Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound


Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound is a six-CD live album of performances by two musical acts – the Jerry Garcia Band, and Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman. It contains two complete concerts, recorded on September 5 and 6, 1989, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut and the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. It was released by ATO Records on December 17, 2013.
Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound contains two complete concerts. At each of these shows, Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman played a set of acoustic music, followed by two electric sets by the Jerry Garcia Band, a rock group led by Jerry Garcia. At the time, Weir and Garcia were the guitarists for the Grateful Dead. Each of the discs of the album corresponds to one of the sets from the concerts.

Critical reception

On AllMusic, Tom Jurek said, "Taken together provide irrefutable evidence of what fans already knew: that the JGB's flowering musical evolution peaked about this time, with the guitarist playing better than he had in years inside and outside the Grateful Dead.... The Garcia Band sets... are positively electric, crackling with energy and an obvious awareness among all players that what is transpiring is special.... The sound throughout is thoroughly remastered from soundboard tapes and is crystalline."

Track listing

September 5, 1989 – Hartford Civic Center:
Disc one – Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
  1. "Festival" – 5:58
  2. "Fever" – 4:11
  3. "K.C. Moan" – 3:45
  4. "Desolation Row" – 9:29
  5. "Looks Like Rain" – 8:08
  6. "The Winners" – 3:44
  7. "Victim or the Crime" – 5:13
  8. "Wasserman Bass Improvisation No. 1" – 4:15
  9. "Throwing Stones" – 8:17
Disc two – Jerry Garcia Band – first set
  1. "Cats Under the Stars" – 9:09
  2. "They Love Each Other – 6:46
  3. "Waiting for a Miracle" – 6:49
  4. "Run for the Roses" – 5:34
  5. "Like a Road" – 9:22
  6. "My Sisters and Brothers" – 4:34
  7. "Deal" – 10:22
Disc three – Jerry Garcia Band – second set
  1. Tuning – 0:49
  2. "The Harder They Come" – 12:31
  3. "Mission in the Rain" – 10:02
  4. "Forever Young" – 9:51
  5. "Evangeline" – 3:19
  6. "Gomorrah" – 6:39
  7. "Don't Let Go" – 13:55
  8. "Lonesome and a Long Way from Home" – 6:04
September 6, 1989 – Nassau Coliseum:
Disc four – Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
  1. "Walking Blues" – 4:48
  2. "City Girls" – 4:03
  3. "Fever" – 4:41
  4. "Blackbird – 2:47
  5. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" – 4:46
  6. "Shade of Grey" – 4:56
  7. "The Winners" – 4:05
  8. "Easy to Slip" – 6:44
  9. "Wasserman Bass Improvisation No. 2" – 3:33
  10. "Heaven Help the Fool" – 6:44
Disc five – Jerry Garcia Band – first set
  1. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" – 7:02
  2. "Stop That Train" – 7:59
  3. "That's What Love Will Make You Do" – 8:58
  4. "Mississippi Moon" – 8:39
  5. "I Second That Emotion" – 8:46
  6. "And It Stoned Me" – 6:43
  7. "Deal" – 8:53
Disc six – Jerry Garcia Band – second set
  1. "The Harder They Come" – 11:26
  2. "Dear Prudence" – 10:37
  3. "I Shall Be Released" – 7:42
  4. "Let It Rock" – 9:11
  5. "Evangeline" – 3:41
  6. "That Lucky Old Sun" – 12:17
  7. "Tangled Up in Blue" – 12:17

Personnel

Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Jerry Garcia Band
Production
  • Produced for release by Marc Allan, Joe Gastwirt
  • Original recordings produced by Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir
  • Recording, engineering: John Cutler
  • Additional production: Rob Wasserman
  • Executive producer: Coran Capshaw
  • Associate producer: Kevin Monty
  • Album cover: Stanley Mouse
  • Art direction, design, illustration: Ryan Corey
  • Liner notes: Blair Jackson