Help on the Way

FiG coming atcha with another mini-sode to highlight 7/30/83 -- you can find more info on the show here! https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1u6h09h/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/    

...and take another step back in time to this excellent show from the promised land of 77. Your hosts FiG and Knob discuss some GD news and updates and of course walk you through the weekly show, which Dick chose as his 34th  pick. Here's the  set:    One New Minglewood Blues [4:58] ; Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [11:38] ; Looks Like Rain [7:22] ; Dire Wolf [3:32] ; Mama Tried [2:24] > Big River [6:25] ; Candyman [6:56] ; Jack Straw [5:34] ; Deal [6:26] Two Jam (1) [3:21] > Eyes Of The World [14:32] > Samson And Delilah [7:47] ; It Must Have Been The Roses [7:01] ; Estimated Prophet [10:55] > He's Gone [11:30] > Drums [2:55] > The Other One [12:27] > Black Peter [11:30] > Sugar Magnolia [9:53] Encore One More Saturday Night [4:42] Comments (1) Phil Jam 

Another HOTW MiniSode, this time from Landover, MD in October 1994.  Not one of their bests but some interesting stuff (last China Doll, I beleive -- also Jerry on Drums) and we get a JWG3 reaction post so I'm gonna talk about it on the pod!     Here's the board: https://archive.org/details/gd1994-10-11.sbd.miller.34564.sbeok.flac16   And the set: One Picasso Moon ; Jack-A-Roe ; It's All Over Now ; High Time (1) ; If The Shoe Fits ; Lazy River Road ; Easy Answers ; Deal Two Eyes Of The World ; Man Smart (Woman Smarter) > Samba In The Rain > He's Gone > Drums (2) > Space > China Doll > Sugar Magnolia Encore Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Comments (1) acoustic Bob (2) with Jerry   JerryBase Page

More on this format change!!  In between episodes where more than one of us can chat about a show, we're gonna feature mini episodes which discuss very briefly the weekly Reddit thread (including comments from all ya'll lovely people) and then give a link to the archive where you can access the show.    This one comes to us from Spring 85, a Rex Benefit show that can be accessed here:   https://archive.org/details/gd1985-03-09.176199.sbd1.donaldson.miller.flac2496   And the set:   Set I Bertha > One More Saturday Night > Sugaree It's All Over Now Row Jimmy Let It Grow Set II China Cat Sunflower > Cumberland Blues > I Need A Miracle > Eyes Of The World > Drums > * Space > * The Other One > * The Wheel > Sugar Magnolia Encore: It's All Over Now Baby Blue *= with merle saunders on organ JerryBase Page

And we're back! As your hosts for the evening catch up, introduce a format change to the pod, and bring you they're discussions of a Spring '89 heater from Milwaukee!  Here's the set: One        Hell In A Bucket > They Love Each Other ; Little Red Rooster ; Stagger Lee ; Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues ; Bird Song Two        Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain ; Saint Of Circumstance > Truckin' > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > Turn On Your Love Light Encore     Box Of Rain   

In a quick one here your host FiG discuss an early 78 show. Enjoy!   One       Cold Rain And Snow [5:43] ; Mexicali Blues [3:30] > Big River [5:55] ; They Love Each Other [7:02] ; Looks Like Rain [7:41] ; Loser [7:21] ; Passenger [4:33] ; Brown Eyed Women [5:05] ; El Paso [4:10] ; Peggy-O [6:28] ; The Music Never Stopped [7:40]   Two        Good Lovin' [5:56] ; Ship Of Fools [7:34] ; Estimated Prophet [12:34] > Eyes Of The World [15:08] > Playing In The Band [25:31] > The Wheel [5:20] > Playing In The Band [9:10] Encore     Johnny B. Goode [4:15] 

Welcome back to another episode of the Help on the way podcast! Lots of negging on this random show from 1995 but your host FiG rather liked it! What say you all?    One - [1:01:00] Jack Straw ; Peggy-O ; Wang Dang Doodle ; Row Jimmy ; When I Paint My Masterpiece (1) ; Brown Eyed Women ; Let It Grow Two - [1:24:00] Samson And Delilah ; Way To Go Home ; Crazy Fingers > Corrina > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Black Peter > Around And Around Encore Box Of Rain 

