Dead Show/podcast for 8/28/20

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

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

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week we travel to the home of the celebrated jumping frogs - Calavaras county - to bring you the band's performance from August 23, 1987.

I find this to be quite an enjoyable first set as it features many songs not often broken out, including a set opening 'Box of Rain'. The 'Jack Straw' and 'West LA' are both solid and well played. 'High Time' is really a pleasant surprise but the highlight of the set, when they really let loose, is when Carlos Santana, who opened for them, joins them on stage for 'Iko Iko' and 'All Along the Watchtower'.

You can really feel them open up as Jerry and Carlos trade licks on these two standards. We'll listen to set two next week

Grateful Dead
Calavaras County Fairgrounds
Angel's Camp, CA 8/23/87 - Sunday
One
Box Of Rain [4:28] ;
Jack Straw [5:21] ;
West L.A. Fadeaway [6:33] ;
Me And My Uncle [2:58] >
Mexicali Blues [4:22] ;
High Time [7:09] ;
Walkin' Blues [4:43] %
Iko Iko (1) [5:40] ;
All Along The Watchtower (1) [4:40]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Pod for the week of August 28th, 2020.
0:03.6	This is a professor.
0:04.4	I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:06.6	This week we're going to bring you a show that I think is quite fun.
0:09.4	It's very unusual because of some of the songs that are brought out here in the first set and features a guest appearance by Carlos Santana who opens for the dead on this date
0:19.3	August 23rd 1987 at the home of Frogs, Calaveras County Fairgrounds, Angels Camp, California.
0:27.0	It was a weekend set the Saturday and Sunday show, but this is a Sunday show, which is always better.
0:32.0	So anyway, they open up with Boxer Rain. is a Sunday show which is always better. Heh.
0:33.0	So anyway, they open up with Boxer Rain, an unusual opener,
0:36.0	which Phil does a great job on this one.
0:38.0	Jack Straw fellows in West LA Fadeway.
0:40.0	Me and my uncle into Mexicali Blues and High Time time which doesn't get played often enough in my opinion it's quite nicely done
0:46.4	Walking blues follows and Santana joins the band and they really open up you can hear he and Jerry
0:52.2	Trading Licks on these next two tunes, Iko, Iko, and all along the
0:56.8	watchtower. Really nice set. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do and I hope it makes you smile
1:01.0	a little bit this weekend in these times of trouble.
1:04.7	I want to send a special happy birthday and congratulations to a big fan of the
1:09.4	dead pod Jude Jorger.
1:11.6	Jude has a birthday coming up.
1:13.2	Happy birthday to you and I hope, glad you listen to the Dead Pot and enjoy it every week.
1:17.7	So to all of you, thanks so much for listening and for your support of the Dead Pot.
1:22.0	We couldn't do it without you.
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