Dead Show/podcast for 3/20/26
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week's Deadpod drops us into the Spring 1992 tour, catching the band at the Nassau Coliseum for a rockin' first set that showcases both Phil Lesh and Bruce Hornsby — in what would turn out to be Bruce's final tour with the band.
The set runs a bit short, but that was pretty typical for the latter-day Dead. No matter — the band is in fine form. Phil kicks things off leading the charge on 'Greatest Story Ever Told,' followed by a rousing 'Bertha.' 'Stagger Lee' is another Lesh showcase, though the whole band locks in beautifully by the end. 'Beat It On Down The Line' opens with a full nine-beat intro before Phil delivers a genuine surprise — a standout vocal on 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues,' one of my personal favorite Dead covers. Bruce then steps forward on a heavy, honky-tonk-tinged 'Tennessee Jed.' The boys close out the set on a high note with a spirited 'Promised Land,' Bruce adding a nice solo to send everyone home happy.
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
Grateful Dead
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Uniondale, NY 3/12/1992 - Thursday
One
Greatest Story Ever Told
Bertha
Walkin' Blues
Stagger Lee
Beat It On Down The Line
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Tennessee Jed
The Promised Land
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm local deadpod for the week of March the 20th, 2006. |
| 0:04.6 | This is Professor. I'm so glad you could pick us up this week. |
| 0:07.5 | This week I'm going to bring you a show from a year I don't usually feature 1992. |
| 0:12.2 | This one comes to us from Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on March the 12th, 1992. |
| 0:19.0 | Of course, this spring tour was the last tour of Bruce Hornsby's tenure with the Dead, |
| 0:23.6 | and he does a really fine job on this set. |
| 0:25.6 | I think you'll enjoy it. |
| 0:27.0 | It starts out the band in general does a good job here. |
| 0:30.2 | I'm quite pleased with this show, and I think you'll enjoy it. |
| 0:35.2 | It starts out with a nice, greatest story ever told. |
| 0:43.3 | Phil really leads things here and does a great job. They go into a strong Bertha. |
| 0:49.3 | Very high energy and Jerry has a nice solo on that. Walkin blues follows and it's a nice, very nicely done. You can hear Bruce there at the end of that one staggerly follows again Phil's strong in the mix here then they do a |
| 1:02.6 | beat-on down the line and Phil takes the lead for just like Tom's thumbs blues |
| 1:07.0 | always a favorite of mine and Phil's vocals are very nice on that one. Tennessee Jed follows, and here, Hornsby again, is quite prominent in the mix, and that goes |
| 1:16.4 | into a set closing promised land. |
| 1:18.8 | High energy first set. |
| 1:20.1 | I think it's quite nice, and we'll hear Set 2 next week. |
| 1:24.3 | So hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:25.5 | Thanks a lot for picking us up and for your support of the |
| 1:27.6 | Deadpod. As always, I couldn't do it without your help. Hope you're doing well and I hope you |
| 1:32.8 | enjoy the set. We'll see you back here next week. This is a professor you're listening to the Deadpod. One One One One |
| 1:46.0 | The |
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