Happy Birthday Mickey...9/11 Love and Theft NYC reflections...Doug Schmell joins the podcast...Feelin Groovy...Horns or no horns...The big three to close D Star/Morning Dew/ Sugar Magnolia
Blazing opening set, the band is as fired up as the raucous crowd...Dead excel during a typical set. and then they blow the roof of the joint and stop time in its tracks during set two with a sensational pre-Drums...Exceptional versions of Sail0r/Saint and Comes a Time/Truckin
Thirty years later, the legacy of Jerry and the Dead grows exponentially...Five immortal instrumentals jams from Madison Square Garden, Alpine Valley, Hartford, Giants Stadium, and Brendan Byrne Arena...Slipknot! Let it Grow...Morning Dew...etc.
A day before Jerry Garcia's 32nd birthday, the Grateful Dead perform three epic sets--four hours in length...Doug Schmell joins me to discuss the brilliance behind this magnificent show.
The year 1977 is complete. This is the only show I didn't write about in my book,Grateful Dead 1977. The recording is now available. Thank you Charlie Miller!...Cool Jed and Straw...The embodiment if 1977 power, a wild Music Never Stopped to close the set....Garcia is playing possum again during Eyes...Legendary FOTD for the Sun Devils of Arizona State.,,UJB gold in the encore slot
One More Saturday Night/ Fire Opener, That's a show! The genius of Garcia, three well-crafted peaks in one instrumental....Desirable selections all night...Comes a Time stops time in its tracks...This was also the 40th anniversary of Live Aid...Thoughts on performances by Dire Straits, Clapton, and Dylan.
Mik Bondy joins us to discuss The Garcia Project's upcoming Days Between Tour, and the evolution of the band through the years...On July 4, 1975 Jerry Garcia rocks the Great American Music Hall with astounding performances---Audio highlights from this legendary show.
Doug Schmell joins us to discuss this four-hour spectacular from Vancouver...A smoking China Cat highlights a Never Ending opening set...A massive, distinctive, Truckin' Other One explores all possibilities...Sugar Magnolia is a creative master blaster to end set two...1973 Gold!
RIP Sly and Brian...Jamfest kicks off 4-22: Stranger Bird Song...C.C. Madness...Help on the Way and Slipknot for all...The Fire Puke scare....Grateful Dead give it their all in New Haven, no short cuts, just extra effort....
A tribute to an all-time Garcia acoustic show...This recording was mislabeled as 5-5-82 for decades...Prime Garcia vocals and guitar picking...Brilliant performances of three major Garcia/ Hunter classics: Friend of the Devil, Ripple. and Reuben and Cerise...
Alabama > Straw brilliance for starters...Debut of She Belongs to Me....Awesome LSD to end the set, Jerry rips Saint and Deal...First Crazy Fingers in 18 months...A hyper runaway version of GDTRFB...Jerry in Beast Mode all night....
Betty Boards,,,Let my inspiration flow...the debut of Terrapin and Estimated...First set dominated by second set tunes...Help/ Slipknot!/ Franklin's = insanity....A grand opening show for a magnificent year....
A Sugaree Master Class for openers...Jerry's Soul Town...The hottest Valerie ever...Scorching Tangled Up in Blue...Weir and friends join JGB for a memorable double encore
A JGB show for the ages...The Melvin Seals factor in Mississippi Moon and Harder They Come...Awesome versions of Mission in the Rain, Deal, Sugaree, and Simple Twist of Fate...Jerry's guitar weeps Prudence tears for John Lennon....Jerry gives it his all for New York City
Doug Schmell joins the podcast to explore this iconic performance...Ripping renditions of T Jed, J Straw, and Music Never Stopped...The infamous Close Encounters jam is tucked between The Other One and St. Stephen...This is a show for the ages
A Complete Unknown, review of the marvelous Dylan movie...Branford joins the Dead for Birdsong...Immaculate improvisation in the first instrumental of Eyes...38 minutes of Dark Star magic...Knockin' on Heaven's Door just like so many times before
Dawn of the Golden Era for the Jerry Garcia Band...Three epic masterpieces: Sugaree, After Midnight, Positively 4th Street...Album of the Week: Countdown to Ecstasy
Doug Schmell joins the podcast to relish the Dead's awesome New Year's '81 show. A huge night for Jerry commences with a monster Shakedown...This celebration has it all: Cold Rain, Terrapin, Dew, Dark Star, etc....Happy New Year!
David Davis joins me to discuss his new book, The Economic History of the Grateful Dead....A massive fan crush getting into the 11-10-85 show...The Dead take Cassidy and Feel Like a Stranger to levels unimaginable...A strong 1985 vocal night for Jerry, especially on Stagger Lee, Comes a Time, and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue...Awesome audio highlights!
43 years ago the Dead rock Market Square Arena....C.C. Rider madness...The house lights shine on a legendary Let it Grow...Well-balanced sets with blazing yet concise improvisations...The art of enjoying a smoking Stella outro.
Boyd Scott
A very worthy tribute to Mr. Bill Walton. Great work Howard. Real Spiritual.