Mar 11, 2016
As you listen to this second set from March 9th, 1981 it won't take you long at all to realize that fans were treated to a special evening of music 35 years ago. The China Cat -> I Know You Rider is such a wonderful beginning to what is a special night of music. Even a casual listener will soon be captured by the wonderful jam into Rider here. The band doesn't let up either, as this is just the start of a great set of music. A snappy Samson follows here, with a great intro by the drummers and some nice keyboard work by Brent. Ship of Fools leads us into the heart of this set, the Estimated ->Uncle John's Band->Drums/space->Other One->Stella Blue. A classic combination, done most exquisitely.
Treat yourself and get lost in this section of the show. They follow with a fine Good Lovin' and come back for a somewhat sloppy US Blues, but by then.. its all smiles.
Grateful Dead
Madison Square Garden
New York , NY
3/9/81 - Monday
Two
China Cat Sunflower [9:28] >
I Know You Rider [6:10] >
Samson And Delilah [6:55] ;
Ship Of Fools [8:10] ;
Estimated Prophet [14:10] >
Uncle John's Band [11:41] >
Drums >
Space [3:08] >
The Other One [7:43] >
Stella Blue [9:49] >
Good Lovin' [6:33]
Encore U.S. Blues
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
I hope you enjoy this week's Deadpod.. Many thanks to the kind folks whose contributions make the Deadpod possible.
"Ain' No Time To Hate
Barely Time To Wait"
ps. on a technical note, I have changed the mp3 encoding to a variable bit rate with a slightly higher average bitrate. Please let me know if you encounter any difficulties during playback. thank you!