Help on the Way

Hamilton, ON - 3/21/90

Your host for the evening FiG brings you one from early Spring 1990 in Hamilton ON. Aftewards, a discussion about tape/show trading before archive.org   No set is attac

Fireworks of Feeling - 3/12/92

Join your cohosts FiG and Knob as they Go to Nassau in this extraordinary 1992 show! Along the way they'll be discussing the days between, the first summer after Bobby, N

Busted Down on Bourbon Street - 1/31/70

Your host for the evening FiG brings you an interesting set plagued by technical issues but historic nonetheless as later that night the Dead would go on to be 🎵busted do

ISO The Best 80s Other One - 6/30/85

Join your hosts FiG and Knob as we explore 6/30/85 over in Columbia, MD.  Along the way we'll discuss some GD X MLB collabs and Bobby and the Midnights (now on streaming

6.30.85 - Columbia, MD - Another HOTW Minisode

FiG here coming atcha with another HOTW Minisode!  Lots of Reddit chatter about this one so would be remiss not to highlight all the fun!   Here's the link to the Reddi

HOTW Mini-sode - 7/30/83 - Ventura, CA

FiG coming atcha with another mini-sode to highlight 7/30/83 -- you can find more info on the show here! https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/1u6h09h/help_on_t

Take a Step Back Stans Rejoice - 11/5/77

...and take another step back in time to this excellent show from the promised land of 77. Your hosts FiG and Knob discuss some GD news and updates and of course walk you

10/11/94 - Landover, MD - MiniSode

Another HOTW MiniSode, this time from Landover, MD in October 1994.  Not one of their bests but some interesting stuff (last China Doll, I beleive -- also Jerry on Drums)

3/9/85 - HOTW Mini Episode

More on this format change!!  In between episodes where more than one of us can chat about a show, we're gonna feature mini episodes which discuss very briefly the weekl

This is What Knob Brings to the Party - 4/16/89

And we're back! As your hosts for the evening catch up, introduce a format change to the pod, and bring you they're discussions of a Spring '89 heater from Milwaukee!  He

Cold Rain and Snow from Madison, WI - 2/3/78

In a quick one here your host FiG discuss an early 78 show. Enjoy!   One       Cold Rain And Snow [5:43] ; Mexicali Blues [3:30] > Big River [5:55] ; They Love Each O

An Easy Book of 95s - 5/28/95

Welcome back to another episode of the Help on the way podcast! Lots of negging on this random show from 1995 but your host FiG rather liked it! What say you all?    On

HBD Tom C! - 7/7/81

Join your host FiG for some BBQ and Good ole Grateful Dead as the band takes on Kansas City, MO, 7/7/81!  Here's the set: One New Minglewood Blues [6:22] > Bertha [5:23

Cold, Rainy MSG - 10/12/83

Join your host FiG on a (northbound) train headed to midtown Manhattan on what was undoubtedly a cold, rainy night in 83!    Cold Rain And Snow [6:43] ; New Minglewood

Can May 77 be "Too" Perfect? - 5/26/77

It's May 77, it's Baltimore MD and it's ... Not a sell out?? FiG takes you back to the past to enjoy one from the Golden age and ponders whether the music can ever be too

It's Playin in the Band night! 12/27/86

One Playing In The Band ; Bertha ; Mama Tried ; Mexicali Blues ; Ramble On Rose ; Little Red Rooster ; Bird Song Two     The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) [4:17] ; Dan

Steal This Face - Chicago - 6/26/75

Join your host FiG as he discusses another excellent show in GD history, this time from the very day the Steal Your Face album was released!    One The Promised Land [

Cincinnati - 6/30/86

In which FiG let's us know his thoughts on this one from juuuust before Jerry's coma    One Feel Like A Stranger ; Friend Of The Devil ; Mama Tried ; Big River ; Loser

Boston '94 - 9/28/94

We're headed to to bean town with your hot FiG. Will this one make his book of the dead? The length of the pod indicates yes! Here's the(excellent) set    One Good Ti

One Week AB - 9/8/90

One Week after Bobby we're back featuring a heater from 1990 (VW's second ever show with the band). FiG takes the mic to tell you about the show and all of the eulogies