Notes:
Vince Welnick's first show - Jerry introduces Vince after Bird Song
Set List:
Cold Rain and SnowWalkin' Blues
Ramble on Rose
Me and My Uncle
Big River
Althea
Masterpiece
Bird Song
Picasso Moon
U.S. Blues
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Truckin'
Crazy Fingers
Playin' in the Band
drums
I Need a Miracle
Black Peter
Turn on Your Love Light
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Comments
hmmm
I sure missed Brent at these shows ...takes a while to get used to Vince's singing voice...Still trying..
vince's 1st two shows=fantastic
Vince's first show-and a great one. Not as good as the next night, but it still got thunderous applause from the assembled throngs. A triumphant return for the boys after Brent's untimely demise...Bobby, Jerry, and Phil sounded particularly good at both of these Richfield shows. What an incredible "Playin' " jam-has to be heard to be believed. For some reason, this tour was probably Vince's best. He was down in the mix, but his sound effects/playing seemed more "at place" than in future tours, in my humble opinion.
Addendum
Actually, now that I just listened to 6-22-92, I'll have to take back what I said about Vince's playing fitting better in '90, 'cause he plays REALLY well at that show, with some great sounds. Just goes to show that you really can't make any blanket statements about the Dead, which is part of what made them what they were.
Brent
I enjoyed all the Dead shows I've seen in my short time as a Deadhead, But in my opinion none compare to the Brent Era.
yo Vinny
I remember this sticker going around that just said "Yo, Vinny" on it that I thought was hilarious. Other than that I can say this show was weird. It was wierd to not have Brent in the keyboard seat, and it was wierd to not really hear keyboards all that much as it seemed that had Vince turned down these first couple of shows until they could get Bruce in there to open it up a bit. The guy could sing and it was clear the band was working at it. Just a strange set of emotions on this first night for me and I'm sure lots of other heads. I knew I was sad that Brent was gone, but Brent was clearly missed and that reality caught me more off guard then I was prepared for.