Late-Era Surprises
Past the peak years, strong rooms and unexpected lift.
The 1990s Dead is easier to dismiss than to sit with. This path gives the decade more room: MSG 91 energy, a 1992 Spectrum stop with Scarlet > Fire and Morning Dew, Albany 93 confidence, Albany 95 poignancy, and Soldier Field's final Black Muddy River/Box of Rain farewell.
Path Threads
late era · final · 1991 · 1993 · 1995 · vince · surprises
Stops On This Path
1. September 10, 1991 · Madison Square Garden
September 10, 1991 at Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US · Final era · 11 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
MSG 91 gives the post-Brent band lift in a room that mattered.
Setlist includes Shakedown Street · C.C. Rider · It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry · Black Throated Wind · High Time · Cassidy · Deal · Help On The Way · Slipknot! · Franklin's Tower.
2. March 16, 1992 · Spectrum
March 16, 1992 at Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA, US · Final era · 7 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
The Spectrum stop fills the missing 1992 year with Scarlet > Fire and Morning Dew.
Setlist includes Let The Good Times Roll · Feel Like A Stranger · Friend Of The Devil · C.C. Rider · It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry · Black Throated Wind · Ramble On Rose · Let It Grow · Corrina · Scarlet Begonias.
3. March 27, 1993 · Knickerbocker Arena
March 27, 1993 at Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US · Final era · 10 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Albany 93 is the quiet deep-cut argument for staying with the later catalog.
Setlist includes Hell In A Bucket · Bertha · The Same Thing · Peggy-O · Queen Jane Approximately · Broken Arrow · Loose Lucy · Cassidy · Casey Jones · Eyes Of The World.
4. June 21, 1995 · Knickerbocker Arena
June 21, 1995 at Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US · Final era · 7 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Albany 95 carries final-year poignancy without being only the final show.
Setlist includes It's All Too Much · Hell In A Bucket · Loser · Take Me To The River · Row Jimmy · Broken Arrow · Promised Land · Scarlet Begonias · Fire On The Mountain · Man Smart (Woman Smarter).
5. July 9, 1995 · Soldier Field
July 9, 1995 at Soldier Field · Chicago, IL, US · Final era · 5 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 4
Soldier Field is the endpoint, heard as history more than triumph.
Setlist includes Touch Of Grey · Little Red Rooster · Lazy River Road · When I Paint My Masterpiece · Childhood's End · Cumberland Blues · Promised Land · Shakedown Street · Samson And Delilah · So Many Roads.