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Dead Show/podcast for 7/31/20 Jul 31, 2020

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This week we hit the beach for a most excellent time with the band as they play the Sunday show at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura California on July 22, 1984.

This is a fine recording of a very energetic set which I am sure you'll enjoy. We start appropriately enough, with 'Dancin' In the Streets' - a better than average version in my opinion. The boys keep rockin' with 'Bertha'. Weir brings out 'My Brother Esau' - which debuted back in '83 but wouldn't be released until 'In The Dark' in '87. A powerful 'Loser' follows, and its not an exaggeration to claim this is probably the best version of this tune this year, at least. Jerry keeps up the voltage in 'Ramble on Rose', another highlight. Bucket into the infamous 'Keep Your Day Job' follows to close the set.. I must say hearing 'Day Job' again brought a smile to my face.

Grateful Dead Ventura County Fairgrounds Ventura, CA 7/22/84 - Sunday posters One Dancing In The Street [9:01] > Bertha [6:20] ; My Brother Esau [4:43] ; Loser [7:01] ; Cassidy [5:52] ; Ramble On Rose [7:27] ; Hell In A Bucket [6:20] > Keep Your Day Job [4:23]

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"Shadowboxing the apocalypse Wandering the land"

Dead Show/podcast for 7/24/20 Jul 24, 2020

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A great second set from July 18, 1976 from the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco is on the table for this week's Deadpod. You'll have plenty to choose from here, as the boys stretch it out and deliver a smorgasbord of many of their best songs on this two hour marathon. There are too many highlights to mention all of them, but I would call your attention to the fine 'Lazy Lightning>Supplication>Let It Grow' trifecta that occurs early in the set - Jerry lays down some extremely interesting notes here unlike most renditions of this song. The Wharf Rat starts spacey and lonely - just like it should.. the massive 'Other One>Saint Stephen>Not Fade Away>Saint Stephen' is notable for the slower pace of Stephen - it sounds mighty fine here. We're not done with the Other One though, as it reappears after the Wheel with the third verse. A long and beautiful Stella Blue follows then a great Sugar Magnolia to end the second set (finally!). The band returns, for what else, Johnny B. Goode.

Grateful Dead Orpheum Theatre San Francisco, CA 7/18/76 - Sunday Two Might As Well [5:44] ; Samson And Delilah [7:12] % Candyman [7:41] % Lazy Lightnin' [2:43] > Supplication [6:15] > Let It Grow [6:59] > Drums [3:24] > Let It Grow [0:54] > Jam [6:01] (1) > Wharf Rat [9:44] > Space Jam [3:46] > Drums [0:32] > The Other One [6:38] > Saint Stephen [8:41] > Not Fade Away [7:06] > Saint Stephen [0:58] > The Wheel [6:05] > The Other One [3:22] > Stella Blue [10:57] % Sugar Magnolia [10:00] Encore

Johnny B. Goode [3:23]

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"Fortune comes a crawlin, Calliope woman Spinning that curious sense of your own Can you answer? Yes I can, but what would be the answer to the answer man?"

Dead Show/podcast for 7/17/20 Jul 17, 2020

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Hello Friends! This week we begin listening to the last show of a famous 6 night run at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco CA, back on July 18, 1976. This was an exceptional run of shows, and this last night was perhaps the topper. It features an exceptional second set, which we'll have the pleasure of hearing next week, but this first set is quite well played as well. The show was originally broadcast on KSAN FM, but this tape's lineage is supposed to be from the soundboard, and I don't detect the usual FM flattening. Nicely stretched out versions of Mississippi Half-Step, Row Jimmy and Scarlet Begonias contain some excellent Garcia work. The set features the return of 'Loser' for the first time in almost 2 years, and closes with a wonderful 'Music Never Stopped'..

Grateful Dead Orpheum Theatre San Francisco, CA 7/18/76 - Sunday One Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [9:49] % Cassidy [4:16] % Row Jimmy [9:42] % Mama Tried [2:40] % Scarlet Begonias [11:18] % Looks Like Rain [7:09] % Tennessee Jed [9:19] % New Minglewood Blues [4:54] % Loser [7:58] % The Music Never Stopped [6:50]

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"It was later than I thought when I first believed you But now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools"

Dead Show/podcast for 7/10/20 Jul 10, 2020

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This week we get a second set that is almost as hot as the weather around here this week - it comes to us from July 1st 1980 in San Diego California.

