This week's Deadpod takes us across the pond to London, where the band kicked off their Spring European tour of 1981 on March 20 at the Rainbow Theater. 

They come out smoking on 'Feel Like A Stranger' and you know they were looking forward to this.. 'Friend of the Devil' which follows is played leisurely, they are in no hurry to get through this evening. 'C.C. Rider' follows with a bit of the blues.. This tape sounds wonderful, and all these tunes have a great treatment.. I'm a sucker for a great 'Loser' and this one doesn't disappoint, nor does 'Candyman'.. the set closing 'Deal' is incendiary.. 

Grateful Dead Rainbow Theatre London, England 3/20/1981 - Friday      One Feel Like A Stranger Banter (Bobby's Joke) Friend Of The Devil C.C. Rider Tuning Althea Tuning 2 Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues Loser New New Minglewood Blues Crowd Candyman > Looks Like Rain > Deal

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This week on the Deadpod we have the pleasure of listening to the second set from the band's performance on February 17, 1973 in St. Paul Minnesota.. 

This set begins with a nicely jammed out 'Truckin' followed by 'Row Jimmy' and appropriately, 'Big River'.. Donna follows with a 'You Ain't Woman Enough' but that leads us into the heart of this set, an exquisitely crafted trifecta of 'Here Comes Sunshine' into 'China Cat Sunflower' and 'I Know You Rider'.. you definitely need this one.. the rest of the set is more straight ahead rocking Dead, culminating in a 'Saturday Night' closer and a 'Casey Jones' encore.. watch for Weir's screeching in the 'Not Fade Away' reprise.. :)

Grateful Dead St. Paul Auditorium St. Paul, MN 2/17/1973 - Saturday Two      Truckin' [12:15] Row Jimmy Big River [4:16] You Ain't Woman Enough Here Comes Sunshine [7:52] > China Cat Sunflower [7:52] > I Know You Rider [4:07#] Around And Around Not Fade Away [4:12] > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [7:#16] > Not Fade Away [3:07] One More Saturday Night Encore      Casey Jones [6:16]  

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This week's Deadpod takes us back to the early days of 1973, this one was played in St. Paul Minnesota. This was when they were figuring out the wall of sound, and the first part of set 1 suffers from several sound issues as they try to dial in the mix, most notably in a bad start with a 'Promised Land' that suffers greatly. Don't let that scare you off from the rest of this long set. There is plenty of outstanding renditions here, especially from 'Loose Lucy' on culminating in an excellent 'Playin In the Band' to close the set. A surprise is to hear 'He's Gone' in the second slot here.. 

Grateful Dead St. Paul Auditorium St. Paul, MN 2/17/1973 - Saturday One      The Promised Land He's Gone Looks Like Rain Box Of Rain Wave That Flag [6:02] Mexicali Blues Bird Song Beat It On Down The Line Loose Lucy Me And Bobby McGee Stella Blue El Paso They Love Each Other [5:34] Playing In The Band [15:16]  

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Happy Valentine's Everyone! 

This week on the Deadpod we conclude the band's performance from February 19, 1982 in San Diego CA. 

Again, this comes from an audience tape so while the fidelity isn't quite up to soundboard levels, it does give you a great sense of being there.. 

The pre-drums portion of the set is well played, with the highlight being a sweet Lost Sailor>Saint of Circumstance. The killer portion of this set comes as Drums ends, the band goes into a great Other One -- Phil really seems to be enjoying this one as he leads the charge throughout.. A sweet Stella Blue follows then an unusual ending as instead of Around and Around we get Man Smart, Woman Smarter into Johnny B. Goode not as the encore but as the set closer. The US Blues encore is a snappy ending to the enening.. 

Grateful Dead Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse San Diego, CA 2/19/1982 - Friday Two      Alabama Getaway [5:41] > The Promised Land [4:09] Ship Of Fools [7:39] Lost Sailor [6:54] > Saint Of Circumstance [6:44] > Jam [5:13] > Drums [10:55] > Space [8:05] > The Other One [10:33] > Stella Blue [9:47] > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [5:27] > Johnny B. Goode [3:34] Encore      U.S. Blues [5:06]  

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This week's Deadpod again features an audience recording - this time of the performance on February 19, 1982 in San Diego California.

This, the third performance of 1982 finds the boys finding their groove, with a hot opening 'Bertha', a great 'Dire Wolf' and of course 'Althea'. While the vocals are sometimes a little far back on this audience recording, you can't say the same for Garcia's guitar -it is outfront and I really enjoyed hearing him on this tape - I hope you enjoy it as well!

Grateful Dead Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse San Diego, CA 2/19/1982 - Friday One       Bertha [6:53] > Greatest Story Ever Told [3:49]   Dire Wolf [3:24]   Little Red Rooster [8:28]   Brown Eyed Women [5:21]   Cassidy [4:58]   Candyman [6:22] > El Paso [#5:13]   Althea [7:39]   New Minglewood Blues [6:45] 

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a nice way to remove yourself from the world for an hour.... 

This week we continue with the second set from the band's performance at Shea's Theater in Buffalo, NY on January 20, 1979.

This set picks up steam just before drums with a powerful 'Other One' which gets picked up again after drums and space and leads into a rare (for the period) 'Dark Star' which has some wild explorations. The band rocks it out afterwards with a 'Not Fade Away' into 'Sugar Magnolia'. 

 No Donna at this show.

