The Deadpod

This week I have an excellent show from 1989 for your listening pleasure - we'll be hearing the first part of August 6th, 1989 from Cal Expo. The show starts with a 'Let the Good Times Roll' that the band ends perfectly and rolls into 'Feel Like a Stranger' and then Franklin's Tower.. A very interesting and well played start to a wonderful show. I really enjoy this first part of the show - highlig...

This week I'd had a request for some '68 Dead, and just happened to have just gotten this remastered beauty. This is quite an amazing recording for a 40 year old show, even more amazing is how accomplished the band sounds when I think of how young they were. I think the power of this music, especially in the second set, is really amazing.. Grateful Dead Carousel Ballroom San Francisco, CA Date 2/1...

Hope all of you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! This week we'll finish listening to the conclusion of the fabulous show from 6/10/73, Washington D.C. The highlight of this week's show of course is the entire, unusual third set, featuring members of the Allman Brothers Band and Merle Saunders. This includes a smoking That's All Right, Mama and some huge guitar licks from Dicky Betts on Not Fade Aw...

This week is a very special Deadpod, as it marks the start of our Winter pledge drive for our community radio station, KOPN 89.5 FM as well as for the Deadpod. Musically, we'll continue where we left off last week - we'll be listening to most of the second set from RFK Stadium, June 10th, 1973. This is truly classic Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World into Stella Blue, a Big River, Here Comes Sunshi...

This week we have a new release of a classic Dead show, this one from the start of the summer of 1973. This week we'll listen to the first set, which as you can see from the setlist below contains plenty of surprises for a first set! Besides the very unusual opening Morning Dew, it contains the last version of 'Wave that Flag' before this song morphs into US Blues. I think you'll agree that Garcia...

This week we'll listen to the second set from the first of the fine 'From Egypt with Love' concerts - October 17th, 1978. A wonderfully well played set - I really enjoy the space, actually and of course, Jerry's "If I Had the World to Give".. Enjoy Grateful Dead Winterland Arena San Francisco, CA 10/17/78 - Tuesday Scarlet Begonias [9:35] > Fire On The Mountain [10:50] ; Estimated Prophet [11:45]...

Hello again Friends!! This week I have a wonderful show from 1970 to share with you.. its full of energy and life and you can just feel how happy the boys are to be playing on this one.. I especially enjoy the Mason's Children->Black Peter... just check out Jerry's singing on this one!!! Here's the setlist: Grateful Dead Golden Hall - San Diego Community Concourse San Diego, CA Date 1/10/70 - Satu...

Happy New Year everyone! While I was looking through the collection for some requested music from Reconstruction, I came across this gem which I thought I should share with you as the first show of the new year.. This comes to us from 1975, and I really enjoy the sound on this even though it *is* an audience front of board recording.. I hope you enjoy it too.... Legion of Mary, 5/22/1975 Keystone,...

Another year has come and gone, and I just want to thank all of you for listening and picking up the Deadpod and of course for your kind support.. This week, a nice second set from a 1982 post-Christmas show, that I hope you enjoy.. I especially enjoyed the Scarlett->Fire ;) Grateful Dead Oakland Auditorium Oakland, CA 12/27/82 - Monday Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Playing In The Band...

This week a Christmas time show in its entirety for your enjoyment.. This show features a well played first set highlighted perhaps by Phil's "Tom Thumb" and a great Bird Song.. The second set features a wonderful Iko, Iko to open (with Clarence Clemmons on sax) leading into a great Playin'->Crazy Fingers->Uncle John's Band.. The double encore is also quite satisfying. Grateful Dead Oakland-Alamed...

This week I'm playing a really interesting show from May 7th, 1984 from the Hult Center in Eugene Oregon. There's a lot of wonderful Brent and Phil in this recording .. so watch the volume and save your ears! :) Grateful Dead Silva Hall, Hult Center, Eugene, OR 05/07/1984 China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Throwing Stones >...

This week we will finish listening to the 2nd set of the Grateful Dead's historic 10/16/74 performance at Winterland in San Francisco. This is a very jamming, almost experimental piece of music as the band really explores some different spaces, especially on songs like Eyes of the World. I hope you'll enjoy it.. Grateful Dead Winterland San Francisco, CA 10/16/74 Wharf Rat > Space >Eyes Of The Wor...

This week a new soundboard release of the first of the five "retirement" shows from the Winterland from October of 1974. These justly famous shows were of course immortalized on "The Grateful Dead Movie" but deserve to be enjoyed individually as much as possible. Phil's spectacular playing more than makes up for Donna's occasional off-key wailing ;). Grateful Dead Winterland Arena San Francisco, C...

