Deadcast
Gather round every Thursday as we tell the tales of Grateful Dead days of yore. Hosts Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow will take the lead, picking up special guests from the Dead universe along the way. May the long strange trip continue across the pod!
Summer Magic 1985: Merriweather Post Pavilion, 6/30 & 7/1
Concluding the Deadcast’s Summer Magic 1985 run, we pull into…
Summer Magic 1985: Merriweather Post Pavilion, 6/30 & 7/1
Concluding the Deadcast’s Summer Magic 1985 run, we pull into…
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Summer Magic 1985: Hersheypark Stadium, 6/28
The Grateful Dead made their only visit to the land of chocolate on a rainy…
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The Deadcast points to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in New York, set inside the lush green of a state park & home to some of the…
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Set the controls for the heart of 1985 and the Dead’s 20th anniversary shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, with a look at the band’s very busy…
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We explore the very high times of the Grateful Dead’s 1966, touring Rancho Olompali with Rosie McGee, swan-diving into Owsley’s magical banana box…
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The Deadcast explores Steal Your Face’s iconic artwork & visits the Grateful Dead’s June 1976 return to the road, including a tour of the Dead…
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The Deadcast tells the dramatic story of when the Hells Angels put ex-Grateful Dead Records president Ron Rakow on trial for walking away from the…
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The Deadcast uncovers the secrets of Steal Your Face, the Dead’s 1976 live album with a checkered reputation, dramatic backstory, & sonic…
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Bobby Weir, Part 2
The Deadcast concludes its extended 2-part tribute to Bobby Weir, ranging into the evolution of his…
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The Grateful Deadcast returns for its 13th season, beginning with a 2-part tribute to the great Bobby Weir, mixing interviews with archival audio…
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The Deadcast’s overstuffed season finale unpacks Blues For Allah’s oft-misunderstood title track, the unlikely story of its album art, & the…
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The Deadcast explores Bobby Weir’s guitar étude, “Sage and Spirit,” speaking with one of the song’s namesakes, Sage Scully, before taking an…
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We explore how the dreamy delicacy of Crazy Fingers came about at a time of great tumult in Grateful Dead history, with visits from new record…
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Bobby Weir & John Perry Barlow’s classic “The Music Never Stopped” came into being when the music was briefly in danger of stopping, the song…
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The Deadcast unpacks the two-part extra-heady “King Solomon’s Marbles”/’Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ the Turkey,” using the instrumental to get…
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The Deadcast examines how Franklin’s Tower bucked every trend on Blues For Allah to become one of the Dead’s all-time classics, including a tape…
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Blues For Allah 50: Slipknot!
The Deadcast uses Blues For Allah’s complicated instrumental Slipknot! to explore the musical and creative…