Europe ‘72: Bickershaw Festival
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST
Grateful Dead
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2022
⏱️ 132 minutes
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Summary
The biggest gig of the Grateful Dead’s Europe ‘72 tour, their largest ever overseas show, & one of our biggest Deadcasts yet, reconstructing the legendary Bickershaw Festival mudbath with enraptured audience members including an extended conversation with Elvis Costello.
Guests: Elvis Costello, Michael Moorcock, Mountain Girl, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, David Nelson, Steve Parish, Sam Cutler, Alan Trist, Janet Furman, Ben Haller, John Morris, Allan Arkush, Peter Luttner, Alex Allan, Chris Jones, Bill Giles, Barbara Nellist, Simon Phillips, Steven Feldman, Brain Petheram, Adam Gotley, Mick Etherington, David Lemieux, Graeme Boone
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| 0:00.0 | The Good Old Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead. |
| 0:09.9 | I'm Rich Mayhan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of The Grateful Dead |
| 0:14.6 | for the committed and the curious. |
| 0:18.3 | Ladies and gents, Channel Crossers, Mud Denizens. |
| 0:22.8 | Welcome back to season 5 of The Good Old Grateful Deadcast. |
| 0:26.6 | I'm your co-host, Rich Mayhan. |
| 0:28.7 | Thanks for coming along on this journey as we time travel across the pond to 50 years |
| 0:34.2 | ago and tag along with The Grateful Dead on their historic Europe 72 tour. |
| 0:40.7 | We are bringing new episodes of The Deadcast to you weekly this season. |
| 0:44.7 | Each episode covers the shows that took place on the Europe 72 tour 50 years to the week |
| 0:51.2 | after they happened. |
| 0:53.1 | Visit us at our website, dead.net slash deadcast and explore the extra materials we have for |
| 0:58.6 | you to devour for this episode. |
| 1:01.5 | In fact, we release a daily dose of Europe 72, a femuroduring season 5 for you to sample |
| 1:08.0 | on the regular, so there's new content for you constantly. |
| 1:12.9 | Also, a dead.net slash deadcast are all of our past episodes, including the complete |
| 1:18.5 | seasons 1 through 4, and you can link from there to your favorite podcasting platform |
| 1:23.8 | so you can listen where you'd like to listen. |
| 1:27.2 | Did you attend any of the shows on the Europe 72 tour? |
| 1:30.6 | Do you know a friend who did? |
| 1:32.3 | We'll get over to stories.dead.net and record those stories about Europe 72 we need your input. |
| 1:40.1 | And how about some Europe 72 music for your collection? |
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