Dead Show/podcast for 12/5/14

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2014

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

There is no way I wouldn't come back to this show this week and present this wonderful second set. Of course this is from December 12th, 1990 at McNichols Arena in Denver Colorado. While it takes a few verses for the boys to catch on fire, once they do they roll on through a 2 hour set full of passion and energy that makes this one of the best shows of a very good year. They start with a nice China ->Rider that rolls into a really pretty Looks Like Rain.. Hornsby adds some wonderful touches here. Somewhat surprisingly, Iko follows, but that perhaps is not as surprising as the Dark Star that crashes from it. This one is pretty well formed, and a real treat to listen to throughout. The band rolls into a nice Terrapin Station following, and gives its audience a bit of a break as it winds into drums and space. Jerry, Bob and Phil give the Watchtower that follows its dark streak then Garcia provides a wonderful Stella Blue. I won't attempt to describe it.. just listen.

They come out with an excellent Throwing Stones->Not Fade Away to close the set. The Weight that follows has long been one of my favorite encores when done well, and this was I think was.

I hope you enjoy this week's Deadpod.

McNichols Arena, Denver, CO (12/12/90)

set 2:

China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Looks Like Rain
Iko Iko
Dark Star
Terrapin Station
drums
All Along the Watchtower
Stella Blue
Throwin' Stones
Not Fade Away

The Weight

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Be well everyone, spread joy and happiness if you can.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Pod for the week of December 5th, 2014.
0:04.2	This is a professor.
0:05.2	I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.9	This week it's a pleasure to bringing the second set from the Grateful Dead's performance
0:11.7	at McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado on December
0:14.5	the 12th 1990.
0:15.9	This is an example of just how great those 1990 shows were.
0:20.6	This second set is really, really a beauty. I think you'll really enjoy this. I know I really, I do quite a bit. I don't mean to over-emphasize it. But I think you'll like this one. It starts out with a nicely played China Cat. It builds momentum up until
0:35.2	it does a great transition into I know you rider. Then they go into a beautiful
0:40.4	looks like rain. Hornsby's contributions here are to be noted I think he adds a lot to the song
0:46.7	They then go into Iko Iko quite rollicking
0:51.4	Of course I can imagine that, you know, the interesting aspect of this is how it transitions
0:59.7	into the Dark Star. The Dark Star follows this, Garcia pulls it out and leads us into it quite quickly.
1:05.8	There's a lot of twists and turns along the way. I'm not going to try to describe them.
1:10.2	It is one of the better Dark Stars of of 1990 I think you'll quite enjoy it that leads into a
1:16.8	kind of a
1:18.4	relaxing Terrapin station that allows audience and band unwind just a little bit it's quite well played goes into nice drums
1:26.3	space is very
1:30.8	I don't know otherworldly I think it's quite good. Out of space they go into quite an angry all along
1:37.2	the watchtower. Garcia's guitar here is a thing of beauty to listen to.
1:40.9	Hornsby compliments it quite well with his work on keyboards.
1:46.0	Out of the watchtower comes a Stella Blue that is just perfect. There's not a lot to say.
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