Week of May 9, 2016
Part 1 28:37
Interview with Peter Simon 1975
Jerry Garcia part 1
Grateful Dead, 30 Trips Around the Sun (Rhino)
TRUCKIN’ (9/28/75)
Part 2 26:51
Interview with Peter Simon 1975
Jerry Garcia part 2
The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack (Rhino)
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD
Interview with Peter Simon 1975
Jerry Garcia part 3
Chuck Berry, The Definitive Collection (Chess)
PROMISED LAND
Peter Simon is a photographer and writer who lives on Martha’s Vineyard. He has published many amazing photos of the Grateful Dead, which you can find along with his photos of the Vineyard and other wonderful stuff online at petersimon.com. I met Peter in Jamaica in November of 1982 and collaborated with him on a book called Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, which was published in 1985 and which led indirectly to my getting into the radio business. He did this interview with Jerry during the time the Dead were not touring. Jerry was working on The Grateful Dead Movie; the Dead were working in Bob Weir’s studio on the material that became the album Blues for Allah; and Jerry was just a couple of months away from debuting the first edition of the Jerry Garcia Band. Peter was kind enough to allow me to use quotes from the interview in our book, and now he’s agreed to let me play the whole thing for you here on the GD Hour. The audio quality is a little bit funky, because he mixed some music in behind the talk in some stretches. But it’s always a treat to hear Jerry talk – he was as articulate and soulful in conversation as he was in his songwriting and performance.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, a historic venue whose stage the Grateful Dead played 18 times in 1970 and 71 alone. Dark Star Orchestra will evoke the Grateful Dead’s musical spirit on On Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.
Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from coast to coast June 10 through July 30. Complete details and ticketing at www.deadandcompany.com. That’s Dead and Company, on tour starting June 10th.