GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

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Rating
4.9
from
1954 reviews
This podcast has
89 episodes
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Explicit
No
Date created
2020/07/09
Average duration
100 min.
Release period
16 days

Description

“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 be off limits on “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” as hosts Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow explore the band’s outrageous history, innovations, and impact from 1965 to today.

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Wake Of The Flood 50: Weather Report Suite
2023/11/16
The Deadcast finishes its season by examining Bob Weir’s ambitious Weather Report Suite with collaborator Eric Andersen & following the launch of Wake of the Flood on the band’s own label with company president Ron Rakow, plus Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Erik Davis, & more.
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Prelude/Tuesday Night Jam
2023/11/07
The Deadcast uncovers a most unusual lost studio session by Robert Hunter & the Grateful Dead, recorded at the Record Plant in November 1973, which we listen to in its entirety & annotate with the help of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay & others.
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Eyes of the World
2023/11/02
Explore “Eyes of the World” inside & out with the studio multi-tracks, lost lyrics, archival audio of Robert Hunter, a meditation by Erik Davis, & a tour of the song’s evolution (yes, including that cool 7/8 ending).
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Here Comes Sunshine
2023/10/19
We explore the Beatlesque optimism of “Here Comes Sunshine,” its roots in the Vanport flood of 1948, & the story of the brand-new custom Doug Irwin guitar Jerry Garcia debuted on Wake of the Flood.
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Stella Blue
2023/10/05
A personal favorite of both Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, we explore how “Stella Blue” grew from New York’s fertile Chelsea Hotel into one of the great American songs, plus Bruce Hornsby on how Wake of the Flood made him a Dead fan.
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Row Jimmy
2023/09/21
The Deadcast explores the strange not-quite-reggae of “Row Jimmy,” featuring a long never-heard interview with lyricist Robert Hunter from 1977.
Wake Of The Flood 50: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
2023/09/07
The Deadcast explores Keith Godchaux’s only song for the Grateful Dead, the unassuming but complex “Let Me Sing Your Blues Away,” the debut single from Wake of the Flood & Grateful Dead Records, co-starring Donna Jean, company president Ron Rakow, & a gaggle of early Dead tapers.
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Wake Of The Flood 50: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
2023/08/24
The Deadcast begins our deep dive into Wake of the Flood, including multi-track breakdowns for Mississippi Half-Step, never-heard outtakes, studio memories from Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, & the origins of Grateful Dead Records with co-founder Ron Rakow.
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Watkins Glen Summer Jam ‘73, Part 2
2023/08/10
The thrilling conclusion of our visit to the record-breaking Watkins Glen Summer Jam, featuring John Belushi crashing the backstage, a super jam onstage, a teen-run pirate radio station, & the birth of a new generation of Dead Heads.
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Watkins Glen Summer Jam, 7/73, part 1
2023/07/27
Musicians, organizers, & fans tell the epic story of how the Watkins Glen Summer Jam started as a giant rock show & turned into history when more than a half-million came to see the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, & The Band.
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Here Comes Sunshine: RFK Stadium, 6/73
2023/06/01
Our stadium-sized season finale visits the Dead’s June 1973 mega-gigs with the Allman Brothers Band in Washington DC, featuring the Allmans family, legendary tapers, searing heat, super jams, backstage brawls, & the manifestation of the Ouroboros.
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Here Comes Sunshine: Kezar Stadium, 5/26/73
2023/05/25
The Deadcast visits one of the Dead’s most legendary hometown shows with the band, crew, & Bay Area Dead freaks, featuring 3 sets in the Golden Gate Park sunshine, technological innovations, & an important paper by the Haight Street Free Medical Clinic.
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4.9 out of 5
1954 reviews
Thorstein M. 2023/12/16
First podcast to win a Nobel?
Makes that 5-hour documentary seem superficial. Whenever there’s a new one I prioritize it, savor it, just freaking love it. Have learned so much abou...
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Chizzzz6328385857 2023/12/07
Suggesting New Theme(s)
You guys already know what a huge fan I am. This is simply the best Grateful Dead journalism ever! What an amazing wealth you have amassed! Hats off ...
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CCEF75 2023/11/26
Amazing shows
Tremendous research! Thank you so much. Really enjoyed the Podcast on Watkins Glen.
radballen 2023/11/15
Deserved deep dives into music history and culture
Masterful podcast. Jesse Jarnow is an expert assembler of research and interviews. These meditations on the Dead are a national treasure.
gatorknit 2023/11/02
Excellent stories music and history
I have enjoyed nearly every episode and congrats to the team for lots of history and music interpretation and interviews. Makes me smile to hear it. ...
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cwood.orange beach 2023/10/26
Good Grateful Dead Podcast
They do a really fine job with discussions on the Grateful Dead. Always looking forward to another episode. Chris- Orange Beach, Al.
Brosens 2023/10/19
If you love music—
All music, check out the “Stella Blue” episode.
bigsloth 2023/09/30
Excellent mix of Dead nerd-ness, and ethnomusicology.
I have recently returned to regular listening of the Dead after having been off them for a while. Between the ReListen app or Archive.org, the the hu...
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Ty Webb1973 2023/09/25
Just wow!
Endless gratitude to these fellows and all Heads! Being a Head is one of the greatest things in my life. Love to all!!!
rffp fan 2023/09/08
Snl tease
You guys should totally do an episode on g.e. Smith and the Saturday Night Live sax sound.
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