This first Deadpod of Spring we will be hearing the second set from the bands' performance on St. Patrick's Day, 1991 at the Cap Center in Landover MD. A fine pre-drums segment, highlighted for me by 'Crazy Fingers'... but what really brings the crowd to their feet is the east coast breakout of 'New Speedway Boogie' for the first time in over 20 years. This tune had been played on the west coast about a month earlier, but despite some rough vocals everyone was stoked to hear it! Post Drumx highlight I think is a fine Wheel ->Watchtower... although I always enjoy the Black Peter.. 

Capital Centre, Landover, MD (3/17/91)

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Well it's St. Patrick's Day weekend! so i decided to bring everyone a dose of St. Patrick's Day Dead for this week's Deadpod... This show comes from the Spring of 1991, so there's both Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick in the mix.. This one starts with a nice Hell in a Bucket and a pretty good Sugaree.. Bruce is especially prominent during a squeeze box solo during Queen Jane.. the highlight of this first set is the breakout of 'Rubin and Cherise'.  The second set will come next week, but I hope you enjoy this trip back to the early 90s., a period I don't often feature but which for many folks, contains the highlights of their shared experience with the boys. 

This week I'm thought I would share this very interesting show from way back in 1969.  This is quite a fine recording, and I thought I'd go ahead and bring you the entire show this week, although it makes for a bit longer Deadpod than usual. As you can see below the show features a number of tunes without Garcia and Pigpen; the story goes that each were too incapacitated in their own way, to continue.... the jamming how does.. and very nicely. I think you'll agree this is a fantastic recording of a unique moment in Grateful Dead history.. I hope you enjoy it.. 

Grateful Dead - June 8, 1969Fillmore West - San Francisco, CANotes:-- * with Wayne Ceballos (vocals)/without Pigpen-- ** with Elvin Bishop (guitar and vocals)/without GarciaSet 1:Dancing In The Street ->He Was A Friend Of Mine ->China Cat Sunflower ->New Potato CabooseMe And My UncleSet 2:TuningTurn On Your Lovelight *The Things I Used To Do **Who's Lovin' You Tonight **That's It For The Other One ->Cosmic Charlie

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This week I'm thought I would share this very interesting show from way back in 1969.  This is quite a fine recording, and I thought I'd go ahead and bring you the entire show this week, although it makes for a bit longer Deadpod than usual. As you can see below the show features a number of tunes without Garcia and Pigpen; the story goes that each were too incapacitated in their own way, to continue.... the jamming how does.. and very nicely. I think you'll agree this is a fantastic recording of a unique moment in Grateful Dead history.. I hope you enjoy it.. 

Grateful Dead - June 8, 1969Fillmore West - San Francisco, CANotes:-- * with Wayne Ceballos (vocals)/without Pigpen-- ** with Elvin Bishop (guitar and vocals)/without GarciaSet 1:Dancing In The Street ->He Was A Friend Of Mine ->China Cat Sunflower ->New Potato CabooseMe And My UncleSet 2:TuningTurn On Your Lovelight *The Things I Used To Do **Who's Lovin' You Tonight **That's It For The Other One ->Cosmic Charlie

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This second set from 6/11/93 features the only Eyes of the World performed on  the summer tour that year, as the opener. Its quite nicely done, and followed by another well-played Playin' In the Band... the band and Jerry in particular do a very credible job on these.. out of space, the Wheel and Watchtower are a pleasure to hear as well, but the Black Peter is a personal favorite and I think Jerry takes the time to do a decent version here.. the Sugar Mag had everyone dancing, and of course the Brokedown Palace leaves me smiling when I hear it..I hope it makes you smile as well... 

I've had some requests for a 90s show and I thought this would be a nice change of pace this week. This was one of my favorite outdoor venues as a show here was, for all the hassles, usually a gas. This show, from Buckeye Lake in the summer of 93, was a blast. I think the band was having fun and playing well.

The Jerry tunes here are fun to hear and I'm a real fan of the Tom Thumbs if this era as well as the Masterpiece. We'll hear the interesting set two next week.

