Dead Show/podcast for 11/23/23

Happy Thanksgiving! 

As always here on the Deadpod, I'm publishing this holiday edition on Thanksgiving day for you to enjoy sometime during your festivities, if you like. As is also the tradition on the Deadpod, this is an acoustic show, and I've managed to find a really beautiful acoustic set for this year, coming to us from September 26, 1980 at the Warfield in San Francisco. 

This one starts with the first 'To Lay Me Down' since 10/19/74, and the first 'On the Road Again' since 12/1/66! 

These versions are really wonderful, including the very first acoustic 'Cassidy' and a soulful 'China Doll' into 'Ripple'.

Grateful Dead
Warfield Theatre
San Francisco, CA 9/26/1980 - Friday

Acoustic

To Lay Me Down
On The Road Again
I've Been All Around This World
Dark Hollow
Rosalie McFall
Bird Song
Cassidy
China Doll >
Ripple 

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here: 

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod112323.mp3

Let me take this chance to tell you how thankful I am for the chance to bring you this music each week. Thank you for your support, your kind words, suggestions and encouragement. 

May this find you with loads to be thankful for, surrounded by those you love. 

 

Dead Show/podcast for 11/17/23

This week the Deadpod travels to the East Coast for a show that took place around 2 months after last week's show.

This is the early show from the Fillmore East in NYC on January 2, 1970. This is quite a nice tape, don't let the few seconds at the beginning fool you. 

The 'Mason's Children' opener is a good representation of this somewhat odd song. 'Black Peter' is quite extended, much more than usual for this song. 'Hard to Handle' is explosive as usual. The boys really hit their stride here with the 'Cryptical Envelopment>Drums>Other One'. I quite enjoy the 'Cosmic Charlie' that follows but that's a tune I thought they never played often enough :) 

I hope you enjoy it..

 

Grateful Dead
Fillmore East
New York, NY
1/2/1970 - Friday
Early - 59:51:00    

Intro (1) [1:05] >
Mason's Children [6:09][1:34]
Casey Jones [4:17][0:12]
Black Peter [10:41][1:18]
Mama Tried [2:32] >
Hard To Handle [4:43][0:15]
Cumberland Blues [5:33][0:16]
Cryptical Envelopment [1:57] >
Drums [3:53] >
The Other One [10:34] >
Cryptical Envelopment [2:04] >
Cosmic Charlie [6:46#]  

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here: 

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod111723.mp3

Thanks for your kind support, we couldn't bring you the Deadpod without your help.  

Dead Show/podcast for 11/10/23

This week's Deadpod contains part two of the band's performance at the Fillmore in San Francisco on November 7, 1969. 

Hyper-energetic, this one contains loads of frantic jamming and amazing soaring guitar work by Garcia and Lesh. After a fairly short China>Rider, they go into a deep exploration with 'Dark Star' which goes into an unusual 'Uncle John's Jam', then back out with Lesh leading the charge into 'The Other One'. The highlight, for me, is the wonderful closing number, Pigpen in all his glory on a great 'Lovelight' rap.

Grateful Dead
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 11/7/1969 - Friday

Part Two

China Cat Sunflower [2:56] >
Jam [2:30] >
I Know You Rider [3:21] >
Dark Star [18:33] >
Uncle John's Jam [1:45#] >
Dark Star [#5:47] >
Cryptical Envelopment [1:46] >
Drums [4:56] >
The Other One [9:54] >
Turn On Your Love Light [17:22#] 

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here: 

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod111023.mp3 

Thanks for your kind support! 

 

and.. Leave It On! :) 

 

Dead Show/podcast for 11/3/23

For this week's Deadpod we go back to 1969 for a show at the Fillmore in San Francisco that took place on November 7, 1969. 

I'm going to play this music in two parts, although it is unclear whether there were really one set or two.. part one opens with a powerful 'Morning Dew' - Jerry really brings it at the end of this one! 

Pigpen follows with a classic 'Hard To Handle' - so great to listen to the Pig bring it on this one! 'Casey Jones' follows then a couple of Bobby's ditty's 'Mama Tried' and 'Me & My Uncle' - they all sound great on this early soundboard! There follows some general hilarity with someone in the audience playing the 'Star Spangled Banner' on a flute and several short tunings.. following a nice 'Cold Rain and Snow' we are treated to dual harmonies from Garcia and Pigpen on 'Next Time You See Me'. They slow it down a bit on a soulful 'High Time' before we close this first part with some classic Pigpen on 'Good Lovin'. 

 

Grateful Dead
Fillmore Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 11/7/1969 - Friday

Part One

Morning Dew
Hard To Handle
Casey Jones
Mama Tried
Me & My Uncle
Tuning (Multiple Ditties)
Cold Rain & Snow
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Good Lovin'

 

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here: 

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod110323.mp3 

"Tomorrow come trouble, tomorrow come pain,
Now don't think too hard Baby, 'cause I know what I'm saying."