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Week of April 8-14, 2019

Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1987, and 1989.

Our first selection this week is from 10/25/73 in Madison, WI, the Dead’s second excellent show at the Dane County Coliseum of 1973 (the first was 2/15/73), from just 10 days after the release of Wake Of The Flood. From the end of the show, we have Weather Report Suite Prelude > Weather Report Suite Part 1 > Let It Grow ; Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night, Uncle John's Band.

Next up is music from the opening night of the Dead’s final run of shows at Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA, on 6/12/87 where we have the start of the second set, featuring China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider ; Far From Me > Man Smart (Woman Smarter)> He's Gone.

Lastly this week is the end of the show from the excellent 10/20/89 show at the Philadelphia Spectrum, where we have Space > I Will Take You Home> The Other One > Wharf Rat>Sugar Magnolia, Brokedown Palace.

Be sure to join us next week for more music from the vault.

David Lemieux

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