Buckeye Lake Music Center, Hebron, OH (Friday, 6/11/93)

Jack Straw

Foolish Heart

The Same Thing

Lazy River Road

Tom Thumb's Blues

Masterpiece

So Many Roads

Promised Land

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Nothing beats a fine second set like this one from fall of 73.. a great mix of songs.. starts off with some great classic, rocking numbers, then a truly fine Weather Report Suite - be sure and listen to the wonderful ensemble playing at the end.. I think you'll find the Dark Star that follows to be quite memorable.. it starts off quite softly .. but it certainly explores some unexpected spaces.. the Eyes that follows is very well played as is Wharf Rat.. 

I think this is a really nice second set from the great Fall of 1980 tour.. it contains some of my favorite songs and I think that Jerry and the band do them all justice. In particular the opening 'Feel Like A Stranger' however the following 'To Lay Me Down' is just too short and too sweet... The Let It Grow is back to full throtle Dead, and flows into a short but sweet Terrapin Station.. 

I've been wanting to play something from this time period for some time, and while I previously presented part of a show from a couple nights later, this recording captures quite well the bands' energy and talents during the tour from the late Fall of 1980. We'll listen to the first set this week, which features a really fine 'Little Red Rooster' as well as a superb version of 'Looks Like Rain'. The set closing 'Deal' is raging... 

I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, we'll listen to set 2 next week... 

Happy Holidays!

On this Winter Solstice I bring you this the 2012 Holiday edition of the Deadpod. As is our tradition this week's Deadpod features acoustic Grateful Dead for your enjoyment. I decided to make this year's Holiday Deadpod both very classic and a bit different... 

First the classic - how about the very first acoustic set from the famous Fall of 1980 shows at the Warfield in San Francisco?  We have the entire acoustic set from this famous show from September 25th, 1980 as well as several songs from the next evening as well.. There is really nothing better to unwind to than these classic acoustic numbers done as only Jerry Garcia and the band can do.. 

Grateful Dead

9/25/80 - Thursday

Warfield Theatre - San Francisco, CA

One:

Bird Song

I've Been All Around This World

Dark Hollow 

Rosalie McFall

Monkey And The Engineer 

It Must Have Been The Roses

Jack-A-Roe

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie >

Ripple

9/26/80 - Friday

Warfield Theater - San Francisco CA

To Lay Me Down

Cassidy

China Doll

For the less traditional - I recently got ahold of this Jerry Moore tape of Bob Weir and friends - a show that took place back on May 29th, 1986 in New York  City. I really enjoyed hearing Bob's acoustic versions of these songs and decided to include them in part 2 of this year's holiday Deadpod.. I hope you enjoy them as well.. 

Bob Weir & Friends*

1986-05-29

The Great 60's Ball

The Saint, NYC

*

Matthew Kelly

Barry Flast

Steve Kimock

Jorma Kaukonen

Anna Rizzo

Peter Yarrow

Intro - Abbie Hoffman

Festival

City Girls

My Blue Tears

This Time Forever

Desolation Row

Youngblood

Spoonful

Winners

Easy To Slip

Victim Or The Crime

Throwing Stones

Baby What You Want Me To Do

Blowin' In The Wind

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Finally my thanks to everyone who has listens to, and those who have helped to support the Deadpod this past year. I am blessed to have so many kind friends who enjoy the music as much as I do and I so want you to know how thankful I am for the chance to produce this show each week. 

I find in these sad times that this music gives me strength and hope, the light it brings me I can't find just anywhere else.. I hope it gives you all peace and joy as well... thank you my friends.. 

Happy Hanukkah - Merry Christmas - and a warm Winter Solstice to all of you! 

This week another fabulous version of Playing In the Band from 1972... this one is a real monster - Phil and Jerry trade some really intense leads and while this is not the only reason to listen to this set (recently re-mastered by Charlie Miller) its probably the highlight.. I think its certainly worthy of a listen and hope you do as well! 

Grateful Dead - November 18, 1972

Hofheinz Pavilion - Houston, TX

Set 2:

Bertha ->

Greatest Story Ever Told

He's Gone

Jack Straw

Deal

Playing In The Band

Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

Sugar Magnolia

One More Saturday Night

Encore:

Uncle John's Band

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