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The Deadpod

Dead Show/podcast for 3/18/22

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

This week's Deadpod features a fine recording of the second set from the Rex Benefit that took place on March 13, 1985 at the Berkeley Community Theater.

The boys give us a most excellent start with a fine 'Music Never Stopped' into 'Franklin's Tower'. While Jerry flubs a few lyrics here, he more than makes up for it with his fine soloing work. Bobby continues the first-rate performance with a great 'Estimated Prophet' into a bluesy 'Spoonful'. Hamza El-Din joins on drums and space as well as on 'Ollin Arrageed' which inexplicably, goes into a 'Man Smart/Woman Smarter'. Jerry delivers a decent 'Black Peter' but it seems clear to me that they are running out of steam by the 'Good Lovin' finale. A very nice 'Brokedown Palace' encore redeems that however and I'm sure sends everyone home smiling..

Grateful Dead
Berkeley Community Theatre
Berkeley, CA 3/13/85 - Wednesday

Two
The Music Never Stopped >
Franklin's Tower >
Estimated Prophet >
Spoonful (1) >
Drums (2) >
Space (2) >
Ollin Arrageed (2) >
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) (2) >
Black Peter (1) >
Good Lovin'

Encore
Brokedown Palace

Comments Rex Foundation Benefit ; (1) w/Matt Kelly ; (2) w/Hamza El-Din

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Happy Vernal Equinox!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Deadpod for the week of March 18th, 2022.

0:03.4

This is a professor, and I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.

0:06.2

This week we continue with the second set of the band's performance at the Berkeley Community Theatre,

0:10.4

March 13th, 1985.

0:12.9

It starts out with a great, it has a great start to a really fine music never stopped

0:17.9

into Franklin's Tower, into estimated profit.

0:22.0

These three are played very well. The sound is excellent.

0:26.1

Bobby sounds really good on estimated. Jerry does a great job on

0:30.0

soloing on Franklin. He forgets a couple of lyrics, but I can excuse that.

0:34.0

And Brent's all over the place. I think he's great sounding on this tape.

0:38.3

And then goes into a spoonful with Matt Kelly again, then drums and space.

0:44.2

Those are, they're joined on both of those by Hamza Eldin.

0:49.0

They also then go into Olin, Aerajid, and I'm sorry if I mispronounce that.

0:54.7

And then I don't, it's kind of unfathomable to me that they come out of that

1:01.3

in-demand smart woman smarter. I don't think that's a real great choice, but

1:05.4

nevertheless that's what they do. And then a black Peter.

1:08.4

Black Peter has Matt Kelly again. Interesting black Peter. It's not bad.

1:12.6

In-to-good loving. They kind of run out of steam here, I think.

1:15.5

But the encore is sweet. It's a sweet, broke down palace.

1:18.6

And I enjoyed that quite a bit. So I hope you do too.

1:21.6

Thanks so much for picking us up. I hope you enjoy this week's dead pod.

1:25.0

Thanks for your support. I couldn't do it without you.

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