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The Ski McGee's '94 & '95 Pigskin Picks

Here are 2 good shows from 1994 and 1995. I have talked to some heads who regard this period of the band as the pits. I have no plans to start an argument about that, but I generally like 1994 and 1995. Jerry’s voice sounds great in these shows, and there are no major lyric flubs that plague other shows during this period. This 1995 show is absolutely fantastic compared to other ’95 shows I have heard. There are great just-about flawless versions of Ship of Fools and Brokedown Palace that are worth getting, if for no other reason. The 1994 show has a flawless Terrapin. Help on the Way here is one of the best ‘90s versions I have heard. It is extremely tight, and you can hear the guitar chords. Vince does not have that sloppy keyboard stuff as heard in 1991 (i.e. Boston Garden 1991).

Notes: 5 Audio CDs, seamless, DSB sources, excellent quality, the 1994 show I received has some songs combined together in the same track (see below)

Boston Garden, Boston, MA (Saturday, 10/1/94)

NOTES: DISC 1-Help on the Way/slipknot/Franklins Tower are combined as Track 1; Me & My Uncle/Big River combined as Track 4; DISC 2-- Scarlet Begonias/Fire on the Mountain combined as Track 1

DISC 1
Help on the Way ->
Slipknot! ->
Franklin's Tower
Walkin' Blues
Althea
Me & My Uncle ->
Big River
Tom Thumb's Blues
So Many Roads
Promised Land

DISC 2 (Set 2 Starts)
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire on the Mountain
Way to go Home
Saint of Circumstance ->

DISC 3
Terrapin ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Last Time ->
Stella Blue ->
One More Saturday Night
E: Liberty

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. (Sunday 6/25/95)
Bruce Hornsby sat in on piano

DISC 1
Shakedown Street
Wang Dang Doodle
Jack-A-Roe
Mama Tried ->*
Mexicali Blues*
Loose Lucy
Picasso Moon

Box of Rain (Set 2 starts)
Rain
Sampson & Delilah
Ship of Fools

DISC 2
Truckin' ->
Rollin' & Tumblin'
Samba in the Rain ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Wharf Rat ->
Not Fade Away
E: Brokedown Palace

* Bobby on acoustic guitar