Cold Rain & Snow, Wang Dang Doodle, Friend Of The Devil, Mexicali Blues-> Maggie's Farm, Row Jimmy, Picasso Moon, Tennessee Jed, Promised Land Corinna-> Crazy Fingers, Playin' In The Band-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Jam-> Casey Jones-> Throwing Stones-> One More Saturday Night*, E:Baba O'Riley*-> E: Tomorrow Never Knows*

DSBD, no other info available; has same change in level in Corinna as mentioned on the other shn set in circulation; via Tony Gardner

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Reviewer: Sharkman19 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 7, 2020

Subject: The Train whistle out of Space 😎 Out of 200 some odd shows from 80-95 this is my favorite moment. Best overall show I was at. Shenandoah space > Train whistle BLEW MY MIND. Next to 4/8/85 my favorite no doubt. - April 7, 2020The Train whistle out of Space

Reviewer: Thumbblue - favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 30, 2018

Subject: Yeah rfk We were there and it was pretty darned good....I think al and tipper gore were there that night. Maybe they requested the Casey jones they busted out that night after a number of years. When they cranked it up and Billy started blowing that damn fog horn thing I slapped my buddy on the back so hard I almost knocked him down....holy shit man it's Casey Jones. - May 30, 2018Yeah rfk

Reviewer: flatnuts - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 18, 2017

Subject: DC had the Most Twisted Energy that Day... There was a weird cosmic static cling like pull in the air that whole day... It all started coming down Capitol in bumper to bumper with the little local scalper kids trying to buy extras, which I had 5 that show... I remember I asked what's he offering and he just said, "I'll hook you up" and he paid me face value for the lot... I dunno if he miscounted or meant to do that...

But then I parked in Lot 7 down by the water close to the bridge and it was still early but they were hard at it building the city... Almost immediately I was approached by a righteous pedaler of tiny pictures and that vibe was right on... I remember hearing Steve Miller go on and I remember thinking it sounded like shit through the first 3 or 4 songs...

Anyway, I hooked up with my favorite chef, a short old dreadlocked black guy that I can't remember is name, but he was at all the NE shows I went to and he was funny as hell... I'm not sure if that was as good as I thought or he was just so funny I didn't care... Tacos were gone till I got to the tunnel, I went in sober and a mess and came out clean and waiting to feel the claws come out, 3 beers still left and wtf do I see?? To freaking hippie kids like 15 stories up going like bats out of hell scaling the side of the freaking stadium!! Two other people asked me if they were real... It was kind of surreal given how high up they had to go... I investigated and somehow they got up on top of some portapotties and made it up to the chainlink fence to took off... They damn near had to climb to the top of high side wall, but they both made it, took a bow and disappeared...

Anyway, I had Mezzanine seats dead center, there weren't many rows or seats per section and there wasn't much air there either and man was it colorful... I had an aisle seat and slide over onto the concrete stairs because there was a breeze coming through the tunnel, the security kid said I don't blame you for that and sat beside me... Which was it was taking everything I had not to freak out,but he was just being lazy... Then about Corinna the cutest little spinner comes up and starts giving me a massage like she knew what was going on down my spine and then she'd float around and disappear, I remember thinking she was like a butterfly... she was in white and when she'd go in front of me, especially at the beginning of Space, it was like she only had one shear layer on and everything was perfect and beautiful, meanwhile the two guys beside me were all about making the obscene gestures to egg me on and missing this incredible freaking show within a show... Then she's gone again and down in the field I'm seeing this freaking green snake like thing growing out of the middle of the crowd... we were all confused as to what was going on... if just kept growing as if it were coming out of a hole in the middle of the people who were all dancing... It must of been 50ft or more longer and it was crawling all over top of the people for what seemed like several minutes, but I'm sure it was only seconds and then it broke in half and there were two and as soon as it became two I could feel all the energy change, then it was 4, and 8 and exponentially getting faster and doubling and the energy was building each time and it sort of dried up like water in really dry dirt and then it was only an afterglow... (someone had a whole bag of glow in the dark necklaces hooked together and fed it out and soon people broke it and then they took the individual parts... but soon it forgot because my spinner was back and this time she was kissing me and hanging on me, naturally her breath wasn't as beautiful as the rest of her but we were totally sharing the the last quarter of Space and were more just enjoying each others faces as lick and kiss and rubbing pads and all the sudden it was like someone threw a flashbang in my face, the fucking whistle went off and between the pair of our reactions she damn near broke my nose and she starts spinning up like a helicopter on two toes and THAT WHOLE FUCKING STADIUM, NO THAT WHOLE FUCKING TOWN EXPLODED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER FELT THAT MUCH ENERGY RELEASE ALL AT ONCE IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!!!!!!

