Dead Show/podcast for 5/27/11

As summer (unofficially) starts this weekend I can't think of a better way to bring it in than with the rousing Scarlet->Fire that starts off this week's Deadpod. Jerry really does this justice and I hope you can take the time to listen to how Jerry and the band really did justice to these works of art...
this is a fine second set.. I'm a fan of the Dear Mr. Fantasy... Satisfaction is not my favorite cover but It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ends things on a fine note :)

Grateful Dead
7/1/85
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia MD

Set Two:
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain ;
Playing In The Band >
Uncle John's Band >
Drums >
Space >
Dear Mr. Fantasy >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Good Lovin' ;
Encore:
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction >
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ;


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http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod052711.mp3


Thanks for listening and for your SUPPORT!

In Honor of our Service Members, here are pics of a couple of service patches inspired by the world's greatest Band - the first is from a Marine Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam, the second from a Navy Patrol Squadron...

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Dead Show/podcast for 5/20/11

This week's show is the result of one of those wierd acts of synchronicity that led me to believe that it was meant to be... I had been thinking that it was about time to feature a show from 1985. I was thinking of which show to play and had seriously considered the show from Hershey PA on 6/28/85.. While this is a fun show, it has some problems - the weather was bad, the playing a bit sloppy even for 85 standards.. As I had pretty much concluded I wouldn't play this show I got a great email from a listener to the Deadpod who asked about the show that I am playing this week, from Merriweather Post Pavilion on 7/1/85. He told me about how much fun this show was and how he'd never really heard a great tape of it. While the tape I am playing tonight does suffer from a few anomalies, over all its a pretty good tape, and it captures a great time in GD history. This was the last time the band was able to play at this venue - the pressures and increasing popularity made it impossible. I think you'll enjoy this performance. The Dancin' opener is real fun, and the Dupree's is a highlight. Bobby does a fine job on the Let It Grow and admit it, its fun to hear Day Job once in awhile :)
Next week we'll listen to the monster second set, but I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do..


Grateful Dead
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Columbia, MD (7/1/85)

Set 1:
Dancin' in the Streets
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Walkin' Blues
Jack-a-Roe
My Brother Esau
Stagger Lee
Let it Grow
Day Job

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod052011.mp3


Thanks for listening and for your SUPPORT!

Dead Show/podcast for 5/13/11

This Friday the 13th we're in for a real treat as we get to enjoy the second set of the Grateful Dead's performance at the Boston Gardens on May the 7th, 1977. The second set opens with a splendid Terrapin Station into Sampson, and while the entire set is quite good, what really sends me over the top is the fabulous Wheel->Wharf Rat.. one for the ages to be sure..

Grateful Dead
5/7/77 - Saturday
Boston Garden - Boston, MA
Two:
Tune Up (Aud patch)
Terrapin Station
Sampson And Delilah
Tune Up
Friend Of The Devil
Estimated Prophet
Tune Up (Aud patch)
Eyes Of The World
Drums
The Wheel
Wharf Rat
Around And Around (Aud patch)
Encore
U.S. Blues

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod051311.mp3


Thanks for listening and for your SUPPORT!

Also, I highly recommend the award-winning Luna Overdrive compressor at Keeley Electronics!

Dead Show/podcast for 5/6/11

Ah how I love the month of May! Spring has come late this year, but I still find this month to be the most delightful... and I can never help but feature one of the Grateful Dead's classic performances from this month back in 1977. Clearly one of the greatest periods in their live performance history, while this month is well-known and well-liked I still can't resist pulling out one of these classic shows to feature this week. I can't begin to say what particular performance was the best during this exceptional period, but the show I've chosen this time is no slouch. This week we'll listen to set 1 - which in my mind features one of the all time best Peggy O's you'll hear, as well as a tremendous performance by Garcia on the set closing, Music Never Stopped.. It needs no more superlatives the music will speak for itself, let it lighten your heart like the song of a spring bird...

Grateful Dead Boston Garden
Boston, MA
Date 5/7/77 - Saturday
One Bertha [7:11] ; Cassidy [4:29] ; Deal [5:32] ; Jack Straw [4:53] ; Peggy-O [7:47] ; New Minglewood Blues [4:59] ; Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [12:28] > Big River [6:47] ; Tennessee Jed [7:56] ; The Music Never Stopped [7:30]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod050611.mp3


Thanks for listening and for your SUPPORT!

Enjoy the spring my friends!