Frankly, Scarlet | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre· June 15, 1976 | S3E02

Frankly, Scarlet | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre· June 15, 1976 | S3E02

🎸 JUNE 1976 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1976 ═══ 📄 FREE DOWNLOAD — Free May 80 tour sample PDF (Penn State 5/6/80). Let the words be yours... Free when you join our list. 👉 https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ═══ —————————————————— 📍 YOU ARE HERE: Show — Frankly, Scarlet | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre· June 15, 1976 | S3E02 · Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY · June 15, 1976 · ⬅ Previous: The Beacon 6-14-76 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/beacon-of-light-6-14-76/] ➡ Next: The Capitol Theatre 6-17-76 ═══ 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ 🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST: Grateful Dead - The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, June 15, 1976 Set 1 Promised Land Sugaree Cassidy Candyman The Music Never Stopped It Must Have Been the Roses Looks Like Rain Tennessee Jed Let it Grow > Might as Well Set 2 St. Stephen > Not Fade Away > Stella Blue Sampson & Delilah Friend of the Devil Dancin in the Street > The Wheel > Sugar Magnolia > Scarlet Begonias > Sunshine Daydream 🎸 Encore Johnny B. Goode ═══🎙 CONCERT ANALYSIS Never had such a good time during the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. The Grateful Dead storm into The Beacon Theatre in New York City for two nights. Then it's a quick jump over the lazy Hudson River to the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey for three more shows. Can the vibe inside the shows match the outside heat? Well, if it is summertime then the time is indeed right. Night two at the Beacon and the Grateful Dead are determined to keep the energy flowing. You could ask for more than a monster St. Stephen>NFA>Stella Blue to open the second set. Forty minutes of pure Grateful Dead goodness. Here's a quote from the podcast: > "Bob, Jerry, and Donna, strident and proud, confident and bold, bestow wreaths of music upon our heads, which we readily accept. Crowned as subjects, we take a moment to genuflect at the feet of our Saint. Are there timing miscues? Does someone come in late, or are the words delivered with honesty and precision? > Yes, they are. > Now we can move on, safe in the knowledge that a king is indeed among us. " Check it out. 📚 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗 Follow along with music on: Relisten [https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1976/06/15?source=3877721] 🔗 Navigate The Series 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ —————————————————— ⭐ RATE, REVIEW & SHARE Reviews genuinely help new listeners find the show — especially on Apple Podcasts, where ratings affect visibility. If this series has been worth your time, leaving a quick review makes a real difference. It takes less than 2 minutes. 🍎 Apple Podcasts — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grateful-shows/id1869263428] (open the link, tap the star rating, add a line if you'd like) 🎙 Podchaser — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/grateful-shows-6341379] (Podchaser lets you review individual episodes too — not just the show) 📲 Share this episode with one person: If someone you know loves music history, the Grateful Dead, or deep-dive storytelling — send them this episode. Word of mouth is how independent podcasts grow. 👉 Everything in one place (all platforms, ebook, support & more): www.gratefulshows.com/links [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] ————————————————— ═══ ═══ ─────────── 🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got: 🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist: GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year. ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ────────────── ═══ ═══ 🎙 GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations. Six shows per tour. Countless fun. 📖 Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April 📄 Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] ✉️ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] 🔗 All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. 🙏 © 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast ═══ Mentioned in this episode: End roll CTA tourbook 1 The Music Never Stops — subscribe and claim your free show! Subscribe to the free newsletter, connect on socials, join the community, and explore more at https://gratefulshows.com/links.html

A Beacon of Light | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre · June 14, 1976 | S3E01

