The airwaves will be anything but dead as the music of one of rock's most prolific touring acts, The GRATEFUL DEAD, are brought to you by 'Uncle John'. Featuring live recordings, rare unreleased material, interviews and much more...
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“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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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1030
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 14 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11-21-85, 11-22-85)Playing In The BandShe Belongs To Me >The Other OneWharf Rat >Playing In The Band >Gimme Some Lovin' >In The Midnight HourWalkin' The DogEstimated Prophet >Eyes Of The World (1985-11-22 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA)…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1029
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 13 Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7-13-84)> Sunshine DaydreamDark Star (1984-07-13 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 14 Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland, CA (11-21-85, 11-22-85)Big Boy PeteDire WolfLittle Red RoosterBrown Eyed Women Me and My Uncle >Mexicali BluesRamble …
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1028
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 13 Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7-13-84)Dupree's Diamond BluesHell In A Bucket >Might As WellScarlet Begonias >Touch of Grey >Fire On The Mountain >Man Smart, Woman SmarterThe Wheel > (10 sec fade-in out of Space)I Need A Miracle >Stella Blue >Sugar Magnolia > (1984-07-13 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, …
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1027
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 12 Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8-20-83)Ship Of FoolsEstimated Prophet >Eyes Of The WorldThe Other One >Black Peter >Good Lovin' (1983-08-20 Frost Amphitheater - Palo Alto, CA)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 13 Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7-13-84)Bertha >Greatest Story Ever Tol…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1026
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 12 Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (8-20-83)Alabama Getaway >Greatest Story Ever ToldThey Love Each OtherNew Minglewood BluesBird SongLooks Like RainTennessee JedMy Brother EsauDeal Shakedown Street (1983-08-20 Frost Amphitheater - Palo Alto, CA)By Uncle John
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Blues For Allah 50: Blues For Allah
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The Deadcast’s overstuffed season finale unpacks Blues For Allah’s oft-misunderstood title track, the unlikely story of its album art, & the remarkable coalition that manifested the Dead’s September 1975 Golden Gate Park show, officially the New Age Bio-Centennial Unity Fair. Guests: David Lemieux, Ron Rakow, Al Teller, Ned Lagin, Steve Brown, Bill…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1025
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 11 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5-1-81)Feel Like a StrangerFranklin's Tower >Lost Sailor >Saint Of CircumstanceHe's Gone >The Other OneThe Wheel >Wharf Rat >Sugar MagnoliaU.S. Blues (1981-05-01 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA)By Uncle John
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1024
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 11 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA (5-1-81)Alabama Getaway >Promised Land Friend Of The DevilMe and My Uncle >Big RiverAlthea >Little Red RoosterTennessee Jed >Let It Grow >Deal (1981-05-01 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA)**RIP Donne Jean Godchaux 1947-2025**River Deep, Mountain High ("Keith and Donna", 1975)Sunrise ("Terrapin…
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Blues For Allah 50: Sage and Spirit
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The Deadcast explores Bobby Weir’s guitar étude, “Sage and Spirit,” speaking with one of the song’s namesakes, Sage Scully, before taking an extended trip to legendary Dead show at the Great American Music Hall in August 1975, where the song received its only full live performance. Guests: David Lemieux, Donna Jean Godchaux MacKay, Sage Scully, Ron…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1023
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 10 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3-14-81)AltheaPassengerChina Cat Sunflower >I Know You RiderAlabama Getaway >Greatest Story Ever ToldShip Of FoolsLost Sailor >Saint Of CircumstanceStella Blue >I Need a Miracle >Bertha >Good Lovin' (1981-03-14 Hartford Civic Center - Hartford, CT)…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1022
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 09 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8-23-80 and 7-11-81)Ship Of FoolsHe's Gone >Truckin' >The Other One (1981-07-11 Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 10 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT (3-14-81)Feel Like a StrangerSugareeMe and My Uncle >Big RiverPeggy-O (1981-03-14 Hartford…
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We explore how the dreamy delicacy of Crazy Fingers came about at a time of great tumult in Grateful Dead history, with visits from new record company boss Al Teller of United Artists and Seastones composer Ned Lagin, plus a stop at Winterland for the Bob Fried Memorial Boogie. Guests: David Lemieux, Al Teller, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, Gary Lambert, M…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1021
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 09 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8-23-80 and 7-11-81)Tennessee JedAltheaThe Music Never StoppedDon't Ease Me InLost Sailor >Saint Of CircumstanceHe's GoneWharf Rat >Around and Around >Good Lovin' (1980-08-23 Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI)By Uncle John
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1020
