Full Show Video

Set 1

Jack Straw Sugaree Walkin' Blues Loser Queen Jane Bird Song                                Set2 Video

Set 2

Playin' in the Band -> Crazy Fingers Samson And Delilah He's Gone -> Drums -> Space -> The Last Time -> Black Peter -> Sugar Magnolia Knockin' on Heaven's Door

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Show Certainty Confirmed

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Today in Grateful Dead History: January 24, 1993 – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA

The Grateful Dead lurched to a start in 1993 with three Chinese New Year shows on January 24, 25 and 26 and then three “Carnival” shows in late February.  All of these took place at home in the Oakland Arena, where the Dead had closed out their 1992 schedule with five shows towards the end of December.  So everyone was well-rested and ready to play tonight, which shows in this energetic outing.Like many a 1993 show, this one starts off with a short first set – in this case, it lasts about 50 minutes.  You can tell that the band is itching to go when they open with a spritely Jack Straw>Sugaree combination, followed by a typical Walkin’ Blues.  Jerry hits the right rote notes during Loser and Bob doesn’t get too mixed up singing Queen Jane Approximately.  The band ends the first set with some modal vamping on Bird Song.  All is good until three-quarters of the way through when everyone gets tied up in each other and things briefly fall apart.  Eventually the ship is righted and it sails on to the finish.  And that’s your six song first set.The second set doesn’t really stretch out too much, but the pre-Drums portion, Playin’ In The Band>Crazy Fingers, Samson & Delilah and He’s Gone, is all good 1993 Dead.  A couple of things to note.  One, midi mess and problematic Bob Weir guitar tones rear their ugly heads throughout Playin’ and He’s Gone, especially the latter.  This would be a very good version of He’s Gone were it not for these noises, which tend to overshadow the subtlety of what the rest of the band is attempting.  Since at this point the boys were doing a lot of their own volume control on stage, I’m blaming no one but Bob Weir.  Second, despite the shrieks and strange tones, there’s still a lot of good playing here, especially on the tail end of He’s Gone and on the outro of Crazy Fingers, which is short but sweet.My unexpected highlight of the evening is Black Peter.  It doesn’t start off with anything special, but the last couple minutes are huge.  Vince Welnick is the driving force here, playing loudly over everyone else, to great effect.  I think that hearing this song on the audience recording is much better than on the soundboard, where it sounds a lot more disjointed than it actually was in the hall.  Please don’t sleep on the encore Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, which is highlighted by a sparkly Jerry Garcia solo.