Join your host FiG for some BBQ and Good ole Grateful Dead as the band takes on Kansas City, MO, 7/7/81!  Here's the set: One New Minglewood Blues [6:22] > Bertha [5:23] > Dancing In The Street [8:10]; Big Railroad Blues [4:10] > El Paso [5:07] ; To Lay Me Down [8:37] ; Lazy Lightnin' [3:24] > Supplication [6:32] ; Bird Song [8:44] > Looks Like Rain [8:06] > Deal [6:04] Two Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ; Candyman ; Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Black Peter > I Need A Miracle > Good Lovin' Encore Don't Ease Me In [2:53]   

Join your host FiG on a (northbound) train headed to midtown Manhattan on what was undoubtedly a cold, rainy night in 83!    Cold Rain And Snow [6:43] ; New Minglewood Blues [9:15] ; Ramble On Rose [6:55] ; My Brother Esau [4:50] ; It Must Have Been The Roses [5:30] ; Cassidy [6:09] > Cumberland Blues [9:35] ; Looks Like Rain [8:29] > Might As Well [4:24] Two Help On The Way [3:15] > Slipknot! [10:23] > Franklin's Tower [14:10] ; Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [6:44] ; He's Gone [12:56] > Drums > Space [12:21] > Truckin' [7:56] > Black Peter [9:15] > Not Fade Away [7:53] Encore Revolution [5:05]

It's May 77, it's Baltimore MD and it's ... Not a sell out?? FiG takes you back to the past to enjoy one from the Golden age and ponders whether the music can ever be too perfect? One      The Music Never Stopped [7:03] ; Sugaree [15:15] ; Mama Tried [2:35] ; Sunrise [3:36] ; Deal [5:07] ; Passenger [3:10] ; Brown Eyed Women [5:32] ; Looks Like Rain [8:32] ; Jack-A-Roe [5:28] ; New Minglewood Blues [5:26] ; Bertha [7:18] Two       Samson And Delilah [6:57] ; High Time [7:26] ; Big River [6:26] ; Terrapin Station [10:27] > Estimated Prophet [8:37] > Eyes Of The World [11:48] > Drums [0:38] > Not Fade Away [16:44] > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:27] > Around And Around [7:19   Encore   UJB

One Playing In The Band ; Bertha ; Mama Tried ; Mexicali Blues ; Ramble On Rose ; Little Red Rooster ; Bird Song Two     The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [4:17] ; Dancing In The Street [7:00] > Black Muddy River [5:41] > Playing In The Band Jam [3:54] > I Need A Miracle [5:19] > Drums [8:54#] > Space [6:03] > Truckin' [5:49] > Smokestack Lightnin' [3:35] > Comes A Time [7:03] > Around And Around [3:59] > Playing In The Band [2:38] Encore     When Push Comes To Shove [3:

Join your host FiG as he discusses another excellent show in GD history, this time from the very day the Steal Your Face album was released!    One The Promised Land [3:59];[1:17] ; Sugaree [9:27] % Cassidy [4:12] % Row Jimmy [9:48] % Mama Tried [2:43] % Tennessee Jed [8:53] % Looks Like Rain [7:41] % Scarlet Begonias % Lazy Lightnin' [2:54] > Supplication [4:39];[1:33] ; Peggy-O [7:53] ; The Music Never Stopped [5:55] Two Playing In The Band [15:06] > Saint Stephen [9:46] > The Wheel [5:37] > Playing In The Band Reprise [2:42] % Samson And Delilah [5:46] % Crazy Fingers [8:28] > Stella Blue [10:57];[2:27] ; Around And Around [6:55] > One More Saturday Night [4:31] Encore U.S. Blues [5:07] 

In which FiG let's us know his thoughts on this one from juuuust before Jerry's coma    One Feel Like A Stranger ; Friend Of The Devil ; Mama Tried ; Big River ; Loser ; Cassidy ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; Let It Grow Two Bertha ; Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ; Ship Of Fools ; Smokestack Lightnin' ; He's Gone ; Drums ; Space ; I Need A Miracle ; Stella Blue ; Good Lovin' Encore The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) 

We're headed to to bean town with your hot FiG. Will this one make his book of the dead? The length of the pod indicates yes! Here's the(excellent) set    One Good Times ; Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; El Paso (1) ; Lazy River Road ; Eternity > Don't Ease Me In Two Victim Or The Crime > Foolish Heart ; Looks Like Rain ; Samba In The Rain > Jam > Drums > Space > The Wheel > I Need A Miracle > Black Peter > Turn On Your Love Light Encore It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Comments (1) acoustic Bob    Disclaimer: FiG figged up and said the next show is Jerry's last before the coma. They actually cancelled the next show but Jerry came back for a few more shows before the unfortunate incident. 

