Part 1 25:30
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
BIG BOSS MAN
MINGLEWOOD
DON’T EASE ME IN
~
IKO IKO

Part 2 30:25
Sam Cutler reading from You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Chapter 32: Garcia
Grateful Dead 7/16/70 Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael CA
CUMBERLAND BLUES
NOT FADE AWAY->
ST STEPHEN

Big thanks to Simon Babbs for sending along this rare set from 1970.

Sam Cutler‘s memoir, You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, and Other Wonderful Reprobates, is available as an audiobook and as an iPhone/iPad app with a ton of bonus material. Sam offered up his reading of the “Garcia” chapter in celebration of Jerry’s birthday – and of course, to drum up interest in the book. Mission accomplished, I’d say: I think You Can’t Always Get What You Want is a terrific read.

This show is available in MP3, FLAC, etc. from nugs.net

Casey Jones
Attics of My Life
Cumberland Blues
Not Fade Away->
St. Stephen
Uncle John’s Band - Grateful Dead 7/16/70 Euphoria Ballroom, San Rafael CA

Me, I Get High on Reefer – Two Man Gentlemen Band, Dos Amigos, Una Fiesta!
Patchwork River – Jim Lauderdale, Patchwork River
It Feeds All the Land – Galen Kipar Project, The Scenic Route

Part 1 30:58
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
SHAKEDOWN STREET
ME AND MY UNCLE->
MEXICALI BLUES
COLD RAIN AND SNOW

Part 2 24:57
Grateful Dead 12/31/81 Oakland Auditorium
CC RIDER
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES
BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE
Big Bill Broonzy
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD

We’re going to hear the entire GD show of 12/31/81, from a new 24-bit transfer by Charlie Miller of a cassette soundboard master.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Jam Cruise 9, setting sail from Ft. Lauderdale on the MSC Poesia January 4 through 9, 2011, with performances by Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, and Jay Lane as Scaring the Children, The Rhythm Devils featuring Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, Galactic, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, God Street Wine, Greyboy Allstars, ALO, Lotus, Steve Kimock, David Gans, Cornmeal, and many more. Complete information is available at www.jamcruise.com

Scarlet Begonias->
Victim or the Crime->
Fire on the Mountain – Grateful Dead 8/16/91 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA

We have a “this date in Grateful Dead History” discussion in my online hometown, The Well, and this unique and wonderful sequence came up on Monday so I thought it would be cool to play it on the air again. Pianist Bruce Hornsby leads the “Scarlet Begonias” jam into “Victim,” and that’s one raging “Victim,” too! Thanks to Jeffrey Strahl for reminding me of this unique and wonderful moment in GD musical history.

Don’t Let Go
Easy Wind – Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck 8/4/10 Sullivan Hall, New York NY

Mark’s Ratdog pal, saxophonist Kenny Brooks, dropped in and played most of this show with Jemimah Puddleduck.

White Falcon Fuzz – The Mother Hips, Pacific Dust
John Barlow – Lindsey Horner, Undiscovered Country
All My Bridges Burning – Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
Run Mary – Dark Star Orchestra

Guitarist Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips is on tour with the Rhythm Devils this summer… Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics of “All My Bridges Burning” and “Run Mary.” Notice the common images? Hmmm….

How I’ve Changed – Galen Kipar Project, The Scenic Route
Ballad of the Sandman – Mike Agranoff, The Modern Folk Musician
Internet Blues – Icepack Jackson, BK2SQ1
All In Favor – The Mother Hips, Pacific Dust

Part 1 45:30
Grateful Dead 10/21/83 Centrum, Worcester MA
SPACE->
TRUCKIN’->
WHARF RAT->
I NEED A MIRACLE->
TOUCH OF GREY

Part 2 10:25
Grateful Dead 10/21/83 Centrum, Worcester MA
JOHNNY B. GOODE
Bob Dylan, Down in the Groove
UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Jam Cruise 9, setting sail from Ft. Lauderdale on the MSC Poesia January 4 through 9, 2011, with performances by Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman & Jay Lane as Scaring the Children, The Rhythm Devils featuring Billy Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, Galactic, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, God Street Wine, Greyboy Allstars, ALO, Lotus, Steve Kimock, David Gans, Cornmeal and many more. Complete information is available at www.jamcruise.com

The Hoxeyville Music Festival August 20 – 22 in Wellston, Michigan. Rhythm Devils featuring Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead, Keller Williams, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, The New Deal, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Todd Snider, Greensky Bluegrass, Moonalice, Cornmeal, and dozens more. Information on camping and tickets can be found at www.hoxeyville.com

First of all: why is there a goddamn TV set in a coffee house? And: Fox news?

Not hungry enough to find that crap appetizing, I walked out to look for another place for lunch. I briefly pondered telling someone in the coffee house why I was leaving.

I got my chance to say something after all. As I was getting into my car, the proprietor came out and asked me if I was planning to come back inside. “No,” I replied.

“The bathroom is for customer use only,” he said. “Were you planning to buy something?”

“I was,” I said, “until I saw that you have Fox News on.”

“That’s a piss-poor excuse…” he said as I fastened my seat belt and closed my car door.

Not a poor excuse at all; it was a rare opportunity to vote with my pocketbook against fascist propaganda.

Part 1 19:17
Rhythm Devils 7/15/10 (rehearsal)
SO MANY ROADS
Interview: Andy Hess
Rhythm Devils 7/15/10 (rehearsal)
JACKAROE

Part 2 37:03
Interview: Keller Williams
Rhythm Devils 7/15/10 (rehearsal)
NEXT DIMENSION
Interview: Davy Knowles
Rhythm Devils 7/15/10 (rehearsal)
SHIP OF FOOLS
Kuli Loach, Loach
WHAT CAN I SAY?

Part 1 32:52
Grateful Dead 10/21/83 Centrum, Worcester MA
UNCLE JOHN’S BAND->
PLAYING IN THE BAND->
DRUMS

Part 2 23:03
Interview: Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart
Rhythm Devils 7/15/10 (rehearsal)
VOODOO ZOMBIES

First of a two-part encounter with the Rhythm Devils, featuring Grateful Dead drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann. The band’s national tour resumes August 21.

The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by the Hoxeyville Music Festival August 20 – 22 in Wellston, Michigan. Rhythm Devils featuring Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead, Keller Williams, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, The New Deal, Steve Kimock Crazy Engine, Todd Snider, Greensky Bluegrass, Moonalice, Cornmeal, and dozens more. Information on camping and tickets available at www.hoxeyville.com

Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
Lindsey Horner, Undiscovered Country
Jim Page and the Spokes, Ghost Bikes
Eric Thompson, Kleptograss
Nicki Bluhm, Toby’s Song
The Mother Hips, Pacific Dust
Galen Kipar Project, The Scenic Route