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GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Friend Of the Devils: Florida, 4/78

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

The Deadcast launches its 10th season, hitting the road for the April 1978 tour documented on the new FRIEND OF THE DEVILS box, exploring the band’s new sound for ‘78 & the birth of drums/space, featuring taper tales & rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia.


Guests: Richard Loren, Bob Wagner, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman

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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

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 10 of the Good Old Grateful Deadcast.

0:24.4

I'm your co-host, Rich Mahan.

0:26.1

Thank you very much for tuning in.

0:28.6

We are excited to be back with a new season of the Good Old Grateful

0:31.8

Deadcast for you, and we're kicking this one off by taking a close look at the shows from the Spring 78 tour that make up the new Grateful Dead box set friend of the Devils. This episode focuses on the three Florida

0:46.1

shows from April 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1978. This new limited edition of Friend of the Devil's Box Set is selling quick and with good reason.

0:57.0

The band was playing great in Spring 78, and as the name suggests, this 19 CD box set presents eight unreleased concerts that feature

1:06.4

the rise of drums and space as second set traditions.

1:12.2

Friend of the Devil's April 1978 includes complete shows from Curtis Hickson Convention Hall, Tampa, Florida,

1:18.6

4678.

1:20.6

Sportatorium Pembroke Pines Florida for 778 Veterans Memorial Coliseum

1:27.3

Jacksonville Florida for 878 two shows at the fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia on 410 and

1:34.8

411, the Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on

1:40.4

41278, Cassell Coliseum in Virginia,

1:44.4

at the Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, on 414,

1:48.8

and the Huntington Civic Center in Huntington, West Virginia on 4, 1678.

1:55.8

The concert at Duke is the breakout show from this box and will also be released separately.

2:01.1

Duke 78 will be available in 3 CD, 4 LP and digital configurations.

2:06.0

Both Duke 78 and the limited edition friend of the devils will be released on September 20th.

2:12.0

More info and orders are happening now

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