One Week after Bobby we're back featuring a heater from 1990 (VW's second ever show with the band). FiG takes the mic to tell you about the show and all of the eulogies and well wishes that have come pouring in over the past week.  Here's the set  One Hell In A Bucket [6:06] ~ Sugaree [10:09] ; New Minglewood Blues ; Friend Of The Devil ; Queen Jane Approximately ; Loser ; Cassidy > Deal Two Eyes Of The World [17:16] > Estimated Prophet [14:16] > Terrapin Station [13:25] > Jam [4:34] > Drums [8:51] > Space [9:05] > All Along The Watchtower [5:59] > SteIla Blue [8:22] > Throwing Stones [8:51] > Not Fade Away [6:48] Encore One More Saturday Night [3:11] 

FiG and Knob bring you a sad but special episode as we remember the life and legacy of Grateful Dead guitarist and co-founder, Bob Weir. Along the way we'll be discussing our personal rememberances as well as those that have come pouring in since his passing Saturday.  Let It Grow ***   Also featuring the full show from 12/12/93 (which really rocks)!   Set 1 Cold Rain And Snow , Minglewood Blues , Friend Of The Devil , Black Throated Wind , Althea , Beat It On Down The Line [1] , Bird Song > Promised Land Set 2 Shakedown Street , Samson And Delilah , Ship Of Fools , Truckin' > Nobody's Fault But Mine [2] > That Would Be Something > Drums > Space > The Wheel > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Around And Around Encore I Fought The Law   ***   If you want to do something special to commemorate Ace (and have the means to do so), please consider chipping in a few bucks to our fundraiser for archive.org! https://donate.archive.org/fundraiser/6730391 Tom Constanten's fundraiser is also still live: https://www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with-greg-to-support-tom-constanten  

And we're back! With a HOTW 4-fer to catch-up on the shows we missed during the busy holiday season.    Come for the fig pod, stay for the full 10/21/78 post Egypt glory!   Happy new year y'all!!

And we're back with another one -- this time from 1980.  It's Black Friday, its 1980, and you just bought a Rubik's cube (the toy of the year for 1980) and headed to a small town between Orlando and Tampa to see the Dead! Here how it sounds on this AUD!  Here's the setlist:   One Jack Straw [5:24] ; Peggy-O [6:30] ; Little Red Rooster [9:17] ; Tennessee Jed [8:33] ; Passenger [4:55] ; Deep Elem Blues [4:53] ; Looks Like Rain [7:55] ; Deal [6:37] Two Feel Like A Stranger [8:28] ; To Lay Me Down [9:11] > Let It Grow [11:24] > Terrapin Station [12:09] > Drums [9:32] > Space [5:43] > Not Fade Away [5:56] > Black Peter [9:34] > Sugar Magnolia [9:13] Encore U.S. Blues [5:15]   Remember, if you can, please donate to the Archive!      

It's a bird, it's a plane it's a . . . FiGpod!  Enjoy this one from 4/9/82 where Bobby kind of forgets where he is.  Along the way FiG will discuss additional remembrances for Donna Jean and will give an update on the big Archive fundraiser, URL below:   https://donate.archive.org/team/776830   Here's the set (we'll be featuring set 1):   One Alabama Getaway [4:41] > Greatest Story Ever Told [3:58] ; Dire Wolf [3:12] > C C Rider [7:45] ; Bird Song [8:15] ; It's All Over Now [7:47] ; Loser [6:43] ; New Minglewood Blues [6:58] ; China Cat Sunflower [5:02] > I Know You Rider [5:23] Two Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [6:54] ; To Lay Me Down [9:00] ; Lost Sailor [6:21] > Saint Of Circumstance [7:19] > Drums [2:34#] > Space [7:28] > The Other One [7:08] > Stella Blue [7:32] > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [6:11] > (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction [6:37] Encore Brokedown Palace [5:14] 

