Xavier Birtwich - Grateful Dead 04/06/89complete; Soundboard Cassette Master-> DAT-> CDR except encore which is from B&K 4011 source

Grateful Dead - 04/06/89
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI

Source:	lossless data disk # 511 copied to hard drive and verified checksum, no errors
Media Type:	DVDR	Media Count:	1
Source Info:	complete; Soundboard Cassette Master-> DAT-> CDR except encore which is from B&K 4011 source
Notes:	lossless data DVDR # 511
Tech Notes:	Grateful Dead Crisler Arena University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI My 1st show!!!! Soundboard Cassette Master> DAT> CDR (encore from B&K 4011 source) Disc 1/ Set 1: 1. Touch Of Grey 2. Little Red Rooster 3. Brown Eyed Women 4. Mama Tried 5. Mexicali Blues 6. Althea 7. When I Paint My Masterpiece 8. Bird Song > 9. Promised Land Disc 2 /Set 2 : 1. Scarlet Begonias > 2. Fire On The Mountain 3. Playin' In The Band > 4. Built To Last > 5. Drums... Disc 3 1. ...Space > 2. I Will Take You Home > 3. The Other One > 4. Wharf Rat > 5. Around and Around > 6. Playin' In The Band Encore: 7. Brokedown Palace Although it’s not the easiest thing for a Buckeye fan to say, Ann Arbor will always have a special place in my heart. Not only is it a great town with the gusto to continually host an annual "Hash Bash", it’s where I got on the proverbial bus and never looked back. As we headed up from Athens, Ohio without tickets my shady friends, Leslie Angel, Goody, & Teegarden convinced me that the night ahead would be as memorable as losing my virginity. INDEED. My first experience walking down Shakedown Street was an awakening experience, a myriad horde of diversity where the common factor was the perfect smile, the most bizarre carnival intriguing every one of my senses. Blending smells of Patchouli, incense, myrrh, and Michigan's finest Skunk, singing, cat calls, and vendors pitching their wares, bold heads waving portobello sized blue fungus for all to see, beautiful girls in colorful dresses holding hands and skipping through the crowd, the bitter taste of Sammy Smith, cohiba-sized jibbers being passed freely, and watching it all close by, and wearing their own smiles, the Ann Arbor PD. A circus if there ever was one, where do I sign up? As we walked into the Crisler Arena I remember being baffled, 1) I didn’t remember how we ended up with tickets (oh yeah, a friend of a friend and soon to be my friend, Cindy Bradfish scored me!) and 2) we were not heading towards our assigned seats. Instead we assumed the seats on the lower right side, directly next to the stage were ours, and I guess they were! What fun we had, the electricity of the Arena, every person thrilled to be inside, the dancing heads, the floor bounced with a constant rhythm, hearing the band live for the first time, my body started to boogie as it continues to this day. It was like an electric orchestra, so much sound, more instruments being heard than what I could actually see, intricate, drifting apart then blending together, so many themes with lives their own, playing something different yet still the same, its difficult to describe other than it was (and continues to be) beautiful and I've yet to hear anything quite like it. Being there for the first time, it’s hard not to be biased, but the 1st set was fantastic. I've always been a fan of Little Red Rooster, grungy blues, wicked guitar slide, Brent was all over this one, being right next to him I was entranced by how physically "into" the music he was, and how he really seemed to have the blues! Althea was another treat, what a great song, great lyrics, and a little on the dark side. Another highlight was the Dead playing Dylan, a great sing-along version of Masterpiece that still gives me a smile. The "cats meow" and when it all started to make sense, the "setting the hook" had to be this mesmerizing Bird Song. Damn. Such an amazing song, so well played, it took me to places I didn’t want to come back from, so I didn’t. Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain. Thanks Jerry!!! Huge smiles, glorious lights, dancing our tails off, orgasmic fun. It never fails to make me smile, this was Phil's song, I had never heard someone play "lead bass" before or since like the great Phil Lesh. Although it was only 23+ minutes it seemed like hours and I had to remind myself it was the same fantastic jam. When I looked over at Angel, she gave me a "I told you so" nod and I agreed. Somehow they were Playin’ in the Band and so was I, the song had so many melodies I remember watching as Jerry and Weir kept eyeballing each other, clearly playing off of each others leads. A really cool jam came out of Playin' and they did this beautiful transition into Built to Last. My favorite part of the evening had to be Drumz. We were so close I could see everything, and was amazed to hear a band with 2 drummers. To me it seemed like a competition between the old guy (Billy) and the young guy (Mickey), when one was going off the other seemed to be yelling or chanting at him, and then vice versa when they traded off solos. It was so powerful, I could feel it in my chest, I was amped, and the experience gave me full appreciation for the strength and spirit of the drum. Space was confusing, but I guess that was the point. I remember being a little disappointed that Space went into the ballad "I Will Take You Home" instead of segueing into Fire on the Mountain (as played on "Dead Set") but then Teegarden reminded me that they already played Fire on the Mountain a hour before! This was long forgotten as I had my first live experience of "The Other 1" where my new favorite heroes, the dual-drummers took off in a rage and the band roared into a blistering jam. Bobby's voice came through some kind of synth which gave it this scary demonic sound, Phil took over with leading bass with Brent's keys noodling behind him, Garcia was in frenzy, and Weir's angry chops left me awe struck and bug-eyed. They then lead into a beautiful Wharf Rat with Jerry's voice perfect. Watching him closely during "I'll get up and fly away" I knew he had soul, the outro jam was fantastic. Round & Round was a crowd pleaser and brought everyone back to the happy-go-lucky boogie right before they drifted back into a delightful Playin' in the Band. I remember thinking, this band is fantastic, who else does this? The Brokedown Palace encore was the perfect closer, the lyrics clear and meaningful, the happiness in the arena was contagious. Sadly, this was the last time the Grateful Dead would ever play in Ann Arbor. As we danced outside and made our way back to the car, I knew it was not "goodbye" it was "see you later”....
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Grateful Dead 04/06/89
Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, MI

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Set I

Touch Of Grey
Little Red Rooster
Brown Eyed Women
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Althea
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bird Song
Promised Land

Set II

Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain
Playing In The Band >
Built To Last >
Drums >
Space >
I Will Take You Home >
The Other One >
Wharf Rat >
Around & Around >
Playing In The Band

Brokedown Palace

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Jerry Garcia - Guitar
Bob Weir - Guitar
Brent Mydland - Keyboards
Phil Lesh - Bass
Bill Kreutzmann - Drums
Mickey Hart - Drums

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