The girl keeps pulling me up to dance with her, and I'd get up for a couple seconds and then sit back down and she did that like 3 or 4 times... But I guess when we were in our own little world, the guys beside me got up and went to the railing to watch and she started pulling on the taller one to dance, meanwhile the shorter one ran back to the safety of his seat and as I was there teasing him making the same obscene gestures to egg him on, I see the holding a ball in her hands, not a real one mind you, but she was miming it well enough that I could see it too... and she had to chase it a couple times because it was getting away from her and once I sorta had to block it and bounce it back to her and like 30 seconds later I see her jump to grab it and her whole body inverts!!!! Her head and torso disappeared!!! Literally!!! And her bare feet replaced them... SHE LITERALLY WENT RIGHT OVER THE RAILING ASSES AND ELBOWS!!!!!!!!!! The first thing I thought was she was not only dead but so were the 6 people she landed on... I was sorta in shock or something, I was trying to get up but that was only instinct, logic and common sense and everything other tripping balls emotion inside me said don't move.... The tall guy was standing like a foot beside her when she flipped and he sorta jumped at her and I didn't realize it till later, but that should of worried me cause her momentum could of taken him too... but he's just looking down and frozen stiff too... finally I'm able to start to peel myself up and I will never forget the look on that kids face when he twisted his head from the base of his neck like the girl in the exorcist and he mouths "help" and I realize he caught her... but he only had her by the ankle with one hand... at that I flew up and got a hold of calf with both hands and ripped her straight up, he grabbed her dress and with that we had her back on our side of the railing all 3 sitting on the floor... I don't think he was breathing yet and I look at her and she's smiling away recreating the ball and trying to stand back up... I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her on the forehead and just about then I got blasted so hard from behind I almost knocked her back over... There was some sorta 3 man security SERT team or something... I'm 6'3" 190lbs and I was the little guy... They grabbed her up and zip tied her and they drug her up the stairs and when I tried to protest they threatened to take all of us and told me to get the fuck back in my seat... They had to be off duty DC cops, cause they weren't rent a cops at all... and just like that it was gone and I realized they're playing Throwing Stones and the guy that caught her comes up to me and says, "dude, you aren't going to believe what I thought I just saw..." and he hugged me tight and I could feel he was literally trembling pretty hard... so was I too probably... but then the cool security guy from earlier had a partner and we were confined back into our seats... I guess we fucked up when we left to own accord and almost dropped our spinner girl and killed 3 people and critically injured 2 others... And I've always wondered, do you think that would of stopped the show or not?? I'm sure somewhere there are a bunch of sober people paying attention and probably seen that whole thing coming long before we did... Anyway, that day still wasn't done being weird... as I wonder out of the building after the show and get past the guy trying to tie dye all the clothes he found on floor inside for gas money and diapers I had to stop and get some more food, cold beer is scarce, but I saved some... I got back to the car and cleaned up and changed set out to mingle and the security were down telling the people down by the water where it goes under the bridge that if we stayed we couldn't leave till morning... they were allowing all night camping, wtf... It was really just a strange day from start to finish... I packed it in and headed back home to PA when i the traffic started to move a little better, so I'm not sure if they really did get to camp by the water all night or not, but I had had enough till that point and a 2.5 hour drive home...

Anyway, say what will about that show compared to another and throw up this or that, I don't care, that was hands down the best show I was ever at!! and no one died!!



