Dead Show/podcast for 1/6/17

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2017

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

For the first Deadpod of 2017, I decided to go back to the first show of 1972.. January 2nd, 1972.. As Bill Graham says in his introduction 'there aren't many groups that would get us to come out on January 2nd'.. but I bet the folks who came out on this night were glad they did as they turn in a sparkling performance, highlighted, for me, by some great work by Pigpen.

At the beginning of what will be a monumental year in Dead history, the band brings us a ripping first set which we are fortunate to have in a great soundboard recording. Mr. Charlie, Jack Straw, Big Railroad Blues and Next Time You See Me are just a few of the highlights here. Playing in the Band is here as a first set number; it hadn't yet developed into the monster jam vehicle it would become later in the year, but still nicely played. I'll bring us set 2 next week..

Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA (1/2/72)

Truckin'
Sugaree
Mr. Charlie
Beat it on Down the Line
Loser
Jack Straw
Chinatown Shuffle
Tennessee Jed
El Paso
You Win Again
Big Railroad Blues
Mexicali Blues
Playing in the Band
Next Time You See Me
Brown Eyed Women
Casey Jones

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For everyone, like me, in the midst of Winter - stay warm!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Dead Pod for the week of January 6th 2017. This is a professor so glad
0:05.4	he could pick us up this week. Decided to bring us as the first show of 2017 what was the first
0:11.0	show of 1972. This comes to us from the Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California.
0:17.0	January 2nd, 1972, and I think it's a really fine show. Hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do we're going to start out
0:23.7	with long I believe it's a 16 song first set starts out with trucking into
0:29.6	sugary mr. Charlie we got pig pen throughout this and he's really good on this one I think,
0:34.0	beat it on down the line. A beautiful loser follows Jack Straw, one of the better versions of this I think.
0:39.0	Then we get a Chinatown shuffle, a great tune from the pig.
0:43.2	Tennessee Jed Falls, El Paso, you win again.
0:46.2	Big Railroad Blues comes down those tracks.
0:48.3	What a great version this is.
0:50.2	Mexicali Blues, playing in the band follows.
0:52.2	Now this isn't one of the great playing in the bands from 1972 because it's early in here. They hadn't quite gotten there, but it's still nicely played. Next time you see me follows, brown-eyed women, they close set one with Casey Jones.
1:04.6	I think you'll enjoy this one.
1:06.4	It's pretty straightforward, not a lot of exploratory jams, but boy, they cook on this one.
1:11.7	I think you'll enjoy it great sound quality and enjoy
1:15.9	thanks for picking us up this week and thank you for your support we couldn't do
1:20.4	the dead pod without it. I really appreciate it.
1:23.0	Take care everybody. I hope everyone's doing well.
1:25.0	We'll see you back here next week.
1:27.0	This is a professor you're listening to the dead pod.
1:29.0	Can you stop to think how many groups could get any of us out on January 2nd there'd be very few of them.
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