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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1511

Week of September 4, 2017 Part 1 32:14 Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR HE’S GONE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER MEXICALI BLUES Part 2 22:51 Grateful Dead, Europe ’72 YOU WIN AGAIN Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR TRUCKIN’-> DRUMS
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. One of the Northeast’s premier Grateful Dead cover bands, Gratefully Yours, lets the good times roll at Garcia’s on WED, SEP 20. Deadhead friends and family gather at Garcia’s! Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1510

Week of August 28, 2017

Part 1 15:09
Jerry Garcia, Garcia (Round Records)
DEAL
Bob Weir, Ace (Rhino)
WALK IN THE SUNSHINE
Grateful Dead, Europe ’72 (Remastered) (Rhino)
THE STRANGER (TWO SOULS IN COMMUNION)

Part 2 39:45
Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR
TENNESSEE JED
PLAYING IN THE BAND
LOSER
BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
CASEY JONES

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1509

Week of August 21, 2017

Part 1 25:52
Dead & Company 6/1/17 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
ESTIMATED PROPHET
Mickey Hart, Planet Drum (2016 reissue) (Universal Music)
ISLAND GROOVE

Part 2 29:40
Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR
BLACK THROATED WIND
CUMBERLAND BLUES
JACK STRAW
BIG RAILROAD BLUES
EL PASO

John Mayer was kind enough to send me a list of favorite moments from the summer’s Dead & Company tour. This “Estimated Prophet” was on that list, and rightly so! You can get this and other Dead & Company concert recordings in a variety of configurations from livedead.co

The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by:

Dead and Company’s Playing in the Sand, an all-inclusive Caribbean concert vacation in Riviera Maya, Mexico featuring Three Dead & Company concerts on the beach. Playing in the Sand happens Feb 15 – 18, 2018. That’s Dead and Company’s Playing in the Sand — Riviera Maya, Mexico — February 15 through 18th. Information and ticketing at playinginthesand.com

The Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York. Rock icons Little Feat put on their sailing; shoes at The Cap on Saturday, September 9th. On Sunday, September 17, WFUV Presents singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile for an Acoustic Evening of Songs and Stories. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1508

Week of August 14, 2017

Part 1 27:59
Jerry Garcia, Garcia (Round Records)
SUGAREE
Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 23 (1/22/78) (Rhino)
THE OTHER ONE->
SPACE

Part 2 26:57
Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR
PROMISED LAND
SUGAREE
ME AND MY UNCLE
BIRD SONG

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Dead and Company’s Playing in the Sand, an all-inclusive Caribbean concert vacation in Riviera Maya, Mexico featuring Three Dead & Company concerts on the beach. Playing in the Sand happens Feb 15 – 18, 2018. That’s Dead and Company’s Playing in the Sand — Riviera Maya, Mexico — February 15 through 18th. Information and ticketing at playinginthesand.com

Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. You can experience Shakedown like never before at the final August Shakedown Sundays event on August 27. Live music, craft vendors, food, and much more. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.