Oh yeah, I really just wanted to confirm that there were no chairs on the floor that night... Sorry for getting so long, but once I started listening to the show, I just had to share that... I dunno if anyone that was there seen any of what I described, but thanks to Big Data, it's now going to exist forever and maybe in a thousand years someone will get a hint of the flavor of what we got feast on...

Thanks for letting me share that... Peace out... - March 18, 2017DC had the Most Twisted Energy that Day...

Reviewer: EstimatedEyes - favorite favorite - March 17, 2017

Subject: There weren't seats on the floor in 1992

https://youtu.be/Pgeb2BHDGhE I'm not sure why people keep saying there where seats on the floor that was 1991 :) it's an ok show I was there decent for 92 of course busting out Casey jones :) anyway in the first few seconds of the video you can see no seats :) - March 17, 2017There weren't seats on the floor in 1992

Reviewer: django1968 - favorite favorite favorite - February 25, 2015

Subject: Day before Fathers Day, The Wall in DC Standing by the gate to the show selling Moosehead beer they started a soundcheck. All summer they had been blowin that train whistle but I never heard one Deadhead make the connection that they would be playing Casey at some point. During the soundcheck as I remember they blew that whistle and started into Casey, everyone knew thats what we were getting for the night and sure enough we did. They were blowin that whistle all summer for a reason.

This show in DC gave me the chance to go see the Wall as it was important to me as my Father was killed in Vietnam. I was hitchhiking at that point and made it clear that I would provide gas money and Jamaican hash oil but we HAD to go to the Wall. I spent the afternoon looking at myself in the granite with my Dads name and we went to the show. It was a good show, not the greatest as I remember. We got a hotel room the next day just outside DC and I flipped on the news. Hundreds of kids of the fathers who were killed in Vietnam had showed up at the wall earlier that day to show respect. I had missed it. Someday I hope to make it there. Sorry if this story is a bit off topic but it was quite a day for me after watching that news report. I never knew Sons and Daughters In Touch existed. Any other Deadheads who lost their father to Vietnam or any war, get in touch. - February 25, 2015Day before Fathers Day, The Wall in DC

Reviewer: bostonriot - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 26, 2013

Subject: Couldn't have been better I was at this show. My sister was born this day. Very emotional. I love her to death. - June 26, 2013Couldn't have been better

Reviewer: cosmic charlie how do you do - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 14, 2009

Subject: you have to kidding me Having seen a lot of shows up until this point and having had the good Ol' Grateful Dead play in my backyard, The Knickerbocker Arena, this show blew me away. It probably wasn't the best show in a while but HHHHHHHOOOOOOOLLLLLLLYYYYYYY SSSSSSSHHHHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!! Need I say more. MIKE V where the hell are you, still with Maynard, christ we had some good times it is just my freaking temper forced you to run from our friendship. I will always remeber this as one of my favorite shows because of you, not in a homosexual kind of way but in a very spiritual way, remeber blowing the harp to the geese in Landover - August 14, 2009you have to kidding me

Reviewer: BamaDead - favorite favorite favorite - May 6, 2009

Subject: clearing the lot near mid afternoon, a guy pulls up in a camino, takes out his boombox, and cranks up Paul Revere and the Raiders and sat back to enjoy the scene. 15 minutes later that lot was cleared. - May 6, 2009clearing the lot

Reviewer: jcinco - favorite favorite favorite - January 24, 2009

Subject: Highlight of Summer '92 I saw 8 very mediocre shows in summer '92. With the low energy of the band coupled with their insistence on overplaying a bunch of new tunes, this was the beginning of the end for me.



However, there were 2 highlights from that summer tour for me: Wharf Rat at Soldier Field, and the finish of this show out of Space. I should of seen it coming. The Dead had pulled out really big shows the previous 2 summers at RFK, so imagine my surprise, bored and nearly asleep when I heard the train whistle.



FWIW, it seems pointless to have a SBD recording of this show where all of their flaws in this era are brutally highlighted. I'd recommend Todd Evan's AUD recording which really captures the energy of the finish of this show. - January 24, 2009Highlight of Summer '92

Reviewer: FrankFoster - - July 30, 2008

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Reviewer: zuziq - favorite favorite favorite - January 29, 2008

Subject: train! I was there and remember just looking around stunned at the train and realizing everyone else was freaking out too. What a feeling this show had. RFK was my favorite venue and closest to home. - January 29, 2008train!

