Week of June 22-28, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from the Brent era.
Our first stop this week is on 6/27/84 at Merriweather Post Pavilion, where we have the end of the second set: Space > Morning Dew> Throwing Stones > Not Fade Away.
Next is the first set from 6/26/88 at the Pittsburgh Civic Center, where we have Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo> Little Red Rooster; When Push Comes To Shove ; Mama Tried > Big River ; Cumberland Blues; Gentlemen Start Your Engines; Big Railroad Blues; The Music Never Stopped, including the first (of two) live performances of Brent’s Gentlemen Start Your Engines.
Lastly this week is another first set, this one from 6/24/90 at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, where we have Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower ; When I Paint My Masterpiece ; Loose Lucy ; Just A Little Light ; Picasso Moon ; Candyman ; Let It Grow.
Be sure to join us here next week for more music from the vault.
David Lemieux