🎸 JUNE 1976 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1976 ═══ 📄 FREE DOWNLOAD — Free May 80 tour sample PDF (Penn State 5/6/80). Let the words be yours... Free when you join our list. 👉 https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ═══ —————————————————— 📍 YOU ARE HERE: Show — A Beacon of Light | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre · June 14, 1976 | S3E01 · Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY · June 14, 1976 · ⬅ Previous: Spring 1986 Wrap-up [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/tourbook-2-recap-grateful-dead-march-1986/] ➡ Next: Beacon Theatre 6-15-76 ═══ 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ 🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST: Grateful Dead - The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, June 14, 1976 Set 1 Cold Rain And Snow Mama Tried Row Jimmy Cassidy Brown-Eyed Women Big River Might As Well Lazy Lightnin'> Supplication Tennessee Jed Playin' In The Band Set 2: The Wheel Samson And Delilah High Time The Music Never Stopped Crazy Fingers > Dancin' In The Streets > Cosmic Charlie Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower Around And Around 🎵 Encore: U.S. Blues ═══🎙 CONCERT ANALYSIS Never had such a good time during the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. The Grateful Dead storm into The Beacon Theatre in New York City for two nights. Then it's a quick jump over the lazy Hudson River to the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey for three more shows. Can the vibe inside the shows match the outside heat? Well, if it is summertime then the time is indeed right. People get ready: > With that, the white-gloved attendants remove the banner reading "1,541 Days since the last NYC Show" from the balcony and carry it to the concourse, where it is folded into a tight triangle and stored away, never to be used again. > As they do so, take a moment to wish each other a joyful bicentennial. While the nation is preparing for its journey into its second century, a throng of Grateful Dead fans has spilled onto the Upper West Side, along with a crew of misfits, hangers-on, freaks, psychopaths, and yours truly, who lick their lips in anticipation of the return of The Magnificent Seven: Jerry, Bob, Phil, Donna, Keith, Bill, and Mickey. > The NYC run kicks off with Cold Rain and Snow. It is a tale as old as time: emotional stagflation and trouble with the missus. Regardless of who's to blame, we sure as hell aren’t gonna be treated this way. Check it out. 📚 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗 Follow along with music on: Relisten [https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1976/06/14?source=2605570] 🔗 Navigate The Series 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ —————————————————— ⭐ RATE, REVIEW & SHARE Reviews genuinely help new listeners find the show — especially on Apple Podcasts, where ratings affect visibility. If this series has been worth your time, leaving a quick review makes a real difference. It takes less than 2 minutes. 🍎 Apple Podcasts — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grateful-shows/id1869263428] (open the link, tap the star rating, add a line if you'd like) 🎙 Podchaser — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/grateful-shows-6341379] (Podchaser lets you review individual episodes too — not just the show) 📲 Share this episode with one person: If someone you know loves music history, the Grateful Dead, or deep-dive storytelling — send them this episode. Word of mouth is how independent podcasts grow. 👉 Everything in one place (all platforms, ebook, support & more): www.gratefulshows.com/links [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] ————————————————— ═══ ═══ ─────────── 🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got: 🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist: GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year. ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ────────────── ═══ ═══ 🎙 GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations. Six shows per tour. Countless fun. 📖 Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April 📄 Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] ✉️ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] 🔗 All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. 🙏 © 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast ═══ Mentioned in this episode: End roll CTA tourbook 1 The Music Never Stops — subscribe and claim your free show! Subscribe to the free newsletter, connect on socials, join the community, and explore more at https://gratefulshows.com/links.html

March 1986 Tour Recap | Grateful Dead · Hampton to Philadelphia· March 19-25, 1986 | · S2E13

🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986 ═══ 📄 FREE DOWNLOAD — Free May 80 tour sample PDF (Penn State 5/6/80). Let the words be yours... Free when you join our list. 👉 https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ═══ —————————————————— 📍 YOU ARE HERE: Show — March 1986 Tour Recap | Grateful Dead · Hampton to Philadelphia· March 19-25, 1986 | · S2E13 · Grateful Dead · The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA · March 23, 1983 · Set 1 ⬅ Previous: The Spectrum March 25, 1986 Set 2 ➡ Next: ═══ 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ ═══🎙 TOUR ANALYSIS Final analysis of the six night we spent on the Grateful Dead Spring tour of March 1986 This was a tour that took us from the Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA March 19, 1986 March 20, 1986 March 21, 1986 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA March 23, 1986 March 24, 1986 March 25, 1986 A short recap of all that went down and a hint of what is to come Only one show this week, Next week a new tour begins! see you next show on Grateful Shows! Check it out. 📚 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗 Navigate The Series 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ —————————————————— ⭐ RATE, REVIEW & SHARE Reviews genuinely help new listeners find the show — especially on Apple Podcasts, where ratings affect visibility. If this series has been worth your time, leaving a quick review makes a real difference. It takes less than 2 minutes. 🍎 Apple Podcasts — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grateful-shows/id1869263428] (open the link, tap the star rating, add a line if you'd like) 🎙 Podchaser — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/grateful-shows-6341379] (Podchaser lets you review individual episodes too — not just the show) 📲 Share this episode with one person: If someone you know loves music history, the Grateful Dead, or deep-dive storytelling — send them this episode. Word of mouth is how independent podcasts grow. 👉 Everything in one place (all platforms, ebook, support & more): www.gratefulshows.com/links [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] ————————————————— ═══ ═══ ─────────── 🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got: 🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist: GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year. ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ────────────── ═══ ═══ 🎙 GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations. Six shows per tour. Countless fun. 📖 Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April 📄 Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] ✉️ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] 🔗 All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. 🙏 © 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast ═══ Mentioned in this episode: End roll CTA tourbook 1 The Music Never Stops — subscribe and claim your free show! Subscribe to the free newsletter, connect on socials, join the community, and explore more at https://gratefulshows.com/links.html

