American Beauty 50, Episode 3: Sugar Magnolia

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🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We are honored to welcome the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir (!!!) for a deep look at his signature song, “Sugar Magnolia,” and the making of the Dead’s landmark American Beauty in 1970, plus surprising memories of the song from Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan.

Bob Weir, Rhoney Stanley, Stephen Malkmus, Ira Kaplan, David Lemeiux, Gary Lambert

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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, ladies and gents.
0:22.0	In this episode, we are back on track with our track by track exploration of American beauty as we dive into track three on side one, Sugar Magnolia. That's a lot of tracks. Our special guest for this episode is
0:34.8	none other than the man himself, Mr Bob Weir. If this is your first time
0:39.6	joining us, welcome. We invite you to check out the 10 episodes from our first season,
0:44.0	which explore the eight songs on Working Man's Dead, and there's two bonus
0:47.8	episodes that we know you're going to love also. Both Working Man's Dead and
0:51.5	American Beauty are celebrating their 50th
0:53.6	anniversaries this year and we're happy you're here for the party.
0:57.0	You can always get the latest episodes and link to your favorite podcast
1:00.6	listening platforms at dead.net slash deadcast. Our website also has
1:05.7	bonus materials for each episode including links to full audio clips or videos we
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1:18.6	It helps more than you can imagine.
1:20.3	Thank you very, very much. Well, it is the 50th anniversary of American Beauty,
1:25.0	and the Grateful Dead have prepared a three-cedes set reissue of this classic album,
1:29.0	which includes a pristine remastering of the album's 10 tracks, as well as an unreleased live show from February 18th,
1:36.3	1971 at the Capitol Theater.
1:39.1	If you liked the 50th anniversary set we released for a Working Man's Dead, you'll be sure to love the American Beauty
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