It contains the complete concert recorded on September 16, 1989 at Poplar Creek Music Theatre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

[1][2][3][4] At this concert Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band played saxophone for the entire show.

[1][2][3][4] In September 1989 the Jerry Garcia Band played a 12-concert tour of the Northeast and Midwest.

[5] In Glide Magazine, Doug Collette wrote, "Everyone involved is deeply engaged, energetic and enthusiastic, so the playing transcends the ostensible familiarity of this setlist.

And, as essayist Blair Jackson also points out in [the album liner notes], Clemons' pedigreed playing moves Garcia to stretch himself, not just through his impassioned guitar or his singing... but quite probably in song choice as well.