A sad week on the pod as your hosts FiG and Knob remember the life and legacy of Donna Jean Godchaux, who was an official member of the band from 1972 to 1979 and whose work made an indelible impact. Along the way way we'll get an update on the fundraiser for the Archive and read some reddit comments about this week's show, 11/14/71, the first set of which follows our discussion.    Here's the set:    One        Bertha [5:54] ; Beat It On Down The Line [3:00] ; China Cat Sunflower [5:24] > I Know You Rider [5:18] ; El Paso [4:34] > Sugaree [6:27] ; Jack Straw [4:52] ; Big Railroad Blues [3:20] ; Me And Bobby McGee [5:31] ; Loser [6:24] ; Playing In The Band [5:59] ; Tennessee Jed [6:47] ; You Win Again [2:17] ; Mexicali Blues [3:18] ; Casey Jones [5:25] ; One More Saturday Night [4:30]   Two        Truckin' [10:30] > Drums [4:24] > The Other One [9:14] > Me And My Uncle [2:58] > The Other One [12:21] > Wharf Rat [9:43] > Sugar Magnolia [6:25] Encore     Johnny B. Goode [3:52] 

I fell in love with a show from 73! Hear your hosts FiG and Game talk about this excellent show! Conversations abound about Bobby's birthday (and Johnny's), as well as an update to the subreddit's Archive.org fundraiser     Here's the set (we feature set 1):   One Bertha ; Mexicali Blues ; Deal ; Looks Like Rain ; Don't Ease Me In ; The Race Is On ; Loser ; Jack Straw ; China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; El Paso ; Tennessee Jed ; Big River ; Row Jimmy ; Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow Two Greatest Story Ever Told ; Sugaree ; Me And My Uncle ; He's Gone > Truckin' > The Other One > Space > Me And Bobby McGee ; Eyes Of The World ; Around And Around > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Casey Jones Encore Johnny B. Goode 

We're back for the second (?) European tour of 1981!  Your hosts Game and FiG will talk about this smoker of a show (including the last ever set 2 Sugaree) and wrap up the West LA Giveaway as well as introduce a new fundraising effort to help the Archive!  https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1o5tepa/lets_donate_to_archiveorg/   Here's the set:   Set 1: Shakedown Street > Bertha > Minglewood Blues , Friend Of The Devil > El Paso , Tennessee Jed , Me And My Uncle > Big River , Bird Song > Let It Grow > Deal Set 2: Man Smart (Woman Smarter) , Sugaree [1] , Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Eyes Of The World > Drums > Space > Truckin' > The Other One > Wharf Rat > One More Saturday Night Encore: Casey Jones    

The Brent-era Boys are simply having a wonderful Christmas time in 1981 on home turf!  For a review, join your hosts for the evening TheGame and FiG. Along the way conversations abound about a new fundraiser for the Archive that FiGs been kicking around.  If you can and would like to donate here's the link! https://donate.archive.org/fundraiser/6730391 And here's the set:    One New Minglewood Blues [6:56] > Sugaree [10:07] ; Cassidy [5:40] ; Deep Elem Blues [6:00] ; C C Rider [7:34] ; Friend Of The Devil [8:27] ; Passenger [5:08] ; Althea [6:11] ; Looks Like Rain [9:06] > Deal [6:15] Two Samson And Delilah [#6:26] ; To Lay Me Down [8:16] ; Playing In The Band [16:30] > Drums [6:#27] > Space [9:58] > The Wheel [7:12] > Playing In The Band [4:33] > Wharf Rat [9:04] > Sugar Magnolia [9:36] Encore     

Let's All Get Yacco'd as the Dead hit up the Stabler Arena in Christmas City, USA - Bethlehem, PA!  Here's the set (unfortunately Tons of Steel was still in Brent's beautiful brain):   One     New Minglewood Blues [6:42] ; Friend Of The Devil [9:02] > El Paso [4:55] ;Peggy-O [6:37] > Little Red Rooster [8:02] ; Bird Song [10:15] > Beat It On Down The Line [2:59] ; Cumberland Blues [4:54] ; Passenger [4:45] ; Althea [8:41] ; The Music Never Stopped [8:10] Two     Might As Well [4:25] > Samson And Delilah [7:23] ; Scarlet Begonias [11:13] > Fire On The Mountain [9:59] ; Never Trust A Woman [6:20] > Lost Sailor [6:19] > Saint Of Circumstance [6:17] > Space [1:16] > Drums [6:#07] > Space [4:36] > The Wheel [5:07] > Sugar Magnolia [5:10] > Black Peter [8:25] > Around And Around [3:40] > Sunshine Daydream [3:15] Encore     U.S. Blues       

