Sunday Night Dead (2026)

05/01/2026

We are off to a great start to the new year. Thank you for stopping by for tonight's latest episode of SND. I look forward to many more evenings together this year. I hope you have a great week and come back for more Sunday Night Dead!
-Grateful Don Potter

Here is what we heard:
Viola Lee Blues - "The Grateful Dead"
Jack Straw > They Love Each Other
Minglewood Blues > Sugaree > Promised Land - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/29/77
Hard To Handle - Fillmore East , New York, NY - 1/2/70
Playing In The Band > China Cat Sunflower > I Know you Rider > China Doll - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/29/77
Box of Rain - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/31/72
That's It For The Other One > Cosmic Charlie - Fillmore East, New York, NY - 1/2/70
Drums > Not Fade Away > Playing In The Band - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/29/77
Casey Jones - Fillmore East, New York, NY - 1/2/70

04/01/2026

Let's get together and celebrate a new year. Tonight we will check out some more of the year end celebrations we missed last week. Just in case you forgot what day it is, don't worry, I got you covered. It's Sunday! Let's play Dead.

Join me for another three-hour installment of Grateful Dead music. We will be airing “Sunday Night Dead” on The PIG from 6–9 PM PDT on KPIG FM 107.5 and Freedom KPYG FM 94.9 in Cayucos/SLO. You can also stream it at www.kpig.com.
See you then!
-Grateful Don Potter

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

29/12/2025

Thank you for a great year. I appreciate you stopping by every week for our little party. I look forward to sharing this music into the next year and for as long as you will have me. Have Happy New Year! Come back for more Sunday Night Dead!
-Grateful Don Potter

Here is what we heard:

Rosemary - "Aoxomoxoa"
Sugar Magnolia > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/31/78
The Music Never Stopped - Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/28/79
Uncle John's Band - Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/28/88
Victim Or The Crime > Dark Star - Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA - 1231/89
Help On The Way > Slipknot > Drums - Cow Palace, Daily City, CA - 12/31/76
Terrapin Station > Playing In The Band > Rhythm Devils - Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/28/79
From The Heart of Me > Sunshine Daydream - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 12/31/79
Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/30/85 > And We Bid You Goodnight - Winterland, San Francisco, CA - 1/1/79

28/12/2025

Tonight we wrap up 2025 with some incredible year end celebrations. From The Cow Palace to The Oakland Coliseum, and from the Closing of Winterland to some of the shows at Oakland Auditorium (Henry J Kaiser), we will relive some of the memories from the party of the year.

Join me for another three-hour installment of Grateful Dead music. We will be airing “Sunday Night Dead” on The PIG from 6–9 PM PDT on KPIG FM 107.5 and Freedom KPYG FM 94.9 in Cayucos/SLO. You can also stream it at www.kpig.com.
See you then!
-Grateful Don Potter

22/12/2025

It was nice of you to stop by this evening as we filled the air with our favorite band. Thanks so much for being here. It just wouldn't be the same without you. We will back next week with some of the incredible year end celebrations for years past. Have a great week and a very Merry Christmas. Be sure to come back for more Sunday Night Dead! - Grateful Don Potter

Here is tonight's setlist:

Dire Wolf > "Workingman's Dead" > Stagger Lee - "Shakedown Street" > Attics of My Life - "American Beauty"
The Monkey and the Engineer > Little Sadie > Long Black Limousine - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX - 12/26/69
Truckin' > Friend of the Devil > New Minglewood Blues - Legion Stadium, El Monte, CA - 12/26/70
Jingle Bells - Jerry Garcia Band - Winterland, San Francisco, CA 0 12/20/75
Uncle John's Band > Estimated Prophet >
He's Gone > The Other One >
Jam > Not Fade Away >
Brokedown Palace
Shakedown Street > Uncle John's Band (reprise) - Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/28/79 > Christmas Times a Comin' - Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band - Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA - 12/6/87

21/12/2025

Happy Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We are going to fill it with some incredible music from this week in Grateful Dead history.

After closing Winterland the year before, The Grateful Dead needed a place to host their year end party. They opted to move across the bay to the 5,400 seat Oakland Auditorium arena, later to be renamed Henry J Kaiser Center for the Arts.

On 12/26/79 they played the first of a five night run to close out the decade. The entire show caught the attention of Dick Latvalla who submitted it as the 5th release in the Dick's Pick's series.

We will hear nearly the entire second set in tonight's "Jam of the Week". It's a nearly two hour medley that fires on all cylinders. It so hot you can almost see the moisture on the halls of the arena.

Our "Flashback of the Week" is from 12/20/75 at Winterland with The Jerry Garcia Band featuring Nicky Hopkins. The show also featured The Keith and Donna Band and Kingfish. Many of us hoped it would turn into a Grateful Dead concert, since all the players were in attendance. Join us for an instrumental of a Christmas classic.

