Dead Show/podcast for 8/1/25

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Here we are - Jerry's Birthday and the start of the Days Between - as well as the day of the first of the GD 60 concerts out in San Francisco! I do envy all those able to attend! In the meantime we have a fine show from August of 1972 to start the celebrations on this week's Deadpod.

This comes from Sacramento California on August 12, 1972. We will listen to the long first set this week - then the second set when I return in two weeks. I have to be gone next week and due to the constraints of posting on my podcast host I will be unable to have another Deadpod ready for next Friday.

You will find lots to enjoy here - Keith and Donna are still settling in as the band adjusts to no Pigpen, but there is plenty of great music here. I will simply call your attention to the fine jazzy 'Bird Song' and of course the 'Playin' In the Band'. There is a rare 1st set 'Stella Blue' and plenty of rocking here as well. The band is also quite chatty which is always fun to hear.

Grateful Dead
Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento, CA 8/12/1972 - Saturday

One

The Promised Land [2:54]
Sugaree [7:16]
Me And My Uncle [2:57]
Bird Song [10:25]
Black Throated Wind [6:31]
Deal [5:14]
El Paso [2:51#]
Tennessee Jed [#2:33]
Playing In The Band [12:30]
Big Railroad Blues [4:05]
Cumberland Blues [6:42]
Stella Blue [7:26]
Jack Straw [#3:38]
Casey Jones [6:26]

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod080125.mp3

Thank you my friends for your kind support.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Pod for August 1st, 2025.
0:03.4	Yes, the anniversary of Jerry Garcia's birthday.
0:06.7	And so we have a special show for you tonight, or I think it's very special.
0:10.1	It comes to us from Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, August the 12th, 1972.
0:17.0	It's a long and quite good first set.
0:20.2	It's the band in their 72 period when they're really exploring and changing a bit from the loss of pig pen.
0:30.2	And they're playing on, this is a very long first set. You'll really enjoy this one.
0:33.8	Comes out with Promise Land, Sugarie, me and my uncle, a beautiful bird song,
0:38.2	Blackthroated Wind, a great deal.
0:40.2	El Paso, which got a little clip at the end, Tennessee Jed.
0:43.3	Playing in the band is also outstanding here in the first set.
0:47.0	Big Railroad Blues gets a little more rockin, Cumberland Blues.
0:50.6	Stella Blue, first set, Stella Blue, Jack Straw,
0:53.7	and the end is first set with Casey Jones.
0:56.6	I know you're going to enjoy this one.
0:58.5	It's really quite good, and the recording's quite nice as well.
1:05.7	It's an appropriate set to mark the occasion, and I do want to tell you I'm not going to have a dead pod next week.
1:12.3	I'm going to be out of town this coming week a little bit. And due to the constraints of posting
1:18.7	the amount I can post in a certain month, in a single month, I'm not going to be able to get
1:24.8	another show up for the August, the 8th period.
1:29.7	So enjoy this one.
1:31.1	Thanks so much for your support.
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