dead_in_ky wrote:
probably in a minority on this. there were unquestionably some great moments, but probably more not so great. I caught the the bulk of the summer tour and the inconsistency, not just from show to show but from song to song is astounding. Jerry was in obvious decline. That being said, you would be hard pressed to find many Stella Blues better than 3/21 or 8/1.
This is actually a great show, I think:
archive.org/details/gd94-08-01.set2-sbd.georges.1026.sbeok.shnf
Hey, I just realized this is Jerry's birthday show at the Palace! What a fun night that was, and you're right DIK, it's a great example of an excellent show in '94, even with Picasso Moon, VOTC and Samba all in there. More proof that the set list never really tells the story. The Stella was beautiful, and it was the only time I ever heard Childhood's End. And we got both the Addam's Family and Mickey Mouse Club theme to start it off, and I thought we sang Happy Birthday to Jerry, but I'm not finding it on the recording. Maybe that was just me singing. But a good time was had by all, even in 1994!!
Here's the whole show:
archive.org/details/gd94-08-01.neumann.n...cki.12522.sbeok.shnf
Picasso Moon, Peggy-O, The Same Thing, Stagger Lee, Childhood's End, The Music Never Stopped Victim Or The Crime-> Scarlet Begonias-> Fire On The Mountain, Samba In The Rain, Estimated Prophet-> Drums-> Space-> All Along The Watchtower, Stella Blue-> Satisfaction, E: Liberty