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Starting August 20, the Grateful Dead Hour will air Saturdays at 10pm on KRPR 89.9 in Rochester, Minnesota. Complete station list is here.

Week of August 8, 2016

Part 1 28:00
Dead & Company 7/3/16 Folsom Field, Boulder CO
BIRD SONG->
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE

Part 2 28:11
Dead and Company 7/16/16 Fenway Park, Boston MA
PLAYING IN THE BAND
Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, GarciaLive vol 6 (7/5/73)
FINDERS KEEPERS
Grateful Dead, American Beauty
OPERATOR

In my haste to get my show produced while traveling, I neglected to mention that Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay is featured in the Fenway performance of “Playing in the Band”! She was there for both shows that weekend.

Dead & Company live shows are available in a variety of formats from livedead.co.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Love Some Tea – grown and harvested naturally in Northern Thailand by the Mung Hilltribe people. These plantation-free teas are flavored by hand, with all natural ingredients. Love Some Tea is sustainable hand-grown tea, and all the founders are Deadheads.

The legendary Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. A haven for DeadHeads and one of Jerry Garcia’s favorite theaters, The Capitol Theatre boasts state-of-the-art light, sound, and video systems. Live music is featured several nights a week at the venue’s nightclub, Garcia’s. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Week of August 1, 2016

Part 1 33:37
Ratdog 4/7/97 New Orleans
TOUCH OF GREY
Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Blind Willie Johnson
IF I HAD MY WAY
Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Live (Grateful Dead Records)
ETERNITY
Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman

Part 2 22:28
Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Chalice, from Fire on the Mountain: Reggae Celebrates the Grateful Dead, volume 2 (Pow Wow Records)
SUGAR MAGNOLIA
Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman
Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Live (Grateful Dead Records)
BLUE SKY BOP->
THROWING STONES

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. Hot Tuna takes legendary blues-rock to The Cap with Leftover Salmon on Saturday, August 6. You’ll see why these guys are revered as rock music gurus. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Week of July 25, 2016

Part 1 23:13
Grateful Dead 6/22/93 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
DAYS BETWEEN->
JOHNNY B GOODE
~
LIBERTY

Part 2 31:56
Dead & Company 7/9/16 Alpine Valley Music Center, East Troy WI
SPACE->
A HARD RAIN’S GONNA FALL
Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 19 (1/23/70)
HARD TO HANDLE
Jerry Garcia Band, Cats Under the Stars (Rhino)
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. On Saturday, August 6, Hot Tuna plays their 7th show ever at The Cap. This time, they will be joined by Leftover Salmon for what we can expect will be something extremely special. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Week of July 18, 2016

Part 1 37:56
Grateful Dead 6/22/93 Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville IN
DRUMS->
SPACE->
I NEED A MIRACLE

Part 2 17:49
Rob Wasserman, Trios
AMERICAN POPSICLE
Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 19 (1/23/70)
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
I KNOW YOU RIDER

Bassist Rob Wasserman, longtime collaborator and friend of Bob Weir, died on June 29. His deep and impressive resume included work with the David Grisman Quintet, Lou Reed, and many others. “American Popsicle,” from Wasserman’s wonderful album Trios, features Edie Brickell on vocals and Jerry Garcia on MIDI guitar. Also on that record is the the original version of “Easy Answers” (which the Grateful Dead performed from 1993 to 1995), performed by Wasserman, Weir, and Neil Young, and with a lyric by Robert Hunter. I’ll be rebroadcasting a 1997 interview with Weir and Wasserman in a couple of weeks.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. On Saturday, August 6, Hot Tuna plays their 7th show at The Cap. This time, they will be joined by Leftover Salmon for what we expect will be something extremely special. 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.