Dead Show/podcast for 9/30/16

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This week the Deadpod presents the second set from the band's performance on September 22nd, 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY.

The set features jazz saxophonist David Murray throughout, and with blues harmonica player James Cotton sitting in on the last two numbers of the set (although he is sadly not up very well in the mix). As you might expect this is jazzy throughout, so if you don't enjoy a bit of jazz mixed with your GD this might not be your cup of tea. This is a fine recording however, and the band is clearly energetic and enthused this evening. They start out with Weir's 'Easy Answers', not the most profound song in the catalog, yet played smartly here. Garcia follows with a beautiful 'Lazy River Road', one of his better later ballads. I really enjoy the 'Estimated Prophet' that follows, it goes to some sweet unfamiliar places. 'Dark Star' follows, although it is short, as was the practice during this period (1st verse only) it is still a pleasure to traverse. An extra long Drums and Space follows.. 'Wharf Rat' follows, and here Garcia's' voice, a bit frail throughout, works to add to the pathos of the story. Murray's sax adds an unusual element at the conclusion, in particular. They follow with a well executed 'Throwing Stones' (as relevant as ever) and 'Lovelight'. What was the least-liked encore of the 90s, 'I Fought The Law', closes out what was a special night for the band.

Grateful Dead

Madison Square Garden New York , NY

9/22/93 - Wednesday

Two

Easy Answers (1) ;

Lazy River Road (1) ;

Estimated Prophet (1) >

Dark Star (1) >

Drums (1) >

Space (1) >

Wharf Rat (1) >

Throwing Stones (2) >

Turn On Your Love Light (2)

Encore

I Fought The Law

Comments

(1) with David Murray. (2) with David Murray and James Cotton.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm welcome to Dead Pod for the week of September 30th, 2016.
0:04.6	This is a professor, I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.8	This week we're going to play a very interesting second set.
0:10.0	The band played on September 22nd 1993 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.
0:17.0	One of the more interesting shows of the late 90s, this show of course featured David Murray, sitting in on tenor saxophone. The second set
0:24.7	is where he really shines. The band starts out rather tenuously with, I don't think
0:29.3	this is anyone's favorite song, easy answers, but they do an okay job on it, not bad. Then after that, Garcia
0:37.6	follows with a really fine version of Lazy River Road, one of his better late 90s tunes. I think he does a particularly good job on this one.
0:46.8	Sounds very nice. Following that, Weir begins a great estimated profit. He and Murray really jammed quite well on this one.
0:54.6	It gets cut off a bit prematurely I think but nevertheless very rock inversion and
1:00.4	Murray adds a lot of excellent color in the background of that. We get a good kind of slow buildup out of that into a wonderful dark star.
1:10.0	They only do verse one, but the jam behind it with Murray and Garcia is quite interesting and I won't try to add too much to that but it's worth repeated listings.
1:20.0	Great jam goes into drums in space. They come out with a war frat.
1:24.1	Jerry's voice is a bit frail here, but nevertheless it's a strong version.
1:27.9	Murray adds some interesting color in the background and it's very nicely done.
1:32.4	They end the set with a version of
1:35.8	turn on your love light very well very nice not quite as rocking out as you might
1:40.5	expect but still a good a really nice version of Turn On Your Love Light to End Set 2.
1:46.8	They come back with what became one of the more hated encores of the late 90s, but it hadn't quite reached that point yet. I fought the law and
1:56.4	send the crowd home quite happy on what was a very special night for the Grateful Dead in New York
2:02.3	City at the end of September 1993 and here we are at the end of September 2016.
2:08.0	Thanks for your support and for picking up the Dead Pod this week.
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