Hug the Heat, or the Story of the First Dead Tape

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🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Hug the Heat, or the Story of the First Dead Tape

We wish you a merry Pranks Day with a surprise Deadcast about the first known live Grateful Dead tape, from 1966, and reveal what happens when you try to shut down an Acid Test, featuring Merry Pranksters Ken Babbs and Denise Kaufman, with additional storytelling by Jerry Garcia.

GUESTS: Ken Babbs, Denise Kaufman

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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.
0:18.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Good Old Grateful Deadcast.
0:22.5	While we have a treat for you today, in the form of this unique April Fool's Day bonus
0:27.6	episode that features two esteemed guests, Mary Prankster's Ken Babs and Denise Kaufman.
0:35.3	To say that Jesse and I enjoyed our conversations with Ken and Denise, would be a front runner
0:40.8	for understatement of the eon.
0:43.6	Both of these luminous souls sparkle with excitement and enthusiasm when sharing their stories,
0:49.7	and our conversations focused around one particularly important event in Grateful Dead
0:54.7	in history, the Fillmore Acid Test that took place on January 8, 1966.
1:02.3	This event was recorded by the Kins.
1:05.3	That's Babs and Keezy, respectively, and the tape captured the chaotic and colorful
1:11.1	goings-on, which includes the first recording of The Grateful Dead.
1:33.1	Today, we're going to explore the very first live Grateful Dead tape in circulation, recorded
1:46.4	January 8, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, and specifically what happens
1:52.7	during the last five or so minutes.
1:55.0	It might be the first piece of great improvisation on a dead tape, but even though almost every
1:59.7	dead member is involved, it's not exactly music.
2:03.3	Let's start at the beginning.
2:04.9	This is the first 23 seconds of live dead.
2:07.9	Perfectly, they're getting in tune.
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