Reviewer: Ezek1el - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 8, 2007

Subject: I was There Yes, I was at this show and let me tell you, it was awesome. The Vibe, The Weather, and Casey Jones train horn that scared the living shit outta everyone!! Then the whole place just erupted. I'm getting goosebumps remember it. Great liquid, beautiful girls (5 right next to me) and I danced the whole show!! What a time! - December 8, 2007I was There

Reviewer: Trevor tnt Toll - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 3, 2007

Subject: 30th show blow the horn give me a line This is without a doubt a great night with the boys. The energy of RFK 80000 inside 40000 outside a cool parking lot scene and the breakout of cassey jones. Not only was the weather great the vibe matched the weather.This was my first full summer tour and they had been warning us prior to this show that cassey was coming by sounding train horns but this was the night it came.Choo choo wow did i ever make alot of money at the big stadium shows exspecially RFK. LOve the site and i miss you jer.Thanks for making the music that changed my life 4 ever. This show is worth your time. - September 3, 200730th show blow the horn give me a line

Reviewer: northstar dead - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 21, 2007

Subject: Scored kind shirt I remember selling grilled cheese before show w/wife. And scoring the kindest t-shirts ever. The Cat in the Hat with the trippy background,smokin a dubby. I had people offer me different things for that shirt. I still have it in my dresser and wear it on only SPECIAL occasions. Oh yeah Casey Jones blew the roof off, wait their was no roof? - July 21, 2007Scored kind shirt

Reviewer: gruUbic - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 27, 2007

Subject: Maggie and Phil Updated 6-27-07



Okay, Nightspore68 I'll agree about the avg-ness of the show --- sort of.



But tell me, all you remember from the tunes is the CJones horn freaking you out? What's up with that? Have you listened to this SB recording? Do you not remember Jerry smilin lots! do you remember the maggies - Phil puttin it our their? That's when "they" rushed the field...friggin crazed-overtakeing the field



Do you not remember how cool it was to go to shows in DC ?



listen to the tape and tell me it's bad



- no way.



...sound wasnt that bad in the ol' bowl

...RFK shows have rocked for 20 years plus ---

yes avg show - with some key highlights, yes...



But when is someone gonna EVER steal yur face again?



It may be a B show for the most-ess but the board mix is killer, the Maggies was soooo much fun ---we were outdoors, no lightning -- and the Philbert...godbless



Steve Miller, the boyz -- DCdirty -



Funtimes!!! - June 27, 2007Maggie and Phil

Reviewer: JamminJerome - favorite favorite - April 3, 2007

Subject: nicht so gut Honestly, there's so many better shows out there. Don't waste your time on this one unless you are a completist or if you were there. The second set is ok, maybe three stars for Casey Jones, a better than average version of Corrina, and novelty songs Baba O'Riley and Tomorrow Never Knows. Nothing really special, though. - April 3, 2007nicht so gut

Reviewer: cringle - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 23, 2006

Subject: borderline downloadworthy This show has grown on me alot. The DRUMS/SPACE is absolutely captivating - it leads to the first Casey Jones played in 8 years and there's an air of suspense throughout that is palpable. It gives me chills.



I like the CrazyFingers here - but i nominate the chapel hill '93 crazyfingers as a potential best ever. - December 23, 2006borderline downloadworthy

Reviewer: wildgeese - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 22, 2006

Subject: Some magic there I never saw a show where I could say my favorite part was drums/space, but that's true here. I LOVE listening to the 10 or 15 minutes leading up to Casey Jones. (It was right around the tape flip, I recall). Just shimmering MIDI guitar work by Jerry, whose feet were so swollen he couldn't tie his shoes. Weir coaxes what sound like whale moans from his axe, while Jerry sends shivers up my spine. His tone before the Shenandoah section reminds me of an angel-voiced marimba going over a waterfall. Sweet, trippy stuff on a hot DC night. They would not reach this level of performance at RFK in either 93, 94 or 95. - December 22, 2006Some magic there

Reviewer: grateful kev - favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 2, 2006

Subject: good show on a sunny hot day in DC

set started I knew this show was going to be something special....

casey jones train horns scared the shit out of me throwin into sat nite was also very hot steve miller band opened first set was O.k but when the secondset started I knew this show was going to be something special....casey jones train horns scared the shit out of me throwin into sat nite was also very hot - October 2, 2006good show on a sunny hot day in DC

Reviewer: Trannyman - favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 17, 2006

Subject: Thumbs up from Trannyman This is one of those shows with people on both sides of the fence.



