17011 July 1st, 1994, was a sunny summer day spent lazily by the bay. A friend and I took the day off work and proceeded to spend the day (and most of our weekend, for that matter) sitting or strolling in the Shoreline parking lots for hours before each of the three shows. I can't even begin to remember how many kind folks we met that weekend. This was the last year the Shoreline center parking lot was open (the center lot was the one immediately outside the venue and thus the most happening scene) and the scene was wonderful. A nine-song first set made us think that the band had really come to play. Foolish Heart was played for the first time since Sept. '93. Its pairing with I Want to Tell You was totally unexpected and got everyone excited. This is a clear, crispy soundboard recording, and I'd have given it 5 stars if the show was hotter overall, but I think the Saturday (7/2/94) show is the best of the three nights. FYI the 7/1 show had no encore played (the first time that happened since 5/3/86, I believe) due to the band reaching the venue's curfew cut-off. I want to tell you Fat Balloon 2004-07-18 14:46:09 2004-07-18 14:43:35 4 35372 The Foolish sucks.One of the worst ever done.The "i want to tell you"is the best one that they have done. Foolish Tito&Smokey 2005-03-18 16:31:26 2005-03-18 16:31:26 2 52506 First "I want to tell you". Tito, as crappy as this Foolish is, I still think the Deer Creek 7/21/94 version is worse. 7/1/94 dmilks 2005-11-17 07:48:45 2005-10-07 09:16:42 2 58849 Great versions of Attics of My Life and Sugar Magnolia. Top quality soundboard with a bit of Shoreline ambience best heard during drums. This is a nice sounding recording, mellow show Dub Irie 2005-12-30 02:11:16 2005-12-30 02:11:16 3 I think part of the problem is the overall sound/mix. Jerry/Bobby/Vince are each mixed clean, and yet somehow it sounds like they're playing at opposite corners of an airplane hangar. Bobby's also got too much reverb, contributing to the effect. When Jerry was on the stuff in the later days, the Dead often couldn't hack difficult songs. They always mangled Hornsby's Stander, they quit the popular Ruben & Cherise revival after 4 plays, and saddest of all, they often stumbled through their own songs - songs they'd been playing for 25 years. "I want to tell you" - at this stage, they had no business attempting George Harrison tunes. Jerry's solo here is a microcosm of his struggles and inability in these sad last days. To call this take "good" is a sad reflection of what passed for "good" after '93. Faded is the crimson cringle 2009-03-26 18:11:02 2009-03-26 18:11:02 3 As far as the comment on no encores played since 5/3/86 (a most smokin' show, itself) there was no encore on the second night of the Memorial Day weekend run in 1992 at Shoreline. I was there and I was bummed.... Fat ballon Burnt Rich 2009-07-01 07:30:24 2009-07-01 07:30:24 0 One of the stranger shows I've been to, but not without a gem or two. The boys looked straight up loaded, the versions weren't the greatest, but Stagger Lee & Black Throated were welcome tunes.I even predicted both songs...just had that feel. One guy next to me kept telling me I was some sort of alien super genius... I just laughed. I want to tell you was stellar, and I don't really care for anything Beatles. Quickest i've ever seen the lights come on after a show...one second Sugar Mag, the next..POOF!! Shining nuggets in a fools gold mine The Grover 2009-07-15 23:35:48 2009-07-14 19:37:52 2 This follows probably the best show of 94, that being vegas third night. There were 4 nights off and we all know how loose these home town shoreline shows can get. I'm sure everyone was partying, not just Jerry. Somehow he gets the blame for the downfall but we all know the direction that vince and bob were taking the band. With exception of his cover of Beatles All too Much, all vinces songs, harmonies, solo's and back-up vocals were horrible. That is why I liked Healy,s mix that would sometimes render him inaudibe and low in the mix. Cutler made it more equal sounding vocals overall with more noticible drums throughout. As far as the comment about The Dead not being able to play the more difficult songs in the later days, the brief stay of Hornsby to help Vince settle in were fall 90 thru Halloween 91. That leaves 4 years and most people who have commented about Garcia's heroin use began again out east, fall 93 and continued till the end. Supposedly he was actually clean and in rehab when he passed. Whatever to all of it. As far as I'm concerned they were all partying and there was a resurgance of mainstream popularity. Most people could do without all the new songs weir and Welnick were playing nightly. The whole scene took on a played out, sold out vibe at times. Everyone knew that on even the best night we would still have to weather a lame vince tune or an easy answers or corinna, etc. If I were Jerry, with all of his genius, and artistic creativity goodness flowing, subject to watching the scene, and his lifes work go in such a negative direction, I would have used smack too, maybe. I'm ust saying most dope addicts are depressed, or going through tough times. I,m not making excuses for him, it's just, he couldn't quit the band or stop touring for various reasons. I'll say that he gave it his best, considering what the world was giving him. They all dabbled in whatever so who cares? The show and the west oast summer tour 94 was awesome. Most of the second set tapes I have from that tour don't even fit on a 10 min tape! without encore! Lots of psychadelic sounds and jamming. Playing in the band into drums was very good, with hints of china doll near the end, and the attis is very nice. good show gregulator 2009-11-21 17:50:34 2009-11-21 17:50:34 5 8 3.00