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The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Saturday night in Chi-town brings us a second set that opens with the soon‑to‑be‑released "Touch of Grey," delivered in a tight, confident reading. A funky "Man Smart (Woman Smarter)" follows, with Jerry and Brent locking into some lively interplay that keeps the energy high. "Terrapin Station" then unfolds and the band shows their trademark virtuosity, taking us on a vibrant, narrative‑driven ride. From there they drop into a deep, heavy Drums and Space segment—one of the real highlights of the set—before slamming into a powerful "Truckin'."

That sets up the ballad slot, and Jerry turns in an outstanding "Wharf Rat," rich with emotion and dynamic nuance. Bobby then leads the band into "Throwing Stones," complete with some fiery Garcia solos, and "Not Fade Away" closes the set in classic call‑and‑response fashion. The crowd, clearly feeling that extra X‑factor in this post‑drums stretch, keeps the "NFA" chant going until the band returns for a heartfelt and moving "Black Muddy River" encore

Grateful Dead
UIC Pavilion - University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
4/11/1987 - Saturday

Two

Touch Of Grey [6:00] >
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [7:39] >
Terrapin Station [11:29] >
Drums [7:47] >
Space [6:48#] >
Truckin' [7:14] >
Wharf Rat [8:40] >
Throwing Stones [8:48] >
Not Fade Away [6:18]

Encore
Not Fade Away [ 0:52] >
Black Muddy River [6:16]

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Oakland Deadpod for the week of April 24th, 2006. This is a professor, so glad to
0:04.7	you can pick us up this week. This week we play the second set from the band's performance
0:09.0	at the UIC Pavilion, University of Illinois, in Chicago, Illinois. It took place on April 11,
0:15.1	1987. It was a Saturday night. Amazingly, they didn't do one more Saturday night. However, they did open with
0:24.1	Touch of Grey, a song which would soon be released on In the Dark, hadn't been yet, but they play a
0:29.7	nice, tight version of that. Goes into Man, Smart Woman Smarter, very funky version. I think
0:35.1	the crowd must have been on their feet.
0:40.1	Brent and Jerry have some excellent interplay here.
0:43.4	That goes into a fine version of Terrapin Station.
0:45.8	It goes on about 11 minutes and 30 seconds.
0:49.3	They get out there on this one.
0:51.5	I think it's nice to hear.
0:53.0	It goes into drums in space.
0:57.0	Garcia is particularly psychedelic on space. I think you'll enjoy the place that the band goes there.
1:00.0	It's really interesting.
1:01.0	That goes into a nice hot version of trucking.
1:04.0	Jerry slows things down with a wharf rat in the ballad slot.
1:09.0	That goes into throwing stones and then not fade away. The crowd
1:13.7	is by this point so taken with the not fade away with the whole performance that the chant
1:18.8	continues right back until they get back up for the encore, where Jerry performs a really nice
1:25.2	version of Black Muddy River. Hope you enjoy this one.
1:28.5	Thanks so much for picking us up this week,
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