The Quest for Fire | Grateful Dead · The Spectrum · March 25, 1986 | Set 2· S2E12

🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986 ═══ 📄 FREE DOWNLOAD — Free May 80 tour sample PDF (Penn State 5/6/80). Let the words be yours... Free when you join our list. 👉 https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ═══ —————————————————— 📍 YOU ARE HERE: Show — The Quest for Fire | Grateful Dead · The Spectrum · March 25, 1986 | Set 2· S2E12 · Grateful Dead · The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA · March 25, 1986 · Set 2 ⬅ Previous: The Spectrum 3/25/86 Set 1 ➡ Next: Tourbook 2 Recap ═══ 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ 🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST: Grateful Dead - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 25, 1986 Set 2 1. Scarlet Begonias > 2. Touch Of Grey > 3. Looks Like Rain > 4. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > 5. Drums > 6. Space > 7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues > 8. Black Peter > 9. Throwing Stones > 10. Turn On Your Lovelight 🎵 Encore: Brokedown Palace ═══🎙 CONCERT ANALYSIS The Grateful Dead welcome spring with six shows at two of the East Coast’s most renowned venues: the Hampton Coliseum and the Philadelphia Spectrum. Packed with energy and featuring a number of bust-outs, the tour was unforgettable, including the legendary “Box of Rain” in Hampton. However, a closer look suggests this might not have been either the highlight or the best show of the tour. Make sure to check out all six shows! Oh Boy the great East Coast Scarlet>Fire drought continues with a spirited Scarlet>Touch that doesn't quite take us to the promised land. Some spirited playing on our last night of the tour, but not getting the Fire sticks far longer than necessary. From the podcast: "In fact, there will be no Scarlet>Fire combinations until Cal Expo in May, one of only three in ’86, all performed in California. The Great East Coast Fire Drought ran from the Meadowlands, November 11, 1985, to Hampton, March 22, 1987. And hold on to your hats; the next Philly Fire on the Mountain will not occur until 18 months later, at The Spectrum on September 11, 1988. Then again, if your biggest problem in life is not catching the Dead playing Scarlet>Fire, it must be pretty good. " Check it out. 📚 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗 Follow along with music on: Relisten [3/25 https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1986/03/25?source=3883451] 🔗 Navigate The Series 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ —————————————————— ⭐ RATE, REVIEW & SHARE Reviews genuinely help new listeners find the show — especially on Apple Podcasts, where ratings affect visibility. If this series has been worth your time, leaving a quick review makes a real difference. It takes less than 2 minutes. 🍎 Apple Podcasts — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grateful-shows/id1869263428] (open the link, tap the star rating, add a line if you'd like) 🎙 Podchaser — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/grateful-shows-6341379] (Podchaser lets you review individual episodes too — not just the show) 📲 Share this episode with one person: If someone you know loves music history, the Grateful Dead, or deep-dive storytelling — send them this episode. Word of mouth is how independent podcasts grow. 👉 Everything in one place (all platforms, ebook, support & more): www.gratefulshows.com/links [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] ————————————————— ═══ ═══ ─────────── 🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got: 🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist: GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year. ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ────────────── ═══ ═══ 🎙 GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations. Six shows per tour. Countless fun. 📖 Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April 📄 Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] ✉️ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] 🔗 All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. 🙏 © 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast ═══

The Quest for Fire | Grateful Dead · The Spectrum · March 25, 1986 | Set 1 · S2E11

