Grateful Dead 1988-09-24 [Sat]

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Musicians
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Brent Mydland - keyboards, vocals
Mickey Hart - drums, perc
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Guests
Baba Olatunji - percussion
Bruce Hornsby - vocals, electric piano and vocals, accordion
Daryl Hall - guitar, vocals
Jack Casady - bass
John Oats - guitar, vocals
Mark Rivera - saxophone
Michael Hinton - cowbell
Mick Taylor - guitar
Suzanne Vega - acoustic guitar, vocals
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk - acoustic guitar, bass

Encore:
Good Lovin' [4][10][11] , Knockin' On Heaven's Door [4][12]
[1] With Mick Taylor on guitar
[2] Only performance
[3] With Suzanne Vega on acoustic guitar and vocals
[4] Without Phil
[5] With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, and Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on acoustic guitar and bass
[6] Only performance (by GD) and final time played by any act last known performance on 1975-01-22 by JGMS
[7] With Daryl Hall on guitar and vocals, John Oats on guitar, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk on bass, and Mark Rivera on saxophone
[8] With Baba Olatunji on percussion and Michael Hinton on cowbell
[9] With Bruce Hornsby on accordion
[10] Last performance as encore 1984-10-12 (281 events ago)
[11] With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and electric piano, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals
[12] With Jack Casady on bass, Bruce Hornsby on vocals and accordion, Suzanne Vega on vocals, Daryl Hall on vocals, and John Oats on guitar and vocals
Also Appearing
Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Notes
  • gratefulseconds: Mick Taylor Brings It To 9th Night at MSG 1988-09-24
  • Madison Square Garden, New York City September 1988 Report originally aired Dead Head TV episode 007 - October 1988.
  • Historical
  • James Brown faces a variety of charges after leading police on an interstate chase, after reportedly breaking into a seminar in an Augusta, Georgia, building he owned an office in, waving a gun and demanding to know who had used his restrooms. Earlier in the year Brown had been arrested on drug and firearms-related charges.
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    Humidity: 50.0 %
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    Partly cloudy throughout the day.
    Show Certainty
    Setlist Certainty
    Sellout
    Yes
    In Attendance
    17617
    Gross
    $871,875.00