We are all familiar with the Grateful Dead’s prowess as an electric rock band, but when the boys unplugged they were also quite the formidable roots-Americana act – deftly moving from folk to country to blues. Their acoustic, electric shows from 1970 (with Jerry also logging in a set playing pedal steel with the New Riders) might be my favorite period of the band’s music.
For their 25th anniversary, the band revived the three set format for a string of shows on both coasts at the Warfield in San Francisco and Radio City Music Hall in New York. Highlights from this run appear on both Reckoning and Dead Set. Let’s check out this three song set consisting of On The Road Again, Dire Wolf and Deep Ellum Blues that the band did on The Tomorrow Show back in 1981- to promote those two albums…
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- Previously On HT: Playin’ Reprise – Pt. 1, Pt. 2 and Playin’ Dead – Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3, Pt. 4, Pt. 5
- The Dead: Gettin’ Ready For The Road
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