Dec 12, 2025
This week we go back 45 years to an excellent show the band played in Long Beach California on Sunday, December 14.
They open this first set with a standard 'Bertha>Greatest Story', then 'Althea' goes into a raucous 'Little Red Rooster' this one with Matthew Kelly joining in. The 'Loser' that follows is a personal...
Dec 5, 2025
This week we pick up the second set from the band's performance on November 14th, 1987 in Long Beach California.
A strong opening finds them opening with a nice 'Maggie's Farm' into 'Cumberland Blues'.. Bobby flubs the first line of the vocals but nevertheless a great high energy start. 'Playin' In the Band' follows,...
Nov 27, 2025
Happy Thanksgiving!
As is my tradition here on the Deadpod, Thanksgiving is the time for Acoustic Dead. This year I've found two sets of fine acoustic Dead that I thought you would enjoy. The first is from July 30, 1970 at the Matrix in San Francisco and the second from earlier that year, on May 14th, in Kirkwood...
Nov 21, 2025
We head to Shakedown Street on this week's Deadpod with a fine version from Long Beach California on November 14, 1987.
A great start to this short first set, followed, somewhat unfortunately in my opinion, by 'Little Red Rooster;, but the boys more than make up for it with the rest of set including a nice 'Althea' and...
Nov 14, 2025
We continue with the second set from the Uptown Theatre in Chicago on November 18, 1978.
This one starts with a fine Scarlet>Fire, perhaps a bit shorter than some, but with some nice Garcia intensity leading into Fire. Miracle follows leading into an excellent 'He's Gone' - there's an interesting jam here unlike most...