“Grateful Dead”

Three short audio clips from 1971

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A very short interview backstage at the Fillmore West on July 2, 1971, between sets of the Grateful Dead’s performance during the venue’s closing week. First you hear Veronica, Pigpen’s girlfriend, and then you hear Pig himself: Pigpen and Veronica 7-2-71 Bob Weir interviewed backstage at the Harding Theater on November 7, 1971. The set … Read more

Great Grateful Dead story

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My friend Steve Gayle (a San Francisco public defender) sent me this story during the Marathon and I read it on the air. I post it here with his permission. Hi David- I’m spending this rainy Saturday at home working on my current trial and listening to the KPFA marathon (and I thank you for … Read more

KPFA marathon 2/19/11 PLAYLIST

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Unofficial total for the day: $58,363!! Credits and more info here Promised Land Dire Wolf Cassidy Candyman El Paso They Love Each Other Passenger Brown-Eyed Women Lazy Lightnin’-> Supplication – Grateful Dead 5/5/78 Thompson Arena, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH Phone interview with Mark Pinkus, the head of Grateful Dead projects at Rhino Records Black Throated … Read more