Bobby Weir, Part 1

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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The Grateful Deadcast returns for its 13th season, beginning with a 2-part tribute to the great Bobby Weir, mixing interviews with archival audio to tell the story of how a teenage Atherton folkie found his singular jazz-informed musical voice (dropping a few water balloons en route).

Guests: Bobby Weir, David Lemieux, David Nelson, Gary Lambert, Rhoney Stanley, Graeme Boone

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0:00.0	Step into the sunshine with the latest collab from Dogfish Head and the Grateful Dead,
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0:29.6	Please drink responsibly.
0:44.4	The good old Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead.
0:49.9	I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious.
0:53.9	Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Deadheads, welcome to season 13 of the good old
0:58.4	grateful deadcast.
0:59.8	I'm your co-host, Rich Mahan.
1:01.6	Thank you very much for tuning in.
1:05.4	In this episode of the good old Grateful Deadcast, we paid tribute to the one and only
1:10.3	Bobby Weir with a two-part
1:12.2	look back at the life and career of this true original. Only fitting, don't you think?
1:19.4	There are some recent releases worth noting, first and foremost, check out the recently
1:24.1	released high-five vinyl pressing of Working Man's Dead, as well as the very
1:29.8	cool real-to-reel version. Yes, you heard that right, real-to-reel. Both of these high-fidelity
1:35.8	versions of Working Man's Dead are available exclusively at rhino.com, so hurry over there before they
1:42.3	disappear. Also new on the release front is the new high-res streaming
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