An excellent China>Rider opens the set and contains some of my favorite jamming of the evening.. the China cat jams from Garcia in particular are noteworthy, as is Brent's contributions.

A rare 2nd set Peggy-O follows CC Rider, then we are treated to an early Brent contribution of 'Far From Me'.

The boys take off from there with some great combos the rest of the way.. I love the Wharf Rat in particular but the playing throughout is full of energy and emotion.. I hope you enjoy it..

They return for a double encore .. featuring 'Alabama Getaway' and of course, 'Johnny B Goode'..

Grateful Dead San Diego International Sports Arena San Diego, CA 7/1/80 - Tuesday Two China Cat Sunflower [8:09] > I Know You Rider [6:25] > C C Rider [6:57] ; Peggy-O[7:27] ; Far From Me [3:59] ; Uncle John's Band [7:39] > Playing In The Band [10:52] > Drums [9:05] > Space [7:28] > Truckin' [7:53]>

Wharf Rat [10:48] > Around And Around [4:14] > Good Lovin' [7:17] Encores:

Alabama Getaway [5:11] > Johnny B. Goode [4:15]

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Dead Show/podcast for 7/3/20 Jul 03, 2020

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Happy July 4th!

This week's Deadpod takes place back on July 1, 1980 in San Diego California, where the Dead would play a very nice show at the Sports Arena. This week we will hear the 1st set, which opens with a great Jack Straw > Franklin's Tower combo. They only did this opening combo eight times, but I think its a great way to open a show. El Paso and Tennessee Jed folow, then another combo, Lazy Lightning into Supplication. A very nice Althea follows, with Jerry in good form. Then Bobby finishes this first set with another combo, Lost Sailor into Saint of Circumstance,

Grateful Dead San Diego International Sports Arena San Diego, CA 7/1/80 - Tuesday One Jack Straw [6:07] > Franklin's Tower [13:31] > El Paso [4:30] ; Tennessee Jed [8:58] ; Lazy Lightnin' [3:25] > Supplication [5:56] ; Althea[9:12] > Lost Sailor [6:13] > Saint Of Circumstance [6:19]

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I hope you have a safe and happy holiday weekend. In what is surely the strangest summer ever, may you stay well and be kind to each other.

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Dead Show/podcast for 6/26/20 Jun 26, 2020

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This week on the Deadpod we have another monumental set from the seminal year of 1974. This week of course from the show in Springfield MA, on June 30, 1974.

Following Seastones, the boys came out with a fine 'China>Rider' a combo often used to good effect as a second set opener. The transition is quite fine. 'Big River' follows and shows the spark it had which made it an excellent second set tune. A stand-alone 'Scarlet Begonias' lets Jerry stretch out a bit next. The meat of this set however is the 'Truckin'>Eyes>Stella Blue'.. as always during this period 'Truckin' lets the boys take things to unexplored dimensions, but the 'Eyes' here is perhaps my favorite. 'Stella Blue' is sung very well also. A strong trifecta of 'Not Fade Away>Goin' Down the Road>One More Saturday Night' closes the set, which even without an encore comes in at just slightly less than two hours.

Grateful Dead Springfield Civic Center Arena Springfield, MA 6/30/74 - Sunday Three China Cat Sunflower [11:12] > I Know You Rider [5:12] ; Big River [5:00] ; Scarlet Begonias [7:52] ; El Paso [4:06] ; U.S. Blues [5:35] > Truckin' [13:22] > Nobody's Fault But Mine Jam > Eyes Of The World [23:47] > Stella Blue [7:15] ; Not Fade Away [10:24] > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [7:34] > One More Saturday Night [4:56]

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'History's page will thus be carved in stone. And we are here, and we are on our own'

Dead Show/podcast for 6/19/20 Jun 19, 2020

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This week's selection - a birthday request from a good friend of the Deadpod - takes us back to the last show of the June 1974 east/midwest tour which took place in Springfield Massachusetts on June 30, 1974. The first set, which we will hear this week, features some outstanding leads by both Jerry and Phil and a great song selection. Be patient during the opening number 'Don't Ease Me In' which is plagued by mix problems (as were most opening numbers in the Wall of Sound era), they clear up for a beautiful rendition of 'Black Throated Wind'. 'Peggy O' follows, a relatively new song, this is only its fifth performance. 'Greatest Story Ever Told' is a sizzler, as is 'Cumberland Blues'. The highlight of this set, if not the show, is the 'Playin' In The Band' > 'Uncle John's Band' > Playin' sandwich. As usual during this time they take things to unexplored spaces and it makes for a most wonderful time.

