Dead Show/podcast for 2/18/11

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2011

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Today is the 40th anniversary of this classic Grateful Dead show - just imagine that you were at this show. This show saw the first 'Bertha', the first 'Greatest Story Ever Told', the first 'Johnny B. Goode', the first 'Loser', the first 'Playin' in the Band' and the first 'Wharf Rat'!!!
Not only did this show mark the debut of all these classic Dead shows but also one of the most beautiful, creative and spontaneous jams - the one from Wharf Rat into Dark Star...
this one is well worth playing today especially in this newly released splendid soundboard.. Enjoy..

Grateful Dead - February 18, 1971
Capitol Theater - Port Chester, NY

Set 1:
Bertha
Truckin'
It Hurts Me Too
Loser
Greatest Story Ever Told ->
Johnny B. Goode
Mama Tried
Hard To Handle
Dark Star ->
Wharf Rat ->
Dark Star ->
Me And My Uncle

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Pod for the week of February the 18th 2011.
0:04.0	This is a professor I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.0	This week I want to bring you a classic, one of the most classic dead shows of all time
0:12.0	and it happens to be the 40th anniversary
0:14.4	of this show folks February the 18th 1971 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York.
0:21.4	This is, I don't make any hesitation in saying this is one of the classic
0:26.4	all-time dead shows. We're going to hear the first set this week. This is a new release, Charlie Miller
0:31.8	just put out, it's the best sounding tape of this performance I've heard to date.
0:35.0	It's a huge upgrade and I think you'll all enjoy this very much if you're a fan of this early 70s dead.
0:42.0	It starts out with Bertha, trucking, it hurts me. much if you're a fan of this early 70s dead.
0:42.8	Starts out with Bertha, trucking, it hurts me to,
0:45.6	loser.
0:46.3	Greatest story ever told into Johnny Be Good.
0:48.4	Mama tried, hard to handle.
0:50.4	And then we get into, well, one of the most fabulous dead jams of all time, Dark Star,
0:55.0	Dark Star in the first set, into me and my uncle to close set one.
1:00.0	That jam between Warfrat and Dark Star has to be heard to be believed.
1:06.0	It's very beautiful and transformative.
1:08.0	I think you'll enjoy it very much.
1:10.0	So glad you could pick us up this week.
1:12.0	I want to remind you that the Dead pods brought to you by listener support and by our friends at Keeley electronics.
1:18.0	Check them out on the web, W. W.K.X.com.
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