Dead Show/podcast for 10/27/17
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week I've decided to bring you the first set of what might very well be the band's most historic Halloween show - 10/31/91 in Oakland. The run was historic because it occurred the week of the passing of Bill Graham in a tragic helicopter crash. A great friend of the Dead, Bill's passing was marked in the second set of this show during a eulogy from Ken Kesey, which we'll hear next week. This first set however is definitely worth hearing and should provide a great warm up to your Halloween weekend! It starts off with a great Help->Slip->Frank, with Phil out front and driving the train. The Slipknot is a beautiful ensemble effort, especially Vince and Bruce's contributions to the overall structure. It floats along beautifully, then, just as it reaches its apex, we're plunged into that great bouncy Franklin's Tower. Jerry's leads here are crystalline, soaring.. Jerry's voice contains just enough world weariness to make me feel the wisdom here. While 'Little Red Rooster' wouldn't have been my choice to follow this up with, it is one of their better versions, with some nice slide work. 'Loser' follows, it takes a bit to get warmed up, but Garcia builds it up slowly into a great crescendo. Phil follows with a great version of 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues', a song they would only break out 4 or 5 times a year. A long 'Let It Grow' closes the set, an interesting if not completely enrapturing performance of this piece....
Grateful Dead
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
Oakland, CA
10/31/91 - Thursday
One
Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklin's Tower ;
Little Red Rooster ;
Loser ;
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ;
Let It Grow
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod102717.mp3
For those of you looking for the 2nd set from October 19, 1971, you can find it here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod070811.mp3
My apologies for repeating the first set last week..
Have a safe and happy Halloween!!
As always, my sincere thanks for your support, my friends.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Deadpot for the week of October 27th 2017. This is a professor so glad to pick us up this week |
| 0:06.7 | This week I'm gonna play something a little different I was |
| 0:10.3 | Reminded that I played the show I featured last week from October 19th, |
| 0:14.8 | 1971 back in July of 2011. |
| 0:17.8 | I'll post a link of that on my blog page in case you want to hear the second set. |
| 0:22.4 | But I want to hear the second set. |
| 0:22.8 | But I want to do play something a little different |
| 0:25.0 | rather than repeat that again. |
| 0:26.4 | So since Halloween is coming up, |
| 0:28.4 | I'm going to play probably one of the more famous |
| 0:30.2 | of the Halloween shows, |
| 0:32.0 | show that came on the heels of the death of Bill Graham back in 1991. |
| 0:36.0 | So this week we're going to hear the first set of that famous show from October 31st, 1991, Oakland Coliseum at Cium Arena in Oakland, California. |
| 0:46.8 | What a great show this one is. |
| 0:48.4 | Bruce and Vince both playing this show quite well, |
| 0:53.2 | did they harmonize on the keyboards very well together on this one. |
| 0:57.2 | I think you'll enjoy this one. |
| 0:58.3 | We'll play set one this week and then the spectacular set two will come next week. |
| 1:02.2 | This one starts out with a fabulous help slip Frank. |
| 1:05.0 | Jerry and Phil and Phil in particular takes the lead on this one and then they both come to mesh |
| 1:10.0 | with a great psychedelic jam especially in slip nap not I think you'll really enjoy that |
| 1:14.8 | Franklin Tower our little red rooster follows Franklin's tower and it's one of the |
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