Foolish Heart - Grateful Dead
10.22.89 - Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte NC


This coming Wednesday, I am going to see the Dead. It will probably be the last time I see the four remaining members of the Grateful Dead on stage together. Twenty years ago this October was my first Dead show, and this is the first song I saw live. I will post several tracks from the two night run today. Hope you enjoy it.

Like so many other “first shows”, I recognized little from the 4 sets during the two night run in Charlotte on the 22nd and 23rd. I owned Workingman’s Dead, In The Dark, and Skeletons (gasp!) at the time. I recall hoping for a Dire Wolf, but there would be no tracks from Workingman’s Dead the entire run.


That’s me on the right after the 10/23 show

This show and the 23rd are very special to me for obvious reasons. Like most of the 18 Grateful Dead shows I attended, they don’t rank near the top for this time period. Still, the Fall ‘89 tour was a very special run as most of you know. The Warlocks shows in Hampton two weeks before Charlotte and the magical night at the Meadowlands in between on Bobby’s birthday (which was eventually released as Nightfall Of Diamonds) are just a few of the highlights.

These shows along with my first Allman Brothers Band show in July of ‘89 introduced to the jam band scene. For that, I am forever grateful (no pun intended) and will be a little bit sad on Wednesday when the show is finally over.