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Howard Weiner

Join author, Howard Weiner, as he explores the diverse musical universe of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia. Howard draws upon his many years of touring with the Grateful Dead to analyze their best shows and jams, as well as sharing his personal tales from the road, Deadology will also provide a touch of Dylan, and other artists influential to the Dead.

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Join author, Howard Weiner, as he explores the diverse musical universe of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia. Howard draws upon his many years of touring with the Grateful Dead to analyze their best shows and jams, as well as sharing his personal tales from the road, Deadology will also provide a touch of Dylan, and other artists influential to the Dead.

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Jerry Garcia Band 7/24/80 Bushnell plus thoughts on 7/24/87 Dylan Dead

7/24/2024
Jerry Garcia Band's first performance in the Bushnell Auditorium July 24, 1980...Please rise for the state song of Connecticut, Sugaree...Blood in the Tracks reversed....audio highlights of Simple Twist of Fate, Tangled Up in Blue...Mission in the Rain and Dear Prudence...Thoughts on the 7-24-87 Dylan/ Dead show.

Duration:00:53:06

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Grateful Dead Sep 6, 1980, Lewistown, Maine with David Davis

7/11/2024
David Davis joins the podcast with his recollections of this epic show to end the summer tour on Lewiston's State Fairgrounds..Dave shares gripping stories of meeting Phil Lesh that day, and gives us a behind the scenes look at the dirty business of rock and roll economics...The epic Sugaree is a microcosm of the overwhelming show.

Duration:00:49:37

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Grateful Dead July 4, 1986 Fireworks in Buffalo

7/4/2024
A legendary six-song segment to launch set two...Ominous weather conditions lead to a Cold Rain & Snow Fire on the Mountain combo...The Dead kill it for Farm Aid TV...Bob Dylan then and now

Duration:00:47:01

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Grateful Dead 40th Anniversary Harrisburg and Saratoga 84

6/24/2024
City Island memories....A consistently smoking show with a blazing Music, and an Estimated Eyes segue of dreams...Off to the races in Saratoga...Heavy downpours and good intentions...The China Doll...Yeyo and Psycho I and 2

Duration:00:52:57

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Grateful Dead 6-16-74 Iowa, Stage of Dreams, 50th Anniversary

6/15/2024
Doug Schmell joins us to discuss this epic three-set extravaganza...The Wall of Sound comes to Iowa...The King of all China Cats...The awesome Eyes into Big River, and the sensational post Truckin' jam

Duration:00:54:42

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The Quest for Music Mountain: Jerry Garcia Band 6-16-82

6/8/2024
A lively discussion of an immortal JGB show with Perry Paletta, and we reminisce about returning to the Music Mountain stage on the 40th anniversary of the show. Garcia was en fuegp! Prime Garcia on guitar and vocals...And the came the torrential rains and a hot set from Bobby and the Midnights. Relive the majesty of Music Mountain!

Duration:00:59:39

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The Quest for Music Mountain: Jerry Garcia Band 6-16-82

6/8/2024
In addition to discussing an immortal Jerry show with Perry Paletta, we reminisce about our pilgrimage to find the Music Mountain stage on the 40th anniversary of the performance...Jerry was en fuego! Peak Garcia on vocals and guitar...Two well balanced sets...And them came the torrential rains and a hot performance from Bobby & the Midnights. Relive the majesty of Music Mountain!

Duration:00:59:39

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A Grateful Bill Walton Tribute

5/30/2024
The shocking news...Walton, Wooden, UCLA, and the Grateful Dead...NCAA Championships... Foot injuries...An NBA Championship for Portland...More foot issues...From Wooden's Pyramid to the Egyptian Pyramids with the Dead...Clippers Blues....A Last Hurrah with Bird and Boston...Broadcaster's Paradise...Fare You Well Bill

Duration:01:10:14

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Top Ten Dylan Covers by the Grateful Dead and JGB

5/23/2024
A Grateful tribute to Bob Dylan on his 83rd birthday. These are the ten greatest performances of Dylan songs featuring Jerry Garcia. Audio highlights from all ten selections.

