Week of September 18-24, 2023
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have some Bay Area end of the year Grateful Dead music from 1976, 1988, and 1989
Our first stop this week is the end of the New Year’s Eve show on 12/31/76 at the Cow Palace, where we have Not Fade Away>Morning Dew, One More Saturday Night, Uncle John’s Band>We Bid You Goodnight.
Next is the start of the second set from 12/28/88 in Oakland, opening night of the 1988 New Year’s run, where we have China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Estimated Prophet > He's Gone.
Lastly this week is the entire first set from 12/30/89 on Oakland, featuring Bertha> Good Lovin' > Sugaree; Walkin' Blues; Jack-A-Roe ; When I Paint My Masterpiece; West L.A. Fadeaway ; The Music Never Stopped, including a rare first set Good Lovin’, which hadn’t been done in more than 11 years, since 9/16/78 in Egypt.
Be sure to stop by again next week for more music from the vault.
David Lemieux