Hello again. It’s been too long. Had a HECK of a week last week with Hurricane Irene taking up most of my time. However, that only kept me from doing blog posts and NOT from listening. I’ve completed 5 more albums since the last post. So without further adieu, here they are.
Live at Folsom Field – 7/11/2001
This release was an interesting one for me. This contained a bunch of really well done Lillywhite session songs AND a bunch of Everyday songs. HOWEVER. And this is a BIG however for me. This also contains a 10+ minute version of what is, in my opinion, the worst song in the DMB catalog, Angel. Just a horrible song. Hate it. Overall, a pretty good release. 3 of 5 stars.
Live Trax 4 – 4/30/1996 – Richmond, VA
An excellent early DMB disc. According to the wikipedia page for this release, this was the first concert that they did with the sound equipment they inherited from the Greateful Dead. Cool! Overall, the setlist was a good mix of their songs from Crash and earlier. And since it was 1996, the songs are a bit more ‘jammy’ than in previous releases. 4 of 5 stars.
Live at Red Rocks - 8/15/1995
This release has a lot of meaning to me. This was the first live release that I ever got. (And this was the first ever RELEASE of a DMB concert). I believe it was in 1999 when I got it. So my review of it will be biased. I love this set. The sound is great. The jams are great. In my opinion there are no ‘down points’ in the set. 5 of 5 stars.
Warehouse 5 vol 2
Ah yes. A fan club disc. This one was awesome. The Stone, When the World Ends, Seek Up, Grace Is Gone, and Grey Street all from 2001. I loved this disc. 4.5 stars of 5.
DMBLive – The Bayou – 4/10/1993
This release contains my favorite song of all time. However, it doesn’t mean that it’s my favorite release. It is a very good release, but there was one thing that bugged me about it. The quality. I had to turn my volume up quite a bit to hear it clear and for parts of the release the sound was ‘right side heavy’. However, what it lacks in sound quality, it makes up for in set list and jams. Gems like Minarets, Help Myself, and an extended version of One Sweet World are included. But the real gem is Blue Water. A 13 minute AWESOME version of Blue Water. Starts very quiet as usual and then ratchets up to a crazy violin solo section by Boyd. And it is awesome. My #1 favorite song from the DMB. 5 of 5 stars.
If you caught my DMB reference in the first lines of this blog post, 5 internet points for you. 
Next 5 albums up:
- DMBLive Warfield Theater – 5/10/1995
- The Lillywhite Sessions
- Everyday
- Live Trax 15
- Live Trax 2008