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8-12-79)Lost SailorEstimated Prophet >Eyes Of The World >US Blues (1979-08-12 Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 09 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI (8-23-80 and 7-11-81)Alabama Getaway >Promised LandCandymanMe and My Uncle >Big RiverLazy Lightni…
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Blues For Allah 50: The Music Never Stopped
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Bobby Weir & John Perry Barlow’s classic “The Music Never Stopped” came into being when the music was briefly in danger of stopping, the song transforming from live jam to final form as the Dead struggled to solve the financial difficulties that came with a retirement from the road. Guests: David Lemieux, Ron Rakow, Steven Schuster, Steve Silberman…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1019
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8-12-79)Lazy Lightning >SupplicationPeggy-OBrown Eyed WomenLooks Like RainAlthea >PassengerChina Cat Sunflower >I Know You RiderNot Fade Away >Black Peter >Around and Around (1979-08-12 Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO)By Uncle John
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1018
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 07 Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5-13-78)Terrapin StationPlaying In The Band >Truckin' Black Peter >Sugar MagnoliaOne More Saturday Night 1978-05-13 (Philadelphia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA)Enjoying the Ride Vol. 08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO (8-12-79)Promised LandThey Love Each OtherMama Tried >Mexica…
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Blues For Allah 50: King Solomon’s Marbles/Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ The Turkey
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The Deadcast unpacks the two-part extra-heady “King Solomon’s Marbles”/’Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ the Turkey,” using the instrumental to get into the Dead’s 1975 dalliances with holography, as well as Phil Lesh’s other unfinished pieces from Blues For Allah. Guests: David Lemieux, Ned Lagin, Ron Rakow, Eugene Dolgoff, Michael Parrish, Ed Perlst…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1017
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 06 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3-20-77)U.S. BluesTerrapin Station 1977-03-20 (Winterland - San Francisco, CA)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 07 Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA (5-13-78)Jack StrawDire WolfBeat It On Down The LinePeggy - OEl PasoRow JimmyNew Minglewood BluesCandymanMusic Never StoppedBertha >Good Lovin' 1…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1016
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 06 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3-20-77)Peggy-OBeat It On Down The LineBrown Eyed WomenEstimated ProphetSamson and DelilahRow JimmyPromised LandSt. Stephen >The Other One >Stella Blue 1977-03-20 (Winterland - San Francisco, CA)By Uncle John
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Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower
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The Deadcast examines how Franklin’s Tower bucked every trend on Blues For Allah to become one of the Dead’s all-time classics, including a tape of its studio creation, a look into the multi-tracks, & a rare line-by-line breakdown by lyricist Robert Hunter himself. Guests: David Lemieux, Geoff Gould, Jürgen Fauth, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1015
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 05 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3-16-73)Truckin'Dark StarMorning DewSugar Magnolia 1973-03-16 (Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 06 Winterland, San Francisco, CA (3-20-77)New Minglewood BluesRamble on RoseEl PasoDealCassidy 1977-03-20 (Winterland - San Francisco, CA)…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1014
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 05 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3-16-73)El PasoRow JimmyMexicali BluesBird SongPlaying in the BandPromised Land >Bertha >Greatest Story Ever ToldLoserBig RiverDon't Ease Me InMe and My Uncle 1973-03-16 (Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY)By Uncle John
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The Deadcast uses Blues For Allah’s complicated instrumental Slipknot! to explore the musical and creative ambiguity the Grateful Dead pursued in early 1975, when there both was and wasn’t a Grateful Dead, & their public reemergence at Bill Graham’s S.N.A.C.K. benefit that March. Guests: David Lemieux, Ned Lagin, Ron Rakow, Steve Brown, Gary Lamber…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1013
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 04 Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9-15-72 and 9-16-72)Morning DewDark Star (1972-09-16 Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 05 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY (3-16-73)China Cat Sunflower >I Know You RiderJack StrawWave That FlagLooks Like RainRamble on RoseBox of RainBeat It on Down the …
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1012
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 04 Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9-15-72 and 9-16-72)Casey Jones He's GoneMe and My UncleBird SongMexicali BluesRamble on RoseTruckin'The Other One (1972-09-15 Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA)Brokedown Palace (1972-09-16 Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA)By Uncle John
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Blues For Allah 50: Help On the Way
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The Grateful Deadcast points itself towards 1975 to begin a song-by-song celebration of Blues For Allah’s 50th anniversary, loaded with raw session tapes, early lyric drafts, & the story of how the Dead built a new studio, musical language, batch of songs, & LP from the ground up. Guests: David Lemieux, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Ron Rakow, Stephe…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1011
