Dead Show/podcast for 11/13/26

This week on the Deadpod we travel to Providence, Rhode Island, for a show at the Civic Center on November 4, 1979.

The first set catches the band in the middle of a strong fall tour. Brent Mydland had joined that spring and was still settling in at the keyboards, but the new lineup had clearly given the band a lift. You can hear it in the song choices too: four of these songs were only a few months old. Althea and Lost Sailor both debuted in early August, Easy to Love You, Brent's first original song with the Dead, followed a couple of weeks later, and Saint of Circumstance joined Lost Sailor at the end of the month.

I love Jerry's solo at the close of Althea, and the way he and Bobby play off each other on Sailor > Saint. Next week we'll hear the second set, which brings yet another debut.

Grateful Dead
Providence Civic Center
Providence, RI
11/4/1979 - Sunday

Set One
New Minglewood Blues
They Love Each Other
Me and My Uncle >
Big River
Althea
Easy to Love You
Brown Eyed Women
Lost Sailor >
Saint of Circumstance >
Deal

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