Dead Show/podcast for 11/7/25

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week's Deadpod takes us to Chicago - to the Uptown Theater home of many fine Grateful Dead shows. This one is from Saturday, November 18, 1978.

Our tape starts, unfortunately, with an abbreviated 'Jack Straw', but what we have shows us the energy the band came on stage with on this evening. A soulful 'Candyman' follows, then the 'Me & My Uncle>Big River' combo - marked by an exceptional Big River marked by some very nice solos by Garcia. He's just warming up however, as he follows with a great 'Sugaree' The rest of the set is equally well played, but I want to point out the beautiful 'From the Heart of Me' that Donna Jean Godchaux performs. She sings this one beautifully, and I wanted to bring us a reminder of just how great she was. I'm very saddened by her passing as I'm sure you are as well..

Grateful Dead
Uptown Theatre
Chicago, IL 11/18/1978 - Saturday

One
Jack Straw [5:37]
Candyman [7:13]
Me And My Uncle [2:58] >
Big River [6:11]
Sugaree [13:53]
El Paso [4:10]
Stagger Lee [6:05]
It's All Over Now [6:44]
From The Heart Of Me [3:29]
The Music Never Stopped [7:37]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod110725.mp3

"When I awoke the stars were out
And shining, shining for you and me
All I ever want to be
Safe and warm
In your arms
All I have from the heart of me"

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Oak the Deadpod for the week of November 7th, 2025.
0:03.5	This is Professor. I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.2	This week we're going to bring you a show from the Uptown Theater in Chicago, Illinois,
0:12.2	took place back in November 18th of 1978.
0:16.0	A really nice recording. It's got a couple flaws.
0:18.3	The opening Jack Straw is cut, so we
0:21.6	don't get to hear the beginning of it, but it's very high energy, and it looks like it was a great
0:25.8	song. The rest of the set is quite high energy, very good. We get Candyman into me and my uncle
0:31.7	into a great big river, and then an even better sugary. This one goes on over 15 minutes. Jerry
0:37.3	really goes off on this one.
0:39.4	El Paso follows. It's supplied by a patch, an audience patch. Then staggerly, it's all over now,
0:47.2	and then we get to hear Donna sing a beautiful rendition of from the heart of me. I really wanted to
0:51.9	bring something from Donna, as I'm sure we're all
0:56.0	mourning her passing this week, and this is an example of her at her best, I think. The set closes
1:04.2	with a great music never stops, but really nice set. It's got a nice recording, I think, for the
1:09.6	most part, and I hope you enjoy it.
1:11.4	Thanks so much for picking us up this week. And for your support of the Deadpod, we couldn't do it without you, and I really appreciate that.
1:18.5	Hope to see you back here next week. This is a professor. You're listening to The Deadpod. Inside the fence, Look his rings for but some change
1:29.3	Ain't that heaven's sick
1:31.3	Hurst my ears to listen
1:34.3	And it burns my eyes to see
1:37.3	Cut down a man in cold blood,
	...

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