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 03 Fillmore East, New York, NY (4-25-71 and 4-27-71)Playing In The BandDire Wolf (1971-04-27 The Fillmore East - NYC)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 04 Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA (9-15-72 and 9-16-72)Promised LandSugareeGreatest Story Ever ToldChina Cat Sunflower >I Know You RiderBlack Throated WindTennessee JedPlaying In The B…
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Bonus Rerun: From the Mars Hotel 50: Ship of Fools
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The Grateful Deadcast visits the set for the Grateful Dead Movie, aka the Dead’s five “retirement” shows at Winterland in 1974, with heads who attended. This bonus episode is a re-run of the 2nd half of Deadcast Season 9, episode 8. Guests: Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, David Grisman, , Steve Brown, Richie Pechner, Jerry Pompili…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1010
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That's a Touch I LikeWhen I Paint My MasterpieceExpressway (to Your Heart) (JG MS 1972-01-20 Lion's Share - San Anselmo, CA)Don't Let Go (JGB 1976-11-08 Sophie's - Palo Alto, CA)Simple Twist Of FateRun For The RosesThey Love Each Other (JGB 1982-06-18 Cape Cod Coliseum - South Yarmouth, MA)Tangled Up in Blue (1981-06-01 The Stone - San Francisco, C…
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The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast is thrilled beyond all audible frequencies to begin its 12th season by welcoming Dan Healy, the Grateful Dead’s in-house sound wizard for most of their career, for tales from three decades in pursuit of high and higher fidelity. Guest: Dan Healy See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1009
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 03 Fillmore East, New York, NY (4-25-71 and 4-27-71)Truckin'Mama TriedBerthaNext Time You See MeCumberland BluesMe and Bobby McGeeLoserHard To HandleChina Cat Sunflower >I Know You RiderCasey Jones Sugar MagnoliaDealMe and My UncleBird Song (1971-04-27 The Fillmore East - NYC)…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1008
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 02 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2-24-71 and 2-20-71)The Other One >Wharf Rat (1971-02-20 Capitol Theatre - Port Chester, NY)- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 03 Fillmore East, New York, NY (4-25-71 and 4-27-71)Truckin'LoserMe and Bobby McGeeCold Rain and SnowAin't It CrazyPlaying In The BandFriend Of The DevilCasey JonesMornin…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1007
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 02 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (2-24-71, 2-20-71)Sugar MagnoliaI'm a King BeeGreatest Story Ever Told >Johnny B. GoodeDeal New Minglewood BluesTruckin' Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away > Turn On Your Lovelight (1971-02-24 Capitol Theatre - Portchester, NY)Hard To Handle (1971-02-20 Capit…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1006
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- Enjoying the Ride Vol. 01 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6-5-69, 6-7-69, 6-8-69)Dire Wolf >Dupree's Diamond Blues (1969-06-07 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA)Dancing In The StreetChina Cat Sunflower (1969-06-08 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA)Cosmic CharlieThat's It For The Other OneChina Cat SunflowerSitting On Top Of The WorldDark Star (…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1005
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Enjoying the Ride Vol. 01 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA (6-5-69, 6-7-69, 6-8-69)Morning DewMe and My UncleDoin' That RagHe Was a Friend of MineHard To HandleCosmic CharlieThat's It For The Other OneChina Cat SunflowerSitting On Top Of The WorldDark Star (1969-06-05 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA)…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1004
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How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (JGB 1976-02-15 Sophies - Palo Alto, CA)Hell In a Bucket >Deal (1985-10-29 Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA)Big Boy Pete (1985-11-21 HJK Convention Center - Oakland, CA)Terrapin Station Suite (Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros 2024-01-12 Riviera Maya, MX)Slipknot! >China Doll (1974-06-20 The Omni - Atlanta GA)Not Fade Away >Goin'…
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1003
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Help On The Way >Slipknot! >Franklin's Tower (1976-10-01 Market Square Arena - Indianapolis, IN)Brown-Eyed Women (1977-03-20 Winterland - San Francisco, CA)Truckin' > Smokestack Lightnin' (1989-07-15 Deer Creek - Noblesville, IN)Bird Song (1972-09-15 Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA)Let It Grow (1981-05-01 Hampton Coliseum - Hampton, VA)Days Between …
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DEAD AIR with Uncle John - Episode #1002
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Hard To Handle (1971-04-25 the Fillmore East, NYC)Doin' That Rag (1969-06-05 Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA)My Brother Esau (1983-08-20 Frost Amphitheatre - Palo Alto, CA)Deal (1991-05-12 Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA)Scarlet Begonias >Touch Of Grey >Fire On The Mountain (1984-07-13 Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA)Lazy Lightning >Suppl…
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Enjoying the Ride: On Tour The Deadcast season finale hits shows at 3 legendary venues, exploring Dick Latvala’s transformative experience at Red Rocks ‘79, Hollie Rose’s tour journal, the wonders of the Alpine Valley parking lot, & when Shakedown Street got its name. Guests: David Lemieux, Jay Kerley, Hollie Rose, Rebecca Adams, Bill Lemke, Phil G…
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