And that wasn't even the show. To be fair,it wasn't all bad. Bob Dylan opened the show and played extremely well. His voice sounded good,and he had a great band.
Then the Dead came out and started with "Touch of Grey". Jerry Garcia looked pretty bad on the video screen. His skin looked grey and unhealthy. Oh boy. If the 1994 show was a bit uneven,things were not looking better for this show. Frustratingly,the rest of the band played well,but Jerry seemed unconnected and musically lazy and boring. These were rough times for one of my favorite guitarists. His drug problem had seemingly grown since last year's show. He was also forgetting lyrics to songs he'd been playing for years. On a positive note,the "Drums and Space" segment was a lot of fun. It's just sad to say that THIS was my last time seeing The Boys in person.
Official Grateful Dead site: http://www.dead.net/
Here is a link to the audio portion of this show. https://archive.org/details/gd95-06-15.schoeps.7745.sbeok.shnf
Above my ticket stub is a photo of the stage that day in Highgate.
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