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Friend Of the Devils: Florida, 4/78
Season 10 Episode 1
The Deadcast launches its 10th season, hitting the road for the April 1978 tour documented on the new FRIEND OF THE DEVILS box, exploring the band’s new sound for ‘78 & the birth of drums/space, feat…
Published on 1 year ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Ship of Fools
Season 9 Episode 8
The Grateful Deadcast welcomes back Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay for the season finale, digs into “Ship of Fools,” and visits the set for the Grateful Dead Movie, aka the Dead’s five “retirement” shows…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Money Money
Season 9 Episode 7
The Deadcast explores the Mars Hotel obscurity “Money Money” & goes on the Dead’s mayhem-filled Europe ‘74 tour, including a long look at the extended jams & Seastones sets performed with Ned Lagin.
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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Tales of the Great Rum Runners 50
Season 9 Episode 1
The Deadcast joyously welcomes the 50th anniversary reissue of Robert Hunter’s solo debut Tales of the Great Rum Runners, uncovering stories of two early drafts of the album, a mostly-lost book of po…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Pride of Cucamonga
Season 9 Episode 6
The Deadcast explores Phil Lesh & Bobby Petersen’s “Pride of Cucamonga” (featuring lost lyrics & session pedal steel player John McFee), the Dead’s August ‘74 east coast trip (with Ned Lagin & an ext…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Scarlet Begonias
Season 9 Episode 5
From the Mars Hotel 50: Scarlet Begonias
Explore “Scarlet Begonias,” from its trans-Atlantic origins (including the Dead’s surprising Bob Marley connection) to Cornell ’77 & beyond, featuring the Wall…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Loose Lucy
Season 9 Episode 4
From “Loose Lucy,” the Deadcast jumps onto Dead tour in June ‘74, going under the hood of Phil Lesh’s new quad bass, behind the scenes at the tie-dye information booth, a private lunch at the Bank o…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: Unbroken Chain
Season 9 Episode 3
The Deadcast explores Phil Lesh’s masterpiece “Unbroken Chain,” its mysterious lyricist Bobby Petersen, & digs into the luminous synth with Ned Lagin himself; plus, the story of the album title & art…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: China Doll
Season 9 Episode 2
The Deadcast explores “China Doll,” perhaps the most delicate Dead song, the innovative studio techniques pioneered for From The Mars Hotel, the formation of Round Records (& the making of Jerry Garc…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
From the Mars Hotel 50: U.S. Blues
Season 9 Episode 1
The Grateful Deadcast begins the epic story of the Dead in 1974 with the writing of From the Mars Hotel’s album-opening “U.S. Blues” & the multiple debuts of the innovative Wall of Sound, featuring n…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago