Grateful Dead Debut Openers

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Sat, 10/21/2023 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
What better way to celebrate 'Fresh Off the Vine'?


With a songbook encompassing nearly 600! songs, The Grateful Dead may have debuted more songs in concert than any other band.  Infrequently, this song debut also opened that show.  This special, which I've been sitting on for years until the time was ripe (pun intended), celebrates these rarities.

When I learned that our Fall Membership Drive would use the theme of "Fresh Off the Vine" I knew this was the time.  This phrase indicates something new and a song debut obviously presents a new thing; the first song in a concert also births a new thing.  Taking this concept even further (luckily), some of my offerings in this broadcast feature the first Grateful Dead concert of the year in which it occurred.  How's that for nested layers?

The songs included will span almost the full scope of the band's career (1968-1995), touching every decade.  This broadcast will also feature songs played anywhere from just once to hundreds of times, electric (duh) and acoustic versions, classic favorites to tunes you might say 'huh?' to.  

And all of this is only possible because KBOO Community Radio exists, offering hosts this sort of creative freedom.

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Episode Playlist

  • Time
    12:30
    Artist
    Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley
    Song
    Hey Bo Diddley [Live at Academy Of Music, New York, NY, March 25, 1972]
    Album
    Dick's Picks Vol. 30: 3/25/72 & 3/28/72
    Label
    WMG - Rhino (Pure)
  • Time
    12:34
    Artist
    Grateful Dead
    Song
    Salt Lake City (Live at Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT 2/21/95)
    Album
    Salt Lake City (Live at Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT 2/21/95)
    Label
    WMG - RBDO 2171
  • Time
    12:46
    Artist
    Grateful Dead
    Song
    Blues For Allah (Sans Vocals)
    Album
    Live in San Francisco 1975 (Live)
    Label
    Maison Blanche

Episode Playlist

  • Time
    12:05
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    U.S. Blues
    Album
    2/22/74 - Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1974-02-22.sbd.gans-latvala.samaritano.26763.shnf
  • Time
    12:11
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Monkey & the Engineer
    Album
    12-19-69 - Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-12-19.sbd.clugston.5584.sbeok.shnf
  • Time
    12:13
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Hey Pocky Way
    Album
    9/9/87 - Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1987-09-09.sbd.miller.106823.flac16
  • Time
    12:23
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    To Lay Me Down
    Album
    7-30-70 - The Matrix, San Francisco, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-07-30.sbd.cotsman.17077.sbeok.shnf
  • Time
    12:30
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Hey Bo Diddley
    Album
    3-23-72 - Academy of Music, New York, NY
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1972-03-23.sbd.miller.bertha.100298.dvda
  • Time
    12:34
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Salt Lake City
    Album
    2-21-95 - Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1995-02-21.sbd.miller.114144.flac16
  • Time
    12:46
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Blues for Allah
    Album
    3-23-75 - Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1975-03-23.sbd.miller.110126.flac16
  • Time
    1:02
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Might As Well
    Album
    6-3-76 - Paramount Theatre, Portland, OR
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd76-06-03.sbd.bertha-ashley.20004.sbeok.shnf
  • Time
    1:07
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Dire Wolf
    Album
    6-7-69 - Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
    Label
  • Time
    1:10
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Bertha
    Album
    2-18-71 - Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1971-02-18.sbd.miller.111793.flac16
  • Time
    1:15
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    (I'm A) Road Runner
    Album
    3-21-86 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd86-03-21.set1-sbd.munder.8453.sbeok.shnf
  • Time
    1:25
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Clementine jam
    Album
    10-08-68 - The Matrix, San Francisco, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1968-10-08.sbd.gasperini-bunjes.25757.flacf
  • Time
    1:46
    Artist
    The Grateful Dead
    Song
    Terrapin Station
    Album
    2-26-77 - Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA
    Label
    http://www.archive.org/details/gd1977-02-26.sbd.cantor.deibert.83283.flac16