Notes:
Jerry Garcia's last show.
Last non-medly, two-song encore: 11-03-91 [271] - fireworks display set to Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" after the show - The Band opened
Set List:
Set 1: Touch of Grey
Little Red Rooster
Lazy River Road
When I Paint My Masterpiece*
Childhood's End
Cumberland Blues
Promised Land
Set 2: Shakedown Street
Samson & Delilah
So Many Roads
Samba In The Rain
Corrina > Drums > Space > Unbroken Chain
Sugar Magnolia
Black Muddy River
Box Of Rain
Comments
So Many Roads is not the one on the So Many Roads box
Just listening to the two, and they're definitely not the same; the one from this show is much longer. Does anyone know the correct date of the one on the box?
So Many Roads
Track notes by Blair Jackson read...."Deadheads already familiar with this version will notice that the one here has been edited somewhat. A better-recorded guitar intro from a few days before has been pasted onto the beginning, and Garcia's 1st attempt at the final verse (which he sang twice), and a 2nd solo have been eliminated."
Soldier Field-Tell Me more
tell me what you can remember from his last few shows. i never saw jerry thank you
Remembering Portland Meadows
I walked onto the horse track excited to be seeing the King of Rock and Roll, Chuck Berry, for the first time live. He is a true performer and put on an excellent, short but sweet, performance. There were many people at this show that seemed relatively new to the Dead scene as there were throughout the years. I was fortunate enough to see 7 shows from 1988 through to this second to last one in Oregon. I remember listening to a girl having a heavy trip up near the stage before the show and saying "Oh my God I'm dying!" over and over as her friend consoled her. Must have been the death of her ego.
During the second set opener, Samson and Delilah, I can remember an almost riotous feeling in the air. Then I noticed an older long haired Deadhead, 20 feet ahead of me with his shirt off, burning a dollar bill as the audience around us went crazy for the music. As I gazed up on stage I noticed Jerry to be looking like a very old man beyond his years. It made me sadened to think that I might be witnessing the end of the greatest musical adventure of my generation! Then, as I noticed Jerry struggling a little bit, I got frustrated with the quality of the music and the scene at that time. After contemplating my decision to stay or go during the middle of the second set, I left Portland Meadows reluctantly, feeling like Jerry was going to die soon.
Later, I heard on the news that someone who had attended this one wandered off, after the show, onto the I-5 freeway and was struck and killed by a passing motorist.
Right now I am listening to the second set of the last Grateful Dead show, ever, which has brought a tear to my eye this fine evening. Phil singing "Unbroken Chain" is always a joy! I loved the way he sang "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" in the Gorge this year! And, of course, Jerry singing "So Many Roads" and "Black Muddy River"! Such tear jerkers!
How bitter SWEET It Is!
MUCH LOVE TO YOU!