American Beauty 50, Episode 7: Brokedown Palace

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We examine how the Grateful Dead classic “Brokedown Palace” forms a hidden but powerful song suite with “Ripple,” the preceding song on American Beauty, with guests Bob Weir, pianist Howard Wales, longtime Dead publisher Alan Trist, historian Nicholas Meriwether, and musicologist Mike Hamad, plus a search for Pigpen’s cat.

Bob Weir, Howard Wales, Alan Trist, Nicholas Meriwether, Mike Hamad, Nick Paumgarten, 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 to the good old Grateful Dead cast.
0:20.0	This episode continues to shine our spotlight on the music of American Beauty,
0:24.5	eliminating one of the most beloved tracks on the record, Brokdown Palace.
0:28.5	We'll hear about what makes it special not only in its composition, but also what makes it special in the hearts of fans.
0:35.3	Make sure to visit us at dead.net slash deadcast
0:39.1	where you'll find the 10 episodes from last season which contain episodes about the eight songs on
0:43.8	Working Man's Dead plus two bonus episodes loaded with music and Insight. You can
0:49.5	catch up or revisit with the American Beauty episodes that have already been released
0:54.0	which now also include two special bonus episodes of their own.
0:57.5	Looking for a little bit more after you finish an episode?
1:00.5	We post companion materials for each of these at our website dead.net slash
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1:10.0	available. Please help this podcast by subscribing, hitting that like button, and please leave us a review. Thank you very much.
1:18.0	It is the 50th anniversary of American Beauty, and the Grateful Dead have prepared a three-cedes set reissue of this classic album.
1:25.0	It includes a pristine remastering of the album's ten tracks that you really need to hear to believe.
1:31.0	As well as an unreleased live show from February 18th, 1971 at the
1:35.2	Capitol Theater. It was mixed from the original 16 track reel-to-reel-to-reel
1:39.0	multi-tracks at Bob Weir's TRI Studios features the first time ever for five tracks from The Grateful Dead
1:45.8	and was Mickey's last show before his three and a half year hiatus.
1:50.0	Along with this impeccably remastered three-desk set, we also have a new batch of Angel Share audio.
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