Sunday, July 17, 1988

I keep comming back to this show. 1988 was much different than 1987.In particular I love the way Bobby plays in this show. Its difficult to describe the sound of this show. It's mechanical in a loose way. The band sounds spaced out and airy. The sound quality is a solid 5 and performance is pretty much a 5.Not everyone likes 88' I always did.Phil makes reference to a struggle in the beginning of 88' in his book searching for the sound.

This show represents the essense of 1988 Grateful Dead. A high energy, tight performance with a fine song selection, not the most jammed out show, but for '88 it's as good as it gets for big jams. Let it Grow and Althea standout to me in the 1st set. Solid pre-drums but the post drums separates this show from so many others. Bobby growls throughout the Watchtower and then the boys drop it down a bit for a lovely Beleive it or not.