Dead Show of the Month

DSOTM # 135 - 10/18/72

Ths months podcast is sure to take you light years away from where-ever you are...  big time jams, and amazing telepathic playing.  For Halftime, "Bob" brought us some cajun music.   Hope ya'll are having fun!

GRATEFUL DEAD   October 18, 1972   Fox Theatre  St. Louis, MO   SET 1:  Bertha, Me & My Uncle, Dont Ease Me In, Mexicali Blues, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Birdsong, Big River, Loser, Jack Straw, Big Railroad Blues, El Paso China Cant Sunflower > I Know You Rider   HALF TIME:  Beausoleil  6/22/97   SET 2:  Playin in the Band > Drums > Dark Star > Morning Dew > Playin in the Band, Deal, Promised Land, Brokedown Palace, One More Saturday Night, Casey Jones

SOURCE:  Soundboard / Analog 1

DSOTM # 134 - 10/2/77

Another musical journey back to the Fall of 1977 is where this podcast will take you.  For halftime, "Bob" brought in some great studio out-takes from Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan.   Good stuff all around.  Enjoy the ride!

GRATEFUL DEAD  October 2, 1977  Paramount Theatre Portland, OR   SET 1:  Casey Jones, Jack Straw, Sunrise, Brown Eyed Women, El Paso, Duprees Diamond Blues, Let It Grow, Deal   HALFTIME:   Mark Knopfler & Bob Dylan  (Studio Out-Takes 1979)   SET 2:   Samson & Delilah, Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain, Playin in the Band > Drums > The Wheel > Truckin > Other One > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia   ENCORE:  Johnny B Goode

SOURCE:  Soundboard / Analog Master

DSOTM # 133 - 7/21/84

This month sees us back on the coast of California for another great show at Ventura.  Bob was in attendance, and Im sure this is going to bring back some fond memories like they did for him.  For Halftime we get some good ole Bluegrass Music by the legend himself, Bill Monroe.

GRATEFUL DEAD - July 21, 1984   Ventura County Fairgrounds  Ventura, CA    SET 1:   Shakedown Street, Little Red Rooster, Althea, Me & My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Looks Like Rain > Migh As Well   HALF TIME:   Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys - 1976   SET 2:   Cold Rain & Snow, Far From Me, Truckin > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > Other One > Stella Blue > Around & Around > One More SAturday Night   ENCORE:   Touch of Grey

SOURCE:   Soundboard / Analog Master

DSOTM # 132 - 3/25/90

This months podcast comes to us from the Epic 1990 Spring Tour... and the recording is from the "Without a Net" multi track truck recordings.  And, as such, it sounds amazing!   Crisp playing, great sound quality and some good mellow half time music make for an interesting adventure!

GRATEFUL DEAD   March 25, 1990   Knickerbocker Arena  Albany, NY   SET 1:  Greatest Story Ever Told > Touch of Grey, Wang Dang Doodle, Never Trust a Woman, Jack a Roe, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Birdsong, Let It Grow  HALF TIME:   The Paul & Fred Duo  (9/29/17  Bethlehem, PA   SET 2:  Eyes of the World > Samson & Delilah, Crazy FIngers > Truckin > Spoonful > Drums > Space > I Will Take You Home > Goin Down The Road Feelin Bad > Black Peter > Around & Around   ENCORE:  The MIghty Quinn

SOURCE: Soundboard - Multi Track Master > 2 Track Mix Down

DSOTM # 131 - 6/26/94

This months podcast takes us all the way towards the end... the Summer 1994 Tour, and this show stands tall proclaiming: "The band still has IT!"  Fans of any era should find this musical experience engaging.  The whole tour as thrown off by a month due to the World Cup soccer tournament, so the dead landed in Vegas in late June.  Bob and myself were at this show, and it served as both of our "last great show"... and what a show it is.  It was crazy hot, every song went that extra mile, and a fine musical journey was crafted out under the desert sky once again.  Enjoy the show, we sure did.

GRATEFUL DEAD   June 26, 1994  Sam Boyd Siver Bowl   Las Vegas, NV    SET 1:   Hell In A Bucket, Peggy O, New MInglewood Blues, Ramble On Rose, El Paso, So Many Roads, Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues, Music Never Stopped    HALF TIME:   John Hiatt (1/25/94  New Briton, CT)    SET 2:  Victim Or The Crime > Eyes of the World, Box of Rain, Saint of Circumstance > Terrapin Station > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Morning Dew   ENCORE:   US Blues

SOURCE:   Soundboard / Digital Copy

DSOTM # 130 - 12/6/73

This months podcast brings us a monumental voyage to the realm known as Dark Star...  the band takes their sweet time making this a damn amazing journey to the other world.   The rest of the show is really, really well played... but this Dark Star is one for the ages!   For half time we have some John Lennon from "Bob's" Vault.   Good stuff...  Enjoy!

