Deadology

Doug Schmell is back....Shakedown lightning to open...Top notch Dirty Dead throughout set one. Layers of an insane Deal gem...Help Slip Frank...A never ending DEW jam, Garcia's resilient and Brilliant...Layers

Ode to the The NY Knicks, champs again after a 53-year drought...Scuba snorkeling with Jerry during Scarlet....Sly Stone inspired Dancin' in the Streets....Blast off to the epic Sugaree era....Sugar Mag into Eyes instrumental from heaven

Epic Dead!!! with Doug Schmell

Tales of Jerry's Tiger...Help on the Way after an immortal night in Ithaca...Monumental performances of Big River and Music Never Stopped,,,A relaxed vibe to set two...A Comes a Time to Die 4

Introducing a new author's series on books about legendary Musicians...Our first guest is Randy Schmidt, author of Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter....This will be a bi-monthly writer's series...More deep dives into the Grateful Dead next week

Last show of an awesome tour! Phil's Raven Space pays tribute to Edgar Allen Poe. Killer set two with perhaps the best Estimated ever.

GD tapers Doug and Larry join the podcast to discuss the band's outstanding show in April 12, 1982. It's another gem from a tour that gave us a plethora of pristine, succinct, and super-hot performances.

Doug Schmell joins us to rave about another epic 1973 Grateful Dead masterpiece

Jerry in all his Soulful glory. Inspired by the songs of Smokey's Soul Town, Sirius/XM

Smokin' early on in Althea...you construct the set list....Music Never Stopped with Jerry's improbable leads....Rider shredding...post He's gone improv...Album of the Week: A Song for You

An era comes to an end...Garcia shreds Greatest Story opener....Looks Like Rain tears....Supplication sizzles...Exceptional Terrapin...Wheel into Shakedown inside a Playin' loop...One of the top shows of 1979

Doug Schmell joins us to discuss the opening night of the Grateful Dead's final run in the Fillmore East....Outstanding performances of Hard to Handle and Morning Dew highlight this underrated gem...a consistent and seamless performance featuring several new additions to the band's repertoire...

Bob Weir's journey from youngest member of the Grateful Dead to American Musical Master...Featured show on Weir's 34th Birthday, 10-16-81 Amsterdam...The Grateful Dead's last acoustic set...Breakout versions of Hully Gully, Gloria, and Love Light...RIP Bobby, thanks for sixty years of loving inspiration.

Doug Schmell joins us to discuss the best show of 1971...Freddy King tribute...Tennessee Jed hand grenade....A Bobby McGee gem...The Other One!!!...A marathon of Robert Hunter classics....

RIP Donna Jean and Jack DeJohnette...Highlights of greatest Jack Straws ever, History and analysis of the all mighty Jack Straw. Mind-blowing Sraws galore, all in one in podcast. 3=

Playin/Fingers disorientation for NYC followed by an Uncle River hoedown...What a four-song opener...Looks Like Rain gold....The Eyes tease....a glorious night for Jerry ballads

Happy Birthday Mickey...9/11 Love and Theft NYC reflections...Doug Schmell joins the podcast...Feelin Groovy...Horns or no horns...The big three to close D Star/Morning Dew/ Sugar Magnolia

Blazing opening set, the band is as fired up as the raucous crowd...Dead excel during a typical set. and then they blow the roof of the joint and stop time in its tracks during set two with a sensational pre-Drums...Exceptional versions of Sail0r/Saint and Comes a Time/Truckin

Thirty years later, the legacy of Jerry and the Dead grows exponentially...Five immortal instrumentals jams from Madison Square Garden, Alpine Valley, Hartford, Giants Stadium, and Brendan Byrne Arena...Slipknot! Let it Grow...Morning Dew...etc.

A day before Jerry Garcia's 32nd birthday, the Grateful Dead perform three epic sets--four hours in length...Doug Schmell joins me to discuss the brilliance behind this magnificent show.

The day before Jerry's 32nd birthday, the Dead deliver four epic hours of music...Doug Schmell is back to rave about this performance....Brilliant Half Step...China Cat boils...The Wall of Sound!

The year 1977 is complete. This is the only show I didn't write about in my book,Grateful Dead 1977. The recording is now available. Thank you Charlie Miller!...Cool Jed and Straw...The embodiment if 1977 power, a wild Music Never Stopped to close the set....Garcia is playing possum again during Eyes...Legendary FOTD for the Sun Devils of Arizona State.,,UJB gold in the encore slot

One More Saturday Night/ Fire Opener, That's a show! The genius of Garcia, three well-crafted peaks in one instrumental....Desirable selections all night...Comes a Time stops time in its tracks...This was also the 40th anniversary of Live Aid...Thoughts on performances by Dire Straits, Clapton, and Dylan.

Mik Bondy joins us to discuss The Garcia Project's upcoming Days Between Tour, and the evolution of the band through the years...On July 4, 1975 Jerry Garcia rocks the Great American Music Hall with astounding performances---Audio highlights from this legendary show.

Discussion with Mik Bondy about the Garcia Project's upcoming Days Between Tour, and the history of the band...There were fireworks galore as Jerry Garcia had a performance for the ages on July 4, 1975 in the Great American Music Hall...The greatest Dylan cover ever...Audio highlights