Skull & Roses 50: Closing of the Fillmore West
GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST
Grateful Dead
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2021
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
The Deadcast finishes its all-star “Skull & Roses” dive with cosmic diplomat Alan Trist, Courtenay Pollack’s new tie-dye speakers, a surprise trip abroad, the closing of the Fillmore West, studio parties, explorations of the album’s legendary art & infamous original name, & more.
GUESTS: Alan Trist, Bob Matthews, Rosie McGee, Rick Turner, Courtenay Pollack, Stephen Barncard, Allan Arkush, David Lemieux, Nicholas G. Meriwether, Michael Parrish
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| 0:00.0 | The Good Old Grateful Deadcast |
| 0:07.4 | The official podcast of The Grateful Dead. |
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| 0:18.1 | Hello friends, welcome back to The Good Old Grateful Deadcast. |
| 0:21.8 | This episode of The Deadcast is our last focusing on Skull and Roses, the live 1971 release |
| 0:28.2 | by The Grateful Dead, and specifically we're focusing on the closing of the film |
| 0:32.3 | or West and the music that came out of that evening on July 2, 1971, as it comprises the |
| 0:38.4 | second disc in the 50th anniversary reissue of Skull and Roses. |
| 0:43.9 | Alan Trist is back with us again in this episode, and he lends some incredible insight. |
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| 1:26.0 | Well, you do know it is the 50th anniversary of the Dead's live double album from 71, |
| 1:32.2 | Skull and Roses. |
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