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🗓️ 11 May 2023
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We time-travel to the Dead’s massive 3-set show in Des Moines, May 1973 (& the first show on the new Here Comes Sunshine box) with stories from Donna Jean, the show’s promoters, & the Dead’s office staff, plus custom gear, big jams, an indoor fireworks fight, etc.
Guests: Donna Jean Godchaux, Gail Hellund, Rita Gentry, Rosie McGee, Sally Mann Romano, Steve White, Jon Hoak, Candace Brightman, Dan Erlewine, Sepp Donahower, Bob Glaza, Joe Gauthier, David Lemieux
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0:00.0 | The Good Old Grateful Deadcast |
0:07.4 | 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 for |
0:14.8 | the committed and the curious. |
0:17.1 | Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 7 of The Good Old Grateful Deadcast. |
0:22.8 | I'm your co-host Rich Mayhan, thank you very much for tuning in. |
0:27.6 | We're diving into the new Here Comes Sunshine box set in this episode, as we time travel |
0:33.1 | back to the May 13th 1973 show in Des Moines, Iowa, a monster three-set show loaded with |
0:41.2 | great jams. |
0:43.7 | Speaking of the Here Comes Sunshine box set, it is a new release coming your way. |
0:48.4 | It's a 17 CD limited edition set available exclusively from Dead.net that features five |
0:54.9 | previously unreleased concerts recorded during the band's transformative spring of 1973 tour. |
1:03.2 | The shows included in this set are Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines, Iowa 51373, Campus |
1:09.8 | Stadium UCSB Santa Barbara 52073, Keysar Stadium San Francisco 52673, and Robert F. Kennedy |
1:20.5 | Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C. on the 9th and 10th of June 1973. |
1:27.6 | The June 10th 73 show will also be available as a standalone release in two configurations, |
1:34.5 | a four CD set and an eight LP set. |
1:38.9 | The 17 CD set and the four CD set will be released on June 30th, will also be available |
1:44.7 | digitally, and the eight LP set comes on July 28th. |
1:49.7 | You can pre-order all of the Here Comes Sunshine 1973 releases now over at Dead.net. |
1:57.5 | Head on over to Dead.net, slash deadcast, and check out all of our past episodes, including |
2:02.5 | the complete seasons one through six, and you can link from there to your favorite podcasting |
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