Grateful Dead 4-1-91 Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro NC

Setlist:
Set 1
Jack Straw
Peggy-O
It's All Over Now
Candy Man
Tom Thumb's Blues
Picasso Moon
Birdsong
Set 2
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Looks Like Rain
Dark Star
Jam
Drums
Space
Dark Star
Playing In The Band (Reprise)
Black Peter
Lovelight
E: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
A Lazy Cow Production
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[@ChrisStanzione]

I was at this amazing show on 4/1. I remember that road trip like it was yesterday... Landover MD, Greensboro, Atlanta, Orlando! What an amazing trip! Thanks Johnny and Pete in the fisherman;s hat.

[@SalemFadel]

This and the night before were two incredible shows. Surely two of the tightest, best played shows from start to end of the 90s. I was going to school at UNC-G at the time; lived within walking distance to the coliseum. Both shows were so full of energy. 3/31 has one of the best (IMHO) Eyes ever. BIG thanks for posting this memory!

[@ChrisStanzione]

Dude! I totally agree with the Eyes... I've been to many a show and that Eyes was amazing... these were the best two shows on the Spring '91 tour!

[@jerrymuzak4534]

if it looks like rain, its as right as rain

[@michaelstephens890]

listening in our hotel room thanku taper to first four notes @ end of playin 1st night epic 2 shows

[@bobbyhouck4630]

Hornsby factor was big on those nights

[@johnbrennan745]

There were some highlights in 87, 88, but 89 thru 91, some of the best Dead. There were some highlights afterwards, but they were few, and far between.

[@HokieDadave]

This was my 3rd Grateful Dead show, and it was incredible!! The "Full" Dark Star was the highlight of the night!!

[@bryanmeekins835]

This was a night I'll never forget.

[@michaelmaness4579]

The only Dead show I rode the rail on.

[@johnstallings4049]

I was on the right side on the rail hanging on for dear life! ❄️😶❄️👁️💓🎵🥀🥀🍷

[@InService77]

This was one of my last shows and the last truly good one I saw/heard. My wife and I had been dead heads for some time and had never caught a Dark Star. We liked to dance on the back of the floor where the sound was good and the space was available. While I don't think there are any Dark Stars from the latter days that compare to the ones from '70-73, this is a good one.

[@veek.6463]

My favorite Peggo-0 and I heard every one of them. Every one of them. Thank you Jerry.

[@dreamkane]

Englishtown

[@Acolis]

that peggy o was really sweet

[@hondoresists6833]

Thank you, Voodoo Nola! I was fortunate to be able to attend these two nights in Greensboro, and it was one of the best two-night sets ever. It was like this show was a continuation of 3/31 with a 21 hour set break.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Of the shows I saw, two had spacey Birdsong's at the end of the first set. This is the second one, the first was 9/3/88 at the Cap Center, the Ripple show. Guess a great Birdsong is a sign of astonishing things to come.

[@MultiTroutfish]

Ahh the good old days for sure. My first show, 16 years old, what a time. A car, cooler of beer, and a couple of ticket to go see the Greatful Dead. Appreciate what you've got when you've got it!

[@bradmontague5860]

So nice to see this all these years later. :)

[@ChiDank420]

I got shut out the night before...couldnt find a ticket for the life of me. Had about the same luck up until about 10 minutes till showtime on 4/1.....and low and behold....A MIRACLE!!! Apparently someone saw it in my eyes, just how much I needed to get in that night. And that Dark Star was just what the doctor ordered. Yowsa!!!

[@dvswia1831]

Fav version of Peggy O! Thank you!

[@veek.6463]

Diddo. Absolutely.

[@stc123420]

OH Yeah! I was at these shows, this one in particular I remember. I was in the first row of the lower level. Trippin' hard too. The second set transported me to another galaxy, I almost lost my mind during the Dark Star>Space>Playin'>Dark Star. When they went into Black Peter I was so happy and needing the break from almost losing my shit. Mind blowing. Great times, awesome show.

[@jeffriley2218]

Great play by play. Doses...

[@robertn.johnson5112]

awesome. It is so great someone captured this. I was in the nosebleed section, as usual

[@shyjulesmom]

This was my very first show 💙

[@OneRoomSchoolHouse]

went through a [illegal] road block Easter morning on I 95 to get to these shows. State Police looking for Heads. Lives were changed that day.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Drove from southern Va. to Greensboro with my two friends after they got married in the afternoon, outdoors, it was nice. They had a sign in the window of the van that said "Please play a Dark Star for our wedding." We got our wish, and then some. Hey Hal and Cassidy, are you out there?

