Dead Show/podcast for 5/2/14
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2014
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week I'm featuring a tape that was just released - its an audience tape but quite a good one of the Dead's performance back on August 24th, 1980 in Grand Rapids Michigan. I had never heard this show before and doubt that very many other folks have either so I think you'll find this to be a real treat. From the notes it sounds like not many people heard the show that night either - just a few hundred in attendance but perhaps that's why its such a good audience recording. In this week's first set I think you'll agree that the band played characteristically for 1980 - which in my opinion was generally excellent. Highlights for me in this set are a fine Brown Eyed Women, Passenger, Althea which I always enjoy from this period and a smokin' Deal to close the set. I hope you find the audience recording as refreshing as I have and can sit back and let it carry you back to those days back then...........
Grateful Dead
August 24, 1980
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Grand Center
Set 1:
Tuning
Jack Straw
They Love Each Other
Tuning
Cassidy
Brown Eyed Women
Passenger
Peggy-O
Looks Like Rain
Althea
Let It Grow ->
Deal
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome the dead pod for the week of May 2nd 2014. This is a professor I'm so glad to pick this week |
| 0:06.4 | This week. I'm going to bring you a real fine that just showed up this week |
| 0:11.6 | This is an audience recording, but quite a nice one. |
| 0:14.4 | It took place back on August 24th, 1980. |
| 0:17.0 | The dead played Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Grand Center. |
| 0:20.5 | And this audience recording just surfaced over at Lostless Legs and it's really quite good and the band's in excellent form. |
| 0:28.5 | I guess it was a tiny crowd at the venue that night, but the band put on, I think, it's a really great show. |
| 0:34.4 | I think you'll enjoy it. |
| 0:35.4 | We'll hear set one this week and set two next week. |
| 0:37.8 | It starts off a ripen jackstraw, they love each other. |
| 0:41.3 | Cassidy, brown-eyed women, passenger really rocks. |
| 0:44.0 | Pegio looks like Ray in Althea, |
| 0:46.0 | and 1988's Altheas are great. |
| 0:49.0 | Let it grow goes into a smoking deal to close that one. |
| 0:52.0 | I think you'll enjoy this one, makes the band's really tight. goes into a smoking deal to close set one. |
| 0:52.6 | I think you'll enjoy this one, |
| 0:53.8 | the band's really tight and despite the fact, |
| 0:56.7 | maybe because of the fact the crowd was so small a taper, |
| 0:59.5 | got a really excellent recording. |
| 1:01.4 | And hopefully you'll enjoy this audience |
| 1:04.0 | and recording of really a nice show, |
| 1:07.0 | unheard of show really from 1980. |
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