American Beauty 50, Episode 2: Friend of the Devil
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST
Grateful Dead
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2020
⏱️ 59 minutes
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American Beauty 50, Episode 2: Friend of the Devil
The Grateful Dead’s most-covered song, “Friend of the Devil,” also uncovers the secret history of American Beauty, including a never-heard demo reel for the album and totally scrapped session tapes newly released as The Angel’s Share, with guests David Grisman, David Nelson, Stephan Barncard, and more.
David Grisman, David Nelson, Stephen Barncard, David Lemieux, Gary Lambert, Brian Kehew, Mike Johnson
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| 0:00.0 | The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead. |
| 0:09.9 | I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome back to the good old Grateful Dead cast. |
| 0:20.0 | Last week we kicked off season two, and by now I'm sure you've noticed our focus is American Beauty this time around and what a wealth of material we have to explore. |
| 0:30.0 | If this is your first time joining us, we invite you to also check out the 10 episodes from season one, |
| 0:36.0 | which dove headfirst into the eight songs on Working Man's Dead, |
| 0:39.5 | and also serves up two really fun bonus episodes. Both albums are celebrating their |
| 0:45.2 | 50th anniversary this year and we're so glad you could attend the party. |
| 0:49.3 | You can always get the latest episodes and link to your favorite listening platforms at dead. |
| 0:56.7 | Our website also features companion materials for each episode so you can fall down even deeper |
| 1:02.1 | into the rabbit hole. |
| 1:03.8 | Please help this podcast by subscribing, hitting that like button, |
| 1:07.0 | and if the spirit moves you, leave us a review. |
| 1:10.1 | Very kind of you, thank you very much. It is the 50th anniversary of American Beauty and The Grateful Dead have prepared a three CD set reissue of this classic album. The second classic album they did in one year, 1970, which includes a pristine |
| 1:25.6 | remastering of the album's ten tracks as well as an unreleased live show from |
| 1:30.6 | February 18th, 1971 at the Capitol Theater. |
| 1:35.0 | Along with this impeccably remastered 3-disc set, |
| 1:38.0 | we also offer you a new batch of Angels Share audio. |
| 1:42.0 | Out now are the full band demos for American Beauty and you can hear |
| 1:46.1 | how together the boys had these songs and arrangements as they went into Wally Hiders in San Francisco to cut the follow-up to Working Man's Dead. |
| 1:57.1 | Be sure to check out the American Beauty Angels Share Audio at your favorite streaming service |
| 2:02.1 | or download provider. |
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