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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1175

Week of March 28, 2011

Part 1 34:25
Grateful Dead 10/22/71 Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
BLACK PETER
MEXICALI BLUES
COLD RAIN AND SNOW
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
COMES A TIME

Part 2 22:58
Widespread Panic 25th anniversary party 2/10-11/11 Athens GA
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE

Download Widespread Panic 2/10/11 and 2/11/11

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the movie The Music Never Stopped, based on a true story about how the Grateful Dead’s music helped a fan learn how to communicate again after suffering a brain injury. Featuring music by The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the Music Never Stopped is in movie theaters nationwide. More information at themusicneverstopped-movie.com.

And from Rhino Records and NCM Fathom, announcing a special screening of the legendary Grateful Dead Movie on April 20th in 500 theaters nationwide. This showing will include never-before-seen interviews with Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. Information and a list of theaters for the 4/20 showing of the Grateful Dead Movie here.

My 1991 interview with Bear

I have nearly six hours of tape from my January 1991 interview with Owsley Stanley. I’m about to go on tour for two weeks, and I will be reviewing and excerpting the recording as time permits, with the aim of broadcasting a large portion of it on Dead to the World March 30 and the Grateful Dead Hour ASAP.

Here are two bits I pulled from the first hour for a radio broadcast last Sunday. I only had a few minutes between the time I heard the news of Bear’s death and going on the air on SiriusXM’s Tales from the Golden Road.

Bear interview January 1991 – excerpt 1

Bear interview January 1991 – excerpt 2

I just thought you might be interested in what he sounded like.

“He got plenty done this time around…” – Bob Weir