It may have been the grunge capital of the world, but its May 25, 1995 and the kids were alright and  could still get down and boogie to some Good Ole Grateful Dead!! Hear our hosts FiG and Knob discuss The Who, some GD trivia, Mickey's B-day, and a very special Reddit AMA!   https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1nkjfe4/we_just_published_a_book_of_the_late_jim/   One - [58:00] [58:00] ; Feel Like A Stranger ; Bertha ; Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ; Peggy-O ; El Paso ; Tennessee Jed ; Cassidy Two - [1:28:00] [1:28:00] ; Foolish Heart ; Victim Or The Crime ; Samba In The Rain ; He's Gone > Drums > Space > The Wheel > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away Encore The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)          

It might not be Halloweentown yet, but it’s never too early to visit St. Helens! This week, our hosts Game and FiG are heading to Oregon. It’s August 23rd, 1969 and The Grateful Dead are playing at Pelletier Farm as part of the Bullfrog 3 Festival. Along the way, discussions abound about 710 Haight Ashbury, Tom Constanten’s GoFundMe, and the Bullfrog 3 Festival. Hard To Handle Mama Tried >  High Time Casey Jones Easy Wind Sittin On Top Of The World Dark Star >  St. Stephen >  The Eleven > Turn On Your Love Light And We Bid You Good Night

If you can’t meet up at the movies, you can at least hang out with us! This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to the Winterland Coliseum. It’s October 19th, 1974 and the Grateful Dead are playing the shows that will make up The Grateful Dead Movie. Discussions abound about the movie, the Who’s “final tour” and a slowed down Dire Wolf.  Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo Me and My Uncle Friend Of The Devil Beat It On Down The Line It Must Have Been The Roses El Paso Loose Lucy Black Throated Wind Scarlet Begonias To Lay Me Down Mama Tried Eyes Of The World > China Doll Big River  Seastones Uncle John's Band Big Railroad Blues The Race is On Tomorrow Is Forever Mexicali Blues Dire Wolf Sugar Magnolia > He's Gone > Truckin' > Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) Jam > Drums > Truckin' > Black Peter Sunshine Daydream One More Saturday Night U.S. Blues

Holy Sh!t this Shakedown! We're shaking it down to South Philly as the boys rock the spectrum!  A FiG-pod including GD 60, a new JGB offering, and FiG's anticipation of seeing the Grateful Dead Movie in IMAX!  Shoutout to JWG3 who's review is featured. Stay tuned for set 1!  Also 10/24/72 is discussed.    Here's the set from 4/26/83:    One Shakedown Street [14:09] ; New Minglewood Blues [8:09] ; They Love Each Other [8:16] ; Me And My Uncle [3:24] > Mexicali Blues [5:09] ; Maybe You Know [4:58] ; West L.A. Fadeaway [7:31] ; My Brother Esau [5:16] ; It Must Have Been The Roses [5:22] ; Let It Grow [12:28] Two Help On The Way [3:12] > Slipknot! [5:11] > Franklin's Tower [9:45] > Man Smart (Woman Smarter) [6:56] > Drums [7:#07] > Space [11:38] > Truckin' [7:33] > Morning Dew [10:25] > Throwing Stones [9:32#] > Not Fade Away [8:21] Encore U.S. Blues [4:46] Here's the JerryBase page for the show      

We're snackin on potato chips listening to 10/28/79 as the boys rock Cape Cod!  Conversations abound as hosts TheGame and FiG wildly speculate about GD 60 (dated we know), Jerry's Bday, and his life long love affair with Golden Gate Park!  Stay tuned for set 2! One     Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo [13:27] > Franklin's Tower [17:41] ; Mama Tried [2:31] > Mexicali Blues [4:24] ; Althea [7:48] ; Passenger [5:14] ; Ramble On Rose [7:49] ; The Music Never Stopped [9:36] Two     China Cat Sunflower [7:20] > I Know You Rider [7:25] ; Samson And Delilah [7:35] ; Ship Of Fools [7:40] ; Playing In The Band [19:08] > Drums [7:#23] > Space [4:12] > Stella Blue [8:27] > Sugar Magnolia [8:27] Encore     U.S. Blues [5:26] 

The venue isn’t named after Knob, but we still had a real good time. This week on Help on the Way, our hosts FiG and Knob are headed to Clarkston, Missouri. It’s June 19th, 1991 and the Grateful Dead are playing Pine Knob Music Theatre. Discussions abound about Bruce Hornsby, the role of Victim or the Crime, and nepo hosts. Feel Like a Stranger They Love Each Other New Minglewood Blues Dire Wolf Queen Jane Approximately Ramble on Rose Promised Land Victim or the Crime >  Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain > Man Smart, Woman Smarter >  Drums >  Space >  Stella Blue > The Other One >  Johnny B. Goode The Mighty Quinn