Trannyman's take- Awesome show. Not the most played out in terms of jamming, but high energy anyway. Cold Rain and FOTD are real nice. The signature "phat" Phil is "pharting" all the way home in set 2. - July 17, 2006Thumbs up from Trannyman

Reviewer: TheGuppie - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 18, 2006

Subject: Even Al Gore showed up for this one ! Excellent second half of the second set !! Was there only a few rows back from front and center. Obviously, 'Casey Jones' made the show memorable, but to me it was simply one of the most FUN summer shows in the time just after Brent. I saw Al Gore on the side-stage, groovin' with one of his daughters too. Bobby was on Capitol Hill the day before in a congressional meeting (but can't recall why he was there). The 'Casey Jones' and the rest of the set was a major statement to what was happening at the time to others in the world much more unfortunate that us, and the entire video sequence during that set really made a statement too. My best memory was during/after the Drumz->Space->Jam (before 'Casey Jones') when the band completely left the stage and the beat/music kept on going (and going, and going) just before the band returned and blew all of our minds! All in all, a great time, not the best show I ever saw, but perfect for summer and a FU kinda show just as G.H.W. Bush was about to be voted out the door. p.s - The encore was a most pleasant ending to the evening !!! - June 18, 2006Even Al Gore showed up for this one !

Reviewer: f@!^yeah - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 18, 2006

Subject: The engine just gleams I was 14 and in the upper deck and I remember the space was so peaceful to me. and then the band decided to play casey jones and I'll never forget this deadhead to my right dancing the chorus line in a state of irrational exuberance I had never really seen before. I was hooked at that moment. - May 18, 2006The engine just gleams

Reviewer: AustinD - favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 15, 2006

Subject: Bob was on for sure and Casey Jones!! Best Piccaso Moon I ever saw and Corinna was hot also. Wang Dang was also a 1st set highlight. The Train Space and Casey Jones were mindwarping. DC Dead in '92 get my vote **** - March 15, 2006Bob was on for sure and Casey Jones!!

Reviewer: Nightspore68 - favorite favorite - March 14, 2006

Subject: Fun Day I was at this show. It had a few things going for it. First, it started during daylight, which was a novelty. Second, Steve Miller Band opened and they were pretty entertaining. Third, it was a pleasant summer day. Fourth, the Casey Jones train horn scared the crap out of everyone.

OK, the rest of the show wasn't that noteworthy. As usual, it was better to be there than to hear it on a tape many years later. This is one of my least listened-to tapes, and I was there. If you weren't there, it's a hard sell. - March 14, 2006Fun Day

Reviewer: cringle - favorite favorite favorite - February 21, 2006

Subject: borderline downloadworthy nice crisp '92, and you could do alot worse - but i agree - nothing particulary inspiring except for the shenandoah/casey jones, and even then the shenandoah isnt all it could be. maggies farm is growing on me though.



i nominate the chapel hill '93 crazyfingers as a potential best ever. - February 21, 2006borderline downloadworthy

Reviewer: tarheel71 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 1, 2006

Subject: same ol' same ol' then BOOM....CASEY JONES I was at this show, and it has a special place in my dusty heart because of the casey jones and because it was the first show I went to with my wife. Honestly, I remember being pretty dissapointed until casey jones became the salve for my dissapointment wounds. The first set was nearly identical to the previous year's first set, minus the pizzaz. After seeing several lack-luster shows in a row I had to have a seat on the field after corinna opened the second set. Hell, I wasn't even inspired enough to get up and tell my friend to stop hitting on my date/future wife. yadda, yadda, yadda...Casey Jones busts out and I go home giggling and grateful. - January 1, 2006same ol' same ol' then BOOM....CASEY JONES

