Dead Show/podcast for 7/24/15

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2015

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week I'm going to start to present the Grateful Dead's performance at the famous Watkins Glen racecourse from July 28th, 1973. Not only was this the largest rock concert attendance wise ever up to this point, it of course is most famous perhaps for the soundcheck the band did the day before the actual performance which I'm going to showcase these next 3 weeks. I think that is somewhat unfair, as this is a great show, as most are from 1973, and I think it is a fine show to use to celebrate Jerry's Birthday coming up as it does on August 1st.

This first part which I'm bringing you this week starts out with\ a hard charging 'Bertha' - Phil is leading the pack here, followed by a great 'Beat It On Down The Line', with some very nice keyboard work by Keith. Brown-Eyed Women follows, then a very fast tempo'd Mexicali Blues. Box Of Rain is very nicely done, and "Here Comes Sunshine' showcases Jerry doing some very nice explorations. Row Jimmy and Jack Straw follow, and then an explosive Deal is where we will leave off this week's Deadpod, with more to follow in the next two weeks.

Grateful Dead

Grand Prix Racecourse, Watkins Glen, NY (7/28/73)

set 1 - partial


Bertha
Beat it on Down the Line
Brown Eyed Women
Mexicali Blues
Box of Rain
Here Comes Sunshine
Looks Like Rain
Row Jimmy
Jack Straw
Deal

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Good wishes to everyone!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Dead Pod for July the 24th, 2015.
0:03.3	This is a professor, so glad to get pick us up this week.
0:06.4	Much debate went into this week's selection for the Dead Pod.
0:11.4	July has five Fridays in it. I've played a bunch of long sets already so I've only got so
0:16.3	much room left so I'm going to split this week's show up into three parts. This comes to
0:20.6	a very famous show, perhaps overshadowed a bit by the tune-up that happened the day before.
0:26.4	This took place at Watkins Glen, New York at the Grand Prix Racecourse July 28th, 1973. We're going to hear eventually all both sets, including the super long second set,
0:37.6	but like I said we're going to split this performance up in three parts. So this week we're going to get the first part.
0:41.8	Set one starts with a nice Bertha, beat it on down the line.
0:46.0	Brown-eyed women's played quite well.
0:48.0	Mexicali Blues is played really fast.
0:50.0	They almost lose it in this one.
0:52.0	But they come back with a great box of rain, a wonderful here comes sunshine.
0:56.0	Looks like rain. Road Jimmy's played beautifully as always, especially during 1973.
1:02.0	Jack Straw follows, and then a nice deal,
1:05.0	is where we're going to leave things off.
1:06.7	They play one more song actually in the first set.
1:08.9	It's quite long playing in the band.
1:10.8	We'll save that for next week. Hope you enjoy this one. This was of course a very famous performance, one of the largest rock
1:16.7	concerts in history. They shared the stage with the Allman Brothers Band.
1:21.8	And of course the sound check the day before is very famous and available on so
1:28.4	many roads I've played it before I'm the Dead Pods so hope you enjoy one. I think anything from 73 is a real treat.
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