This week on the Deadpod, we travel to Nassau Coliseum on May 14th, 1980, for a second set that finds the Grateful Dead settling confidently into the early Brent Mydland era. The band sounds relaxed yet focused, blending that familiar late‑70s drive with a more expansive, textural approach.
The set opens with the cool, pulsing groove of “Feel Like a Stranger” and flows into a beautifully unhurried “Sugaree,” then turns inward with the reflective pairing of “Lost Sailor” and “Saint of Circumstance.” From there, the music loosens into space, only to coalesce again around a heartfelt “Comes a Time” and a powerful “Other One” that still crackles with unpredictability.
Things land on more earthbound ground with a tender “Black Peter” and a burst of rock and roll energy to close. It’s a spring 1980 Nassau journey that moves like a tide—easy, searching, and full of subtle turns, a fine snapshot of where the band was heading at the dawn of a new decade.
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY
5/14/1980 - Wednesday
Two
Feel Like A Stranger [8:03] >
Sugaree [11:15] >
Lost Sailor [6:18] >
Saint Of Circumstance [6:01] >
Space [2:50] >
Comes A Time [8:24] >
The Other One [7:37] >
Drums [8:45] >
Space [3:11] >
Black Peter [9:17] >
Around And Around [3:57] >
Johnny B. Goode [4:09]
Encore
Don't Ease Me In (audience version)
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
https://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod051526.mp3
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