Amphitheatre? I hardly know ‘er. This week on Help on the Way podcast, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to sunny Sacramento, California. It’s May 3rd, 1991 and the Grateful Dad are playing at the Cal Expo Center. Discussions abound about the wrap-up of the West LA Giveaway, and the Grateful Dead and America (it was recorded the week of the 4th of July). Bertha Greatest Story Ever Told West L.A. Fadeaway Queen Jane Approximately Jack-A-Roe It's All Over Now Tennessee Jed Let It Grow  China Cat Sunflower >  I Know You Rider Estimated Prophet He's Gone >  Drums >  Space >  The Wheel >  All Along The Watchtower >  Stella Blue Turn On Your Love Light  US Blues

I’ve got to moooooove. Because this week, our host FiG is heading to the Cow Place. It’s March 23rd, 1974 and the Grateful Dead are playing in Daly City, California. Along the way, discussions abound about Meet Up at the Movies 2025, The Wall of Sound, and a show of firsts.  U.S. Blues  The Promised Land  Brown Eyed Women  Mexicali Blues  Tennessee Jed  Black Throated Wind  Scarlet Begonias  Beat It On Down The Line  It Must Have Been The Roses  El Paso  Deal  Cassidy  China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider  Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part > Let It Grow  Playing In The Band > Uncle John's Band > Morning Dew > Uncle John's Band > Playing In The Band  Ship Of Fools  Big River  Ramble On Rose  Me And My Uncle  Bertha  Around And Around  Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia  Casey Jones  One More Saturday Night

It’s not really square, and it’s not really a garden, and I don’t know who Madison is. But this week, our hosts FiG and Knob are joined by special guest Dew Roller to talk head to New York City. It’s September 22nd, 1993, and the Grateful Dead are playing Madison Square Garden. Along the way, discussions abound about Tiny Tim, the history of Dark Star, and what makes a good sit-in.  Watch FiG and Dew Roller appear on the Unmixed and Unmastered podcast about Brian Eno's ambient series: https://youtu.be/a1eSmPLmbds?si=Jmls1rOkJBonvgv_ Help on the Way >  Slipknot! >  Franklin’s Tower > New Minglewood Blues Ramble on Rose When I Paint My Masterpiece Bird Song * Easy Answers * Lazy River Road * Estimated Prophet * > Dark Star * > Drums * > Space * > Wharf Rat * > Throwing Stones ** > Turn on Your Love Light ** I Fought the Law \* with David Murray \** also with James Cotton

Run Rudolph Run! It’s time for Christmas in… June. This week, our hosts FiG and Game are heading to New York City. It’s December 4th, 1971, and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden. Conversations abounded about the West LA Giveaway, The Felt Forum, and a very "farty" kick drum. Truckin' Sugaree Mr. Charlie Beat It On Down The Line Tennessee Jed Jack Straw Run Rudolph Run You Win Again  Me and Bobby McGee Comes A Time El Paso  Smokestack Lightning One More Saturday Night Cumberland Blues Ramble On Rose Me and My Uncle > The Other One >  Mexicali Blues > The Other One > Wharf Rat Casey Jones

The Frampitheatre Comes Alive! This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Palo Alto. It’s April 30th, 1988 and the Grateful Dead are playing the Frost Ampitheatre in Palo Alto, California. Along the way, discussions abound about the passing of Sly Stone, the debut of Let the Good Times Roll, and rare encores Good Times >  Feel Like a Stranger Row Jimmy Walking Blues Hey Pocky Way Ramble on Rose Let It Grow Shakedown Street Man Smart Woman Smarter Ship of Fools >  Playin’ in the Band >  Drums >  Space >  Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad > All Along the Watchtower > Black Peter >  Sugar Magnolia  China Cat Sunflower >  I Know You Rider >  One More Saturday Night

No better cure for the summertime blues than a quick trip to Winterland. This week, our host Knob is heading to San Francisco. It’s March 24th, 1971 and the Grateful Dead are playing the Winterland Arena. Along the way, discussions abound about Pigpen’s strengths as player and singer, how songs evolved in ‘71, and how Knob’s voice was shredded at karaoke.  Greatest Story Ever Told > Johnny B. Goode Next Time You See Me Loser Truckin > Drums > The Other One Bertha Sugar Magnolia I’m a King Bee Beat It On Down the Line Casey Jones Hard to Handle Playin’ in the Band Not Fade Away > Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad > Not Fade Away Uncle John’s Band

