Dead Show/podcast for 12/26/08

I do hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! The band often played very good runs up to the famous New Year's Eve shows - often these shows would be better than the NYE show itself. This week I decided to bring you one of these 'NYE' run shows, this one from 1990. Bruce Hornsby is with the band and does a wonderful Valley Road to end this first set. I'll bring you the second set next week - I hope you enjoy it..

Grateful Dead Coliseum Arena Oakland, CA 12/30/90 - Sunday
One Bertha ; Feel Like A Stranger ; Candyman ; Me And My Uncle > Maggie's Farm ; High Time ; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again ; Tennessee Jed ; Valley Road

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/deadshow/deadpod122608.mp3

Happy New Year!

Dead Show/podcast for 12/19/08

Merry Christmas!

I do hope this finds all of you well and happy this holiday season - its a time we should all reflect on the blessings we have, hard as that is sometimes during times like these..

As always I like to bring you some acoustic music this time of year..
So here is a set from the famous fall of 1980 shows.. as well as a couple wonderful Garcia/Grisman cuts from an NPR interview they did in 1993..

Grateful Dead Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA 10/2/80 - Thursday
One Dark Hollow [#3:19] ; Iko Iko [3:42] ; The Race Is On [2:55] ; To Lay Me Down [8:58] ; Cassidy [5:06] ; Jack-A-Roe [4:37] ; On The Road Again[3:13] ; Bird Song [7:37] > Ripple [4:47]

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
NPR Studios
NYC, NY
9/17/93
Shady Grove, Jenny Jenkins, So What

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/deadshow/deadpod121908.mp3

I wish all of you peace and happiness this Christmas season.......... thanks for all your support and for being there for me.

Dead Show/podcast for 12/12/08

I can't believe how fast the year is flying by! Almost over, and this week I'm bringing you a show requested by one of my listeners - this one sounds great this holiday season - its Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Kruetzman and Merl Saunders at Pacific High Studios on February 2, 1972.
This is probably an FM source and so its a little compressed - but the music makes up for it.. check out the fine instrumental version of 'Imagine'..
Hope you enjoy it, and that you can find the time for all the things that you love this Holiday season..

Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Kruetzman & Merl Saunders
Pacific High Studio, San Francisco, CA

February 6, 1972
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (1)
Expressway (To Your Heart), That's The Touch I Like, Save Mother Earth >Imagine
That's All Right, Mama,Who's Loving You Tonight,When I Paint My Masterpiece
I Was Made To Love Her, Lonely Avenue, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

As always you can listen to the Deadpod here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/deadshow/deadpod121208.mp3

Dead Show/podcast for 12/05/08

Hope you had a wonderful holiday - this week I'm going to finish playing that wonderful show from 1971 we started two weeks ago - this second part features an absolutely inspired Not Fade Away->Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad into one of those classic Pigpen Lovelights..

Grateful Dead - August 4, 1971
Terminal Island Correctional Facility - San Pedro, CA
Cumberland Blues, Big Boss Man, Sugaree, El Paso, Mr. Charlie
Not Fade Away->Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad ->Lovelight

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/deadshow/deadpod120508.mp3

thanks for picking us up and be well and safe, my friends.