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I was there for that Shoreline run. Saturday 5/23 remains my fav by far. This owes both to the impeccable song selection (well otoh OMSN... but it *was* Saturday) and the excellent blotter. We were up on the lawn but right on the rail, too. Afterwards we went into the Safeway down the street from the venue and it was just awash in happy heads. The post-show energy was incredible that night. But then... well, 5/24 had that Shakedown opener, one of the best I can remember from the Vince era, but after that it felt like a peaks n valleys kinda show. I remember getting in a headspace during 2nd set where I was thinking, basically, "where has energy from 1991 gone?" but then Mickey and Billy brought me back up. And the Morning Dew closer was glorious. However 5/25 was mostly forgettable, although I'm a sucker for Phil singing Tom Thumb's. I do remember that while Garcia seemed listless at this show, he came alive during NSB. And tbf the crowd loved Baba O'Riley->TNK. We'd all heard that it had debuted at Expo the week prior (I guess there's a one-off performance from early 1970 but few if any of us knew that, so we genuinely believed it was brand new) and hearing it on Memorial Day infused things with energy for while.

'92 was just like that for me: peaks and valleys. It was hard to get a handle on it at the time. In retrospect it's more obvious but in the first half of '92 I simply didn't realize how spoiled we'd been by the past 3 years. Sure, the loss of Brent was massive and it really hurt, but it felt like they came back as strong as they could, and '91 with Hornsby (even without him at times) was a really fun time. Come '92, I saw JGB at the Kaiser in February and again at that one-off show in San Jose in late April, and those were fun shows so it kind of made me think everything was fine, but then when I'd go see GD shows there was this lingering vibe that something was off. Anyway, I hope y'all will forgive me if I'm getting too negative. There are still a lot of great moments in 1992. Fast-forward to the Halloween return at Oakland... that moment that Garcia said, "how y'all doin?" and flashed that grin and then looked over at his bandmates made it feel like everything was alright in the world once again. We sure could use more moments like that today!

Listening to 5/31/92 II now. One of those great Vegas Spaces...

Hey rockers!!

At work, but case done, nobody's around, so cranking Scranton from 1971. Couldn't help myself.............

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.....

Rock on!

Doc
Loss and possession, death and life are one, there falls no shadow where there shines no sun......

Just stumbled across Guilty Pleasure on the archive. They only have 3 shows up, but 2005-05-06 is nice.

David Gans in band, taped the show and Charlie Miller worked and posted it. The Kid Charlemange and Wheel are very nice.

Enjoy

It's a fascinating set list with several "firsts", methinks.

Next will be 6/20/92

I was lucky to be in RFK that night. DC was on fire!

I'm a really big fan of this show, set 2 really smokes, IMHO

First set is great
Second set is shockingly bland except for China Doll
Encore is really great

My GD92 exploration continues with 6/20/92

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...little schoolgirl, Can I go home, home with you?
3rd times a charm since Pig (played in '87 & '88),
1992 June 25 set 2 in CHICAGO and with special guests James Cotton & Steve Miller
who doesn't love this GOGD?

Peace All, stay cool and enjoy your weekend!
uncle_tripel

edit: as the '92 summer tour draws closer to its conclusion, the hot weather does impact several of the shows energy and generally it does plateau early on; the special guests also help to provide some added intensity

Nice video by Phil and friends from Terrapin Clubhouse, posted on u know where tube. Love ya Phil.

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Well, ya know ; )
Nice to revisit such a fine show!