Dead Show/podcast for 12/12/25

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This week we go back 45 years to an excellent show the band played in Long Beach California on Sunday, December 14.

They open this first set with a standard 'Bertha>Greatest Story', then 'Althea' goes into a raucous 'Little Red Rooster' this one with Matthew Kelly joining in. The 'Loser' that follows is a personal favorite. The rest of the set is first rate as well, culminating in a most excellent 'Candyman>Looks Like Rain>Don't Ease Me In'.

Grateful Dead
Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA 12/14/1980 - Sunday

Set 1:

Tuning
Bertha >
Greatest Story Ever Told
Althea >
Little Red Rooster
Loser
Me & My Uncle >
Big River
Bird Song
Passenger
Tuning 2
Candyman >
Looks Like Rain >
Don't Ease Me In

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thank you so much for your kind support of the Deadpod

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm also Deadpod for the week of December the 12th, 2025.
0:03.7	This is a professor. I hope you're doing well.
0:06.3	This week we're going to bring you the first set from the band's performance
0:09.2	at Long Beach, California on December 14, 1980.
0:13.1	It was a Sunday, always a mark of a great show.
0:16.3	And a really nice first set for us this week.
0:19.2	Starts out with birthday into The Greatest Story Ever Told.
0:22.2	Althea into a really fine little red rooster
0:24.7	that has Matthew Kelly on it.
0:27.1	A great loser, check out the ending of that loser.
0:30.1	It's really nice.
0:31.2	Me and my uncle into Big River follows Birdsong,
0:34.2	and then a nice passenger.
0:42.6	Candyman looks like rain, which is excellent, and don't ease me in, closes things out.
0:44.8	So, nice playing.
0:46.2	I think you'll enjoy this one.
0:47.0	Great ear.
0:49.7	I liked it.
0:50.5	I hope you do too.
0:53.3	Thanks so much for picking us up and for your support of the Dead Pot.
0:58.4	I couldn't do it without you. And I hope you see you back here next week. This is a professor, and you'll too. Thanks so much for picking us up and for your support of the Deadpod. I couldn't do it without you. And I hope to see you back here next week. This is a professor and you're listening to The Deadpod. I'm A lot of The What were the game? What with the key?
1:47.0	What we're doing?
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