Purely a touring ensemble by 1991 - their final studio album 1989’s Built To Last was no classic - Grateful Dead were nevertheless as active as they’d ever been and indeed between 1990 and 1995 the band earned $285 million second only to The Rolling Stones in tour revenue for the period. Their show at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena on 27th October ’91 featuring both Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan on a brace of tracks was as-almost-ever considered extraordinary by fans. Thus those who attended are best placed to comment; “This show is special for many reasons mainly the death of Bill Graham just a few days earlier. However for me it’s the jamming by Mr. Duncan... PLEASE listen to his Eastern- influenced jams during Iko>Mona>Jam. If you listen carefully you’ll notice both Jerry and Carlos completely let him go off on 2 occasions. I was never a big fan of QSMS but holy criminy is he the shit!” - Courtesy mgags/archive.org Emotional is indeed the word here to describe this show; there is a voodoo to a great many of these songs in terms of their placement and interpretation - Sugar Magnolia to open a just-ironic-enough Touch of Grey to close the first set. 2nd set is top notch; Gary Duncan’s play is much more prominent than Santana’s in the extended Mona-jam which evokes some great multi-dueling-guitar moments a la 2/11/70. But don’t let that jammy jam overwhelm you - the China Cat > Rider SAMSON and Miracle are exciting beyond all hell. - Courtesy dougthedude/archive.org

CD 1:
1. Sugar Magnolia
2. Sugaree
3. Walking Blues
4. Althea
5. When I Paint My Masterpiece
6. Touch Of Grey
7. China Cat Sunflower
8. Samson And Delilah

CD 2:
1. Candyman
2. Cassidy
3. Iko Iko *
4. Mona *
5. Wheel
6. Miracle
7. Wharf Rat
8. Good Lovin
* Featuring Carlos Santana and Gary Duncan
[From A Live Broadcast Recorded At the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena CA 27th October 1991.]