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Can May 77 be "Too" Perfect? - 5/26/77

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?
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     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]
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 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

It's Playin in the Band night! 12/27/86

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Playing In The Band ;Bertha ;Mama Tried ;Mexicali Blues ;Ramble On Rose ;Little Red Rooster ;Bird SongTwo     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:

Steal This Face - Chicago - 6/26/75

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!
 
 OneThe 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]TwoPlaying 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]EncoreU.S. Blues [5:07] 

Cincinnati - 6/30/86

In which FiG let's us know his thoughts on this one from juuuust before Jerry's coma
 
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Feel Like A Stranger ; Friend Of The Devil ; Mama Tried ; Big River ; Loser ; Cassidy ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; Let It Grow
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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) 

Boston '94 - 9/28/94

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
 
 OneGood Times ; Bertha > Greatest Story Ever Told ; West L.A. Fadeaway ; El Paso (1) ; Lazy River Road ; Eternity > Don't Ease Me InTwoVictim 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 LightEncoreIt's All Over Now, Baby BlueComments(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 AB - 9/8/90

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
 OneHell In A Bucket [6:06] ~ Sugaree [10:09] ; New Minglewood Blues ; Friend Of The Devil ; Queen Jane Approximately ; Loser ; Cassidy > DealTwoEyes 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]EncoreOne More Saturday Night [3:11] 

Remembering Ace (1947-2026) - ft. 12/12/93

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
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Also featuring the full show from 12/12/93 (which really rocks)!
 
Set 1Cold Rain And Snow , Minglewood Blues , Friend Of The Devil , Black Throated Wind , Althea , Beat It On Down The Line [1] , Bird Song > Promised LandSet 2Shakedown 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 AroundEncoreI Fought The Law
 
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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
 

Ketchup Day ft. 10/21/78

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!!

A Little Black Friday for Your Black Friday - 11/28/80

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:
 
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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]
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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!
 
 
 

"T" for New York City - 4/9/82

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):
 
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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]
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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]