Dead Show/podcast for 11/27/25

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Performing Arts, Gratefuldead, Grateful, Dead, Arts, Music

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🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Happy Thanksgiving!

As is my tradition here on the Deadpod, Thanksgiving is the time for Acoustic Dead. This year I've found two sets of fine acoustic Dead that I thought you would enjoy. The first is from July 30, 1970 at the Matrix in San Francisco and the second from earlier that year, on May 14th, in Kirkwood Missouri.

There's only one repeat in the two sets - Candyman - but I didn't think you'd mind..

Grateful Dead
The Matrix
San Francisco, CA
7/30/1970 - Thursday

Three - 25:26:00

To Lay Me Down [6:20][0:39]
Dire Wolf [4:05][0:07]
Candyman [6:37][0:09]%[1:05] %
Rosalie McFall [3:35] %
A Voice From On High [2:59]%[0:34 Intro]
Swing Low Sweet Chariot [2:50]

Grateful Dead
Meramec Community College
Kirkwood, MO
5/14/1970 - Thursday
One - 28:21:00

Intro [1:51]
Don't Ease Me In [2:54][1:35]
Friend Of The Devil [3:27][0:42]
Deep Elem Blues [6:07][0:13]
Silver Threads And Golden Needle [3:36][1:55]
Candyman [5:26]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod112725.mp3

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who listen to the Deadpod and those of you who support the Deadpod for your kindness. I would not have the energy to do this all these years if it wasn't for your kind words and support. Thank you.

I hope you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope you enjoy this selection of acoustic Grateful Dead.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Dead Pod and happy Thanksgiving as we bring you a special edition of the Dead
0:04.3	Pod this Thanksgiving Day, November 27th, 2025. This is Professor, I'm so glad you could pick us up
0:10.5	today. Decided to bring you a double dose of Acoustic Dead for this year's Thanksgiving Day special.
0:20.1	The first set comes to, is a really beautiful recording.
0:23.3	Comes to us from the Matrix in San Francisco, California, recorded on July the 30th,
0:28.2	1970.
0:29.4	We're going to hear the acoustic set.
0:32.2	Starts out with Delay Me Down, Dyer Wolf, Candyman, Rosie Lee McFall, then a song that's titled on Deadless as
0:41.1	a voice from On High, or it's also sometimes called, I Hear a Voice of Call him, and then Swinglow, Sweet Chariot.
0:49.8	David Nelson is a mandolin on that, and Marmaduke is on bass vocals on that and also on Swinglow Sweet Chariot.
0:58.0	Secondly, I decided that that short acoustic set wasn't quite enough to satisfy our Thanksgiving desires.
1:08.0	And so I'm going to bring you the acoustic set for the Merrimack Community College in Kirkwood, Missouri. It took place on May the 14th, 1970. Starts out with Don't Ease Me In, Friend of the Devil, Deep Ellen Blues, silver threads and golden needles, and then Candyman. Hope you enjoy both of these. I think they're quite good and nice recordings. As always,
1:32.8	thanks so much for your support of the Deadpot. I couldn't do it without you, and I'm very
1:36.9	grateful for that. And hope you enjoy the day and the holiday with your family, your friends,
1:44.0	and hope to see you back here next week.
1:46.9	This is a professor.
1:47.9	You're listening to The Dead Pod.
2:20.3	Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The The To lay me down once more to lay me down with my head
3:10.3	In sparkling clofer
3:16.3	Let the world go back.
3:27.0	Oh, you're still dreaming.
3:35.0	To lay me down
	...

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