Dead Show/podcast for 10/2/15
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2015
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
This week's Deadpod takes us back to the second set of the Grateful Dead's performance at Madison Square Garden on Thursday September 20th, 1990. Not only is the crowd fired up by a great first set, but it quickly apparent that the boys are not about to phone in this set, as it turns into one of the strongest performances of the 90s. They come out of the gate with a strong rockin' Truckin'.. then move into a wonderful China Cat->I Know You Rider.. while Garcia's voice my be a bit scruffy, his leads are bright and glistening.. and when he leads the boys into Rider and wants to be that headlight he practically brings down the house. I may wish that Vince was a little lower, and Bruce a little higher in the mix.. but that doesn't for me detract from the joy of this one.. a bouncy and fun Man Smart, Woman Smarter leads us into.. a nice extended Drums->Space.. a perfectly played sequeway into one of the best, and longest, Dark Stars of the modern Dead era. This is a real treat, and clearly the highlight of the set, if not the run. I love Jerry's interplay with Hornsby here.. It takes us six minutes before that Star crashes... and Jerry's voice has the perfect dream like quality here.. we all want to go to that transitive nightfall .. we follow as Jerry takes us to a Playin' reprise.. but lucky for us they do not escape the pull of that Dark Star.. and we are led back.. and after the second verse to weird and special places.. entirely fitting for a dark fall evening.... the band then finishes the set with a fine Throwin' Stones and a fun Touch of Grey.. after all that they could have been excused if they did a throw away encore but on this night that wasn't to be.. they end with a rockin' Lovelight.. what a great evening it must have been to be there!
Grateful Dead
Madison Square Garden New York , NY 9/20/90 - Thursday
Two
Truckin' >
China Cat Sunflower >
I Know You Rider >
Man Smart, Woman Smarter >
Drums >
Space >
Dark Star >
Playing Reprise >
Dark Star >
Throwing Stones >
Touch Of Grey
Encore Turn On Your Love Light
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Love and light to everyone .... let's pray for peace.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Dead Pod for the week of October 2nd 2015. |
| 0:04.3 | This is a professor so glad you could pick us up this week. |
| 0:07.7 | This is a real special treat this week. |
| 0:09.1 | We're going to hear the second set from the band's performance at the Madison Square Garden, September 20th, 1990. |
| 0:15.0 | This was a final set in what was an outstanding run at the Garden. |
| 0:19.0 | Of course, joined by Bruce Hornsby for the first time. This was a great show and this second set the band really turns it up a notch for some outstanding jamming. |
| 0:29.0 | It starts out with a very nice version of trucking. It picks up speed as it goes along. They go then lead |
| 0:36.2 | into kind of very interesting how they lead into China Rider. A very nice version of both, very energetic Garcia is on fire this evening. |
| 0:47.0 | Lesh is also contributing some great leads. I think you really enjoy the transition between China Rider. |
| 0:53.5 | They go then into a nice bouncy man, smart woman, smarter. |
| 0:56.5 | I can only imagine how happy people were in the crowd. |
| 0:59.5 | And then a interesting drums in space but the real power of this comes out of space as the |
| 1:06.8 | band moves into one of the longest dark stars of the post 90s period. This is a |
| 1:12.4 | great version of Dark Star has some exceptional jamming from every member of the band, including Vince. I think it goes, it's quite interesting to listen to the in the middle going to a playing reprised and back into Dark Star. |
| 1:26.1 | This is a fine version and if you're a fan of this kind of ensemble jamming, which why wouldn't you be if you're listening to the |
| 1:34.2 | dead pot you'll love this version they then go into Thron Stones |
| 1:37.8 | Weir does a good good job singing this tune powerful, and close the second set with touch of gray. |
| 1:46.4 | A nice pick, they come back for a Love Light encore, which is a little bit shorter perhaps |
| 1:51.6 | than some, but very nicely done done and what a great way to end up what was a historic performance at the Madison Square Garden. What a week. |
| 2:00.0 | Hope you enjoy this one. Thanks so much for picking us up this week and for supporting the dead pod. We couldn't do it without you and I very much appreciate your support. Thanks again for that. |
| 2:10.0 | Thanks for picking us up. Hope you have a great October. As fall comes in, why, what better way to |
| 2:17.0 | welcome it than this Spacey Dark Star this week? |
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