Reviewer: 77morningdew - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 13, 2005

Subject: an addednot e about the ... I am glad it was not just me that thought and still thinks that this show is outstanding....My favorite part..and maybe this was just me and my view but when shenandoah went into casey jones and the train whistle blew and all of the lights blared for two seconds or more...I could have sworn I was actually standing on the train tracks that Casey Jones was heading down. Hope I am not the only fortunate one to have had experience this..(I was scared sh&*^tless for a few seconds) .or "remember it" to say the least.



P.S. cops sucked but yes, the crowd was way cool. - December 13, 2005an addednot e about the ...

Reviewer: dmilks - favorite favorite favorite - November 22, 2005

Subject: hmmm...



I am really surprised by the reviews this show has received...In all seriousness, I think this show would have gotten pretty average (or below average) reviews were it not for the Casey Jones bustout...I am amazed to see that people thought the Corrina was good (which I have never read in any review on this site), when I could probably cite at least 5 others that were (IMHO) far better (some that were first set Corrina's). The Crazy Fingers doesn't sound anything other than tired, and yet that also recieved rave reviews (some claiming it to be the best ever..??..)...I don't know. I do know that Dead shows were very subjective experiences, and indeed EVERYONE enjoyed the Casey, so enough said.... p.s . Sorry to burst you bubble Reddman, but I was there, and still feel the way I do. But, hey if it kicks ass to you, all the better. dmilks -- November 22, 2005hmmm...

Reviewer: Reddman - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 14, 2005

Subject: First show I hear what some of ya'll are saying about the show being less then perfect, but I am assuming that you weren't there. I was 14 when I somehow tricked my parents into letting me and my brother drive from charlotte to see this show. I was new into the scene and my song repetoire was limited. It was this show that made me fall in love with the Dead. Not only was the the Corrina SICK but the casey Jones was more then I could have hoped for.

I was standing on the twenty yard line screaming "I know this song" and this 60 year old guy named Tom grabbed me by the shoulder and said "Kid your witnessing history" I was sold. I saw better shows musically after this one, but never a more vibrant and friendly crowd. If I could give it 10 stars I would. - November 14, 2005First show

Reviewer: seedanrun - favorite favorite favorite - June 14, 2005

Subject: So-So The whole way to the show, my wife keeps saying she's in the mood for some Who. We didn't know that the Boys were playing Baba on this tour...



The Shenandoah out of space was amazing, and Casey Jones was a great surprise; the whole show in general was pretty well-played (for '92). Must say, the encore was a happy surprise, but not a complete success in musical terms. - June 14, 2005So-So

Reviewer: BigJDogg - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 6, 2005

Subject: I think this show is fabulous Listening to this show is like standing face to face with God and having him say you're his most wondrous creation. I stole that line from SNL, by the way.



Anyway, in all seriousness, I love this show. The first set is super solid, with good versions of good songs. Love the Maggie's Farm. And the second set, I love every moment. Crazy Fingers->Playin'->UJB, and then the Casey Jones. It keeps me smiling throughout. Truth be told this show holds a special place in my heart, because when I was about 10 or 11, I wore the tape of this second set out. I still think it's as great as I thought it was then. So this gets a fully biased 5 stars from me. - May 6, 2005I think this show is fabulous

Reviewer: lobster12 - favorite favorite - April 5, 2005

Subject: agree tito and dmilks some it up best about this gig. Casey Jones out of space merits 2 1/2 stars I guess, but the rest is average to bel;ow average. Not the worst by any means but be aware if you download it's because of a breakout and its unusual placement.



as much as I bash Vince, I wish the boys kept baba in the encore rotation. I guess they had to make room for I fought the law every other night. - April 5, 2005agree

Reviewer: Tito&Smokey - favorite favorite favorite - March 24, 2005

Subject: KC Jones while it was exciting to hear KC JONES,this is the worst one they did of the 4. - March 24, 2005KC Jones