Happy sixth of July! This week, our hosts FiG and Game are headed down to Washington DC. It’s July 6th, 1986 and the Grateful Dead are playing at RFK Stadium. On the way, discussions abound about whether GD60 is streamed, Boss Baby Game, and the return of the West LA Giveaway. Hell In A Bucket > Sugaree Me & My Uncle > Big River Row Jimmy Cassidy Althea Let It Grow Saint Of Circumstance > Iko Iko Looks Like Rain > He's Gone > Drums > Space > Stella Blue > Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away Brokedown Palace

Grab your gloves! This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Michigan. It’s June 8th, 1993, and the Grateful Dead are playing at The Palace in Auburn, Michigan. Discussions abound about JRAD in Asbury Park, the history of That Would Be Something, and our first ever West LA Giveaway… For giveaway guesses, please email [email protected] Picasso Moon Althea Queen Jane Approximately It Must Have Been The Roses It's All Over Now Bird Song Truckin' > New Speedway Boogie > That Would Be Something > Way To Go Home > Saint Of Circumstance > He's Gone > Drums > Space > The Last Time > Standing On the Moon > Turn On Your Love Light I Fought The Law

This week, we’re headlights on a southbound train. Our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Louisville, Kentucky. It’s July 6th, 1990, and the Grateful Dead are playing at Cardinals Stadium. Along the way, discussions abound about the mixolydian scale, Dead and Co’s San Francisco shows, and what makes Standing on the Moon so good. Hell in a Bucket > Sugaree Easy to Love You Peggy-O Desolation Row West LA Fadeaway Picasso Moon Ramble on Rose Music Never Stopped China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Man Smart Woman Smarter > Standing on the Moon > He’s Gone > Drums > Space > Truckin’ > Wharf Rat > GDTRFB > Around and Around It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

More like Dyladelphia, am I right? This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are joined by Knob’s dad, as we head down the golden road (well, really I-676). It’s July 10th, 1987, and the Grateful Dead are playing at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, PA. Discussions abound about an iguana named Iko, the story of Black Peter, and, of course, the 2024 movie A Complete Unknown. Iko Iko Jack Straw Sugaree New Minglewood Blues Althea My Brother Esau When Push Comes to Shove Cassidy China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Looks Like Rain Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > I Need a Miracle > Black Peter > Around and Around > One More Saturday Night Tangled Up in Blue I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Man of Peace Frankie Lee and Judas Priest John Brown Simple Twist of Fate Ballad of a Thin Man Stuck Inside of Mobile Chimes of Freedom Queen Jane Approximately > Gotta Serve Somebody Joey All Along the Watchtower Touch of Grey

Go to Haven! This week, our hosts Game and FiG are heading to New Haven, Connecticut. It’s May 10th, 1978 and the Grateful Dead are playing Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum. It’s the night before the mescaline show, and the band is having a lot of fun. Discussions abound about FiG’s trip to the sphere. Jack Straw They Love Each Other Cassidy Ramble On Rose Me and My Uncle > Big River Peggy-O Let It Grow > Deal Bertha > Good Lovin' It Must Have Been The Roses Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat > Sugar Magnolia U.S. Blues

Don’t kick the Hornets nest! This week, our hosts FiG, Game, and Knob are heading to Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s March 24th, 1995 and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Charlotte Coliseum. Along the way, discussions abound about FiG’s upcoming trip to The Sphere, how audience energy feeds a show, and whether or not If the Shoe Fits is a good song. Feel Like a Stranger Stagger Lee Minglewood Blues High Time If the Shoe Fits Black Throated Wind Bird Song > Promised Land Here Comes Sunshine Samba in the Rain Women are Smarter Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > The Last Time > Black Peter > Around and Around Liberty

Two coasts, three decades apart. This week, our hosts FiG and Game are heading to Seattle and then taking a red-eye straight to Albany. They listen to a Spanish Jam from January 27th, 1968 at the [Go] Eagles[!] Auditorium. Then they check out all of March 21st, 1995 at the Knickerbocker Arena. Discussions abound about The Sphere, FiG’s new found love of 1995 Dead, and a surprising grade for this Scarlet > Fire. Hell In A Bucket Loser Take Me To The River Row Jimmy Broken Arrow Promised Land Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain Women Are Smarter It's All Too Much Playing In The Band > Drums > Space > Easy Answers > Morning Dew U.S. Blues

