Tuesday, June 25, 1991

It's such a shame that Jerry is so low in the mix on this scorching version -- you can barely hear him RIPPING it and driving the bus HARD -- he plays 5 notes for every one you can hear...Weir is just turned WAY TOO UP by Healy and Jerry sounds muffled...I was in the front row directly in front of Jerome and you could hear EVERY crisp note -- it was like he was channeling another universe at the 5 minute mark onward - A truly transcendental experience to close the set and absorb for 45 minutes…

My only bona fide Grateful Dead show just happened to be Garcia's last appearance in the Kansas City area... Ya, I've seen Phil & Friends a couple times since then, and I saw 'The Dead' in St. Louis '04, but those shows just cannot compare with this one, simply because Jerry was there. And we obviously caught them on a good night! "Scarlet"/"Fire" just plain ROCKS; "Drums" was a highlight for this rhythm freak. Do yourself a favor, latch onto this show and rattle the neighbor's dishes with it.