A roaring Scarlet>Fire leads off this week's Deadpod from the second set of the band's performance at the Rainbow Theater in London England on March 20, 1981.

They keep up the momentum throughout, going into a nice Sailor>Saint, then slowing things down with a beautiful He's Gone.. the transition to Drums is worthy of note, as is the transition, led by Phil Lesh, into a rousing Truckin' that leads off the post-drums segment. Wharf Rat is heartfelt and emotional, but they lead us back into some serious rockin' with Around and Around and Johnny B. Goode, not to mention a nice U.S. Blues encore.

Grateful Dead
Rainbow Theatre
London, England 3/20/1981 - Friday

Two
Scarlet Begonias >
Fire On The Mountain >
Lost Sailor >
Saint Of Circumstance >
He's Gone >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin' >
Wharf Rat >
Around And Around >
Johnny B. Goode

Encore
U.S. Blues

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beware the Ides of March! :)

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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Hope you enjoy the ride!

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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