Grateful Dead - 1981-05-07 - New York, NY (TV SBD)

Grateful Dead
1981-05-07
Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder
NBC Studios
New York, NY
TV Soundboard320 kbps
Artwork Included

01. Introduction
02. Interview w/ Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia
03. On The Road Again
04. Rona Barrett w/ John Sebastian
05. Dire Wolf
06. Deep Elem Blues
07. Interview w/ Bob Weir & Jerry Garcia
08. Interview w/ the Grateful Dead
09. Cassidy

Grateful Dead - 1981-05-07 - New York, NY (TV SBD)

From 1973 to 1982, Tom Synder hosted The Tomorrow Show, a talk show unlike the usual late-night fare, with Snyder, cigarette in hand, alternating between asking hard-hitting questions and offering personal observations that made the interview closer to a conversation. Snyder's style and delivery was easily lampooned, with Dan Akryod of Saturday Night Live frequently doing impersonations of the last night host. Snyder's show often featured musicians as guests, with the likes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Public Image Ltd, The Clash, KISS, The Ramones, and U2 all appearing on the show.  The Grateful Dead were Synder's guests on May 7, 1981, 4 decades ago today, as captured in this TV soundboard recording. The band used their appearance to promote the newly released live double album Reckoning, which featured tunes recorded during the acoustic sets they played at the Warfield Theater and Radio City Music Hall in the fall of 1980.