Week of September 14-20, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1985, 1988, and 1989.
Our first stop this week is the end of the first set from 4/4/85 in Providence, where we have My Brother Esau ; Friend Of The Devil ; Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Deal.
Week of September 7-13, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1982, and a double dose of 1988.
Our first stop this week is on 4/6/82 in Philadelphia, where the Dead opened their second set with this outstanding sequence: Shakedown Street> Lost Sailor> Saint Of Circumstance> Terrapin Station.
Week of August 31-September 6, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1982, 1983, and 1988.
Our first stop is the end of the first set from 4/11/82 at Nassau Coliseum, where we have Althea > Beat It On Down The Line ; Row Jimmy ; Let It Grow.
Week of August 24-30, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1981, 1989,, and 1991
Our first stop this week is on 4/30/81 in Greensboro, where we have this excellent start of the second set: Shakedown Street > Samson And Delilah ; It Must Have Been The Roses ; Estimated Prophet > Eyes Of The World.
Week of August 17-23, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1970, and 1982.
Our first stop is at Washington University in St. Louis on 4/17/69, where we have this classic early 1969 sequence of Dark Star>St. Stephen>Turn On Your Lovelight.
Week of August 10-16, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1978, and 1986.
Our first stop this week is on 4/23/77 in Springfield, MA, where we have the big second set jam from the second show of the excellent Spring Tour of 1977: Help On The Way> Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower> Around And Around > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away, One More Saturday Night.
Week of August 3-9, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1981, and 1984.
Our first stop this week is in Passaic, NJ, on 4/25/77, where we have the big second set jam of Terrapin Station > Playing In The Band> Drums > Wharf Rat > Playing In The Band, US Blues.
Week of July 27-August 2, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1977, 1978, and 1981.
First up is the second half of the first set from 5/18/77 in Atlanta, a typically hot Spring 1977 show: New Minglewood Blues; It Must Have Been The Roses; Lazy Lightning> Supplication; High Time; The Music Never Stopped.
Week of July 20-26, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1969, 1977, and 1992.
Our first stop this week is for the Live/Dead suite performed on 5/23/69 at the Big Rock Pow Wow festival in Florida, where we have Dark Star> St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Love Light.
Week of July 6-12, 2026
Welcome back to the Tapers’ Section, where this week we have Grateful Dead music from 1973, 1988, and 1990.
Our first stop is at the famous 6/10/73 show at RFK Stadium, where we have Eyes Of The World> Stella Blue ; Big River; Here Comes Sunshine.