Duration:00:47:02

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Grateful Dead 5-15+17-77 St. Louis and Alabama

5/17/2024
Epic 77 shows...St. Louis, all-time great Dancin' in the Street and the first Estimated Eyes...The Dead storm into Alabama for their first show there and play a two hour opening set that concludes with a major presentation of Scarlet > Fire, and my god, that masterful Sugar Magnolia encore! Enjoy

Duration:00:49:54

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Grateful Dead 5-11-72 Rotterdam + The Top Five of Europe 72

5/11/2024
A Playin' in the Band mind-melt opens this epic show...Doug Schmell joins us again for some enthusiastic commentary. A huge night for Pig Pen, and possibly the greatest Dark Star of them all followed by a blockbuster Sugar Mag...After we run through the monster second set, Doug and I rank the five best shows of Europe 72...Enjoy!

Duration:00:57:05

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Grateful Dead and Miles Davis Fillmore West 1970

4/30/2024
A legendary four night run with Miles Davis opening up for the Grateful Dead in the Fillmore West. Thank you Bill Graham. The Miles show on 4-10-70 was recorded and released as a double album, Black Beauty. The April 12 Dead show features a batch of new tunes as well as monster versions of Dancin in the Street, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, and Viola Lee Blues.

Duration:00:48:08

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Grateful Dead 420 Special: Providence 83 and Philly 84

4/20/2024
High times with the Dead on April 20 1983 in Providence, and April 20 1984 in Philadelphia. Two of the best shows of the decade. Awesome performances of Let it Grow, Scarlet Fire, Estimated Eyes, Morning Dews, etc....

Duration:00:59:17

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Grateful Dead 4-14-72 + 82, Tivoli Gardens and Glenn's Falls

4/12/2024
A pair of tremendous April 14 shows separated by ten years. Doug Schmell is back on the podcast to recall memories of being tenth row in Glenn's Falls, and to heap praise on the Dead's awesome 1972 performance for Copenhagen. Awesome musical highlights and spirited discussion. Enjoy!

Duration:00:54:08

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Grateful Dead 4-6-82 Philly Spectrum: The blizzard show

4/1/2024
Live from Beale Street, Memphis,,,A life changing show in Philly....Cold Rain & Snow for those traveling through treacherous weather,...The only time the Grateful Dead played Shakedown, Terrapin, Morning Dew, and Sugar Mag in the same show.

Duration:00:45:36

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Grateful Dead 3-25-85 Springfield Anniversary Podcast

3/26/2024
All-time great Straw--Sugaree opener...Garcia's Theory of Relativity...Grant Green...blazing first set...strange synthesized noises...dancing, singing, and celebration in the streets of Springfield.

Duration:00:46:45

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Grateful Dead 5oth Anniversary Cow Palace 3-23-74 +Winterland 3-18-78

3/21/2024
The completed Wall of Sound debut, as well as debut versions of Scarlet Begonias and Cassidy. Final performance of Playin' UJB Morning Dew UJB Playin....Unique version of a 77 Sugaree, first Scarlet Fire, and first excess Terrapin Station jamming....two historic shows

Duration:00:50:41

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Grateful Dead Madison Square Garden 3-9 + 10-81

3/12/2024
My first Dead show, 3-9-81...Sensational versions of Stranger, Althea, Ramble on Rose, Cat > Rider and more. These nights in Madison Square Garden feature some of the most unique playing of teh Grateful dead's career.

Duration:00:51:31

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Grateful Dead 5-7-72 Bickershaw Festival: Best Show Ever?

3/5/2024
A conversation with GD taper Doug Schmell about the majesty of Bickershaw...Overcoming adversity to deliver a 4-hour show for the ages...Audio highlights: smoking jams from Greatest Story, The Other One, Love Light, and GDTRFB

Duration:00:46:33

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Jerry Garcia Band Summer 84 Tour and the Incident @Caldwell

2/28/2024
The JGB performs a first set for the ages in Caldwell College on 8-11-84, and then a fan runs into the drum kit and blows up set two...Audio highlights from the awesome first set, and a feel for the shows before and after Caldwell.

Duration:00:43:23