This week I'm trying something crazy - this week's Deadpod is an entire, complete show from 1976. This is a *huge* file folks, and I hope that you are all able to listen to this and enjoy this really unique show. I'm doing this as a favor to one of the friends of the Deadpod who is running in this weekend's NYC Marathon, and hoped to get to hear a complete show. I've also had requests for a mid-70...

This week we continue with this marvelous show from May 25th, 1972 in London. We get the last two songs of the first set - including a great Brokedown Palace, then we get what exists of the second set. I'm a sucker for a great Pigpen tune and Chinatown Shuffle sure sounds good to me... Lucky for all of us there's a fabulous Uncle John's->Wharf Rat->Dark Star that survived in tact.. I also wanted t...

t's not every week that I'm able to bring you such a classic yet unreleased show - this is from the justly famous Eurpoean tour of 1972 - from the Strand Lyceum in London England this is a tape that has just found the light of day. I think its an appropriate way to thank all of you who contributed to the show during the recent pledge drive. I can't thank you enough for your support.. If you would...

This week we'll hear the remainder of the great show from June 26th, 1984 from the Merriweather Post Pavilion. This set shows us the great interplay of light and dark in the Dead's music - songs I really love like Don't Need Love, He's Gone and Stella Blue are interspersed with rocking numbers like Wang Dang Doodle, Good Lovin' and Around and Around. There's even a 'Day Job' encore - it had been l...

This week a rockin' show from 1984 - a year not usually featured on the deadpod but certainly this is a fine example of some classic Dead! I'm sure you'll enjoy the Feel Like a Stranger Althea combo!! Also this week marks the start of KOPN's fall membership drive. This is when I have to ask you for your support to keep the Deadpod coming every week. I would so appreciate it if you could see to cli...

It took me a bit to decide what to bring you this week, but after I ran across this show I knew it was the right choice.. This is one of those classic live Dead sets from 1969, this one comes from Boulder CO, April 13th. It features everything you\'d expect - great Pigpen raps, wild, far-out jamming and some magnificent moments from Garcia - most notably on the Dark Star and the Eleven. Personally...

This week I decided to bring you this gem from the spring tour of 1991. The highlights include the long leisurely Birdsong, a truly great Victim which goes into a nice Scarlet->Fire. Coming out of the Fire, an unexpected and delightful stir it up jam.. I hope you enjoy the Band's interplay on this and the space that follows.. Grateful Dead - March 21, 1991 Capital Centre - Landover, MD from set on...

Hello Friends.. I'm still recovering - set back a bit with an infection that's not wanting to cooperate but I'm still going to bring you the rest of this excellent show from 1973.. Hope you enjoy it! Grateful Dead Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH 12/4/73 - Tuesday Truckin' > Stella Blue ; Around And Around Two Eyes Of The World > Sugar Magnolia > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Casey Jones Enco...

First off a sincere thank you to all of you who passed along your warm and kind get well wishes to me this week. I was in the hospital because I had an aneurysm in my leg that blocked the blood flow pretty completely. They did a vein graft in there and while I'm still pretty gimpy, at least I'm not in the hospital so I'm thankful for that. I wanted to get a show up this week, and I think you'll en...

This week, the second set from 5/13/81, Providence Civic Center, Providence RI... the band plays a very energetic and tight second set, sparked perhaps, by the naked woman who jumped up on stage and pranced around at halftime.. Grateful Dead Providence Civic Center Providence, RI Two Samson And Delilah [6:49] ; Terrapin Station [13:32] > Lost Sailor [7:03]> Saint Of Circumstance [6:43] > Drums [8:...

This week a very underrated show from a very good year, 1981. I love the energy in this show.. and a newly released soundboard really sparkles, sonically.. Check out the Brent solo in CC Rider.. this first set is full of gems, and I know you'll enjoy this recording.. Grateful Dead Providence, RI 5/13/81 - Wednesday One Jack Straw [5:11] ; Tennessee Jed [8:17] > C C Rider [8:11] ; Friend Of The Dev...

This week we get to listen to an exceptional piece previously unreleased music from 1971. This show, from the period when Keith Godchaux had first joined the band, is lively and very well played. I especially enjoy hearing the excellent cryptical->other one->cryptical->deal... Grateful Dead Venue Auditorium Theatre Location Chicago, IL Date 10/22/71 - Friday Two Ramble On Rose ; Cumberland Blues ;...