Warlocks to Spring '90
From the Hampton surprise through Spring 90 and the post-Brent turn.
Hampton 1989 brings Dark Star back under the Warlocks name; the next six months show the late-Brent band in full command through Meadowlands, Albany, and Nassau. The path ends at MSG in September 1990, after Brent's July death, where the keyboard voice has changed and the story is no longer the same.
Path Threads
warlocks · spring 90 · hampton · dark star revival · brent · nassau
Stops On This Path
1. October 9, 1989 · Hampton Coliseum
October 9, 1989 at Hampton Coliseum · Hampton, VA, US · Brent era · 8 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
The disguised Warlocks billing matters because the surprise is part of the sound.
Setlist includes Feel Like A Stranger · Built To Last · Little Red Rooster · Ramble On Rose · We Can Run · Jack-A-Roe · Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again · Row Jimmy · The Music Never Stopped · Playing In The Band.
2. October 16, 1989 · Meadowlands Arena
October 16, 1989 at Meadowlands Arena · East Rutherford, NJ, US · Brent era · 8 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Meadowlands proves Hampton was not a one-night flare.
Setlist includes Picasso Moon · Mississippi Half Step · Feel Like A Stranger · Good Time Blues · Built To Last · Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again · Let It Grow · Deal · Dark Star · Playing In The Band.
3. March 24, 1990 · Knickerbocker Arena
March 24, 1990 at Knickerbocker Arena · Albany, NY, US · Brent era · 12 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Albany opens the Spring 90 confidence lane.
Setlist includes The Weight · Let The Good Times Roll · Help On The Way · Slipknot! · Franklin's Tower · Walkin' Blues · Loser · Desolation Row · Tennessee Jed · One More Saturday Night.
4. March 29, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 29, 1990 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum · Uniondale, NY, US · Brent era · 16 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
Nassau brings the Branford night and one of the late-Brent era's clearest public documents.
Setlist includes Jack Straw · Bertha · We Can Run · Ramble On Rose · When I Paint My Masterpiece · Bird Song · Promised Land · Eyes Of The World · Estimated Prophet · Dark Star.
5. September 20, 1990 · Madison Square Garden
September 20, 1990 at Madison Square Garden · New York, NY, US · Brent era · 11 recordings listed · Archive listeners rate it around 5
After Brent's July death, MSG hears the band in transition rather than conclusion.
Setlist includes Feel Like A Stranger · Althea · It's All Over Now · Ramble On Rose · El Paso · Brown Eyed Women · Greatest Story Ever Told · U.S. Blues · Truckin' · China Cat Sunflower.