[@HokieDadave]

My 3rd show, it was INCREDIBLE!!

[@DriftinAndDreamin]

I know why Bobby looked at Jerry and smiled, inside joke. They dug deep this evening and stole our faces right off our head!!!! LONG LIVE THE GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!!!!!

[@cmfurlowiv]

I was 20 and had the time of my life at these two shows; especially since I lived .5 miles from the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. SPUN for sure; fluffed......

[@SalemFadel]

Uhmmm... I was listening to this and happen to be scrolling through the comments (I posted one myself here many years ago) and saw your name. Not sure if you remember me, but hope you're doing well.

[@toebeecat]

So glad you posted this show. I can still hear Papa Bear singing Peggy-O.

[@tastyfish12]

I got into this show for a case of really cheap beer and a smile to some UNC girls. Ahhh, the good old days

[@johnybaltimore3687]

got miracled in at this show. the Dark Star is majestic. very psychedelic.

[@Gary-hy7ph]

Best show attended

[@andywilson3974]

ahh swirled memories! best hug of my life! loved the nooks and crannies of the coliseum, a adult playland . in the diner "there goes another microbus" said a couple of locals the best of times!

[@jerrymuzak4534]

Really glad they let Phil sing, on this night. Fabulous memories.

[@stewnelson6008]

the 2nd set of this show is some of the greatest dead on tape...

[@JoshDone]

Some - But not greater than 9/20/90.

[@JoeySouth]

I think other than Picasso every song was from the 70s this night! What a two night run..This year was pretty damn good didn't see a bad show all year.

[@JJX921]

I was there partying in the lot. 16 years old my first experience.

[@davidbevis6005]

My 1st 2 shows. Man that eyes night before crippled me!

[@yZstarAk1979]

boo boo and mouse and I and gazoo n crazy. Thanks for the secret board patch the night before. Yes, best Eyes ever, 23 minutes euphoria and the Sampson intro ripped. Thanks Dan Healy. Who was callin the shots that night buddy!? Haha!!! Wheatstraw

[@johnybaltimore3687]

was pretty sure healy had a donna patch in the board during playin' (april fool and such). dark star was just sublime.

[@billross3239]

Two friends and I were dancing in this amazing triangle with all the rest of the folks in the halls. After the China rider the cops grouped together em masse and started pushing everyone back and breaking up the dancing. Suddenly the band went into Dark Star and the energy became so intense that all the cops found themselves lined up against the wall awestruck. Utterly amazing.

[@shawnandrews860]

Killer show, thank you!

[@jjaywill]

My friends to me to pick the shows we should go see. I'm so glad I said lets go to Greensboro. What a great two days of music. Thanx for posting these great memories!!

[@baxterharrison6149]

thanks for all of these my friend. the dead are/is the little bit of home that go/goes with me wherever i go, found your uploads at a critical juncture.

[@mythtree]

Fantastic show, thanks Birdsong @ 43:50

[@zncstr]

pretty epic to say the least...

[@Charlestonbeachlife]

man, i was born in 89. missed all these good shows, wish i was in college back then instead of now.

[@ChrisStanzione]

you'll find yours...My Senior year in High School. A-Freakin-Mazing

[@davidbozada3126]

might as well wish you'd win the lottery

[@Twotontessie]

The best show of 1991 in my opinion … at least on tape/listening back.

[@StephenPrybylo]

91' shows were the last I saw of The Man! Maybe this was the last time can't remember. Thanks for removing some of the cobwebs!

[@denniscampbell6185]

Jerry's guitar finally kicks on at 4:50, had me worried for a minute, well, almost five

[@dustylense]

It was on the whole time. His OBEL was malfunctioning

[@dtatsu8]

dark star 1:24:33

[@jeffriley2218]

Thanks

[@davidbevis6005]

My 1st 2 shows. Love Bruce addition

[@leighparker9109]

Thanks heaps.

[@jeffharrelson3163]

Hornsby on 🔥

[@agentsmith5514]

If you listen to the very beginning notes, it sounds like they're about to go into dark star.

