Dead Show/podcast for 3/7/25

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

This week's Deadpod takes us across the pond to London, where the band kicked off their Spring European tour of 1981 on March 20 at the Rainbow Theater.

They come out smoking on 'Feel Like A Stranger' and you know they were looking forward to this.. 'Friend of the Devil' which follows is played leisurely, they are in no hurry to get through this evening. 'C.C. Rider' follows with a bit of the blues.. This tape sounds wonderful, and all these tunes have a great treatment.. I'm a sucker for a great 'Loser' and this one doesn't disappoint, nor does 'Candyman'.. the set closing 'Deal' is incendiary..

Grateful Dead
Rainbow Theatre
London, England 3/20/1981 - Friday

One
Feel Like A Stranger
Banter (Bobby's Joke)
Friend Of The Devil
C.C. Rider
Tuning
Althea
Tuning 2
Mama Tried >
Mexicali Blues
Loser
New New Minglewood Blues
Crowd
Candyman >
Looks Like Rain >
Deal

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Oakland Deadpod for the 7th day of March, 2025. This is Professor, I'm so glad
0:04.6	you could pick us up this week. This week I found a really beautiful tape for you, I think you're
0:09.3	really going to enjoy it. It comes from the opening show of the Dead's European tour of the
0:16.0	spring 1981. This took place to Rainbow Theater in London, England on March the 20th, 1981.
0:22.5	They hadn't been back there since 74, London, that is.
0:26.1	And they come out hot with a great feel like a stranger.
0:29.5	Bobby puts forth a rather stupid joke, as usual.
0:33.1	But then they go into a nice, long friend of the devil.
0:35.6	CC rider is pretty good.
0:36.9	I kind of enjoy it.
0:38.2	Some nice Althea follows.
0:40.2	Mama tried into Mexicali blues.
0:42.1	A great loser.
0:43.1	New Minglewood blues follows.
0:44.8	A nice candy man into looks like rain.
0:47.3	And these clothes is set with a smoking hot deal.
0:49.7	I think you're going to enjoy this one.
0:51.0	The sound quality is excellent.
0:53.1	The playing is excellent. And they're ready to enjoy this one. The sound quality is excellent. The playing is excellent.
0:55.0	And they're ready to rock. So I think you'll enjoy this. Thanks so much for picking us up this
1:00.3	week. And for your support of the Dead Pod, I certainly couldn't do it without you. I very much
1:04.4	appreciate it. Hope you're doing well as those March winds blow our blues away. This is
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