Dead Show/podcast for 3/6/26
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week we return to the post-coma Dead of early 1987 - this show took place on March 3, 1987 at the Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland. I happen to think the band, and Garcia, shows a real rebound here and hope you agree.
The opening 'Quinn the Eskimo' is a perfect way to elevate the crowd's mood, and Jerry does a fine job on the vocals.. it flows into a nice 'Greatest Story Ever Told ' and Jerry again hits it with a fine 'Loser'. 'Minglewood and 'Tons of Steel' are both well performed, and Bobby does some nice jamming on a fine version of 'Cassidy'
The highlight of this set has to be fhe 'Mississippi Half-Step'. I think you'll agree that this one reaches a high note, and the set closing 'Promised Land' finishes things off with some great energy.
Grateful Dead
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Oakland, CA 3/3/1987 - Tuesday
One
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [4:32]
Greatest Story Ever Told [3:59]
Loser [7:08]
New Minglewood Blues [7:05]
Tons Of Steel [5:14]
Cassidy [6:10]
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [9:15] >
The Promised Land [4:15]
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod030626.mp3
thank you for your kind support..
..."may the four winds blow you safely home.."
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, and welcome to the Deadpod for the week of March 5th, 2006. |
| 0:05.0 | This is a professor, so glad he could pick us up this week. |
| 0:08.0 | This week, I decided to bring you a show from March the 3rd, 1987, out at the Henry Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California. |
| 0:16.0 | Really nice first set. Jerry's in fine voice here following following, you know, his return from the coma. |
| 0:23.6 | I think this is one of the better, when he really gets back into things. It's better than the |
| 0:27.6 | January run. It starts out with Quinny Eskimo. What a great set opener. Then that goes into |
| 0:32.6 | greatest story ever told, a really fine loser. New Minglewood Blues. Brent does a fine tons of steel. Bobby does a good |
| 0:41.0 | Cassidy. Then we get the highlight of this first set, which is a wonderful Mississippi half-step, |
| 0:46.4 | Uptown Toodaloo. I think you really enjoy this one. I think it's done quite well. It goes into a set |
| 0:51.2 | closing promised land. So first set this week, second set next week, but nice recording and hope you enjoyed it. |
| 0:58.4 | I know I did. |
| 1:00.4 | Thanks for picking us up this week and for your support of the Dead Pod. |
| 1:03.4 | I really appreciate it and couldn't do the show without you. |
| 1:06.7 | And I hope March finds you all well and hanging in there. |
| 1:10.4 | So see you back here next week. |
| 1:12.5 | This is a professor. |
| 1:13.3 | You're listening to The Dead Pod. I'm I'm I'm |
| 1:28.3 | The I'm going to I'm a |
| 1:45.0 | and I'm a little bit more I'm I'm |
| 2:01.6 | I'm |
| 2:03.6 | I'm |
| 2:05.6 | I'm |
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