Dead Show/podcast for 5/1/20

The Deadpod

John Henrikson

Performing Arts, Gratefuldead, Grateful, Dead, Arts, Music

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hello May Day! hoping this finds you and yours healthy and safe.. This week I'm bringing you the show that kicked off Spring Tour 1974, from the University of Nevada in Reno Nevada on May 12th, 1974 - Mother's Day.. We will listen to the first of this three set show this week, then sets 2 & 3 for a Mother's Day treat next week.

This was an outdoor Wall of Sound show, as well as the first real show of Spring tour, and as usual with Wall of Sound shows, there are some sound issues off the bat - so 'Promised Land' is pretty rough till they get things dialed in. In addition to this this show was very windy - the " Washoe Zephyr" was in full throat and I've read that it was so strong that at times the speakers on the Wall of Sound were spinning around above the muscians' heads.. nevertheless this is a very strong and energetic performance. 'Sugaree' follows the opening 'Promised Land'. You can hear that wind as Bobby announces 'Polka Time!' before leading into 'Mexicali Blues'. 'Tennessee Jed' follows and I enjoy listening to Keith on the keyboards here, as well as Jerry's climaxing solo. A nice 'Jack Straw' follows. That ol' engine keeps on chugging through 'Brown Eyed Women' and 'Beat It On Down the Line'. The highlight jam wise of this first set comes in the closing 'China Cat>I Know Your Rider', which closes the set on a high note.

Grateful Dead
May 12, 1974 - Sunday
University of Nevada
Reno, NV
One
Promised Land
Sugaree
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Jack Straw
Brown Eyed Women
Beat It On Down The Line
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider

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Stay well and safe my friends.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome the Dead Podcast, May 1st, 2020.
0:03.6	This is a professor, I'm so glad you could pick us up this week.
0:07.0	This week I decided to bring you up an interesting show from the Wall of Sound days.
0:11.8	This came to us from May the 12th, 1974, the University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada.
0:18.0	A very windy day, in fact, I read that at times the wind was so strong was blowing the speakers around above the musician's
0:25.1	heads in the wall of sound. Nevertheless, quite an interesting energetic show.
0:30.8	The first song, as usual with the wall of sound shows, Promised Land, is a bit rough, so give it a minute to straighten out that sound.
0:38.0	Then we're going to hear Sugarie, Mexicali Blues, and Ice Tennessee Jed, Jackstraw, played fast. Brown-eyed women beat it on down the line and
0:46.0	a great China rider will close today's dead pod. This is a three-set show and I'm going to bring
0:52.2	you just the first set this week.
0:53.8	We'll save two and three for Mother's Day.
0:56.7	See, I don't want to say that.
0:59.8	Next week.
1:00.8	So, thanks for picking us up.
1:02.8	Thanks for your support of the Dead Pot.
1:04.4	It means a lot and I really appreciate it.
1:07.2	Be sure and check us out on Facebook.
1:08.7	I hope that you and yours are well and doing what you need to do to stay that way.
1:14.0	It's hard, yeah, for sure.
1:19.0	Anyway, thanks for listening.
1:21.0	We'll see you back here next week. This is a professor you're listening to the dead pod. The And my old man, boy, Virginia, California on my mind,
1:46.2	Virginia, California, on my mind.
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