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Saturday, July 11, 2020

Blow Away: Brent's Last 20 Shows, Summer Tour 1990


This is my pandemic shelter-at-home project for July 11, 2020 after watching the Shakedown Stream presentation of the Raleigh, North Carolina show last night. Unfortunately, I was in my West LA, Heaven Help a Fool, See the Trim on my Mercedes Asshole Corporate Years and Missed the Whole Tour (from 1988 to 1993, what an idiot)

This writing is dedicated to Brent Mydland and his family.  We love you more than words can tell.




While virtually all of Spring 1990 has been released by Dead.net, there has only been a few of these shows, fortunately on video

 
from Matt over at  deaddisc.com/GDFD_Dead_By_Date.htm#1990
a truly remarkable site



Six  Music Highlight per Deadbase '90 Voting

Cassidy July 12
Foolish Heart>Dark Star July 12

Last Time July 14
We Bid You Goodnight July 14

Mississipi Half Step July 16
Truckin July 16







So the 20 gigs from the Summer Tour ran from June 8 to July 23, 1990, a six-pac in California and an even dozen on tour across the USA from Oregon to the World.

Garcia is Doing Great and Doing Scuba



The 8 California Shows

Stanford and UC Berkeley nic the Dead, April 12






April 29 Sacramento Bee announces Cal Expo dates







The May 20 SF Chronicle announces Shoreline dates.





The May 27 SF Examiner is advertising Oregon shows for the Dead after quick sell-out (obv).


Dupree's Diamond News reviews the Rex Foundation Benefits at Cal Expo, June 8-10






Setlists at Shoreline June 15-17 from UK's Dead Fanzine Spiral Light



Blair Jackson's Golden Road speaks of Shoreline:


On to Autzen, June 23-24. I'll let the Golden Road give their view:






12 Shows in July

First I Give You a Hodge-Podge of Papers Across the Country












Now back to the shows


Deadbase '90 brings you the setlists for the July shows


Here's my calculation of the 20 show economics








And Deadbase '90  and Billboard shows some money money






The Last Dozen







Unbroken Chain




July 10 (see video at the top)


Now Spiral Light from the UK joins the tour at RFK









Back to Blair at RFK too










and one Dupree Nod to the Sadness at the End of the Tour






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