Help on the Way

A weekly podcast deadicated to all things grateful. The Help on the Way Podcast is a spin-off of the long running reddit series. Each week our hosts, TheGame, FiG, and Knob listen to Grateful Dead show and discuss it. These shows are chosen at random, and span from the most primal of primal dead to the MIDI-filled 90s. Paradise waits...

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Tuesday Jun 09, 2026

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

3/9/85 - HOTW Mini Episode

Tuesday May 26, 2026

Tuesday May 26, 2026

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

Tuesday May 12, 2026

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 
 

Friday Apr 17, 2026

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] 

An Easy Book of 95s - 5/28/95

Tuesday Apr 07, 2026

Tuesday Apr 07, 2026

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 GrowTwo - [1:24:00]Samson And Delilah ; Way To Go Home ; Crazy Fingers > Corrina > Drums > Space > All Along The Watchtower > Black Peter > Around And AroundEncoreBox Of Rain 

HBD Tom C! - 7/7/81

Tuesday Mar 31, 2026

Tuesday Mar 31, 2026

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]
  

Cold, Rainy MSG - 10/12/83

Wednesday Mar 25, 2026

Wednesday Mar 25, 2026

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]

Tuesday Mar 17, 2026

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

Tuesday Mar 03, 2026

One
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:

Thursday Feb 19, 2026

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] 

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Help on the Way is a podcast about The Grateful Dead. Every week, our randomizer picks a different show to listen to. Our three hosts, Game, Fig, and Knob, discuss what works, what doesn't, and anything else cool about the show. And then you get to enjoy a set of that show! It's like a foreword for a book. Or MST3K for Deadheads. It's a real good time. 

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