Grateful Dead Springfield Civic Center Arena Springfield, MA 6/30/74 - Sunday One Don't Ease Me In [3:32] ; Black Throated Wind [6:44] ; Peggy-O [5:19] ; Jack Straw [4:41] ; Loser [6:16] ; Greatest Story Ever Told [5:40] ; Cumberland Blues [6:04] ; Dire Wolf [4:18] ; Playing In The Band [19:07] > Uncle John's Band [8:54] > Playing In The Band [6:07]

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'The black-throated wind keeps on pouring in And it speaks of a life that passes like dew'

Dead Show/podcast for 6/12/20 Jun 12, 2020

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This week we continue listening to the band's performance at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia PA on June 24, 1976 with a somewhat short, but quite sweet, second set.

As with many great second sets, this one starts with a fine 'Help>Slip>Frank' containing an exceptional 'Slipknot!' . This fine recording, which has been available as a soundboard and an FM long before the first set, continues with a smoking 'Samson and Delilah', then a beautiful 'Wharf Rat', certainly one of the best of the year. A nice jam out of Wharf Rat then goes into an exceptional 'Dancin' In the Streets'. No Drums or Space on this set, they close with a very nice 'Sugar Magnolia'.

No encore at this one..

Grateful Dead Tower Theatre Upper Darby, PA 6/24/76 - Thursday Two Help On The Way [4:10] > Slipknot! [9:50] > Franklin's Tower [9:42] > Samson And Delilah [5:55] ; Wharf Rat [8:59] > Jam [2:07] > Dancing In The Street [12:57];[0:10] ; Sugar Magnolia [8:47] (1)

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Dead Show/podcast for 6/5/20 Jun 05, 2020

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This week's Deadpod features a fine show from June 24, 1976 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby PA, near Philadelphia.

This spring '76 tour features mail order tickets for the first time, and rejuvenated vocals from Bob and Donna, who seem to have benefited from the time off. This particular show was broadcast on FM but this is a soundboard copy and I think it sounds great. This one also has a hilarious opening by Bob and Phil - worth keeping the rather longish tuning in place ;)

I think you'll find that Keith is particularly fine throughout, but especially on Big River..

Listen to Jerry make that axe howl in Tennessee Jed ;) And what beats a first set Scarlet Begonias?

Hope you enjoy.

Grateful Dead

Tower Theatre

Upper Darby, PA 6/24/76 - Thursday

One

Tuning and Stage Announcements

Cold Rain And Snow [6:02] %

Big River [5:22] %

Friend Of The Devil [8:08] %

Cassidy [4:15] %

It Must Have Been The Roses [7:26] %

Lazy Lightnin' [2:46] >

Supplication [4:55] %

Tennessee Jed [7:55] %

Looks Like Rain [7:19] %

Scarlet Begonias [10:22] %

The Promised Land [3:56]

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Be well.. Peace, Respect and Dignity to all!

Dead Show/podcast for 5/29/20 May 29, 2020

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A energized show from 49 years ago highlights this week's Deadpod, from Winterland on May 30, 1971. We only have a partial second set from this Sunday night show but its in fine quality and the band is in top form for this period. The recording starts with a partial 'I Know You Rider' and you immediately wish the entire show survived. A fine 'Sugar Magnolia' follows, and then 'Cumberland Blues' rocks out. Pigpen makes himself known with a powerful 'Big Boss Man'. 'Me & My Uncle' and 'Deal' follow, displaying the usual energy they were played during this time. 'Truckin' brings a big response from the crowd, but it leads into the highlight of the evening, a 15 minute plus 'Turn On Your Lovelight' that is pure Pigpen at his peak. 'Uncle John's Band' follows and then 'Casey Jones' closes out the set. A very energetic 'Johnny B Goode' ends the evening at must be well past the 2:00 AM curfew that Bill Graham warns us about following 'Lovelight'.

This was released on a limited edition vinyl record store day release in November 2012. However this comes from the Charlie Miller tapes.

Grateful Dead Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA 5/30/71 - Sunday Two (MISSING) China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Sugar Magnolia ; Cumberland Blues ; Me And My Uncle ; Deal ; Truckin' > Turn On Your Love Light ; Uncle John's Band ; Casey Jones Encore Johnny B. Goode

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Be well - enjoy life!

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