Picasso Moon, Stagger Lee, Little Red Rooster, Ramble On Rose, Broken Arrow, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, So Many Roads, Easy Answers, Deal Saint Of Circumstance, New Speedway Boogie-> Nobody's Fault But Mine But Mine-> Women Are Smarter-> Drums-> Space-> I Need A Miracle, The Days Between-> Jam-> Turn On Your Love Light, E: Brokedown Palace

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Reviewer: kbmill - - September 17, 2019

Subject: bread crumb Fare thee well 1994. The end, sadly, is in sight. - September 17, 2019bread crumb

Reviewer: JoeShoe - favorite favorite favorite - December 20, 2017

Subject: 23 years done come and gone my oh my! This was my last show as a touring Deadhead. Thanks for the memories everybody!

This is a pretty typical show for '94, hit and miss with Jerry never quite dialing it in. with the notable exception of the picture perfect reading of Days Between.

First set is decent, with a great Stagger Lee, and a really spacey Deal closer. The 2nd set is much better, with a way spaced Saint to open, which was rare as an opener. Next up a great Jerry blues combo; New Speedway is a great song and though this version is a little on the sloppy side it was still fun. They jam this straight into a heartfelt Nobodys Fault; Jerry really gets into the lyrics, as if he knows that the downward spiral his life was in at this point was indeed, nobodys fault but his own. Also this is the first tour w/ telepromters. An average Women are Smarter leads into drums. The space on this night is particularly good & long, there's like 10 minutes of solid jamming with the drummers before launching into a smokin' Miracle, one of my favorite versions from any era. Next the highlight of the show; acrystal clear Days Between, THE BEST EVER, this is one of the highest highlights of my dead career[spanning more than 30 shows]. I think it was Vince that said, on a good night this song just pours out, let me tell you, this one pours like Niagara. Also this is the last song Jerry & Hunter wrote together, this alone gives the song added weight; it is also, lyrically, one of their most affecting compositions, and thanks to the telepromter, Jerry nails all the words, very rare for this song. Its also musically profound. If you put all this together with the pristine performance and you have what I think is one of the most poignent moments in the Deads entire career. Lesh calls this song "achingly nostalgic", it definately makes me think of those hearts of summer held in trust, that I personaly have left on shelves collecting dust. WOW, THATS DEEP! The Lovelight closer was a bit of a letdown after the emotional roller coaster of the Days. This beeing my last show on tour Brokedown is the PERFECT encore. Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home. This is a very crisp board, though with the exeption of the Days Between I wont recomened it for anybody that wasnt there. At least listen to the Days while in a mellow headspace and I promise it wont disapoint. - December 20, 201723 years done come and gone my oh my!

Reviewer: jpotts3 - favorite favorite favorite - May 2, 2017

Subject: in the fading twilight, Days between shines on the horizon, vanishing into eternity Like all shows in the 90's, musically unable to compete with the band in their prime, but the Days Between is a masterpiece -5 star- Garcia sounds like he is close to crying at the end, sigh..... - May 2, 2017in the fading twilight, Days between shines on the horizon, vanishing into eternity

Reviewer: Dave Siebert - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 20, 2014

Subject: Of course,I was there! Definitive version of Days Between.I will never forget watching this show! With my friend Martin Watkins.Beautiful Brokedown Palace too.Listen, #dontletgo - December 20, 2014Of course,I was there!

Reviewer: doug_the_dude - - December 19, 2012

Subject: a word on that 'Days Between' -



I have long had a fascination with this ballad and wonder why it was so negatively received by heads at the time....I did recently read this essay on the song:



Personally, I think the problem was that Jer and Robert themselves decided to articulate what was clearly a sea change, and doing it in a way that was uncompromisingly bleak and yet hopeful at the same time. Similarly, fans screamed for the band to stop playing "Day Job", a relatively harmless little ditty in the 80s, for reasons close to their uncomfortability with Days - it's too direct. I don't think the negative reception of this song had much to do with what the crowd was hearing musically and lyrically so much as what it represented. Now, with Jerry gone, it's all to clear that the end was nigh, and this song plays out now like Jerry's final epitaph, a world-weary synopsis of the entire human experience.



