Grateful Dead - Truckin Up to Buffalo July 4 1989
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Artist: Grateful DeadEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-07-12
Music Label: Grateful Dead / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Bertha
- Greatest Story Ever Told
- Cold Rain and Snow
- Walkin' Blues
- Row Jimmy
- When I Paint My Masterpiece
- Stagger Lee
- Looks Like Rain
- Deal
- Touch of Grey
- Man Smart, Woman Smarter
- Ship Of Fools
- Playing in the Band
- Terrapin Station
- Drums
- Space
- I Will Take You Home
- All Along the Watchtower
- Morning Dew
- Not Fade Away
- U.S. Blues
Music reviews of Truckin Up to Buffalo July 4 1989
Music Review: A great memory caputured on disc
Rating: 4 Stars
I was right in front of the stage at this show. The best sound, of course, isn't right in front of the stage, but I was always fascinated by watching Garcia and Lesh's fretwork up close and personal. Fortunately, Rhino has released this 2-disc set and I can now experience the music in a way I was unable to back in '89.
In retrospect, this was a great show. I think that, at the time, I was disappointed at the set list. The Dead had a prodigious repertoire of country and blues standards, as well country- and blues-inspired songs that they wrote themselves. This material made up over half of this show. I liked their "jazzier" material (for lack of a better term) and their ballads. Of these, only "Terrapin Station" and "Row Jimmy" appeared. [I don't count "I Will Take You Home" as a favorite ballad, because it's nauseatingly treacle.]
What about the music? Listening to it, I realize that the show was much better than I imagined. Garcia just SHREDS "All Along the Watchtower"... some of his best pyrotechnic playing ever. "Row Jimmy" is emotionally powerful, and the "Terrapin Station" from this set is the one I use to practice my bass line. It's a classic rendition of the song, light and lyrical at the beginning... wildly explosive later on. A lot of the material is just fun stuff... like "Bertha", "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Man Smart, Woman Smarter", "Not Fade Away" and "US Blues"... but the band is SUPERtight and the solos are, by and large, spot on.
[Note: The "Playing in the Band" reprise-- which, strangely, is the only part of that song that appears in this show (thus, reprising nothing)-- also has a nice jam in it... though nothing like those extended ones from days of yore.]
So, looking back, it was a fun show with a lot of energy and some great Garcia virtuosity. OK... Garcia's voice is a little painful in "Ship of Fools"... but wasn't it always? This is from 1989. Garcia and Weir's voices weren't what they were in the early 70s... and the weren't even great back then!!! What's impressive is how much tighter the band was than in the 70s... despite how much Deadheads reminisce about that era. Even with the tighter format and presentation, there's a lot of improvisational freedom... and not just from Garcia. Did Phil Lesh ever HAVE a bass line, anyway? Neat stuff.
How about the CD set? First off... the sound is EXCELLENT. Crystal clean and no caffeine. The tracks seem to be cut at the right places, by and large. The cover is fun and colorful, with raised lettering. The insert has some great pictures of the boys... and the liner notes are informative, though the style of the writing is the typical Blair Jackson crap... full of nostalgic platitudes and general silliness.
You don't buy a Dead album for the liner notes, however.
What's my recommendation?
If you don't have it, buy it. [If you have it, why are you reading this review? Go listen to it.] It's a lot of Dead for $25. It may not satisfy the hardest of the hardcore Deadheads, because of the set list and the rather short jams. But even the hardcore Deadhead should recognize how much fun this show is... so don't buy it if you don't like having fun.
Description of Truckin Up to Buffalo July 4 1989
A classic July 4th concert is brought to life in HDCD Sound on the first of three historic live releases celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. Drawn from arguably the band's strongest tour of their last 15 years on the road, the two-disc Truckin' Up To Buffalo features the entire concert at Rich Stadium on July 4, 1989. Favorites include "Bertha," "Touch Of Grey," "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," "Morning Dew," and "U.S. Blues."Classic Rock CDs
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