Reviewer: gonzoc - favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 3, 2005

Subject: Good one Okay, I'll admit that I'm generally turned off to anything after 91. Even the good stuff (and this is one of them) from 92-95 doesn't really match up to prior years. The first set was remarkable to me for its similarity to the prior year's first set at RFK (isn't it interesting how they used to fall into certain grooves in certain places, like the Sugar Mags sandwich specials at Hampton in the late 80s?). Anyway, imho, it couldn't quite match up to the intensity of 91's first set (as memorialized so well in VFTV II). Similarly, I just could never get into Corrina (sp?--I never learned to spell it correctly, having always written Purina on my ticket stub). Crazy>PITB is always welcome and these are nice 90's version.



No, the real reason to listen to this show was, as other reviewers have mentioned, the Shenandoah Space>Casey Jones. This was the last time the disparate remnants of the tour family I'd seen so many shows with in the 80s would have one last hurrah together. My buds and I had our heads together mumbling incoherently wondering what they were going to do out of space. Jerry played the Shenandoah lead quite distinctly in the background, the warm DC summer night sticking to us. Jerry's instrumental of the melody, which he feels his way through on the fly, is so heartbreaking, and speaks to you the way Dylan's epitaph for Jerry said he could do. It was an unforgettable few minutes.



I remember blurting out uncontrollably, "I don't know, but this is pretty good right now." Then, Mickey comes running out with the train whistle strapped to his torso like some typically-mad contraption. He sends a couple of bellows into the air, and the entire moment stood still in expectation. Jerry starts this oddly-familiar riff, hmmm...that's odd...it sounds like...CCCAASSSEEEYYY JJJJOOONNNEESSS!!! OMG! OMG! OMFG!!!!!! We were literally flattened along with the 90,000 other heads in RFK. Screams of joy and eyes open wide in bewilderment ruled the day as Casey became this massive sing-along, this joyful re-affirmation celebrating the band and audience (several different audiences, really) that had been through so much together.



Well, the rest of second set was kind of a wash for me. Although I would see several more shows in the coming years, none of them would come close to matching the intensity of that one last moment, with one exception, and the despair would grow with each coming year. To a certain extent, that was the last of the boys as I knew them.



Nope, when all was said and done, I was reminded of why we had all arrived there on that June night as we were herded like cows onto the Metro, and just as we were boarding at the Stadium-Armory station, a few folks sang "drivin that train" to themselves the way a kid does when he's just received that Red Ranger air rifle for Christmas. - January 3, 2005Good one

Reviewer: Terrapin31590 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 27, 2004

Subject: And you know that notion ... just crossed my mind In the event others have not been convinced by the prior reviews, let me had my full (black?) throated endorsement of this show. When you can say the following: Even the Picasso Moon AND Corinna ROCK, you know you've found a keeper (and indeed they do).



The first set is well played, a nice mix of high energy stuff like Maggie's Farm and Promised land and Jerry's tunes, which are mellow at first (FOTD is played at a nice leisurely pace) and he adds a very spacey Row Jimmy that I absolutely love. The aforementioned Picasso just rips, with great JG leads into what had become a traditional T Jed and then the Promised Land set closer where Vince *does* absolutely take over.



The 2d set, in addition to having an interesting set list is spot on start to finish. This is essentially the *only* listen-able (not a word I know) Corinna I have ever found (and I was there that night too). It just worked. I can't give a better explanation than that. The vocals were right, the harmonies added texture, the "sampling" done in the background was perfect, Jerry played some great leads, it just worked. Corinna moved right into one of my absolute favorite crazy fingers of all time. VW *got* this song on this night, and his keys shine (maybe he was trying to impress Bruce). jerry lays a very mellow groove down for the song and his vocals will give you chills. The playin>UJB coupling is equally strong, again, Vince adding great riffs to Playin and the looooong jam out of UJB into drums is creative, interesting and enjoyable.



