For a long Labor Day weekend I think this week's Deadpod provides a perfect soundtrack - the second set from the band's smoking performance on August 24th, 1972 at the Berkeley Community Theater in Berkeley CA. Each of these standards are played most excellently. In addition we are treated to a true pinnacle of improvisational excellence with the 'Dark Star>Morning Dew'.

I would have thought they'd close out after that but rather than that they rev it back up with a hot 'Sugar Magnolia', 'Ramble on Rose' and 'Greatest Story'.

Sing Me Back Home is sweet as always. While they close the set with a 'One More Saturday Night' (on a Thursday) they return with a most excellent 'Uncle John's Band' encore - a song that should have seen that spot more often.

Grateful Dead

Berkeley Community Theatre Berkeley, CA

8/24/72 - Thursday

Two

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [6:50]

Mexicali Blues [3:21]

Brown Eyed Women [4:43]

Truckin' [9:01]

Dark Star [27:14] >

Morning Dew [13:00]

Sugar Magnolia [7:52]

Ramble On Rose [6:19]

Greatest Story Ever Told [5:17]

Sing Me Back Home [9:55]

One More Saturday Night [4:30]

Encore

Uncle John's Band [7:11]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod083118.mp3

I hope you have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend..