Dead Show/podcast for 5/14/21

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

I'm going to shuffle the deck a little bit and bring you a real treat, a show from the fall of 1976. This comes to us from September 30, 1976 at Mershon Auditorium at The Ohio State University. This special request from a friend of the Deadpod features a fantastic first set. The opening 'Music Never Stopped' is quite unique - and features some wonderful playing by Garcia in the cresendo leading into a sweet 'Sugaree'.

'Looks Like Rain' has a nice interplay between Bob and Donna, and 'El Paso' has a nice galloping tempo thanks to Phil. The real fireworks come with the fabulous 'Crazy Fingers' that follows.. to me the highlight of the set, although some would argue that the set closing 'Scarlet Begonias' deserves those accolades.. I'll let you decide ;)

Grateful Dead
Mershon Auditorium - Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 9/30/76 - Thursday

One
The Music Never Stopped [5:56]
Sugaree [9:44]
New Minglewood Blues [4:30]
Ramble On Rose [7:19]
Looks Like Rain [6:02]
Peggy-O [8:25]
El Paso [4:10]
Crazy Fingers [15:02] >
It's All Over Now [5:14]
Scarlet Begonias [10:14]

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to DeadPod for the week of May the 14th, 2021.
0:03.6	This professor, I'm so glad he could pick us up this week.
0:06.4	This week we're going to take a step out of our normal flow of shows and bring you something
0:10.6	that was a request from Great Sporer of the DeadPod.
0:14.4	This comes to us from Columbus, Ohio, the Miersham Auditorium, Ohio State University,
0:18.8	on September 30th, 1976.
0:20.6	It's a great first set, I think you'll really like this one.
0:25.0	Starts out with a wonderful music, never stop.
0:27.1	This is a great opener.
0:29.0	The jams in here are pretty exquisite, especially the end.
0:32.4	Jerry slips in a little mind-left body jam, I think, there, towards the end.
0:36.4	It goes effortlessly into a really nice sugary, Keith is playing well.
0:43.3	And Jerry, of course, is doing a wonderful job.
0:45.6	I think the whole band is listening.
0:47.5	This is a really nice sugary.
0:49.3	Minglewood Blues follows a little bit more choppy.
0:51.5	Randlon Rose is fun.
0:53.2	Looks like rain, features a nice interplay between Donna and Bob.
0:57.6	Peggy O'Fallows, a fast version of El Paso follows that, a little bit driven, a little
1:03.7	bit, I think, by Phil, who does a great job on this.
1:06.7	Then probably we'll get into the real meat of the first set, which is in some ways a highlight
1:10.9	of the show.
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