Dead Show/podcast for 6/24/11

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2011

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

This week the music world lost a true star - Clarence 'Big Man' Clemons.. Aside from his pivotal role in the E. Street Band Clarence was a friend of the Grateful Dead and played with Jerry Garcia as well. In honor of his passing, a listener of the Deadpod requested this show, and it is absolutely perfect to play this week. This was the longest segment Clarence played with the Grateful Dead and occurred on Dec. 6th, 1989 at the Earthquake Benefit that took place at the Oakland Coliseum. (This also happened to be the date of the 20th anniversary of the Altamont). I thought I would bring you the second set because that's where Clarence sat in with the band on the majority of the set .. I could be persuaded to play the first set next week.. I think you'll find this a great set.. I'm personally very fond of the Standing on the Moon, but I think Clarence adds some great licks on the Ship of Fools as well...

12/6/89 - Grateful Dead
Oakland Coliseum - Oakland, CA
Earthquake Relief Benefit

Set 2:
Scarlet Begonias ->
Sugar Magnolia ->
Ship Of Fools* ->
Terrapin Station ->
Drums ->
Space* ->
The Wheel* ->
All Along The Watchtower* ->
Standing On The Moon* ->
Sunshine Daydream*
(Encore) Black Muddy River*

* With Clarence Clemons

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the dead pod for the week of June the 24th 2011. This is a professor I'm so glad to pick us up this week.
0:07.0	Music the music world suffered a huge loss this last week with the death of saxophonones, Clarence Big Man Clemens.
0:15.0	Certainly an integral part of the Bruce Springsteen's East Street band and a friend of
0:20.1	the Grateful Dead, friend of Jerry Garcia, he performed with both of them.
0:24.5	And following up on a suggestion for one of my great listeners, I'm going to bring you probably
0:29.6	his longest performance with the Grateful Dead, which occurred on December the 6th, 1989 at the Oakland Coliseum at the Earthquake Relief Benefit.
0:37.0	Rather somber affair, and that's kind of reflected in the second set list that we're going to be bringing you this evening.
0:42.8	I'll bring you the second set tonight.
0:44.6	If you'd like to hear the first set from this show,
0:46.3	which is quite good in its own right,
0:48.0	drop me a line and convince me.
0:50.1	But set two starts with the Scarlet Pagonias
0:52.3	into Sugar Magnolia, then a ship of fools,
0:54.7	Terrapin station, into drums in space, the wheel all along the watchtower,
0:59.7	a tremendous standing on the moon, into Sunshine Daydream and the Encore's Black Muddy River.
1:05.2	Clarence Clemens plays along on ship of fools.
1:08.4	Space the wheel watchtower standing on the moon and sunshine daydream as well as the encore Black Money River.
1:15.0	I'm sure you'll enjoy this.
1:17.0	Whether you're a fan of Clemens work with Bruce Springsteen or not,
1:21.0	I happen to be a fan of his and think that Springsteen put on great rock and roll shows.
1:27.0	Nevertheless, he did perform and add quite a bit of texture to this performance and I think you'll enjoy it.
1:33.8	So in memory of him, I'm going to bring it to you this week.
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