Week of February 10-16, 2025
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from
1983, 1991, and 1994.
Our first stop this week is the start of the second set from the Dead’s only show in Lake Placid,
NY, on 10/17/83, where we have Touch Of Grey ; Samson And Delilah ; To Lay Me Down >
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) ; Terrapin Station.
Next up is the first set from the Dead’s Halloween show on 10/31/91 in Oakland, the final night
of a four night run just days after the passing of Bill Graham: Help On The Way > Slipknot! >
Franklin's Tower ; Little Red Rooster ; Loser ; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues ; Let It Grow.
Lastly this week is the first set from the Dead’s final Madison Square Garden show, on
10/19/94, where we have Feel Like A Stranger > Bertha ; Spoonful ; Jack-A-Roe ; El Paso (1) ; If
The Shoe Fits ; Bird Song, including Bobby on acoustic guitar for El Paso.
Be sure to join us here next week for more music from the vault.
David Lemieux
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