Final

Thursday, March 29, 1990

Nassau Coliseum, NY · Nassau Coliseum

Notable Moment

Branford Marsalis's first sit-in

Nassau Coliseum. The Pulitzer-winning saxophonist joins the band onstage for the first time — the start of a long musical friendship with Garcia. Brent is still in the band.

Show stats

Thursday
Day 88 of 1990
Show #
15 of 78
Era
Final
Keys
Brent
Recordings
29
Top rating
★ 5.00 (4)
Official release
Spring 1990 (box sets)
Top-rated tape
MATRIX
Total dl
680,323
Songs played
16 · 3 sets
Show length
2h 19m
Longest track
Dark Star · 18:22

Curator Score

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Featured on: Spring 1990 (box sets)

From the Curator's listening journal · 1 entry

From the tapers · archive.org · 3
  • ★★★★★ · More memories from the Greeks right on to Nassau · JourneyHome · 2008

    So there I am standing on a corner in Berkley California in for three days at the Greeks and a Peace walk (1988) in the Park and someone hollers "hey Paul" well I'm the only one on this particular corner on this partuicular day, on this particular moment, and my name happens to be Paul - guess I'll turn around - and off we went like a shot - Janice my old friend from school, the radio station and back east - so's ya know the Dead always do this - to all of us - but you knew that - anyway - off…

  • ★★★★★ · delicious · reesey · 2013

    To this day i SWEAR i was the first one (of the unknowing audience) to see Branford backstage warming up and getting his reed ready for this birdsong. our 'spot' couldnt have been better, one tier up, in this off-limits flat area, directly above the portal, stage left, behind stage. The stage was such that there was no obstacles to look through to see the band, and monitors on that both back corners made great sound.

  • ★★★★★ · My last show · TheBrownAcid · 2020

    Wasn't by choice but life just works out that way sometimes. Saw other iterations of the Dead later but, while fun, they weren't the same and just made me miss Jer even more. This is by far the best show I ever saw. I didn't get on the bus until the late 80s so that's not saying much. Still, I'd put this show up against any other. It may not come out on top but it definitely won't get embarrassed. Branford brought the band up to another level.

Community reviews from archive.org, not the Curator.

Official releases

Setlist

Set 1

  1. 1.Jack Straw
  2. 2.Bertha
  3. 3.We Can Run But We Can't Hide
  4. 4.Ramble on Rose
  5. 5.Masterpiece
  6. 6.Bird Song
  7. 7.Promised Land

Set 2

  1. 1.Eyes of the World
  2. 2.Estimated Prophet
  3. 3.Dark Star
  4. 4.drums
  5. 5.Dark Star
  6. 6.The Wheel
  7. 7.Throwin' Stones
  8. 8.Turn on Your Love Light

Encore

  1. 1.Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Setlist from CMU Dead archive (mleone/gdead)

Recordings on archive.org · 29

Top-rated source

gd1990-03-29.127385.mtx.eichorn.flac16

Matrix from SBD (shnid=33925) and AUD (shnid=91347) · ★ 5.00 (4 reviews) · 24,158 dl

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