I will always treasure this song as one of Garcia's most accomplished numbers. I do hope that others grateful for all that he gave us musically will take the time to maybe even read the lyrics along, if you don't know them, and take into consideration the images, the meanings, what the author of the above essay called the "unrelenting exactitude" of its moral. I haven't heard this entire show, but was drawn to Days due to the enthusiasm of the reviewers here...it is indeed haunting. If you're looking for a version of this tune that Jerry does full and total justice to, it's this one.I have long had a fascination with this ballad and wonder why it was so negatively received by heads at the time....I did recently read this essay on the song: http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/days.html#silberman - and he totally nails it. In fact, I think this writeup is as fascinating to read as the tune is to hear.Personally, I think the problem was that Jer and Robert themselves decided to articulate what was clearly a sea change, and doing it in a way that was uncompromisingly bleak and yet hopeful at the same time. Similarly, fans screamed for the band to stop playing "Day Job", a relatively harmless little ditty in the 80s, for reasons close to their uncomfortability with Days - it's too direct. I don't think the negative reception of this song had much to do with what the crowd was hearing musically and lyrically so much as what it represented. Now, with Jerry gone, it's all to clear that the end was nigh, and this song plays out now like Jerry's final epitaph, a world-weary synopsis of the entire human experience.I will always treasure this song as one of Garcia's most accomplished numbers. I do hope that others grateful for all that he gave us musically will take the time to maybe even read the lyrics along, if you don't know them, and take into consideration the images, the meanings, what the author of the above essay called the "unrelenting exactitude" of its moral. - December 19, 2012a word on that 'Days Between' -

Reviewer: L. Rosley - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 5, 2011

Subject: Days Between Devastating. Brilliant. Haunting, even a day after you've hard it.



Possibly the best performance of Days, and certainly among the top performances of Jerry's career, this ranks with Jerry's most powerful moments, the Morning Dew's of 1973-74, Mountains of the Moon of 1969, and others.



A momentary resurgence of brilliance, clarity, and technical agility out of the cloud of self-abuse that snuffed it all out 8 months later. Jerry knows what's happening to him, and this performance of Days is a self portrait. Hunter's lyrics have never sounded so profound.



Sixteen years after Jerry's passing, the Dead still produce good times for listeners. This Days Between is much, much more.



The rest of the show is good, particularly for the time, when good shows were not all that common. Perhaps 4 stars if you take the 30-years into perspective. But with this Days Between, this show deserves a high place in the Dead canon. - July 5, 2011Days Between

Reviewer: elias2112 - favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 19, 2010

Subject: Didn't a stork bring us our bootlegs? I have to agree that this "Days Between" was sweet and the show all together was sounding sweet which was getting harder and harder to say then. i was also opting out on more shows there at the end. But, wasn't that the way we all got our bootlegs at one point? I mean, if you were fortunate enough to have a friend that was a taper and he was fortunate enough to be patched into the sound board for the show,then he would get the show on DAT and I think that DAT recorders had tapes back then and then he would run copies out of his van or hotel room onto Maxell XL 90's and presto! You got a great sounding tape of a hopefully Hot show. The world was just starting to go digital and even though I have more shows in digital than I will count right now, back then on tour I was happy to have a 1/2 dozen good shows on tape. And I always ended that tour with a totally different 1/2 dozen shows. (~);} - December 19, 2010Didn't a stork bring us our bootlegs?

Reviewer: BIG_R - favorite favorite favorite - March 2, 2010

Subject: 12-19-94 I like this one. This must not be the copy I have because mine is missing Masterpiece through Deal. I agree with Augy why anyone would convert a digital sbd to cassette is beyond me. - March 2, 201012-19-94

Reviewer: krestonc - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - December 30, 2009

Subject: i love L.A. and the freaks came out! what an awesome set of shows. the way Jerry seemed to direct the music out into the crowd during masterpiece... i remember some guy came up to me with a xtra small balloon for $5. i turned him down, but my friend didn't. then i asked for one and was denied. oh well.

the thing i remember most was being on the risers during speedway. bouncing up and down on the wooden benches to the beat. outstanding.

and we all know days was 5 star. great show. best of the four for me - December 30, 2009i love L.A.

