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A Wild KnobPod Appeared - 3/24/71 Jun 12, 2025

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No better cure for the summertime blues than a quick trip to Winterland. This week, our host Knob is heading to San Francisco. It’s March 24th, 1971 and the Grateful Dead are playing the Winterland Arena. Along the way, discussions abound about Pigpen’s strengths as player and singer, how songs evolved in ‘71, and how Knob’s voice was shredded at karaoke.
Greatest Story Ever Told >
Johnny B. Goode
Next Time You See Me
Loser
Truckin >
Drums >
The Other One
Bertha
Sugar Magnolia
I’m a King Bee
Beat It On Down the Line
Casey Jones
Hard to Handle
Playin’ in the Band
Not Fade Away >
Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad >
Not Fade Away
Uncle John’s Band

I am Tired and FiG is Sticky - 7/6/86 Jun 04, 2025

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Happy sixth of July! This week, our hosts FiG and Game are headed down to Washington DC. It’s July 6th, 1986 and the Grateful Dead are playing at RFK Stadium. On the way, discussions abound about whether GD60 is streamed, Boss Baby Game, and the return of the West LA Giveaway.
Hell In A Bucket >
Sugaree
Me & My Uncle >
Big River
Row Jimmy
Cassidy
Althea
Let It Grow
Saint Of Circumstance >
Iko Iko
Looks Like Rain >
He's Gone >
Drums >
Space >
Stella Blue >
Throwing Stones >
Not Fade Away
Brokedown Palace

West LA Giveaway - 6/8/93 May 28, 2025

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Grab your gloves! This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Michigan. It’s June 8th, 1993, and the Grateful Dead are playing at The Palace in Auburn, Michigan. Discussions abound about JRAD in Asbury Park, the history of That Would Be Something, and our first ever West LA Giveaway…
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Picasso Moon
Althea
Queen Jane Approximately
It Must Have Been The Roses
It's All Over Now
Bird Song
Truckin' >
New Speedway Boogie >
That Would Be Something >
Way To Go Home >
Saint Of Circumstance >
He's Gone >
Drums >
Space >
The Last Time >
Standing On the Moon >
Turn On Your Love Light
I Fought The Law

He Likes Flat Sevenths and He Cannot Lie - 7/6/90 May 21, 2025

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This week, we’re headlights on a southbound train. Our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Louisville, Kentucky. It’s July 6th, 1990, and the Grateful Dead are playing at Cardinals Stadium. Along the way, discussions abound about the mixolydian scale, Dead and Co’s San Francisco shows, and what makes Standing on the Moon so good.
Hell in a Bucket >
Sugaree
Easy to Love You
Peggy-O
Desolation Row
West LA Fadeaway
Picasso Moon
Ramble on Rose
Music Never Stopped
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider >
Man Smart Woman Smarter >
Standing on the Moon >
He’s Gone >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin’ >
Wharf Rat >
GDTRFB >
Around and Around
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

It's Always Saturday in Philadelphia (ft/Knob's Dad) - 7/10/87 May 12, 2025

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More like Dyladelphia, am I right? This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are joined by Knob’s dad, as we head down the golden road (well, really I-676). It’s July 10th, 1987, and the Grateful Dead are playing at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. Discussions abound about an iguana named Iko, the story of Black Peter, and, of course, the 2024 movie A Complete Unknown.
Iko Iko
Jack Straw
Sugaree
New Minglewood Blues
Althea
My Brother Esau
When Push Comes to Shove
Cassidy
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
Looks Like Rain
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Space >
I Need a Miracle >
Black Peter >
Around and Around >
One More Saturday Night
Tangled Up in Blue
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Man of Peace
Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
John Brown
Simple Twist of Fate
Ballad of a Thin Man
Stuck Inside of Mobile
Chimes of Freedom
Queen Jane Approximately >
Gotta Serve Somebody
Joey
All Along the Watchtower
Touch of Grey

Post-Sphere FiG - 5/10/78 May 02, 2025

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Go to Haven! This week, our hosts Game and FiG are heading to New Haven, Connecticut. It’s May 10th, 1978 and the Grateful Dead are playing Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum. It’s the night before the mescaline show, and the band is having a lot of fun. Discussions abound about FiG’s trip to the sphere.
Jack Straw
They Love Each Other
Cassidy
Ramble On Rose
Me and My Uncle >
Big River
Peggy-O
Let It Grow >
Deal
Bertha >
Good Lovin'
It Must Have Been The Roses
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes Of The World >
Drums >
The Other One >
Wharf Rat >
Sugar Magnolia
U.S. Blues

Neigh for High Time - 3/24/95 Apr 24, 2025

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Don’t kick the Hornets nest! This week, our hosts FiG, Game, and Knob are heading to Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s March 24th, 1995 and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Charlotte Coliseum. Along the way, discussions abound about FiG’s upcoming trip to The Sphere, how audience energy feeds a show, and whether or not If the Shoe Fits is a good song.
Feel Like a Stranger
Stagger Lee
Minglewood Blues
High Time
If the Shoe Fits
Black Throated Wind
Bird Song >
Promised Land
Here Comes Sunshine
Samba in the Rain
Women are Smarter
Eyes of the World >
Drums >
Space >
The Last Time >
Black Peter >
Around and Around
Liberty

QLLP - 1/27/69 and 6/21/95 Apr 18, 2025

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Two coasts, three decades apart. This week, our hosts FiG and Game are heading to Seattle and then taking a red-eye straight to Albany. They listen to a Spanish Jam from January 27th, 1968 at the [Go] Eagles[!] Auditorium. Then they check out all of March 21st, 1995 at the Knickerbocker Arena. Discussions abound about The Sphere, FiG’s new found love of 1995 Dead, and a surprising grade for this Scarlet > Fire.
Hell In A Bucket
Loser
Take Me To The River
Row Jimmy
Broken Arrow
Promised Land
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain
Women Are Smarter
It's All Too Much
Playing In The Band >
Drums >
Space >
Easy Answers >
Morning Dew
U.S. Blues

Deextinction - 10/23/72 Apr 13, 2025

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As the Bucks make their way towards the playoffs*, we make our way to Milwaukee! This week, our host FiG is getting himself a mansion in Wisconsin. It’s October 23rd, 1972, and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. Discussions abound about the deextinction of the Dire Wolf, Dave’s Picks 54, and the free GD Channel on Sirius XM.
*show description written on 4/10/25, Bucks may no longer be making their way to the playoffs by the time you see this.
The Promised Land
Sugaree
Big River
Loser
Jack Straw
Deal
El Paso
Tennessee Jed
Black Throated Wind
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
Mexicali Blues
Stella Blue
Beat It On Down The Line
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
Playing In The Band
Bertha
Me And My Uncle
Brown Eyed Women
Greatest Story Ever Told
Brokedown Palace
Dark Star >
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Me And Bobby McGee
Tomorrow Is Forever
Sugar Magnolia >
Uncle John's Band
One More Saturday Night

Go To Prison - 8/4/71 Apr 04, 2025

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We got the Terminal Island Correctional Facility Blues. This week our host FiG is heading to San Pedro, California. It’s August 4th, 1971 and the Grateful Dead are playing Terminal Island Correctional Facility. Discussions abound about Bobby Weir and the Wolf Bros in London and Herb Greene’s passing.
Truckin'
Yellow Dog Story
Bertha
Me And Bobby McGee
Hard To Handle
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider
Loser
Playing In The Band
Next Time You See Me
Me And My Uncle
Casey Jones
Cumberland Blues
Big Boss Man
Sugaree
El Paso
Mr. Charlie
Not Fade Away >
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Turn On Your Lovelight

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