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KPFA marathon 2/19/11 PLAYLIST

Unofficial total for the day: $58,363!!

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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 Wind – Grateful Dead 4/14/72, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings
Interview with Jeffrey Norman
Chinatown Shuffle – Grateful Dead 4/14/72, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings

Fire on the MountainWidespread Panic 2/10/11 Athens GA
Cumberland BluesDavid Nelson Band 2/12/11 Palm Ballroom, San Rafael CA
Midnight MoonlightPeter Rowan with Boris Garcia 12/10/08 KPFA Performance Studio

Cold Rain and Snow
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Beat It on Down the Line
Bird Song
Black Throated Wind
Big Railroad Blues
El Paso
Brown-Eyed Women
Cumberland Blues
Jack Straw
Don’t Ease Me In
Playing in the Band
Casey Jones
– Grateful Dead 10/2/72 Civic Center Arena, Springfield MA

Good Times – Grateful Dead 6/16/90 Shoreline
Phone interview with David Lemieux
Loser – Grateful Dead 4/14/72, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings

Hey Pocky Way
Jack Straw
Row Jimmy
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Dupree’s Diamond Blues
Box of Rain
Cassidy->
Might as Well
– Grateful Dead 11/7/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA

Somebody Stole My Santa Claus SuitDan Hicks and the Lick Men 12/2/09 KPFA Performance Studio
Pickle and TacoJoe Rut 4/21/10 KPFA Performance Studio

Deep Elem Blues
Beat It On Down the Line
I’m a King Bee
Me and My Uncle
Cumberland Blues/
– Grateful Dead 12/23/70 Winterland, San Francisco

Alabama Getaway->
Greatest Story Ever Told
Dire Wolf
Me and My Uncle->
Big River
Cold Rain and Snow
Easy to Love You
Althea
Lost Sailor->
Saint of Circumstance
– Grateful Dead 12/5/79 Uptown Theater, Chicago IL

Break for the KPFA evening news. Back at 6:30

Leave a Light On
Wild About My Lovin’
Long Term Love
2:19
Summer in the City
Into the Mystic
Roll in It
Loser
The Monkey
Soul Island
I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today
Memphis Radio
A Mark Karan Experience live in the KPFA Performance studio

Dark Star – Grateful Dead 2/14/70 Fillmore East

Eyes of the World->
China Doll
– Grateful Dead 7/19/74 Selland Arena, Fresno CA

This pair of songs, and the amazing “Weather Report Suite” and jam that precede it, are available (in download form, along with a nice chunk of 5/19/74 set 2) as a thank-you gift for a $60 pledge to KPFA. Ask for “Best of the Grateful Dead Hour vol 2”)

Shakedown StreetDavid Murray Octet, Dark Star (The Musc of the Grateful Dead)

Interviews with Bob Weir and Giancarlo Aquilanti regarding First Fusion, a collaboration with the Marin Symphony happening May 7 in San Rafael.
Let It Grow – Bob Weir and friends, rehearsing for First Fusion 2/5/11

Uncle John’s Band->
Playing in the Band->
Terrapin->
drums->
space->
I Need a Miracle->
Black Peter->
Throwing Stones->
Not Fade Away
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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
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One More Saturday Night
– Grateful Dead 11/7/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA

Werewolves of LondonGrateful Dead 5/5/78 Thompson Arena, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
Interview: Betty Cantor-Jackson 3/18/10 talking about “Betty Board” recordings

Playing in the Band – Grateful Dead 4/11/72, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings

Dark Star->
Sittin’ On Top of the World->
Dark Star->
Me and Bobby McGee
– Grateful Dead 10/21/71 Auditorium Theater, Chicago IL

I Wish You LoveDonna the Buffalo, Positive Friction