Dead Show/podcast for 8/9/13

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2013

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Hard to believe its been 18 years since we lost Jerry...and since this week's Deadpod falls on that sad anniversary I felt that this week's show should commemorate that loss perhaps more than most do. One thing that unites us all as Deadheads is the fact that we all feel that loss.. I decided to bring you a show from the summer of 1995, not to depress you or to point out how far Jerry had slipped by then (although it can't be denied) but becuase it still contains huge moments of genius and insight into who he was and who we are and were. This one comes from the Shoreline Ampitheater on June 2nd, 1995. I'm only going to play the second set, for that contains some truly amazing moments (as well as a few sad ones)... but there was still some of that magic there that has kept us together all these years. This second set starts out with a fine version of New Speedway Boogie, a great opener.. then Jerry goes into his cover of McCartney's 'That Would Be Something' and this is a fine version of that. Way To Go Home and Saint of Circumstance follow.. then the band goes into 'He's Gone'.. not one of Jerry's finest versions as his playing is a bit aimless to say the least. As the band goes into Drums however one of those magical moments that could only happen at at Dead show took place as the Dali Lama's own choir, the Gyuto Monks, appeared to chant for the crowd. After the Monks finish, the band does a pretty interesting space, then Weir leads them out with 'Easy Answers'. What follows is for me the highlight of this set, one of the better versions of 'Standing on the Moon' that you will hear... Jerry seems to really pour out his soul on this one.. and how better to remember him today than in listening to those lines from this song...

The boys close the second set as they did so often with Chuck Berry's Around and Around, but return for a fun 'Lucy In The Skies With Diamonds' encore..

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mt. View, CA (Friday 6/2/95)

set 2

New Speedway Boogie
That Would Be Something
Way to go Home
Saint of Circumstance
He's Gone ->
Drums ->
Chanting by the Gyuto Monks ->
Space ->
Easy Answers
Standing on the Moon
Around & Around

E: Lucy in the Sky

You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:

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The Music has Never Stopped, indeed.. thank you all for your support that has enabled me to continue this project for so many years, and I hope, for many to come.....

I think back to the many times I was at a show and just stopped and looked around and wondered at the magic I was in the presence of, and know that that magic is what has kept the Deadpod going for so long too.. thanks my sisters and brothers!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Pod for the week of August 9th 2013.
0:03.7	Of course this is the 18th anniversary of the passing of Jerry Garcia but that always
0:09.1	calls for I don't know a different somewhat unique Dead pod and I thought I'd bring you something this week
0:15.8	that I thought fit the occasion this comes to us from 1995 in fact from the summer tour
0:21.5	but not from the Midwestern portion of the summer tour, this comes to us from June 2nd, 1995.
0:27.0	Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, I decided to bring the second set this week.
0:32.0	Let's us hear where Jerry was back then, where the band was,
0:36.6	but yet there's some real prime moments in this show in this second set in particular that are
0:41.5	worth reliving and worth hearing if you haven't heard
0:44.1	him before. It starts out with an excellent new Speedway boogie. Goes into
0:48.1	Jerry doing that would be something a little ditty that he broke out that year plays it quite well. Then they go into way
0:56.6	to go home. Jerry kind of steps back there. Same circumstance. We're of course is up front.
1:02.0	Then they do a version of he's gone, it's frankly not very good. Jerry gets lost in some places. Really doesn't move me very much. Not the best He's gone ever played. But then they go into an excellent jam and then a
1:14.6	wonderful drums that includes an appearance by Mickey's friends
1:19.9	the Gioto monks and it's really quite nice. They're chanting that they do.
1:27.0	It creates a really unique space and certainly worth hearing.
1:33.8	After that they come out into easy answers.
1:35.6	Then Garcia does a fabulous version of one of my favorite ballads standing on the moon. I think it's so appropriate to play this week.
1:45.0	And I think as you hear it, you'll see why. They go out with a round and round, a real rocker. They come back and do a great encore. Lucy in the
1:54.8	sky with diamonds a song. They were playing quite nicely that year. And I thought it was
2:01.8	appropriate to play on this anniversary so I hope you enjoy it and
2:06.0	Thanks so much for listening and for being a part of the deadpot. I couldn't do this show without you
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