Grateful Dead Shea's Theatre Buffalo, NY 1/20/1979 - Saturday Two      I Need A Miracle [5:06] > Bertha [6:53] > Good Lovin' [7:07] Loser [7:22] Estimated Prophet [12:37] > The Other One [8:19] > Drums [10:#01] > Space [2:14] > The Other One [2:30] > Dark Star [9:17] > Not Fade Away [5:02] > Sugar Magnolia [8:17] Encore      One More Saturday Night [4:41]  

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There's a little more light every day :)

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This week's Deadpod features a great audience recording of a fabulous show by the late Jerry Moore..this is from January 20, 1979 at Shea's Theater in Buffalo New York. 

I think this is a great first set... all of these are performed so very well. I especially love the tone of Garcia's work on 'Sugaree' and 'It's All Over Now'.. at times the vocals are a little low in the mix, but in the words of Mickey Hart - turn it up! :) The rest of this set is nothing to sneeze at either, especially the smoking hot 'Jack Straw' to close it out.. 

One note .. apparently the show started some 2 hours late ;)

 Grateful Dead Shea's Theatre Buffalo, NY 1/20/1979 - Saturday One      The Promised Land [4:21]   Sugaree [11:45]   El Paso [4:10]   Peggy-O [8:12]   It's All Over Now [7:41]   Jack-A-Roe [4:31]   New Minglewood Blues [5:35]   Stagger Lee [6:46]   Jack Straw [5:32] 

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 This week's Deadpod features the second set from January 18, 1979 at Providence Rhode Island. 

This is a rather unique second set as there is no drums/space segment here, unique since the band started introducing them as a matter of course back in the spring of 1978. It would be the last show without one for a long time. It's a solid show, in my opinion, the highlight being a raucous 'Trucking' that even includes Phil singing, and a solid 'Other One'. 

Hope you enjoy it..

Grateful Dead Providence Civic Center Providence, RI  1/18/1979 - Thursday Two      I Need A Miracle [6:14] > Bertha [6:58] > Good Lovin' [6:41] > From The Heart Of Me [3:45] Ship Of Fools [8:04] He's Gone [12:33] > Truckin' [10:02] > The Other One [11:#13] > Wharf Rat [10:03] > Around And Around [7:13] Encore      U.S. Blues [5:16]  

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This week's Deadpod features one of the January shows in the Grateful Dead's history - this one from January 18, 1979 in Providence, Rhode Island.

This is a nice first set, energetic, especially for the time period (in a month Keith Godchaux would be leaving), and features some nice versions. I am especially fond of the 'Cassidy' here but there are several excellent tunes in this first set.

Grateful Dead Providence Civic Center Providence, RI  1/18/1979 - Thursday One      The Promised Land [4:22]   They Love Each Other [7:31]   Mama Tried [2:45] > Mexicali Blues [4:10]   Friend Of The Devil [8:10]   Cassidy [4:50]   Jack-A-Roe [4:38]   Looks Like Rain [7:04]   Ramble On Rose [8:15]   New Minglewood Blues [5:29]   Deal [6:47] 

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Hope this finds you well and out of harm's way....

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 On this first Friday of 2025, we continue with the conclusion of the Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve concert from December 31, 1971 at Winterland in San Francisco. 

A long, fun if somewhat sloppy at times show, the enjoyment the band was having is evident throughout.. After a Bill Graham intro they go into Truckin' then Billy really goes off as they go into a Other One jam, then quite interestingly enough into Me & My Uncle before going back into The Other One.. Some other highlights here include the first ever version of Big River, and the last Pigpen version of 'The Same Thing' which the band would not bring back for 20 years... There is some great high energy jamming in the 2nd half of the set, which apparently went on until 3:45 AM.

Grateful Dead Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA 12/31/1971 - Friday Two      Truckin' [8:45] > Drums [3:07] > The Other One Jam [6:01] > Me And My Uncle [2:50] > The Other One [10:19] Space [1:53] > Black Peter [8:38] Big River [3:32] The Same Thing [7:22] Ramble On Rose [5:45] Sugar Magnolia [6:42] Not Fade Away [6:09] > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [7:08] > Not Fade Away [3:00] Encore      Casey Jones [5:24]  

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Here's to a healthy and happy 2025!

Happy New Year!

... but this NYE set by the Dead should put you in the mood to say goodbye to 2024 and to ring in a brand new 2025...

This show occurred at an important turning point for the Dead, as they moved forward with many 'new' tunes and with Keith and Donna as members of the band (Donna makes her vocal debut here on 'One More Saturday Night').

The sound on this FM broadcast is generally very good and the band is tight. The boys play here with a great youthful enthusiasm.. They open with 'Dancin' In the Streets' which they wouldn't play again until June of 76.. This is a long and fun first set, clocking in at over 90 minutes.. Pig has some great moments here - Mr. Charlie, Chinatown Shuffle and Next Time You See Me are great.. 

All in all a great first set, we'll hear set 2 next week.. 

Grateful Dead Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA 12/31/1971 - Friday One      Dancing In The Street [#8:29]   Mr. Charlie [3:38]   Brown Eyed Women [4:22]   Beat It On Down The Line [2:56]   You Win Again [3:36]   Jack Straw [4:31]   Sugaree [7:01]   El Paso [4:14]>   Chinatown Shuffle [2:35]   Tennessee Jed [6:41]   Mexicali Blues [3:16]   China Cat Sunflower [4:40] > I Know You Rider [5:18]   Next Time You See Me [4:30]   Playing In The Band [6:09]   Loser [6:15]   One More Saturday Night (1) [4:23#] 

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Thanks for your support this year.. it means alot.. 

Happy New Year.