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Help on the Way episodes

April 17 Cold Rain and Snow from Madison, WI - 2/3/78
In a quick one here your host FiG discuss an early 78 show. Enjoy!

One

Cold Rain And Snow [5:43] ;
Mexicali Blues [3:30] >
Big River [5:55] ;
They Love Each Other [7:02] ;
Looks Like Rain [7:41] ;
Loser [7:21] ;
Passenger [4:33] ;
Brown Eyed Women [5:05] ;
El Paso [4:10] ;
Peggy-O [6:28] ;
The Music Never Stopped [7:40]

Two

Good Lovin' [5:56] ;
Ship Of Fools [7:34] ;
Estimated Prophet [12:34] >
Eyes Of The World [15:08] >
Playing In The Band [25:31] >
The Wheel [5:20] >
Playing In The Band [9:10]
Encore Johnny B. Goode [4:15]
1 hr 26 min
April 07 An Easy Book of 95s - 5/28/95
Welcome back to another episode of the Help on the way podcast! Lots of negging on this random show from 1995 but your host FiG rather liked it! What say you all?

One - [1:01:00]

Jack Straw ; Peggy-O ; Wang Dang Doodle ; Row Jimmy ; When I Paint My Masterpiece (1) ; Brown Eyed Women ; Let It Grow

Two - [1:24:00]

Samson And Delilah ; Way To Go Home ; Crazy Fingers > Corrina > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Black Peter > Around And Around

Encore

Box Of Rain
1 hr 9 min
April 01 HBD Tom C! - 7/7/81
Join your host FiG for some BBQ and Good ole Grateful Dead as the band takes on Kansas City, MO, 7/7/81! Here's the set:

One
New Minglewood Blues [6:22] >
Bertha [5:23] >
Dancing In The Street [8:10]; Big Railroad Blues [4:10] >
El Paso [5:07] ;
To Lay Me Down [8:37] ;
Lazy Lightnin' [3:24] >
Supplication [6:32] ;
Bird Song [8:44] >
Looks Like Rain [8:06] >
Deal [6:04]
Two
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ;
Candyman ;
Estimated Prophet >
Eyes Of The World >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin' >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Black Peter >
I Need A Miracle >
Good Lovin'
Encore
Don't Ease Me In [2:53]

1 hr 38 min
March 25 Cold, Rainy MSG - 10/12/83
Join your host FiG on a (northbound) train headed to midtown Manhattan on what was undoubtedly a cold, rainy night in 83!

Cold Rain And Snow [6:43] ;
New Minglewood Blues [9:15] ;
Ramble On Rose [6:55] ;
My Brother Esau [4:50] ;
It Must Have Been The Roses [5:30] ;
Cassidy [6:09] >
Cumberland Blues [9:35] ;
Looks Like Rain [8:29] >
Might As Well [4:24]
Two
Help On The Way [3:15] >
Slipknot! [10:23] >
Franklin's Tower [14:10] ;
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [6:44] ;
He's Gone [12:56] >
Drums >
Space [12:21] >
Truckin' [7:56] >
Black Peter [9:15] >
Not Fade Away [7:53]
Encore
Revolution [5:05]
1 hr 16 min
March 18 Can May 77 be "Too" Perfect? - 5/26/77
It's May 77, it's Baltimore MD and it's ... Not a sell out?? FiG takes you back to the past to enjoy one from the Golden age and ponders whether the music can ever be too perfect?
One
The Music Never Stopped [7:03] ;
Sugaree [15:15] ;
Mama Tried [2:35] ;
Sunrise [3:36] ;
Deal [5:07] ;
Passenger [3:10] ;
Brown Eyed Women [5:32] ;
Looks Like Rain [8:32] ;
Jack-A-Roe [5:28] ;
New Minglewood Blues [5:26] ;
Bertha [7:18]

Two

Samson And Delilah [6:57] ;
High Time [7:26] ;
Big River [6:26] ;
Terrapin Station [10:27] >
Estimated Prophet [8:37] >
Eyes Of The World [11:48] >
Drums [0:38] >
Not Fade Away [16:44] >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:27] >
Around And Around [7:19

