Dead Show/podcast for 5/22/15

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2015

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

As we turn the corner this weekend into the unofficial start of summer, we have a smokin' hot set of Dead music to serve as the soundtrack. This is set 3 of the band's performance on May 26th, 1973 at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. The boys open with a straight ahead rockin' version of 'Mississippi Half Step'.. some beautiful Garcia licks there in the closing.. then 'Me & My Uncle', then we get into the heart of the matter.. a nice, stretched out 'He's Gone'.. including some great Phil bass and baritone vocals.. then we go into a wonderful stretch of music, one of the best of a very good year as the band dissolves He's Gone into Truckin'.. then we go into a great Other One intro and jam, then a beautiful Eyes of the World->China Doll.. what a day! Keith is on the money here and Billy is as always, outstanding.

As I sit back and enjoy this I marvel at the band's energy here after already having played two smoking' sets. Is it one of the best of that very good year? prehaps.. but it is not worth the argument, it is a pleasure to behold..

Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA (5/26/73)

set 3

Mississippi Half-Step
Me and My Uncle
He's Gone
Truckin'
The Other One
Eyes of the World
China Doll
Sugar Magnolia
Casey Jones

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Have a safe and fun-filled Memorial Day weekend..

take a moment to reflect on the men and women who lost their lives in service to the country.. and work for peace..

thanks for your support.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the dead pod for the week of May 22nd 2015. This is a professor so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.0	And what we have this week is one of the special moments in Grateful Dead history.
0:12.0	This is set three from the Grateful Dead's performance, Kizar Stadium, San Francisco, California on May 26, 1973.
0:20.0	The band comes out, does a very nice version of Mississippi half step that sets the tone just right for this third set.
0:28.0	After that, they do a nice me and my uncle, keep the tempo up and running. Then they go on to what's surely one of the
0:36.5	better jams of this great year. It starts out with a great he's gone. It goes long,
0:42.3	rock and he's gone into trucking. Trucking the tempo is a little bit up more
0:46.0	up-tempo than many of these, but it's quite nice and leads into a very nice other one jam. Phil
0:52.3	leads away on this one, some nice space jamming.
0:55.7	You know where they're going to go.
0:57.7	Phil and Billy do a little solo work in this jam,
1:02.1	and then Phil drops the bomb. And then they go into a very nice other one
1:05.4	It's quite long quite well played out
1:08.6	It gradually builds into this tremendous climax that you're, of course,
1:12.8	very familiar with.
1:13.6	You'll really enjoy it.
1:15.0	It'll take you out there.
1:16.6	The other one lasts a very nice long version
1:19.6	goes into a spectacular eyes of the world. This one's a beauty, plays out nice languid
1:26.2	pace, quite well done, into a beautiful China doll. What better way to close the afternoon? Well, they come out after the
1:36.0	China Dow and do a course a rock and sugar magnolia. After that, they come
1:41.3	back for an encore and it's a great Casey Jones. What better way to
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