Grateful Dead

always loved the knickerbocker. I was lucky enough to catch 7 shows there starting w/ the first. the dead always seemed to play well there & this night was no exception. of course it would be hard to list any other song as the absolute highlight over casey jones, but what a set list. I have to admit that I was never a fan of broken arrow. Loose lucy was hot. by what I've heard from other heads a lot of people will disagree w/ me, but I always loved I Fought The Law. it goes back to the days when my mother used to play the original. When the Dead started playing it I was pumped. As always a great cover done VERY well inc. the drums for the six gun part. cracked up the first time I heard that. Albany seemed to love the Dead because I remember that the streets around the arena were closed to traffic & the heads were everywhere. not much of a police presence to speak of. I actually found them quite helpful after the first show (3-24-90) while trying to figure out how to get back to my hotel which was on the other side of Albany.

A 70-degree Saturday night and very cool scene. The first set was great, one of the strongest I ever saw. The crowd went insane for "Broken Arrow" and when we thought the energy level couldn't go higher, "Casey Jones" put people over the edge.