Truckin' Up to Buffalo: July 4, 1989 [Live] [Original recording remastered]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
A classic July 4th concert is brought to life in HDCD Sound on the first of three historic live releases celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. Drawn from arguably the band's strongest tour of their last 15 years on the road, the two-disc Truckin' Up To Buffalo features the entire concert at Rich Stadium on July 4, 1989. Favorites include "Bertha," "Touch Of Grey," "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," "Morning Dew," and "U.S. Blues."

Tracks:

Bertha
Greatest Story Ever Told
Cold Rain and Snow
Walkin' Blues
Row Jimmy
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Stagger Lee
Looks Like Rain
Deal
Touch of Grey
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Ship Of Fools
Playing in the Band
Terrapin Station
Drums
Space
I Will Take You Home
All Along the Watchtower
Morning Dew
Not Fade Away
U.S. Blues

Album Description

A classic July 4th concert is brought to life in HDCD Sound on the first of three historic live releases celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. Drawn from arguably the band's strongest tour of their last 15 years on the road, the two-disc Truckin' Up To Buffalo features the entire concert at Rich Stadium on July 4, 1989. Favorites include "Bertha," "Touch Of Grey," "Man Smart, Woman Smarter," "Morning Dew," and "U.S. Blues."

Customer Reviews:

Another old deadhead's review.......2007-03-15

I was this concert, and it was amazing! I would go back to the year 1963 and do all the traveling again. I would follow the grateful dead for the rest of my life if I could, i kid you not. But this concert was awesome, and during the song "looks like rain", it actually rained! i was at just about every dead show for 30 years, and it never rained when they it. definetly get this, it is a must have for anybody who even half likes the grateful dead.

past their prime.......2007-01-27

I'm was born and raised in Buffalo, but I was mostly disappointed with this set. Almost all of the tunes were performed much more enthusiastically on previous CDs from the 70's. By Dead standards, they seem almost listless at times on this set. I do like the cover artwork, though.

Average Show from 1989.......2007-01-25

This is not the best show from 1989, far from it.

Many would argue the best shows are in the Fall Tour (Hampton, Miami, Meadowlands, perhaps Philly as well). The Alpine shows are better (IMHO) and there are some shows from earlier in the year in Feb. & April that easily surpass this show.

With that said, this is still a very good show and a pleasure to listen to and watch. But one of the must haves of the Grateful Dead? No.

A classic show from one of the band's last great years.......2006-12-02

One of the band's great 80's concerts and it's also available on DVD. This is both worthwhile on cd and DVD. Many of the songs on here are near definitive vrsions from that year. Starting with a blowaway Bertha -> Greatest Story thru the pounding US Blues encore. The only weak spot is I Will Take You Home and that probably because I've never really liked that song

Dead Deliver in Classic Late-Period Show.......2006-03-09

I'm no Dead-at-all-costs fanatic, though I appreciate the band, Jerry's evident musicianship, and have a dozen or so live releases, most of the studio albums, and a bunch of the excellent reissue series of Jerry's solo live and studio work.

This is definitely one of the best live shows of the latter period. Jerry's voice and guitar are in fine, efficient (for Jerry) form, the band is energetic and lively, the set list interesting. I agree with the reviewer who noted the rythmic and harmonic sophistication of Phil Lesh's bass on this gig -- just listen to him on "Terrapin Station" or the beautiful "Ship of Fools."

Although Dead fans have heard "Row Jimmy Row" many times and in many different settings, I found this one particularly poignant and touching, coming as it does on the 4th of July and near the end of the long strange trip this amazing American musical, cultural, and spiritual force took us on.

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