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Dead Show/podcast for 8/9/13
FromThe Deadpod
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Length:
105 minutes
Released:
Aug 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod080913.mp3
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!
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:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod080913.mp3
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!
Released:
Aug 9, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Dead show/podcast for 4/20/07: I received some requests for this show from folks at VT - not something I could disregard. Its a solid show and I hope that it provides some catharsis as Grateful Dead music always has for me.. Here's hoping for just a little light.... Grateful... by The Deadpod