Dead Show/podcast for 5/5/23

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Happy Cinco de Mayo! As we roll into the first weekend in May, I wanted to bring out the customary tribute to the Kentucky Derby with a fine 'The Race Is On'. This show does that as well as pays homage to the new, fat, 'Here Comes Sunshine' release from Grateful Dead Productions (Here Comes Sunshine from Dead.net). This show does both, although it takes place in early spring of 1973, rather than in May.

This is a huge show - the first set alone has 17 songs that take over one hour and forty minutes of prime Dead. There are too many highlights to mention. As most of you know I love the sound of the band during this period. I invite you to pay attention to Bill's work here - it really sparkles!

Of course there is 'The Race Is On', and a nice 'Here Comes Sunshine'. But I enjoy Donna on 'You Ain't Woman Enough', and just when you think that they must need a break after a fine 'China>Rider' they roll into a 15 minute 'Playin' In The Band' to close the set..

Grateful Dead
Utica Memorial Auditorium
Utica, NY
3/21/1973 - Wednesday

One [1:39:37]

Bertha [5:32]
Me And My Uncle [2:57]
Wave That Flag [5:30]
Looks Like Rain [7:35]
Tennessee Jed [7:34]
Box Of Rain [4:46]
You Ain't Woman Enough [2:59]
Jack Straw [4:37]
Row Jimmy [7:38]
Beat It On Down The Line [2:58]
Here Comes Sunshine [8:05]
The Race Is On [2:44]
Loser [6:33]
El Paso [4:09]
China Cat Sunflower [7:18] >
I Know You Rider [4:31]
Playing In The Band [15:11]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod050523.mp3

We'll enjoy set 2 next week...

"Well hop in the hack turn on the key
Pop in the clutch let the wheels roll free

Come on honey, let me sing them away
Come on honey, let me sing them away
Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away"

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, local dead pod for the week of May the 5th, 2023, Cinco de Mayo.
0:04.6	So glad you could pick us up this week.
0:06.8	This week, in honor of the fact that it's the first weekend in May,
0:11.1	and in recognition of this tremendous here comes sunshine,
0:16.3	released at Gravel Dead Productions, just put out of a 17-CD set of live 1973 recordings.
0:24.6	I'm going to bring you one from the spring of 1973. This one comes to us from
0:29.2	the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, New York on March 21st, 1973.
0:34.4	The first set, a whopping 17 songs, will run right about an hour and 40 minutes.
0:39.9	So be prepared for a long set this week.
0:43.1	It starts out with a great bertha, me and my uncle.
0:45.3	The early version of US Blues called Wave That Flag follows, looks like rain,
0:49.8	Tennessee Jed, Phil comes in with box ram, then down it does a really nice version of
0:54.4	you ain't woman enough, Jekstra, Ro Jimmy, beat it on down the line, and then a four said
1:01.2	mentioned here comes sunshine, nice version, and because it's Kentucky Derby Weekend,
1:06.1	I had to play a show that had the races on.
1:09.1	Loser follows El Paso, China rider, and you think that would be enough, but no,
1:13.3	they finished the first set with a 15-minute long plan in the band.
1:17.8	Billy shines on this throughout, and hope you enjoyed. I think you will.
1:22.5	Thanks so much for picking us up this week, and for your support of the DeadPod,
1:25.4	I couldn't do without you.
1:26.7	Hope you have an excellent weekend and an excellent week, and we'll see you back here next time.
1:31.6	This is the professor, you're listening to The DeadPod.
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