thankful.

Albert King
Blues & Ritmes Festival
Barcelona, Spain
July 9th 1989
Soundboard


CD1
Instrumental
?
Kansas city (Earline Owens vocals)
Instrumental-albert intro
I wonder why
Blues at sunrise
Ask Me No Questions
The sky is crying

CD2
Stormy monday
(false start) - tuning - Match box blues
Baby please come back to me
Instrumental ?
Instrumental ?
Instrumental ?
I'll play the blues for you

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Stevie Ray Vaughn, Seattle, 9-01-1985

Here is another show from guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Just one more blues post to go. It has a guest appearance with Bonnie Raitt near the end of the set.

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN W/ BONNIE RAITT
BUMPERSHOOT FESTIVAL
SEATTLE CENTER COLISEUM
SEPT.1,1985
Soundboard

1-Scuttle Buttin
2-Say What
3-Lookin Out the Window
4-Look At Little Sister
5-Ain't Gone N Give Up on Love
6-Change It
7-You'll Be Mine
8-Empty Arms
9-Come On (Pt. III)
10-Cold Shot
11-Couldn't Stand The Weather
12-Life Without You
13-Pride and Joy
14-Bonnie Raitt Intro Jam
15-Texas Flood
16-Testify


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Eric Clapton, Budokan Theater, October 1993

This was recorded over several nights at Tokyo's Budokan Theater. It appears to be a soundboard, matrix (there is some audience). This has acoustic blues, electric blues, rock and pop all in one. Outside of disc twos first two songs I feel this is pretty hot. I really like the Stone Free, and the blues on disc one. Anyway just a continuation of the blues posts with just a few more to come and then back to other stuff.

Eric Clapton
"Into the Fire"
Budokan Theatre
Tokyo, Japan
October 25th,26,27th, 1993
Soundboard


Disc 1:
1. Malted Milk
2. Terraplane Blues
3. How Long
4. 32-20
5. Kidman Blues
6. County Jail
7. .44
8. Blues Leave Me Alone
9. Tell Me Mama
10. White Room
11. Badge
12. Wonderful Tonight
13. Stone Free

Disc 2:
1. Circus Left Town
2. Tears in Heaven
3. Crossroads
4. Tearing Us Apart
5. Groaning the Blues
6. Cocaine
7. Ain't Nobody's Business
8. Layla


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Stevie Ray Vaughan, 11-28-1984

Bootlegs by Stevie Ray Vaughn are not rare but since I was posting blues concerts I decided to post one. Stevie was ones of the greatest guitar players who has ever played. He stretched the boundaries of blues and played with a raw and radical edge that few could ever match. I have not seen this particular show on to many sites, and it has a pretty good sound quality.

Stevie Ray Vaughan
University of California
Davis, CA
11-28-1984
Soundboard

Bootleg Titles: Out Of The Shadows

Tracks:
01. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 10:50
02. Done Lost Your Good Thing Now 8:27
03. Honey Bee 2:44
04. Mary Had A Little Lamb 3:30
05. Love Struck Baby 3:10
06. Tin Pan Alley 11:02
07. Cold Shot 4:27
08. Couldn't Stand The Weather 4:52
09. Texas Flood 9:03
10. Lenny 9:39
11. Stang's Swang 2:46
12. Rude Mood 4:20

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Albert Collins & the Ice Breakers, 2-15-1985

This is a pretty good sounding set of one of the Blues greats, Albert Collins. It did not come with a setlist so if you know the songs help us all out.

Albert Collins & the Ice Breakers
Chestnut Cabaret,
Philadelphia, PA
February 15, 1985
Soundboard


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Wupatki National Monument and Sunset Crater

Northeast of Flagstaff Arizona is a place that many people drive right by. They are on their way to The Grand Canyon or Lake Powell. But off the highway there is a loop drive that is packed with interesting things to see. This loop drive has two National Monuments, Sunset Crater and Wupatki National Monument. Sunset Crater is an area of volcanic activity including lava flows and cinder cones, with some as recent as 1000 years ago. If you are heading north on highway 89 the turn off is about 12 miles out of town on the right. This will take you to the visitors center for Sunset Crater. Along this road you will see some interesting lava flows and beautiful Sunset Crater. Sunset Crater is a great example of a cinder cone and is recent enough to still maintain it's shape. There are some nice short trails out into the lava flows that I feel are worth the short walk that have some interesting features and beautiful scenery. If you continue on through Sunset Crater the road will start dropping in elevation giving way to a less forested area and eventually high desert and you will enter Wupatki National Monument. Wuputki is around 2000 feet in elevation lower that the Sunset Crater area. Waputki National Monument is a large number of old pueblo ruins scattered over a large area. The park service says there are as many as 800 different identified ruins scattered over the large area that incorporates the park. Five of the largest ones are easy to visit and right off the road. The largest one is near the visitors center and is called Wupatki (Hopi for "Tall House"). This one is really two main structures and a round community room and a "ball court" all withing a short walk of the visitors center. The ball court is the northern most one of these that has been found and is usually something found in cultures from farther south. There is also a very interesting geological feature right near these ruins. There is this blowhole of vent that leads underground to some unknown passages and it will either blow air out or suck air in depending on temperature or pressure variables. It blows air out with astounding volume and pressure and is really quite fascinating. A second of the larger ruins in the park is called Wukoki Ruin ("Big House"). This one is east off the main road a bit but really is worth the short drive. Wukoki Ruin is built on a stone outcrop and has a tall tower like structure as it's main feature. It can be seen from a long distance away and is really quite beautiful in it's remote setting. As you head north out of the park and continue the loop there are several more sites to visit. My favorite of these is one of the last ones before you leave the park. It is called Lomaki or "Beautiful House". This one has about a half mile walk out to the main structure at the edge of a shallow canyon. There are several other small structures along the way as you walk out to the largest one. Sometimes I just go in the north entrance and stop at this ruin if I have limited time but still want to see some of it.