Dead Show/podcast for 3/9/12

March winds will blow.. all my troubles away.....

Well I can hope right? I thought for this March Deadpod that I'd bring you a show from the Spring of 1990, this one occurred the day following the show released as "Terrapin Station' .. on March 16th, 1990. I think this is quite an interested show as well and well worth a listen. Of particular interest in this first set is the first performance of 'Black Throated Wind' since October 19th, 1974.. with some alternate lyrics to boot.. (I've posted these alternative lyrics below).. I think the band was on a roll during this tour and personally I enjoy their sound.. I hope you do as well!

Grateful Dead  3/16/90 - Friday  Capital Centre - Landover , MD  

Set One:  Good Times ;  Touch Of Grey ;  New Minglewood Blues ;  Peggy-O ;  Queen Jane Approximately ;  Loser ;  Black Throated Wind ;  Bird Song ;  Blow Away ;

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Here are the alternate Black Throated Wind lyrics, used briefly in 1990:

Verse 2Well, it's me and the road, yeah, we're lacking the codeThat will lead us to some as yet unforseen barAlone with the rush of the drivers who won't pick me upThe highway, the moon, the clouds and the stars

But I'm here by the road, yeah, unravelling the codeThat will lead us to some as yet unforseen bar

Verse 3The black-throated wind keeps on pouring inLike a siren it promises everything newAh, Mother American Night, invisible lightOhhh, I'm flying in you

The black-throated wind keeps on pouring inWith its words of a life where everything's new

Verse 4I left St Louis, the City of BluesOn a screaming blue bender I'd rather forgetWith no scars that show, the keys to the roadA couple of tens and some stale cigarettes

Verse 5But I can't deny that times have gone byNothing is left but thoughts of regretWhen I was a man, with so much in handThat a bird in the bush would be singing there yet

But I can't deny that times have gone byWhen being with her was as good as it gets

Verse 6The black-throated wind, whispering sinAnd speaking of life that passes like dewIt's led me to see if you want to be freeHave your way with each day as its granted to you

Verse 7What's to be found, racing aroundYou carry your blues to the edge of the skyThink a coyote could care about birds in the air?Think a raven thinks coyotes should learn how to fly?

We drew lines all around us when I was downSo now mine turns out to go right to the sky

Verse 8So I give you my eyes, they were just a disguiseAnyway where I'm going it's too dark to seeYes, and toss me to Chance and watch me danceChoreography certain as bats on the breeze

So I leave you my eyes ...

Verse 9The black-throated wind keeps on pouring inWith it's words of a lie I think just might be trueOh, Mother American Night, here comes the lightI'm going right on ahead, that's what I'm gonna do

The black-throated wind keeps on pouring inThe prophet that promises everything newAh, Mother American Night, come wrong or come rightI will always go onward in you