Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Episode 0: 27 Club Season 5 Official Trailer

27 Club

iHeartPodcasts and Double Elvis

Society & Culture, Music

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Get ready for Season 5 of the 27 Club to take the strange and not-so-long trip of Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, a founding member of the Grateful Dead. Pigpen wasn't just a member of the Dead. He was the Dead. But just like Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones or Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd, Pigpen felt his role in the Grateful Dead shrink as the rest of the band members expanded their minds and their sound. The story of Pigpen is about a major musical and cultural shift that took place as the 1960s gave way to the 1970s. It’s a story of acid tests and bottles of Thunderbird, of angels from hell and a nine-fingered wizard, of busts down on Bourbon Street and shakedowns in the Haight…and of the man who tried to pull his band back down to earth as they continued to get pulled higher into the cosmos. It's a story that ends tragically...at the age of 27.

The 27 Club is hosted by Jake Brennan, creator and host of the award-winning Disgraceland podcast, and produced by iHeartRadio and Double Elvis. Season 5, all about Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and the Grateful Dead, launches Thursday, June 9, 2022.

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0:00.0	I'm Penelope Spheras, on the host of a new podcast about the life and death of Peter Ivers.
0:06.4	Peter was the host of a TV show featuring prominent LA punk bands until he was murdered in 1983.
0:13.9	Forty years later, we dive into that music scene and the mystery of his passing.
0:19.7	Listen to Peter and the Acid King on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Sometimes the pop culture we love just teens hits differently in retrospect.
0:33.9	Maybe it's a tabloid story we couldn't get enough of or an illicit student-teacher relationship on our favorite show.
0:40.0	We're Suzy Bannockerim and Jessica Bennett, posts of the new podcast in retrospect.
0:44.8	Where each week we'll revisit a cultural moment from the past that shaped us, and probably you,
0:49.4	to try to understand what it taught us about the world and our place in it.
0:52.7	You're the first person that I've talked to about this for years and years.
0:55.8	Listen to in retrospect on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your favorite shows.
1:01.4	Everyone in our country has a voice.
1:03.6	It's something that says not just where you come from, but who you are.
1:07.4	Welcome to MPR's Black Stories, Black Truths, a collection of podcasts and a celebration of the host and journalism
1:13.4	who've always spoken truth to power.
1:15.6	Our voices are as varied, nuanced, and dynamic as the Black experience,
1:20.1	and stories should never be about us without us.
1:23.4	Find NPR Black Stories, Black Truths on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:32.3	Take a quick glance at San Francisco circa 1967.
1:36.8	And what do you see?
1:38.8	Thrones of hippies blissed out on the tenant of free love.
1:42.3	Dosed on tablets of LSD.
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