Hamburg 10/24/90

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First Help/slip/franklins in Europe. My last GD show. Was a keeper. Small college basketball arena size place. Good show.

https://archive.org/details/gd1990-10-24.sbd.unknown.84961.sbeok.flac16

 

 

Loved that whole tour, the boys still running on powerful momentum. 

Even with the Brent gap, you couldn't just stop that band on a dime

I think I have a few terrible pics somewhere. Maybe post later? Lived in a car for the German part of the tour. Went to Munich and Austria  one day. and Auschwitz  another.

that one is a fuzzy memory

 

 

* Didn't Phil say that!?

I moved to Amsterdam in April of 1990 so this tour was a Godsend . Dunkel Stern in Berlin. I liked Paris the most and thought Stockholm SUCKED! 

Supposedly Stockholm "sucked" because Jerry ate a big chunk of hash.....it was also the first show of that run too, right? Blame it on "jetlag" ;)

I read somewhere they had a press conference in Hamburg and Jerry apologized for the Stockholm show. I heard the same thing about the chunk of hash

not supposed to eat it jer bear.

I was fortunate to have caught the whole Europe tour.  I was able to score tickets through the official Grateful Dead package which included flights, great seats to every show and a Eurorail Pass.  I have a long city by city recap I put together in a journal on the train rides between shows, I need to dig it out of storage.  Stockholm was tough to watch but so many great stories and great music. 

If by chance Craig C. who I met at the TWA terminal check in for the flight to Stockholm reads this,   It would be great to connect.  

We slept in the free car we got for flying Iceland Air most of the German tour except for Frankfurt where we got a small shitty room for $80. Germany was great because at truck stops we would eat in the restaurant and then ask for the key to the showers which were free. A nice hot shower in pretty nice private showers. Spent a week in Amsterdam and then a week seeing the GD in Germany. Berlin was best. Frankfurt was weakest IMO, but all were epic.

I think the Germany part of tour was the best. Only songs played on tour once and in Germany were.

 

Shakedown Street Berlin 10/19/90 was off the charts

Iko Iko Hamburg 10/24/90 nice version

high time Essen 10/17//90

deal Berlin 10/19/90 was a smoker

baby blue Berlin 10/19/90

Let the good times roll Berlin 10/19/90 powerful version

amongs't others.

Berlin Scarlett/Fire was HOT. Better than London 10/31/90

it'd be nice to go to europe again...

the vending machines with heinikens blew my mind

At least 4 songs only played in Berlin 10/19/90 on that tour. Was the best show of tour IMO! Grate vids on youtube.

https://archive.org/details/gd90-10-19.dsbd-matrix.dieter.12892.sbeok.shnf

Jerry was of Swedish heritage through his mom's side of the family.  I bet he was embarrassed about flailing in Stockholm.

I'm sure Jerry had Russian and Chinese if you go far back like us all. Doubt he gave a shit about ancestry but about putting on a good performance. I have like you all have, not pure blood. Were all mixed so to pledge allegiance to one place is stoopid. I'm an Earthling. Nothing else.

Shit 10/19/90 had the only

Let the good times roll

Shakedown Street 

 Brown-eyed Woman

Memphis Blues

Deal

Baby Blue

of that whole tour!!!

6 songs never repeated. I'd say that show was special. But always thought it was the best from tapes. Is there any shows after Germany that had breakouts?

 

Stander On A Mountain was very good and a break out on 10/28 in Paris.. I was at Berlin and Paris and liked Paris a wee bit more although Berlin was awesome. Dunkel Stern 

 

https://thecurtainwithblog.blogspot.com/2018/04/grateful-dead-1990-10-28...

Stander on the Mountain? For reels! LOL

Just saying a Hornsby song  is not epic for a GD tour of Europe. Valley Road was nice in Hamburg but not epic.

Just saying a Hornsby song  is not epic for a GD tour of Europe<<<<
 

That's Just The Way It Is?

>>>>  Is there any shows after Germany that had breakouts?

<<<<  Stander On A Mountain was very good and a break out on 10/28 in Paris..

>>>>  Stander on the Mountain? For reels! LOL

 

why are you laughing at someone for correctly answering a question that you asked?

>>>>>Doubt he gave a shit about ancestry but about putting on a good performance.

 

Then he shouldn't have eaten the hash. 

St. of Circumstance was only played 10/27/90 Paris.

was asked for a breakout that the was first time the gd ever played Stander On A Mountain. 10/27 was excellent! Really good energy and the St. of Circumstance was really good. 

Paris and London would have been cool but decided on a week of shows so Germany was the best option and a week in Amsterdam. Valley Road in Frankfurt was a first timer. Has more pep than Stander as a set closer.