Reviewer: rampage60 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 18, 2009

Subject: had no idea I had been seeing the Dead since 1977, I witnessed many incarnations. I kept going to shows through the years, occasionally catching some very good ones. After all a bad dead show is better than anything else. In '92 and '93 it was tough, they didn't seem into it. i really liked Days Between when i first heard it but Jerry never "nailed" it. Until this show, not only that but after what happened 8&1/2 months later, I think this whole show was perhaps the return of the boys we all loved so much. Phil nailed Broken arrow. Bobby on miricle and Lovelight might have been the best i had seen for a long long time. Anytime when you get a "new Speedway Boogie" it's always a plus. I thought this show was a comeback. Then Jerry played "Days Between" oh my fucking God. It might have been the most emotional I've been at a show for a long time. Of course I had my new wife there so that might have had something to do with it. Anyway without a doubt, this is the last great show I saw....Peace and love all - August 18, 2009had no idea

Reviewer: SugarMama - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 31, 2008

Subject: how do I download this? how do I download this? I was at one of these shows at the Sports Arena, I cant remember which date, but Im pretty sure they sang Mexicali Blues. I give them ALL 5* for the beautiful memories.



Nothing left to so, but SMILE SMILE SMILE! - August 31, 2008how do I download this?

Reviewer: stoner mulholland - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 1, 2008

Subject: best days between ever!!! jerry nails it!!!!!...every lyric right!!! - February 1, 2008best days between ever!!!

Reviewer: PlantTrees - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 10, 2007

Subject: ..when the rains came.. TRAFFIC & the Dead; priceless ! !

On November 10th, 2007 Michael Love said:



Best show i have ever attended. Imagine TRAFFIC, the Dead, and a THUNDERSTORM that was magical ! Music was bang'n! The gift from the heavens that day was incredible. When the rains came, Traffic was at 'one' with the universe as they transitioned with/to the Dead. Nearly unbelievable that lightening and rain limited its energy to electrifying the air and not the ground. As for the plastic 'tarps',.. i only had to take one step back to avoid them. ...i already had my shirt off so as to be ready for when the rains came...how could i miss the chance to kid-up with that rain...(i'll not forget the smile from an angel who helped me up when i slid on the mudbank). ..7.29.1994 was nearly too good to be true. ?did you get your 'Plant Trees" bumper sticker in the parking field? Please, always be mindful that Conservation Matters, and do your part to stop energy waste ! - November 10, 2007..when the rains came..

Reviewer: primalscrn - favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 1, 2007

Subject: Whatever!!! I loved this show at the time and I still do! sounds great! - June 1, 2007Whatever!!!

Reviewer: stellablue89r - favorite favorite favorite - April 15, 2007

Subject: hmm decent show, jerry really screwed up the first couple lines of so many roads - April 15, 2007hmm

Reviewer: kingdork - favorite favorite favorite - March 16, 2006

Subject: 3 3 out of 5 - March 16, 2006

Reviewer: Hilder,rebuilder - favorite favorite favorite - January 28, 2006

Subject: the "SMR" project SEE 1992,2,21 'getting them all!------ I feel so proud to have spent 18 years paying his wage! - January 28, 2006the "SMR" project

Reviewer: MCSZ - favorite favorite - December 21, 2005

Subject: 2 Stars - December 21, 20052 Stars

Reviewer: whitelacestrange - favorite favorite favorite - December 11, 2005

Subject: days between the rest of the show is just alright, but the days between is outstanding, the jam just grabs your soul jerry's voice is so full of emotion, and he plays one of the most intense jams i've ever heard. this is just one of those "last stands" of his, before he becomes almost musically incapacitated. - December 11, 2005days between

Reviewer: whitelacestrange - favorite favorite favorite - December 11, 2005

Subject: days between the rest of the show is just alright, but the days between is outstanding, the jam just grabs your soul jerry's voice is so full of emotion, and he plays one of the most intense jams i've ever heard. this is just one of those "last stands" of his, before he becomes almost musically incapacitated. - December 11, 2005days between

Reviewer: DisguisedAsASquirrel - favorite favorite favorite - December 7, 2005

Subject: Huh? Huh? - December 7, 2005Huh?

Reviewer: ny dead - favorite favorite favorite - July 25, 2005

Subject: pitch smitch! dude this was maybe the best show i ever attended.They were playing so well and having fun.Jerrys voice sounded good and the place was rockin.For those who want to download this show-get this copy -the audience copy is poor with way too much of one guy in the audience singing-god bless him he was having fun and thats the way it should be -unfortunately he dominates the left side which can be annoying-but I am glad he was enjoying himself cause I know I was. - July 25, 2005pitch smitch!