Episodes

  • Grateful Dead 4-22 + 23 New Haven: Underrated Gems Vol. 4
    Jun 18 2025

    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....

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Garcia/ Kahn @ Oregon State Prison 1982: May 5 Folklore/ June 5 Reality
    Jun 7 2025

    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...

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    43 mins
  • Grateful Dead 4-4-85 Providence: 40th Anniversary Podcast
    Apr 4 2025

    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....

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Grateful Dead 2-26-77 Swing Auditorium: 1977 Madness Beckons
    Mar 12 2025

    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 for a magnificent year....

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    57 mins
  • Jerry Garcia Band 6-17-82 New Haven: The night after Music Mountain
    Feb 25 2025

    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

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    44 mins
  • Jerry Garcia Band 2-11-81 Palladium, NYC: Second best JGB show?
    Feb 14 2025

    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

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    56 mins
  • Grateful Dead 1-22-78: Close Encounters of the Psychadelic Kind
    Feb 4 2025

    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

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Grateful Dead 3-29-90 Nassau Coliseum: The Branford Show
    Jan 25 2025

    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

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    1 hr and 7 mins