On the day after Christmas the band was scheduled to play in Dallas at SMU. Everyone was in attendance except Billy who was on a plane somewhere over Omaha. Without a rhythm section, Bob and Jerry performed a rare acoustic set.

The day after Christmas the band were in Southern California for a brief two day show at Legion Stadium in El Monte, CA. We will check out some 1970 Dead.

We start every night with some "Dead Vinyl" as we rediscover some of the bands catalogue.

Join me for another three-hour installment of Grateful Dead music. We will be airing “Sunday Night Dead” on The PIG from 6–9 PM PDT on KPIG FM 107.5 and Freedom KPYG FM 94.9 in Cayucos/SLO. You can also stream it at www.kpig.com.
See you then!
-Grateful Don Potter

15/12/2025

Happy Hanukkah!

I am posting the set list from last night. Sorry I am a little late in getting to this. I hope you have a great week, and be sure to come back for more Sunday Night Dead.

Here is what we played:

Scarlet Begonias - "Mars Hotel" > Samson and Delilah - "Terrapin Station" > Just a Little Light - "Built to Last".
Truckin' > Sugaree - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI - 12/14/71
Here Comes Sunshine - Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL - 12/19/73
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Legion of Mary - Paramount Theater, Portland, OR - 12/14/74
Jack-a-Roe - Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Arena - Oakland, CA - 12/30/89
Turn On Your Love Light - The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA - 12/20/69
Space > Dark Star > All Along The Watchtower > Stella Blue > Good Lovin' - Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA - 12/16/92
Run Rudolph Run - Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor MI. - 12/14/71

08/12/2025

It was another exceptional evening of music from this week in the Grateful Dead's amazing touring years. I hope you had a chance to take it all in. It's a busy time of year be sure to take time to enjoy the magic all around. Have a great week and come back for more Sunday Night Dead. - Grateful Don Potter

Here is tonight's set:

Bertha - Los Lobos - "Deadicated" > Boogie Woogie Christmas - Michael Falzarano and Extended Family - "A Kaleidoscope Christmas" > Run Rudolph Run - Fox Theatre, St Louis, MO - 12/9/71
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Legion of Mary - Paramount Theater, Portland, OR - 12/14/74
Shakedown Street > Samson and Delilah - Kiel Auditorium, St Louis, MO - 12/9/79
Smokestack Lightning - Felt Forum, at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 12/7/71
The Days Between - Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA - 12/11/94
Dark Star
St Stephen > The Eleven > Cumberland Blues - Thelma, Los Angeles, CA - 12/11/69
Comes A Time- Fox Theatre, St Louis, MO - 12/10/71
U.S. Blues > I Can't Get No Satisfaction - CU Event Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO - 12/9/81

07/12/2025

Looking forward to spending some time with you this evening sharing the music of the Grateful Dead from the second week in December. We will return to The Felt Forum for tonight's "Flashback of the Week" from 54 years ago. Pigpen delivers on this night at the MSG annex with a Howlin' Wolf cover, taking it to spaces the blues great could never have imagined.

Tonight's "Jam of the Week" is from 1969, just a short time before the band would go into the studio to record one of their most beloved albums, "Workingman's Dead". The band was still able to deliver the psychedelic goods while also exploring "Bakersfield" Country. Hear the show from Thelma in Los Angeles from 12/11/69.

We will take a detour for a couple of stops in St Louis, the bands home away from home for much of the 70's. In the early 70's the band played the more intamate Fox Theater before making it to the larger Kiel Auditorium. We will hear shows from both venues from '71 and '79 respectively.

It didn't take long for Jerry Garcia to get back to work after the Dead played the final shows at Winterland in October before the hiatus. Jerry was quick to form a new band with his old pals Merle Saunders and John Kahn along with saxophonist Martin Fiero and drummer Ron Tutt. Legion of Mary which began that December would continue through the rest of the year and into 1975. Tonight we catch up with the band in Portland's Paramount Theater from 12/14/74.

We start tonight as always with some "Dead Vinyl" including some music for the holiday's featuring Pigpen covering Chuck Berry and a Kaleidoscope Christmas featuring Michael Falzarano and Jorma and Jack, with a little "Boogie Woogie Christmas".

Join me for another three-hour installment of Grateful Dead music. We will be airing “Sunday Night Dead” on The PIG from 6–9 PM PDT on KPIG FM 107.5 and Freedom KPYG FM 94.9 in Cayucos/SLO. You can also stream it at www.kpig.com.
See you then!
-Grateful Don Potter

05/12/2025

Last night in San Jose we celebrated the first time The Grateful Dead performed under that name. A plaque to commemorate the event at the location of the acid test which is now San Jose City Hall.

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