Help on the Way

Latest Episodes:

Hamilton, ON - 3/21/90 Sep 08, 2026

Show notes

Your host for the evening FiG brings you one from early Spring 1990 in Hamilton ON. Aftewards, a discussion about tape/show trading before archive.org

No set is attached to the podcast, so please go to the following link to check it out:

https://old.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1w3xhp4/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/

Fireworks of Feeling - 3/12/92 Aug 23, 2026

Show notes

Join your cohosts FiG and Knob as they Go to Nassau in this extraordinary 1992 show! Along the way they'll be discussing the days between, the first summer after Bobby, NPR, and a huge shout for friend of the pod Mike from Guess the Year

Here's the set:

One

Greatest Story Ever Told ; Bertha ; Walkin' Blues ; Stagger Lee ; Beat It On Down The Line ; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ; Tennessee Jed ; The Promised Land

Two

Saint Of Circumstance ; Ship Of Fools > Corrina > Playing Reprise > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia

Encore

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Busted Down on Bourbon Street - 1/31/70 Aug 08, 2026

Show notes

Your host for the evening FiG brings you an interesting set plagued by technical issues but historic nonetheless as later that night the Dead would go on to be 🎵busted down on bourbon street🎵 . No set is attached to the podcast, so please go to the following link to check it out:
https://old.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1v1jxd4/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/

ISO The Best 80s Other One - 6/30/85 Jul 21, 2026

Show notes

Join your hosts FiG and Knob as we explore 6/30/85 over in Columbia, MD. Along the way we'll discuss some GD X MLB collabs and Bobby and the Midnights (now on streaming services!) Here's the set:

One

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > C C Rider > Brown Eyed Women ; Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues ; Keep On Growing ; Big Railroad Blues ; Looks Like Rain > Don't Ease Me In

Two

Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah ; Gimme Some Lovin' > He's Gone > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Around And Around > Sugar Magnolia

Encore

U.S. Blues

6.30.85 - Columbia, MD - Another HOTW Minisode Jul 05, 2026

Show notes

FiG here coming atcha with another HOTW Minisode! Lots of Reddit chatter about this one so would be remiss not to highlight all the fun!

Here's the link to the Reddit thread where you can find the archive link!

https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1uie4bm/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/

and the set:

One

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > C C Rider > Brown Eyed Women ; Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues ; Keep On Growing ; Big Railroad Blues ; Looks Like Rain > Don't Ease Me In

Two

Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah ; Gimme Some Lovin' > He's Gone > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Around And Around > Sugar Magnolia

Encore

U.S. Blues

HOTW Mini-sode - 7/30/83 - Ventura, CA Jun 28, 2026

Show notes

FiG coming atcha with another mini-sode to highlight 7/30/83 -- you can find more info on the show here!
https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1u6h09h/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/

Take a Step Back Stans Rejoice - 11/5/77 Jun 25, 2026

Show notes

...and take another step back in time to this excellent show from the promised land of 77. Your hosts FiG and Knob discuss some GD news and updates and of course walk you through the weekly show, which Dick chose as his 34th pick. Here's the set:

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New Minglewood Blues [4:58] ; Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [11:38] ; Looks Like Rain [7:22] ; Dire Wolf [3:32] ; Mama Tried [2:24] > Big River [6:25] ; Candyman [6:56] ; Jack Straw [5:34] ; Deal [6:26]
Two
Jam (1) [3:21] > Eyes Of The World [14:32] > Samson And Delilah [7:47] ; It Must Have Been The Roses [7:01] ; Estimated Prophet [10:55] > He's Gone [11:30] > Drums [2:55] > The Other One [12:27] > Black Peter [11:30] > Sugar Magnolia [9:53]
Encore
One More Saturday Night [4:42]
Comments
(1) Phil Jam

10/11/94 - Landover, MD - MiniSode Jun 09, 2026

Show notes

Another HOTW MiniSode, this time from Landover, MD in October 1994. Not one of their bests but some interesting stuff (last China Doll, I beleive -- also Jerry on Drums) and we get a JWG3 reaction post so I'm gonna talk about it on the pod!

Here's the board:

https://archive.org/details/gd1994-10-11.sbd.miller.34564.sbeok.flac16

And the set:

One

Picasso Moon ; Jack-A-Roe ; It's All Over Now ; High Time (1) ; If The Shoe Fits ; Lazy River Road ; Easy Answers ; Deal

Two

Eyes Of The World ; Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Samba In The Rain > He's Gone > Drums (2) > Space > China Doll > Sugar Magnolia

Encore

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Comments

(1) acoustic Bob (2) with Jerry

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