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GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Robert Hunter’s The Silver Snarling Trumpet, part 2

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

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4.92.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

The Deadcast concludes its dive into Robert Hunter’s 1962 book, The Silver Snarling Trumpet (and its 10th season), exploring teenage Jerry Garcia’s adventures with his friends Alan Trist and Brigid Meier in Palo Alto, and how this early scene gave way to the Grateful Dead.


Guests: Alan Trist, Brigid Meier, Dennis McNally

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0:00.0

The Good Old Grateful Deadcast, the official podcast of the Grateful Dead.

0:09.8

I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious.

0:18.0

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Deadheads, welcome to season 10 of the good old Grateful Deadcast.

0:22.9

I'm your co-host, Rich Mayhan. Thank you very much for tuning in.

0:27.3

In this episode of the Good Old Grateful Deadcast, we continue our exploration of the new

0:32.5

manuscript from Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter, the silver snarling trumpet, and dive further into its

0:39.1

incredible tales of the early pre-Graithful Dead scene down in Palo, Alto, California.

0:46.8

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