BONUS: The Nedcast
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST
Grateful Dead
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2020
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
A surprising and wide-ranging conversation with Ned Lagin, the pioneering jazz-trained electronic composer whose friendship with the Grateful Dead began when the band crowded into his M.I.T. dorm room to jam and would encompass contributions to American Beauty and Wake of the Flood, nearly 20 onstage appearances with the band between 1970 and 1975, and Lagin’s own Seastones project, released by Jerry Garcia’s Round Records, featuring contributions by Garcia, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, David Crosby, Grace Slick, and more.
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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 Nedcast. |
| 0:19.0 | Yes, you heard that right. We've got a special bonus episode for you today as we present |
| 0:23.8 | the good old grateful netcast to you in all its glory. Ned Lajun sat in and |
| 0:28.8 | played keyboards with the Grateful Dead both on stage and in the studio in the first half of the 70s and |
| 0:34.3 | greatly contributed to their musical development adding all kinds of |
| 0:37.9 | electronic color and avant-garde ideas to the Grateful Dead sound. As usual, you should drop by our website dead.net slash deadcast |
| 0:47.0 | and check out the extras we have waiting for you to explore for not only this special bonus episode, |
| 0:52.0 | but all of our past episodes as well. |
| 0:55.2 | Lend us a hand and if you could by subscribing hitting that like button and if you want |
| 0:59.2 | bonus points leave us a review Thank you very very much. |
| 1:03.0 | Well, it is the 50th anniversary of American Beauty, |
| 1:07.0 | and The Grateful Dead have prepared a three-cedes set reissue of this classic album |
| 1:11.0 | and includes a pristine remastering of the album's 10 tracks, as well as an unreleased |
| 1:15.2 | live show from the Capitol Theater, February 18, 1971. |
| 1:20.1 | It was mixed at Bob Weir's TRI studios from the original 16-track reel-to-reel analog multi-track tape. Along with this impeccably remastered 3-disc set and the live show. There's also a new batch of |
| 1:34.2 | Angel's share audio. Out now are not only the full-band acoustic demos for |
| 1:38.6 | American Beauty, but also the rest of the studio outtakes from the |
| 1:41.7 | American Beauty recording sessions. |
| 1:43.8 | So be sure to check out the Angels Share American Beauty at your favorite streaming service |
| 1:48.3 | or download provider and discover the DNA of these classic and timeless songs. |
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