[@jjaywill]

The police and security were non existent at these shows. Well at least for me. Of course Im from Maryland where If you think security and the police are bad where ever you are from, ask people who have been to the Cap Centre or RFK how bad they are there. Of course the shows were always stellar so I alway took the risk. Like many of us did. Ahh the good ole days.

[@johnstallings4049]

Should a played da "Funky Cold Medina"! April Phoolz! Lazy Cow 🐮! 🔥💰😎🔫

[@golds04]

Such a great show. Mixer- asleep at the wheel first half jer solo in JS _ ha , so Dead. Looking like he was on fire. At least git fixed:)

[@davidbevis6005]

Best star next to 89 meadowlands

[@onthebus11]

finally got garcia up to volume

[@SWAllen420]

Great show but the Black Peter > Lovelight ending was a bit of a disappointment. Awesome Dark Star, real trippy. Thank God for these videos !!

[@ToGetToTerrapin]

Bruce's piano is LOUD in the mix, but that's ok, just noting it... what a show

[@HokieDadave]

And that made it awesome during the show.

[@davidbevis6005]

You guys camp at a mall with ina tix master opening at 8 sharp? I got me and 5 friends 3rd row Phil zone

[@gavincurleycork]

Watch from 1:33:00 - Dark Star at it's finest!! You're welcome ;-D

[@joefelice5062]

I know Jerry said he loved the Rosebud guitar, but to my ears it lacked the punch of his other guitars. Still, these were great shows and I feel very lucky to have been there.

[@veek.6463]

Yeah Rosebud has a kind of controlled sound- lots and lots of awesome effects on her. She sounds like she looks. I'm a Tiger girl but Diddo- am in love with the first Travis Bean the 1000, the Alligator that Nash gave him and the Wolf. The Wolf is just unreal. It is a serious serious electric guitar- one of the most seriously devastating electric guitars ever but is can also sound so sweetly and careful. I also totally dig the little black and white guitar- don't even know the model and make- that he played in Space. One of these shows he stays on it for the first song out of space which is cool to see. All the guitars were amazing. Which reminds me to spend more time with the Bolt- my feeling of that guitar is just serious heavy artillery. Check out the few JGB shoes where Rosebud got played. She sounds nice and elegant in a concert hall setting. Not a a trace of barbed sound on that guitar- really the epitome of Grateful Dead smooth Rosebud is and highly capable. Sorry long. I could talk about the guitars all day even though I know nothing about them- and yet I know them like I know my favorite old pajama sets- I know what they feel like. Peace and love. May all beings benefit by all of Garcia's guitars and his miraculous performances on them.

[@joefelice5062]

Of course he liked the guitar, that was my point. But it sounds quite different to the fans in the back of the arena than it does through the ear monitor - and even though it surely felt great in his hands, he proved over 30+ years that he could pick up any guitar and make it sing (see the Melk Weg shows from 81). Just my opinion about his tone, I am certainly no authority.

[@joefelice5062]

I really liked the SG from the late 60's era too, so loud. But Tiger was just, to me, the top of the heap. So much controlled power, electric wooden birds, wings clacking and humming through the wind, I think of those 80's Morning Dews. Unmatched in rock music IMHO.

[@dreamkane]

It didn’t sound like whip when Jerry was scrubbing high on the neck like Tigger could, esp w JGB, but way it opened up Jerry’s ability to use midi patched on the fly was worth it. The most interesting thing about the end to me was Jerry trying to play trumpet thru Rosebud. He couldn’t sing anymore, really, but he could say ‘I’m a great trumpet player,’ which he used to tell people in the 90s. R.I.P. old man. Sorry we killed you

[@jjaywill]

My Friends let me pick the shows we would see. Sorry for the poor grammar on my previous reply.

[@kellynorton4999]

My last show😂

[@TB-ew6br]

Jack Straw into Peggy-O....

[@agnome1176]

And then👍👁💧this water mark 😅💋🦍⚡️🔥🥦🐠🧠😃also a torturous road scene tour

[@johnstallings4049]

Razor blade forest and I remember that barbed wire whipping party too omg e gadz! ❄️😶❄️👁️💓🎵🥀🍷💕

[@reeceengineering3560]

How many shows did they open up with Jack Straw and Peggy-O?

[@JoshDone]

Better yet - How many shows did they close with Space>Other One>Wharf Rat>Not Fade Away? This drove me nuts in the 87-88 era years. So predictable.

[@matthewboggs9047]

6th row

[@ericmatez3552]

My mom died on this night.