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Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - talkin' all things February 18, 1971 at the legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY! This historic show, featuring five debut songs and the only ever "Beautiful Jam," was the last show with Mickey Hart until the end of 1974 AND a show involving Dr. Krippner's Study in Dream Telepathy. You can find this show commercially released on the American Beauty 50th Anniversary edition, and you can find other commercially released shows from this 6-show run at the Capitol Theatre- you just gotta poke around. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Link to learn more about Dr. Kreppner's Study in Dream Telepathy: https://stanleykrippner.weebly.com/a-pilot-study-in-dream-telepathy-with-the-grateful-dead.html Link to read the Ethan Hein blog about the Beautiful Jam: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2024/inside-the-beautiful-jam/ Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Workingman's Pod celebrates its 100th episode with another Grateful Dead album review, this time for the iconic, all-time album American Beauty (1970)! American Beauty is the peak of an outpouring of creativity and ingenuity from the band in 1970. Join Deadheads Alex and Dave as they go track-by-track on the album to discuss the music and the legacy songs that would endure throughout the band's remaining career. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' the latest official release- Dave's Picks Vol. 59! The hosts of Workingman's Pod talk about the final show of a six-show, seven night run at the Boston Garden in 1991. We chat about Bruce Hornsby's addition to the band, a show with a strong 60's flavor, and the final And We Bid You Goodnight the band ever played. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! PodHeads, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at: [email protected] Links: Video of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8MT4NsIJco

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' the first official release of a full Grateful Dead show- One From the Vault, from the "hiatus" year in 1975! The hosts of Workingman's Pod talk about the year the band took a well-deserved break and then draft ten songs from this legendary performance at the Dead's only show at the Great American Music Hall - 51 years ago to the day. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! PodHeads, get in touch! We'd love to hear from you. Send us an email at: [email protected] Links: The Great American Music Hall's website: https://gamh.com/ Ranny Gazoo's dissertation on King Solomon's Marbles and Stronger than Dirt: https://rannygazoodead.blogspot.com/2015/05/some-problems-with-nomenclature-1973.html

Dave's Picks Vol. 58 is here and it is spectacular! Join Workingman's Pod for Part Two of our breakdown, diving in to an all-time classic show from 12/18/1973! We go back to the night before the first Dick's Picks release to a show that rivals it in its intensity and execution. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links: https://rannygazoodead.blogspot.com/2015/05/eyes-of-world-february-1973-july-1976_44.html Jesu, Joy of Man's Desire melody Alex's ears sniped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHQWD-xnZRA

Dave's Picks Vol. 58 is here and it is spectacular! Join Workingman's Pod for Part One of a two-part album breakdown, beginning here with a discussion about 1973 in Grateful Dead history, the Days Between, and two tracks from this amazing release: Eyes of The World > Morning Dew from the Omni in Atlanta on 12/12/73. Links: Ranny Gonzo on Eyes of the World

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about a silky silky, crazy crazy show from April 19, 1986! We go to 1986 for the first time, diving in to a year without a lot of shows and without a lot of coverage to discover a wonderfully weird night the Dead served to the Berkeley crowd. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Workingman's Pod is back with another Grateful Dead album review, this time for Workingman's Dead (1970)! A true masterpiece, Workingman's Dead brought the Dead out of the psychedelic 60s and into a whole new Americana Era. Show notes: Good Ol Grateful Deadcast - https://www.dead.net/deadcast/workingmans-dead-50-uncle-johns-band AmericanaHighways.org: https://americanahighways.org/2020/07/14/review-the-grateful-deads-workingmans-dead-is-still-quintessential-listening-50-years-later/ Stacked vocals on Cumberland Blues: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2024/cumberland-blues/ Go check out Long Strange Trip! Full documentary available on Prime Video

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about a short, seven-song show from March of 1969! We return to the Live/Dead-era to revel in the Primal Dead energy during this busy year at the Dead's first show from Sin City. history. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links to the poster of the show, courtesy of the Bahr Gallery: https://www.bahrgallery.com/band-items/grateful-dead-at-las-vegas-ice-palace-1969?view=slider Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about another show from March of 1981! We were inspired by the end-of-year release of Dave's Picks Volume 56 to go back and explore the Dead's sound and energy during this standout month in their history. We break down the Dead's performance from the Boston Gahhhden. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links to video of part of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWNSQCl8ZWw For more information on our last show, reviewing Dave's Picks Volume 57 from early 1978, please see this blog resource a fellow PodHead provided us: https://somesteelcutoats.blogspot.com/2020/01/volume-thirteen-chicago-78.html Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about the newest official release from the Grateful Dead, Dave's Picks Volume 57! We break down one-and-a-half shows from the second set of January 31 and the entirety of February 1, 1978 from the beautiful Uptown Theatre in Chicago. It's a longer episode because there is so much good stuff to talk about, which is a good thing! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links to this year's artist in residence Chelsea Housand's official page: https://www.housandarts.com/ Please send us an email with any and all of your Bob Weir stories as we continue to mourn Bobby's passing. Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected].

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about a 2023 Bobby Weir and the Wolf Brothers (featuring the Wolfpack) show from the legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY! We set out to explore more of the music Bobby was playing in his later years as we continue to mourn his passing. While not our usual coverage of the Grateful Dead, you can still get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Link to Archive taper edition of this show: https://archive.org/details/wolfbros2023-12-17.aud.mkh8040.nico11104.flac24 Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about a rarity - a show not officially released from 1974. We break down the Dead's performance from the end of the Spring '74 tour at the University of California Santa Barbara. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links to pictures and video from the show: https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/zbxvcw/the_dead_playing_on_the_campus_of_uc_santa/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYt8RQQoMjA Links to newspaper articles discussed about the UCSB Gauchos: https://www.independent.com/2009/04/21/men-behind-myths/ https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/t722h982q Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' about a unique, one-set benefit show from January 13, 1980! We break down the Dead's set from Joan Baez's Cambodian refugee benefit show. The set was also the final Grateful Dead show broadcast on KSAN-FM radio. This episode was recorded before the passing of Bob Weir- please listen to our tribute episode to Bobby, found in the episode prior to this one. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Link to Blogspot post of pictures and information from the show: https://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2014/12/january-13-1980-oakland-coliseum-arena.html Link to information regarding the mysterious unreleased Joan Baez/ Mickey Hart collaboration: https://www.rukind.com/viewtopic.php?t=20455 Follow us @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at [email protected]

Remembering Bob Weir (1947-2026) and thanking him for all he gave us! Links: Full-show isolated Bobby edition - https://youtu.be/ZLV-73VF6Tg?si=cHWNoU_NIEj8QHk_ Weather Report Suite, acoustic demo - https://youtu.be/k7-4XirBj9A?si=lgN3DR3oOCtOW4vv Bob speaking about death on the Comes a Time podcast - https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTWWxCMjDx7/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Dead & Co at Citizens Bank Park, 2021 (4 min mark of Jack Straw) - https://archive.org/details/deadco2021-08-21.CitizensBankParkPhiladelphiaPA/DeadCo2021-08-21t03.flac Outro song, Not Fade Away - Dead & Company, August 16, 2021 (audience recording available: https://archive.org/details/deadco2021-08-16.CoastalCreditUnionPark/DeadCo2021-08-16t18.flac)