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GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST

“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten life-long Dead Heads about corners of the band’s history they never knew existed. No topic will

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01:35:05

American Beauty 50, Episode 9: Attics Of My Life

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/12/03

Two episodes in one: we meditate on the harmony tracks and metaphysical overtones of the hymn-like Attics Of My Life, before David Crosby and Steve Silberman return for extended look at how the American Beauty sessions flowed into Croz’s masterpiece, If I Could Only Remember My Name, where Jerry Garcia and the Dead served as supporting musicians and friends.

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00:51:59

American Beauty 50, Episode 8: Till The Morning Comes...

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/11/26

Jumping off from “Till the Morning Comes” and the outtake “To Lay Me Down” we hear from Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay on falling in love with (and to) the Dead, Bob Weir on the secret to recording Phil Lesh, Stephen Malkmus with a psychedelic book recommendation, and time travel to Winterland in October 1970.

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01:08:49

American Beauty 50, Episode 7: Brokedown Palace

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/11/19

We examine how the Grateful Dead classic “Brokedown Palace” forms a hidden but powerful song suite with “Ripple,” the preceding song on American Beauty, with guests Bob Weir, pianist Howard Wales, longtime Dead publisher Alan Trist, historian Nicholas Meriwether, and musicologist Mike Hamad, plus a search for Pigpen’s cat.

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00:36:35

BONUS: A Visit to Planet Drum with Mickey Hart

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/11/14

On a very special bonus episode, we check in with Mickey Hart about his latest drones and hear high tales of Grateful Dead madness, from frying bacon onstage to using firearms as percussion, plus stories about his handcrafted instrument, the Beam, and a look into the Barn, his recording “crucible” in Novato and one of the great and oft-forgotten studios of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

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01:02:01

American Beauty 50, Episode 6: Ripple

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/11/12

We examine Ripple, the timeless cosmic hymn leading off Side B of American Beauty, written during what Robert Hunter called a peak experience, and take a close look at the Dead’s very own softball team, with guests Bob Weir, David Grisman, Ned Lagin, and many more, including Ripple chorale performer Sam Cutler.

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01:13:12

American Beauty 50, Episode 5: Candyman

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/11/05

With the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, we examine how “Candyman” updates an old folk meme, we welcome David Crosby to talk about the hottest session guitarist in 1970 San Francisco, Jerry Garcia; plus a cavalcade of stars.

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01:02:01

American Beauty 50, Episode 4: Operator

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/10/29

To celebrate “Operator,” the fourth song on American Beauty and the first Grateful Dead song written solely by Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, we examine his life and offer an extremely rare look into the Pigpen archives, a collection of journals, letters, and more inherited by an old family friend.

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00:41:50

American Beauty 50, Episode 3: Sugar Magnolia

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/10/22

We are honored to welcome the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir (!!!) for a deep look at his signature song, “Sugar Magnolia,” and the making of the Dead’s landmark American Beauty in 1970, plus surprising memories of the song from Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan.

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01:16:08

BONUS: Dead Behind / Dead Ahead

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/10/15

In the fall of 1980, the Grateful Dead celebrated their 15th anniversary with a series of 25 special shows in San Francisco, New Orleans, and Manhattan, playing acoustic sets for the first time in a decade, along with two electric sets each night, The shows would yield the live double-albums Reckoning and Dead Set, as well as a Halloween simulcast that became the concert film Dead Ahead, We went behind this massive undertaking for a special bonus episode of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast.

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00:59:23

American Beauty 50, Episode 2: Friend of the Devil

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/10/08

The Grateful Dead’s most-covered song, “Friend of the Devil,” also uncovers the secret history of American Beauty, including a never-heard demo reel for the album and totally scrapped session tapes newly released as The Angel’s Share, with guests David Grisman, David Nelson, Stephan Barncard, and more.

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01:18:04

American Beauty 50, Episode 1: Box of Rain

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/10/01

To celebrate the 50th anniversary remaster of the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty, we begin our track-by-track exploration of the band’s bittersweet 1970 masterpiece, powerfully embodied by opening track “Box of Rain,” featuring archival audio, and guests including co-producer Stephen Barncard and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig.

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01:14:57

Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 8: Casey Jones

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/08/27

DESCRIPTION: In our packed season finale, we explore how “Casey Jones” combined folk traditions and became an underground hit too risque for pop radio, hear a break down of the multi-track, discuss the infamous sniff and other Workingman’s Dead’s finishing touches with co-producer Bob Matthews, figure out the location and date of the cover photo, and more.

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00:41:44

Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 7: Easy Wind

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/08/20

We explore how “Easy Wind” was the only song on Workingman’s Dead sung by Pigpen and the first Dead tune solely written by lyricist Robert Hunter, featuring rarely heard radio promo spots recorded by Hunter.

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00:50:51

Workingman’s Dead 50, Episode 6: Black Peter

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/08/13

With special guests Graham Nash and Rhoney Stanley, our dive into the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead examines how a mishap with an estimated $50,000 worth of LSD led to both the writing of “Black Peter,” perhaps the Grateful Dead’s most somber song, and turned Jerry Garcia into a Crosby, Stills and Nash fan.

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00:42:31

BONUS! Jerry Garcia: American Folkie

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/08/08

A very Jerry bonus episode explores Jerry Garcia’s early ‘60s years in the Palo Alto folk scene and his progression from guitar strummer to banjo picker during a prodigious half-decade before going electric with the Grateful Dead, including interviews with David Nelson and Bob Matthews, both one-time members of Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions.

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00:52:39

Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 5: Cumberland Blues

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/08/06

We flip sides on the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead and explore why “Cumberland Blues” is a much stranger song than it might seem, chart the transformation into the so-called Bakersfield Dead, and--in an extended interview--hear how new tour manager Sam Cutler helped the band turn themselves into a real-life workingman’s Dead during one of the most tumultuous and pivotal moments in their history.

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00:43:13

Workingman’s Dead 50, Episode 4: New Speedway Boogie

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/07/30

We explore “New Speedway Boogie,” the last song on Side 1 of the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead, examining how the song grew from the disastrous 1969 free festival at Altamont headlined by the Rolling Stones, and listen to never-heard session outtakes from “Mason’s Children.”

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00:48:54

Workingman’s Dead 50, Episode 3: Dire Wolf

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/07/23

Our close listen to the Grateful Dead’s remastered Workingman’s Dead 50th anniversary edition continues with “Dire Wolf.”

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00:45:06

Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 2: High Time

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/07/16

For “High Time,” we look behind the purple door of Pacific High Recording with co-producer Bob Matthews and tour manager Sam Cutler, examine session outtakes and tape mysteries with Brian Kehew and Mike Johnson, and explore how “High Time” was a songwriting breakthrough for Jerry Garcia and his new housemate, lyricist Robert Hunter.

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00:35:31

BONUS! Bear Drops, Episode 1: What’s With the Bear(s)?

GOOD OL" GRATEFUL DEADCAST ·

2020/07/14

The first of our ongoing surprise BEAR DROPS, exploring the life and legacy of Owsley Stanley, the pioneer underground LSD chemist as well as trailblazing sound engineer for the Grateful Dead.

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