Help on the Way

Join your hosts FiG and Knob as we explore 6/30/85 over in Columbia, MD.  Along the way we'll discuss some GD X MLB collabs and Bobby and the Midnights (now on streaming services!)  Here's the set:
One
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > C C Rider > Brown Eyed Women ; Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues ; Keep On Growing ; Big Railroad Blues ; Looks Like Rain > Don't Ease Me In
Two
Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah ; Gimme Some Lovin' > He's Gone > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Around And Around > Sugar Magnolia
Encore
U.S. Blues 

FiG here coming atcha with another HOTW Minisode!  Lots of Reddit chatter about this one so would be remiss not to highlight all the fun!
 
Here's the link to the Reddit thread where you can find the archive link!  
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1uie4bm/help_on_the_way_your_weekly_listening_thread/
 
and the set:
 
 One
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > C C Rider > Brown Eyed Women ; Mama Tried > Mexicali Blues ; Keep On Growing ; Big Railroad Blues ; Looks Like Rain > Don't Ease Me In
Two
Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah ; Gimme Some Lovin' > He's Gone > Cryptical Envelopment > Drums > Space > The Other One > Stella Blue > Around And Around > Sugar Magnolia
Encore
U.S. Blues 

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:
 
 OneNew 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]TwoJam (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]EncoreOne 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 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 

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]