🎸 MARCH 1986 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1986 ═══ 📄 FREE DOWNLOAD — Free May 80 tour sample PDF (Penn State 5/6/80). Let the words be yours... Free when you join our list. 👉 https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ═══ —————————————————— 📍 YOU ARE HERE: Show — The Quest for Fire | Grateful Dead · The Spectrum · March 25, 1986 | Set 1 · S2E11 · Grateful Dead · The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA · March 25, 1986 · Set 1 ⬅ Previous: The Spectrum March 24 Set 2 ➡ Next: The Spectrum March 25 Set 2 ═══ 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ 🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST: Grateful Dead - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, March 25, 1986 Set 1 1. Feel Like A Stranger 2. Tennessee Jed 3. C.C. Rider 4. Tons Of Steel 5. It Must Have Been The Roses 6. Desolation Row* > 7. Don't Ease Me In ═══🎙 CONCERT ANALYSIS The Grateful Dead welcome spring with six shows at two of the East Coast’s most renowned venues: the Hampton Coliseum and the Philadelphia Spectrum. Packed with energy and featuring a number of bust-outs, the tour was unforgettable, including the legendary “Box of Rain” in Hampton. However, a closer look suggests this might not have been either the highlight or the best show of the tour. Make sure to check out all six shows! Last night of the tour and both the band and ourselves are starting to feel fatigued. The first set does little to alleviate this feeling, but is notable for the first ever Desolation Row which clocks in at over ten minutes and sung virtually flawlessly. Hopes are high for a nice closing second set From the podcast: > "Desolation Row is like taking a long walk along the beach while escaped circus freaks tell you their life stories. They are so captivating that we want to drop everything and join them at the end of the boardwalk. Given how the set keeps wobbling and shaking, this may be a good idea." Check it out. 📚 LINKS & RESOURCES 🔗 Follow along with music on: Relisten [3/25 https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1986/03/25?source=3883451] 🔗 Navigate The Series 🗺 NAVIGATE THIS TOUR 🎯 New to the show? Start at the very beginning! S1E01 → Baltimore May 4, 1980 [https://grateful-shows.captivate.fm/episode/phil-bombs-5-4-80-set-1/] 📋 Tourbook 1 Index (all 6 shows in order): Tour Playlist [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Grateful Shows covers Grateful Dead touring history - on tour at a time. ═══ —————————————————— ⭐ RATE, REVIEW & SHARE Reviews genuinely help new listeners find the show — especially on Apple Podcasts, where ratings affect visibility. If this series has been worth your time, leaving a quick review makes a real difference. It takes less than 2 minutes. 🍎 Apple Podcasts — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grateful-shows/id1869263428] (open the link, tap the star rating, add a line if you'd like) 🎙 Podchaser — rate & review: Grateful Shows on Podchaser [https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/grateful-shows-6341379] (Podchaser lets you review individual episodes too — not just the show) 📲 Share this episode with one person: If someone you know loves music history, the Grateful Dead, or deep-dive storytelling — send them this episode. Word of mouth is how independent podcasts grow. 👉 Everything in one place (all platforms, ebook, support & more): www.gratefulshows.com/links [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] ————————————————— ═══ ═══ ─────────── 🗺 EXPLORE OTHER TOURS Shall we go - to other tours? Why not. So far here's what we've got: 🎸 Grateful Dead May 1980 East Coast Tour— Complete Playlist: GRATEFUL DEAD MAY 1980 EAST COAST [https://player.captivate.fm/collection/6727e739-51dd-49f0-956b-f97c866b2705] Gritty, underrated Grateful Dead. From Baltimore to Maine, heady times in a downtrodden America's election year. ── WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE ────────────── ═══ ═══ 🎙 GRATEFUL SHOWS PODCAST Exploring the world of Grateful Dead live shows- one tour at a time, through history philosophy, fiction and poetic meditations. Six shows per tour. Countless fun. 📖 Full May 1980 Tourbook Ebook: Coming late April 📄 Free PDF Tourbook Sampler: GET IT HERE [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] ✉️ Email updates & new episodes: JOIN THE PARTY [https://grateful-shows.kit.com/links] 🔗 All links, platforms & more: GRATEFUL SHOWS PORTAL [https://gratefulshows.com/links.html] If this episode was useful, be kind and share with a friend. It's the single best thing you can do for the show. Forever Grateful. 🙏 © 2026 Grateful Shows Podcast ═══ Mentioned in this episode: End roll CTA tourbook 1 The Music Never Stops — subscribe and claim your free show! Subscribe to the free newsletter, connect on socials, join the community, and explore more at https://gratefulshows.com/links.html