Grateful Dead - 1985-07-01 - Columbia, MD (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1985-07-01

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia, MD

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Tuning

02. Dancin' In The Streets

03. Dupree's Diamond Blues

04. Walkin' Blues

05. Jack-A-Roe

06. My Brother Esau

07. Stagger Lee

08. Let It Grow >

09. Keep Your Day Job

Set2:

01. Tuning

02. Scarlet Begonias >

03. Fire On The Mountain

04. Playing In The Band >

05. Uncle John's Band >

06. Drums >

07. space >

08. Dear Mr. Fantasy ->

09. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >

10. Good Lovin'

Encores:

01. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction >

02. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Grateful Dead - 1985-07-01 - Columbia, MD (SBD)

Our 3rd Dead concert today is a soundboard recording from July 1, 1985, 3 decades ago today, from Columbia, MD. The band continues the strong playing that was evident in the run of 10 shows from 1985 that we brought you last month.

1985 in Grateful Dead History

• The band celebrated their 20th anniversary in 1985.
• While the band begins the year strong, their playing tails off near year end as Jerry Garcia become more and more dependent on heroin. The band has to perform an intervention.
• Dick Latvala becomes the band’s archivist. He will launch the Dick’s Picks series of live releases in 1993. 
• The band’s performance on New Year’s Eve, December 31, was broadcast nationally both on radio and TV. 
• The only live show released from this year is November 1, 1985 (Dick’s Picks 21) which is ironic as the band played stronger in the first half of the year than in the second.