Dead Show/podcast for 5/4/18
The Deadpod
John Henrikson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2018
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
We open the month of May here on the Deadpod with a great second set from 1977, as we continue our presentation of April 23rd, 1977 at the Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield MA. This set starts with the famous 'take a step back' exhortation to the crowd, but the band fires things up most excellently with a very tight 'Estimated Prophet'. Not only are the harmonies great here but Jerry has that twangy 77 sound that makes this one so sweet. Bertha follows, more melodic than rockin' here.. The familiar bass line of 'The Music Never Stops' follows, as the band high step into this favorite. Jerry really gets cranking here, even though the jam won't go on as long as we might like. The Help>Slip>Frank that follows is for my money clearly the highlight here. Such a joy to listen to.. I find myself wishing that Slipknot! could go on and on.. but then I'd miss Jerry's mindbending solos during Franklin's :)
They close the second set with a great trifecta; 'Around and Around'>'Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad'>'Not Fade Away'.
Nothin' left to do.. :)
Grateful Dead
Springfield Civic Center Arena
Springfield, MA
4/23/77 - Saturday
Two
Estimated Prophet [7:34] ;
Bertha [7:03] ;
The Music Never Stopped [5:59] ;
Help On The Way [4:25] >
Slipknot! [8:53] >
Franklin's Tower [10:24] >
Around And Around [6:49] >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:49] >
Not Fade Away [11:14]
Encore One More Saturday Night [4:40]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome the DeadPog for the week of May the 4th 2018. This is a professor. So glad to pick us up this week. This week we're going to bring you of course a really fine second set from the Grateful Dead's performance at Springfield Civic Center Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts, April 23rd, 1977. |
| 0:18.0 | I think this is a tape in general is a fine example of early 77 dead. It's got a little bit of that 76 feel. |
| 0:26.0 | They're just transitioning into a little more up-tempo 77 sound, but they're listening to each other and I think a very interesting sound. |
| 0:34.0 | Keith is playing a little bit around with the synthesizer and organ and I think it sounds |
| 0:38.8 | quite interesting. |
| 0:40.0 | So it starts out with a nice estimated profit. |
| 0:42.4 | Birth of foul is always nice. |
| 0:45.0 | Music never stops and then I help slip Frank that I think is probably the highlight of this second |
| 0:49.0 | set. |
| 0:50.0 | Quite well done. |
| 0:51.7 | Slip goes on for almost nine minutes. |
| 0:54.0 | Franklin's towers a little over ten. |
| 0:56.0 | I think it's a very nice combination, one of the more unique helps slip Frank's you'll hear. |
| 1:00.0 | Round and round follows, going down the road feeling bad |
| 1:03.0 | goes in to not fade away to close set two. |
| 1:06.0 | They come back out with of course on Saturday, |
| 1:09.0 | one more Saturday night, but all in all I think it's quite an interesting show. It's a very nice recording. |
| 1:15.0 | I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. |
| 1:17.0 | Hope your May is starting off well. It's always one of my favorite if not my favorite month of the year |
| 1:22.0 | and I hope this one lives up to that. |
| 1:25.0 | So, good vibes to you. |
| 1:27.0 | Hope to see you back here next week. |
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