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May 25, 2012

I know my prejudices are fairly obvious - do I love 1977 Dead shows? Guilty.. I can't seem to go through the month of May without featuring one of these gems and I decided I didn't want to spoil that record this year.. thus this week's show. This is a gem, pure and simple. Beautiful recording, beautiful playing. Check...


May 18, 2012

This week we get to listen to set 2 of the Dead's show in the Vegas desert from May 16th, 1993. All in all, a pretty darn good set, the Help->Slip->Frank features some nice improvisations by Vince. I'm a fan of Terrapin and this one does not disappoint, Jerry is in it.. The Other One and Wharf Rat are first rate,...


May 11, 2012

This week's show, a listener request, was probably the best of the three day run in Vegas during May of '93. Garcia is fully involved and his work during Althea steps up this first set to be top rate. I really enjoy the reggae-like work on Row Jimmy as well. Cassidy is very well done and closes the set. Regrettably its...


May 4, 2012

This week - the 2nd set of this incredible show from 1974 - 5/19/74 from Portland Oregon. 
There are so many highlights here its impossible to list them all, The Greatest Story is one of the
all-time bests, ditto for the Weather Report into a wondefully Garica-jammed Wharf Rat. 
The Peggy-O is beautiful.. but the...