Week of September 23-29, 2024
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1982, and 1991.
Our first selection is the great sequence to open the show on 3/16/73 at Nassau Coliseum, the Dead’s first run of shows at the venue, featuring China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider; Jack Straw; Wave That Flag ; Looks Like Rain ; Ramble On Rose; Box Of Rain; Beat It On Down The Line; They Love Each Other; El Paso ; Row Jimmy.
Next is the start of the second set from 3/14/82 in Davis, CA, where the Dead played Samson And Delilah ; Ship Of Fools ; Playing In The Band > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain.
Lastly this week is the end of the show from 3/17/91, the tour-opening show at the Capital Center in Landover, MD, where we have Space > The Wheel ; All Along The Watchtower ; Black Peter ; Around And Around, US Blues.
Be sure to stop by next week for more music from the vault.
David Lemieux
Super bangers. Bing bang boom