Unbroken Chain – Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel
Phone interview with Michael Grabscheid, organizer of Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory – a symposium to be held November 16-18 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Presenters will include Mountain Girl, Dennis McNally, Dan Healy, Bob Bralove, David Gans, David Lemieux, and many more. American Beauty Project performs Friday night, Dark Star Orchestra and Friends Saturday night. (AUDIO OF THE INTERVIEW)
From the web site:
On November 16-18, 2007 UMass Amherst will host Unbroken Chain, the largest conference on the legacy of the Grateful Dead, and the first to be held by a major university.
Scholars, artists, performers, students and members of the extended Grateful Dead family will gather for the event featuring more than 50 presenters for 20 panel sessions ranging from music composition and improvisation to an examination of the band’s business model – as well as a musical performances, gallery exhibits, and presentations. Attendance is limited to 500.
Saint of Circumstance->
Terrapin->
Jam->
Stir It Up – Grateful Dead 4/5/91 Omni, Atlanta GA
We May Never Pass This Way Again – George Porter, Jr., It’s Life
Stand! – Sly and the Family Stone, Greatest Hits
Shut It Tight – T Bone Burnett, Proof Through the Night
Black Muddy River – Norma Waterson
Don’t Do It – The Band: A Musical History
Everything Is Broken – Ollabelle, Riverside Battle Songs
In Another World->
Revolution – Donna the Buffalo, Positive Friction
What Happened? – Merle Haggard, The Bluegrass Sessions
Needle and Thread – Richard Thompson, Sweet Warrior
Ripple – Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead