Dead Show/podcast for 6/11/21

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week we bring you a fine recording of an often overlooked gem from the Summer of 1973. This comes to us from RFK Stadium in Washington DC on Saturday, June 9, 1973. This date is often overlooked in favor of the next day (which we played back in '08). On both dates, the band shared the bill with the Allman Brothers. On this very hot day, the Dead opened, and played two excellent sets.

The first set, which we'll hear this week, while not featuring any extended jams, nevertheless delivers some fantastic versions of many of their favorites. As with most shows from '73 there are too many treats to mention here, however I would advise you to listen in particular to the 'Loose Lucy'. With a flub on the last verse, Garcia leads the boys on an excellent blues flavored jam, which for me is the highlight of the set. Phil delivers a wonderful vocal performance on 'Box of Rain' as well.

Grateful Dead
RFK Stadium
Washington, DC 6/9/73 - Saturday

One

The Promised Land ;
Deal ;
Looks Like Rain ;
They Love Each Other ;
Jack Straw ;
Loose Lucy ;
Mexicali Blues ;
Row Jimmy ;
El Paso ;
Box Of Rain ;
Sugaree ;
Beat It On Down The Line ;
Tennessee Jed

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A great example of the wonders of the Wall of Sound!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Dead Pod for the week of June 11th, 2021.
0:03.4	This is a professor, I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:06.1	This week I'm going to bring you a great show from, of course, the fabulous year in 1973.
0:11.3	We're going to play the show that took place on June 9th, 1973, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
0:16.9	It was a Saturday, it was scorching hot, and the band was on fire, especially in that second set.
0:23.5	We'll play the whole show, we'll start with set one this week.
0:27.9	On this particular day, the dead opened up for the almonds.
0:32.7	On the next night, which I played back in, I think, 08, 610, the almonds opened for the dead.
0:39.7	But then this one is still quite long, it's two sets, and it is a wall of sound show, I believe.
0:45.0	It starts out with promised land, deal fellows, looks like rain, they love each other, jackstra,
0:50.7	and then what's, I convinced is the highlight of this first set is loose, loosey.
0:55.4	It's a highlight because, listen to this closely, when I get to the end, there's a flub lyric,
1:00.8	and then Garcia takes off into an great blues jam, and I think you'll really enjoy it.
1:05.8	It's quite interesting.
1:07.2	Mexicaly blues follows a nice long road, Jimmy.
1:09.9	El Paso, Phil brings out the box of rain, we have a great sugary, and then beat it on down the line,
1:16.8	and they close this long set one with Tennessee jet, a real rocking version, I think you'll enjoy.
1:23.1	What's not to enjoy about a 1973 dead show, I tell you.
1:27.0	I think this is a good one, thanks to Steve for the suggestion, and I hope you enjoy it.
1:32.5	Thanks so much for picking us up this week, and for your support of the dead pod, I could do it without you, and I really appreciate it.
1:39.6	I think most of the countries in some of them are heat wave, and I know this show took place on a really hot day, so it kind of fits.
1:47.4	Hope you enjoy it, thanks so much for picking us up, and we'll see you back here next week.
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