Encore

UJB
1 hr 31 min
March 03 It's Playin in the Band night! 12/27/86
One
Playing In The Band ;
Bertha ;
Mama Tried ;
Mexicali Blues ;
Ramble On Rose ;
Little Red Rooster ;
Bird Song
Two The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [4:17] ;
Dancing In The Street [7:00] >
Black Muddy River [5:41] >
Playing In The Band Jam [3:54] >
I Need A Miracle [5:19] >
Drums [8:54#] >
Space [6:03] >
Truckin' [5:49] >
Smokestack Lightnin' [3:35] >
Comes A Time [7:03] >
Around And Around [3:59] >
Playing In The Band [2:38]
Encore When Push Comes To Shove [3:
1 hr 3 min
February 19 Steal This Face - Chicago - 6/26/75
Join your host FiG as he discusses another excellent show in GD history, this time from the very day the Steal Your Face album was released!

One

The Promised Land [3:59];[1:17] ; Sugaree [9:27] % Cassidy [4:12] % Row Jimmy [9:48] % Mama Tried [2:43] % Tennessee Jed [8:53] % Looks Like Rain [7:41] % Scarlet Begonias % Lazy Lightnin' [2:54] > Supplication [4:39];[1:33] ; Peggy-O [7:53] ; The Music Never Stopped [5:55]

Two

Playing In The Band [15:06] > Saint Stephen [9:46] > The Wheel [5:37] > Playing In The Band Reprise [2:42] % Samson And Delilah [5:46] % Crazy Fingers [8:28] > Stella Blue [10:57];[2:27] ; Around And Around [6:55] > One More Saturday Night [4:31]

Encore

U.S. Blues [5:07]
1 hr 35 min
February 10 Cincinnati - 6/30/86
In which FiG let's us know his thoughts on this one from juuuust before Jerry's coma

One
Feel Like A Stranger ; Friend Of The Devil ; Mama Tried ; Big River ; Loser ; Cassidy ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; Let It Grow
Two
Bertha ; Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ; Ship Of Fools ; Smokestack Lightnin' ; He's Gone ; Drums ; Space ; I Need A Miracle ; Stella Blue ; Good Lovin'
Encore
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)
1 hr 27 min
January 31 Boston '94 - 9/28/94
We're headed to to bean town with your hot FiG. Will this one make his book of the dead? The length of the pod indicates yes!
Here's the(excellent) set

One

Good Times ; Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; El Paso (1) ; Lazy River Road ; Eternity > Don't Ease Me In

Two

Victim Or The Crime > Foolish Heart ; Looks Like Rain ; Samba In The Rain > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Turn On Your Love Light

Encore

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Comments

(1) acoustic Bob

Disclaimer: FiG figged up and said the next show is Jerry's last before the coma. They actually cancelled the next show but Jerry came back for a few more shows before the unfortunate incident.
2 hr 54 min
January 21 One Week AB - 9/8/90
One Week after Bobby we're back featuring a heater from 1990 (VW's second ever show with the band).
FiG takes the mic to tell you about the show and all of the eulogies and well wishes that have come pouring in over the past week.
Here's the set
One

Hell In A Bucket [6:06] ~ Sugaree [10:09] ; New Minglewood Blues ; Friend Of The Devil ; Queen Jane Approximately ; Loser ; Cassidy > Deal

Two

Eyes Of The World [17:16] > Estimated Prophet [14:16] > Terrapin Station [13:25] > Jam [4:34] > Drums [8:51] > Space [9:05] > All Along The Watchtower [5:59] > SteIla Blue [8:22] > Throwing Stones [8:51] > Not Fade Away [6:48]

Encore

One More Saturday Night [3:11]
1 hr 59 min

About Help on the Way

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A weekly podcast deadicated to all things grateful. The Help on the Way Podcast is a spin-off of the long running reddit series. Each week our hosts, TheGame, FiG, and Knob listen to Grateful Dead…