No SBD can re-create the truly goose bump inducing sensation that the air horn > Casey Jones triggered among the faithful. I was there, the full RFK freak went down and everyone went absolutely apeshi*. Some buddies and I actually heard them sound checking Casey Jones and thought it had to be a tape or something but there it was (they also sound checked Baba). Jerry's leads are great, they were *SO psyched, I remember the fat man smiling ear to ear through the whole song, just a great memory of being with the band. Strong T Stones (Steve Miller slides in mid tune) followed by a great OMSN (again, Miller adding some nice leads) to close the set.



The encore just blew me away when I saw it live. Vince's pipes blowing through the RFK PA System were jaw droppingly strong and the T Heads sampling at the end of TNK was something I wasn't even sure at first I was hearing or tripping. Anyway, this is a 5 star dead show and the #1 show of 1992. Download it now and start enjoying. - December 27, 2004And you know that notion ... just crossed my mind

Reviewer: M Matlock - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 22, 2004

Subject: "Same As It Ever Was" I finally got to my seat just as Promised Land roared to a finish. Bummer - everyone around was raving about the set. Bruce on accordian, too! The second set started with a song I generally wasn't a huge fan of, but it was my birthday, the weather was perfect, and so was the second set.



Corrina was a great spacey intro, for sure. the trance-like repetitive keyboards were a certain harbinger for the rest of the show. The Crazy Fingers jam leading to Playin' shouldn't be missed as it is as pleasant as can be. Bobby's got a great growl during Playin' and the jam is just plain ON - super chill and effortless on everyone's part. The transition into Uncle John's and the beginning of the song are both handled delicately. The UJB jam starts off slowly and builds to an interesting bit of spacey avant-garde jazz that drives the band headlong into Drums/Space. As usual, Billy, Mickey, and the sound guys have fun with this bit, which includes the massive TRAIN WHISTLE that had been occasionally teased since earlier in the year. They really lay on the horn, too. About 3 minutes before the end of Space, Jerry starts to play Shenandoah Lullaby, a song I'm sure many of us heard growing up, especially if there were folkies in your family. This part really must be heard as Jerry switches from guitar to trumpet while Bruce uses his accordian for tone during this quiet, quiet part of Space which slowly leads us into the FIRST CASEY JONES IN 8 YEARS, complete with another blow from the train whistle! [insert crowd craziness here] No time for a post-Space ballad, though, as Bobby drives straight into Throwing Stones, letting us know we are definitely ON OUR OWN! If I remember correctly, the energetic jam cause a more-than-happy freakout in the stands around my seat. Being Saturday night, we got a super-charged rocker of a Saturday Night to close the set.



Not everyone is a fan of the Baba O'Riley > Tomorrow Never Knows encore, but I think that it worked perfectly within the context of this show. Vince definitely gives the vocals all of his energy, and the segue into TMK is flawless. Not a perfect vocal delivery of the song, but it's still excellent, nonetheless. Great background vocal noises during the song and at the end, too (Talking Heads lyrics quietly spoken at end of the song: "Same as it ever was... same as it ever was"). Fitting final words, especially if "same as it ever was" means EXCELLENT!



In case I didn't mention it earlier, DOWNLOAD THIS SHOW. - December 22, 2004"Same As It Ever Was"

Reviewer: Medicine Man - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - October 7, 2004

Subject: The Train I'll never forget the train on the screen and Bruce comin' out . I got great seats on the floor in the phil zone . Awsome show ! - October 7, 2004The Train

Reviewer: Gr8ful4theband - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 3, 2004

Subject: Casey after an eight year hiatis

ripper nice and long too.Mexicali,maggies,& picasso moon were

itself.





Top of dugout right side facing stage.Best seats in the house. They'd been teasing us with the train horn during space since spring tour.1st set was aripper nice and long too.Mexicali,maggies,& picasso moon were sweet.2nd set speaks foritself.Top of dugout right side facing stage.Best seats in the house. - September 3, 2004Casey after an eight year hiatis

Reviewer: j powell - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 23, 2004

Subject: Wonderful Great show, tragically underrated when I used to trade The first set is all Vince, his exuberant keyboard work rips. Typical second set for the era, until Casey Jones shakes things up in the best way. Baba encore, very cool.



Excellent recording, too bad about the dip in Corrina, but still very nice. - August 23, 2004Wonderful