Dead Show/podcast for 4/23/21

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week the Deadpod goes back to the Spring of 1969 for a set the Dead played in Chicago at a place either called 'The Electric Theater' or the 'Kinetic Playground' depending on where you look :)

While this is a short set, the story goes that the Velvet Underground was on the same bill, and played before the Dead. Apparently they played a very long set and the Dead were left with only enough time for a short set. The story goes that the Dead returned the favor the next night...

Their set opens with a rather sloppy 'Hard To Handle' - apparently Jerry was experimenting with using the pedal steel on this one, and it doesn't come off so well. 'Doin' That Rag' follows and has a nice jam in it, but they really get going with the 'Good Morning Little Schoolgirl' that follows - some classic Pigpen here and throughout. An early 'Morning Dew' follows, then, unfortunately, Bobby's Yellow Dog story.

The set closes with two excellent pieces, 'Sitting on Top of the World' and and a great 'Lovelight'.

Grateful Dead
Electric Theater
Chicago, IL 4/25/69 - Friday

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Hard to Handle [4:25] %
Doin' That Rag [7:32] %
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [11:28] %
Morning Dew [7:32] %
Yellow dog story [1:58] %
Sitting on Top of the World [3:46] %
Turn On Your Love Light [23:30]

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Have a great week! and thanks for your support!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Deadpod for the week of April 23rd, 2021.
0:03.6	The professor, so glad he could pick us up this week.
0:06.5	As we head into the end of April, I thought I'd bring you a little treat from 1969.
0:11.7	This is from the electric theater in Chicago, Illinois.
0:15.0	I'm sure it's not a complete show, but it's a pretty interesting tape that we have of
0:20.2	some wonderful, early, grateful dead.
0:22.2	It starts out with hard to handle.
0:24.7	It's kind of a weird sounding hard to handle.
0:26.6	I think Jerry's kind of experimenting with the pedal guitar on this one.
0:31.0	But then it clears up a bit and on the next tune, doing that rag,
0:35.4	then a great good morning, little school girl.
0:37.5	Morning dew follows.
0:39.2	Unfortunately, unfortunately, depending on your point of view,
0:41.5	we get the yellow dog story following that.
0:44.0	Then sitting on top of the world, excellent version,
0:46.7	and a nice long love light closes it out.
0:49.3	Hope you enjoy this one.
0:50.4	There's a lot of pig pen, a lot of early primal dead.
0:53.3	And I think it's a wonderful little
0:56.3	tape to enjoy and appreciate.
0:58.3	I hope you like it.
0:59.5	Thanks very much for picking us up this week and for your support of the DeadPod.
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