GRATEFUL DEAD   December 6, 1973   Convention Center  Cleveland, OH   SET 1:  Bertha, Mexicali Blues, Loser, Black Throated Wind, They Love Each Other, Beat It On Down The Line, Deal, El Paso, Row Jimmy, Greatest Story Ever Told, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Around & Around   HALF TIME:   John Lennon (MSG NY, NY   8/30/72)  Mother, Imagine, Come Together, Give Peace A Chance   SET 2:  Ramble On Rose, Me & My Uncle, Here Comes Sunshine, Big River, Dark Star > Eyes of the World > Stella Blue, Sugar Magnolia

SOURCE:  Soundboard / Master Reel

DSOTM # 88 (Flash Back) - 6/10/73

This is a Flash Back to an episode a few years ago, that somehow disappeared from the server (?).   Which is a shame!   The Dead show is one for the ages (6/10/73 RFK With the Allman Brothers sitting in for Set 3), and is a sure fire pleaser for any of our listeners...

...But one thing I am most excited about is the re-emergence of the interview myself and "Bob" conducted that morning several years ago with the one and only Sam Cutler.   Sam was the Tour manager for the Dead from 1970-1974, and of course has some tales to tell.   If you have seen "LONG STRANGE TRIP", than you know what role of importance SAm played... during an era of expansive growth in the bands sound and following.

It is a 3 set show, full of amazing vistas and majestic visions... the aforementioned interview happens during the two intermissions as well as at the end of the show.  Good clean fun.

Enjoy the ride!

DSOTM # 129 - 1/13/78

This months podcast takes us back to the California Tour in January 1978...  a long, sweet run through the whole state.   Set in an amazingly intimate theatre in the town of Santa Barbara, this show continues the bands explorations into "something different" during the second set.   For half time, we have some great Elvis Costello.   Enjoy the ride!

GRATEFUL DEAD   January 13, 1978  Arlington Theatre  Santa Barbara, CA   SET 1:  Mississippi 1/2 Step Uptown Todeloo, Mexicali Blues > Big River, Candyman, Its All Over Now, Brown Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Friend of the Devil, Lazy Lightnin' > Suplication   HALFTIME:  Elvis Costello  (1/31/78  St. Louis, MO)   SET 2:  Bertha > Good Lovin, Sunrise, Dancin in the Streets > Drums/Space > Wharf Rat > Truckin > Around & Around   ENCORE:  Sugar Magnolia

SOURCE:  Soundboard / Master Reel

DSOTM # 128 - 9/19/90

This months podcast takes us to Bruce Hornsby's first week with the band, and Holy Toledo, its absolutely amazing!   Welcome to the band, to say the least.   The song selection and performance are both top notch for the era.  For our half time show we have some Bruce Hornsby with his band.   Enjoy this journey, I really like this one.

GRATEFUL DEAD  September 19, 1990  Madison Square Garden  New York, NY   SET 1:   Jack Straw, Bertha, Me & My Uncle > Big River, It Must Have Been The Roses, Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, Help on the Way > Slipknot!> Franklins Tower     HALFTIME:   Bruce Hornsby & The Range (5/10/87  Monterrey, CA)    SET 2:   Playin in the Band > Ship of Fools > Playin in the Band > Uncle Johns Band > Let It Grow > Jam > Drums > Space > Goin Down The Road Feelin Bad > Stella Blue > Around & Around  ENCORE:   Mighty Quinn

SOURCE:  Soundboard / Digital Master

DSOTM # 127 - 6/14/87

This months podcast takes us back to the early summer stand on the West Coast... Ventura '87.   This is the only Ventura show that our co host Bob missed, and he missed plenty.   For our half time show, we have some Van Morrison for you.   Good stuff!   The Dead & Co. are out on the road right now, you really should...

GRATEFUL DEAD June 14, 1987   Ventura County Fairgrounds   Ventura, CA   SET 1:   Hell in a Bucket > Sugaree, Tons of Steel, Ramble On Rose, Me & My Uncle > Mexicali Blues, Althea, Feel Like A Stranger > Might as Well   HALFTIME:  Van Morrison (6/21/87  Glastonbury Festival)   SET 2:  Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain, Playin in the Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > Truckin > Wharf Rat > Throwin Stones > Not Fade Away   ENCORE:   Mighty Quinn

SOURCE:   Soundboard / Master Cassette