Dead Show/podcast for 8/15/14

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2014

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

"Summer flies and August dies

the world grows dark and mean"

I had a request for something from Alpine Valley, and it seemed to me that this show fit best right now, this is the last show that the band ever played at that storied venue, July 19th, 1989. Surely not the best show of the year, or even of that monstrous Summer Tour, but a show that displayed the band as it was at the end of an era of sorts. A very good show in which we see the band playing as a pretty well oiled machine.. The set starts with the always fun Hell In A Bucket, but that goes nicely into a fine Sugaree, where Jerry has a particularly refreshing jam. The Mama Tried ->Mexicalli Blues are well played with much energy, but Althea is of course a highlight of the set at least for Jerry's vocals. I was never a huge fan of hearing the Victim or the Crime, but it certainly has its place in the band's repertoire at this point in their career. West L.A. Fadeaway follows, then a very good Desolation Row where Weir does I think a very nice job despite turning around the order of the verses. The Deal that follows is as usual during '89, very nicely jammed out.

Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy WI (7/19/89)

Hell in a Bucket
Sugaree
Mama Tried
Mexicali Blues
Althea
Victim or the Crime
West L.A. Fadeaway
Desolation Row

Deal

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Heartfelt best wishes go out to Bobby Weir,  feel better soon Ace..

and of course to the family of Robin Williams..

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a Dead Pod for the week of August 15th, 2014. This is a professor, so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.0	I had a request for something from this venue, from this epic summer tour of 1989. It was really a huge summer tour. They played a lot of big venues and in some ways were the end of it's marked the end of a certain period of Grateful Dead touring.
0:25.4	This one is the last show played at the Alpine Valley Music Center in East Troy, Wisconsin,
0:30.7	July 19, 1989.
0:33.0	Of course, two nights earlier, they had recorded
0:35.8	the epic performance that was released on Downhill from here.
0:39.6	This is the last night of that run,
0:41.6	a run that was a lot of rain, a lot of mud, a lot of great music.
0:46.5	I'm going to play set one this week. We'll hear set two next week. It seems fitting to me
0:51.3	to play this last night that the boys play at
0:56.0	Alpine Valley. A great venue and has a lot of great memories for folks who were
1:01.1	able to go on tour with the dead back then.
1:03.2	Well here, set one starts with a hell in a bucket into a really nice sugary.
1:07.8	Mama tried in the Mexicali Blues have played very well.
1:10.9	Jerry does a really fine version of Althea, great lyrics he sings
1:16.8	him so well. Then they do a victim or the crime and I don't think they do it. It's not
1:22.4	probably my favorite version of that song.
1:25.0	Jerry goes into a good version of West L.A. Fadeaway to Follows.
1:28.0	Then a really nice version of Desolation Row. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do into a real
1:36.0	a really fine set closing deal. Jerry really did a good job on Deal playing that song during this period and has some great jamming in it to close set one.
1:47.0	As I said, well here's set two next week.
1:50.0	Hope you enjoy this one folks and so glad you could pick us up and I want to thank those of you
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