American Beauty 50, Episode 6: Ripple

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🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We examine Ripple, the timeless cosmic hymn leading off Side B of American Beauty, written during what Robert Hunter called a peak experience, and take a close look at the Dead’s very own softball team, with guests Bob Weir, David Grisman, Ned Lagin, and many more, including Ripple chorale performer Sam Cutler.

Bob Weir, David Grisman, Sam Cutler, Alan Trist, Stephen Barncard, Ned Lagin, Stephen Malkmus, Steve Silberman, Nicholas Meriwether, David Lemieux, Gary Lambert, Jake Cohen

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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 to the Good Old Grateful Dead cast.
0:21.0	This episode continues our exploration of the music on American Beauty, dropping the needle on the first song on Side 2, Ripple.
0:29.0	There's lots of great insight into this absolutely classic song in this episode. It may not have been a hit but the boys certainly knocked it out of the park.
0:38.0	Make sure to visit us at dead.net.net slash deadcast, where you'll find the 10 episodes from last season which contain
0:45.5	episodes about the eight songs on Working Man's Dead and a double play of two great
0:50.7	bonus episodes you'll be sure to enjoy. You can also catch up or
0:54.9	revisit with the five American Beauty episodes that have been released there as
0:58.6	well. Also keep in mind we post a dugout full of companion materials for each episode at our website,
1:05.2	dead.net slash deadcast, and you can link from there to any and all of the podcasting platforms available.
1:12.0	Please help this podcast by subscribing, hitting that like button, and if the spirit moves you, leave us a review. It's very kind. Thank you very much.
1:21.0	It is the 50th anniversary of American Beauty
1:24.3	and the Grateful Dead have prepared a three-cedy set reissue
1:27.2	of this classic album.
1:28.4	It's out now.
1:29.6	It includes a pristine remastering of the album's 10 tracks, as well as an unreleased live show from February
1:35.4	18th, 1971 at the Capitol Theater, which was mixed from the original 16-track real-to-reel-to-racts at Bob Weir's TRI Studios.
1:45.0	Along with this impeccably master 3-disc set, we also pitch you a new batch of Angel Share audio.
1:51.5	Out now are not only the full band acoustic demos for American Beauty,
1:56.0	but also the rest of the studio outtakes from the American Beauty recording sessions.
2:00.0	So be sure to check out the Angel Share American Beauty audio at your favorite streaming service or download provider and put yourself inside Wally Hiders in 1970 as the boys lay down tracks on this truly timeless classic album.
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