Grateful Dead Hour

Playlist, program notes, and discussion of the Grateful Dead Hour.

Buddy Miller

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Second-hand info but I know it’s reliable: Following his show in Baltimore last Thursday evening, Buddy Miller was not feeling well. After consulting doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital, tests revealed some heart blockage. It was determined that surgery was needed right away. He is now resting and recovering and expected to be released from hospital … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1066

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Week of February 23, 2009 Part 1 24:16 Grateful Dead 10/25/69 Winterland, San Francisco DARK STAR Part 2 32:39 Feature: LEE JOHNSON, Composer of DEAD SYMPHONY Lee Johnson’s Dead Symphony no. 6 had its west coast debut on January 25 and 27, performed by the California Symphony in Walnut Creek under the direction of Barry … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1065

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Part 1 32:13 New Year’s Eve Band 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA DARK STAR-> NOT FADE AWAY Part 2 24:12 New Year’s Eve Band 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA US BLUES RIPPLE Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Not for Kids Only TEDDDY BEARS’ PICNIC The Bobs Perform the Songs … Read more

“Open Letter to Big Time Rock Stars”

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John Kelly posted this on his blog and also on the Grateful Dead Hour mailing list. I repost it here with his permission. Dear Phish, Bruuuuuuuce, what’s left of the Dead, et al.:   In the last month, you have all announced that you’re graciously going to come to town or somewhere within driving distance … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1064

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Week of February 9, 2009 Part 1 30:35 New Year’s Eve Band 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA GOOD LOVIN’-> SUGAREE Bob Weir, Heaven Help the Fool EASY TO SLIP SALT LAKE CITY Part 2 25:50 New Year’s Eve Band 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA SCARLET BEGONIAS-> JAM-> COME TOGETHER … Read more

“Growing Up Dead”

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Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead I haven’t seen the book yet, but it looks intriguing. And here’s the blurb from Dennis McNally: “The hardest part of being the Grateful Dead’s publicist was convincing the media that Dead Heads were diverse, thoughtful, and not infrequently accomplished. If I’d just had a … Read more

GDH 555 (6/23/88) on DeadNet

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This week’s archival GD Hour post is the middle installment of a three-part series presenting the complete show of 6/23/88, the last night of a four-show run at Alpine Valley. The GDH555 page includes a story from an anonymous ‘head who was there at Alpine for the entire run. Well worth reading.

New GD Hour affiliates

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Three cities join the GD Hour network this week: KKID-FM 92.9 Rolla MO – Saturday 2pm Day and time of broadcast have not yet been determined for this returning duo – stay tuned. WZZU-FM 97.9 Lynchburg VA WZZI-FM 101.5 Roanoke VA The GD Hour station list is posted here

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1063

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Week of February 2, 2009 Part 1 13:23 Jerry Garcia Band WAITING FOR A MIRACLE The Best of Delaney and Bonnie and Friends GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD Part 2 43:02 New Year’s Eve Band 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA SUGAR MAGNOLIA-> UNCLE JOHN’S BAND-> WHARF RAT New Year Eve’s Band: … Read more

Losing Chattanooga

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WUTC Chattanooga TN is dropping the GD Hour after this weekend. According to station manager Mark Colbert: …we’re going to start all live musical programming at 8 PM (M-S). We’ve been adding more news and informational programming through-out the day (M-S). We’ve seen an increase in listenership across our schedule including weekends. In the near … Read more