As the Bucks make their way towards the playoffs*, we make our way to Milwaukee! This week, our host FiG is getting himself a mansion in Wisconsin. It’s October 23rd, 1972, and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. Discussions abound about the deextinction of the Dire Wolf, Dave’s Picks 54, and the free GD Channel on Sirius XM. *show description written on 4/10/25, Bucks may no longer be making their way to the playoffs by the time you see this. The Promised Land Sugaree Big River Loser Jack Straw Deal El Paso Tennessee Jed Black Throated Wind China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Mexicali Blues Stella Blue Beat It On Down The Line Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Playing In The Band Bertha Me And My Uncle Brown Eyed Women Greatest Story Ever Told Brokedown Palace Dark Star > Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo Me And Bobby McGee Tomorrow Is Forever Sugar Magnolia > Uncle John's Band One More Saturday Night

We got the Terminal Island Correctional Facility Blues. This week our host FiG is heading to San Pedro, California. It’s August 4th, 1971 and the Grateful Dead are playing Terminal Island Correctional Facility. Discussions abound about Bobby Weir and the Wolf Bros in London and Herb Greene’s passing. Truckin' Yellow Dog Story Bertha Me And Bobby McGee Hard To Handle China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider Loser Playing In The Band Next Time You See Me Me And My Uncle Casey Jones Cumberland Blues Big Boss Man Sugaree El Paso Mr. Charlie Not Fade Away > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad > Turn On Your Lovelight

Go to Nassau! This week, our hosts FiG and Knob are heading to Uniondale, New York. It’s May 8th, 1981 and the Grateful Dead are playing at Nassau Coliseum. Discussions abound about Ken Jennings’ favorite Grateful Dead songs, the start of the Sphere run, and the platonic ideal of a Loser. Jack Straw Peggy-O Me and My Uncle > Big River Loser C.C. Rider > Althea Let It Grow > Don’t Ease Me In Shakedown Street > Samson and Delilah Terrapin Station > Playin’ in the Band > Drums > Space > Not Fade Away > Nobody’s Fault But Mine Jam > Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia US Blues   We recorded this too early for JWG3s comment!

I’m in love with a Jersey show. This week, our host Knob celebrates their home state. It’s April 26, 1977 and the Grateful Dead are playing at the a Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey. Discussions abound about what to expect from the Sphere, the importance of Betty Cantor-Jackson and the transitional nature of 1977. Bertha Me and My Uncle It Must Have Been the Roses Cassidy Tennessee Jed Big River Friend of the Devil Estimated Prophet Deal Good Lovin’ Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Todeloo Dancin’ in the Streets > Drums > Eyes of the World > Samson and Delilah Stella Blue > Sugar Magnolia

86 those blues, June 86 that is. This week, our host Knob is heading to Berkeley, California. It’s June 22nd, 1986 and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Greek Theatre. Along the way, discussions abound about the best year for Row Jimmy, what separates New Minglewood Blues, and the podcast becomes a true crime podcast about Terrapin Crossroads. Jack Straw It Must Have Been The Roses Cassidy Row Jimmy Minglewood Blues > Big Railroad Blues Mama Tried > Big River Stagger Lee Hell In A Bucket > Might As Well Fire On The Mountain > Samson & Delilah Ship of Fools > Women Are Smarter > Drums > Space > Truckin' > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Stella Blue > Turn On Your Love Light U.S. Blues Box Of Rain

This week, our host FiG finds himself in Rosemont, Illinois. It’s April 11th, 1989, and the Grateful Dead are playing the Rosemont Horizon. Discussions abound about a rare off night for Bobby, Help on the Way LA, and executive producer Baby Game executive producing Game right off the show. Shakedown Street Little Red Rooster Friend Of The Devil Victim Or The Crime Built To Last We Can Run Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again Deal Samson and Delilah Crazy Fingers Playin' In The Band > Terrapin Station > Drums > Space > Gimme Some Lovin' > Standing On the Moon Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away U.S. Blues

Keep it weird! This week, our host FiG is heading to Portland, Oregon. It’s February 2nd, 1968 and the Grateful Dead are playing at the Crystal Ballroom. Discussions abound about David Gans’ new course at Stanford and the anniversary of Estimated Prophet and Terrapin Station. Viola Lee Blues > Feedback That’s It For The Other One > Clementine > Good Morning Little Schoolgirl