Week of May 25-31, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1974, 1984, and 1989.
Our first stop this week is in Chicago on 7/25/74 with the Wall of Sound, where we have Loose Lucy ; Black Throated Wind ; Loser ; Beat It On Down The Line ; Sugaree ; Mexicali Blues.
Next is the excellent first set from 7/21/84 in Ventura, CA, where we have Shakedown Street ; Little Red Rooster ; Althea; Me And My Uncle> Mexicali Blues; China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider; Looks Like Rain; Might As Well.
Lastly this week is the first set from 8/4/89 at Cal Expo, where we have Bertha ; Greatest Story Ever Told ; Althea ; Mama Tried ; Mexicali Blues ; Never Trust A Woman ; Built To Last ; Queen Jane Approximately ; Jack-A-Roe ; Cassidy ; Deal.
Be sure to join here next week for more music from the vault.
David Lemieux
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Probably not one
But still , one of the better trolls i've seen in a while. Thanks dead.net for the laugh 😆
Hello All
Have a DEAD Day!
Lazy Dave just stays proving me right....
...please let an American take over.
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This is taking the concept of 'Dead air' much too far.
Dead air
[walks out after Bobby requests “dead air”]
Thick air
I believe it was the sound of thick air that Bobby was requesting that caused the engineer to walk out. I'm pretty sure it was during the anthem of the sun sessions.
Dead air - definition
an unintended period of silence that interrupts a broadcast during which no audio or video program material is transmitted