Tales of the Great Rum Runners 50

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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The Deadcast joyously welcomes the 50th anniversary reissue of Robert Hunter’s solo debut Tales of the Great Rum Runners, uncovering stories of two early drafts of the album, a mostly-lost book of poetry, and Hunter’s secret performing career as Lefty Banks.

Guests: Mickey Hart, Barry Melton, John Perry, Ted Claire, Ron Rakow, Steve Brown, Robbie Stokes, Nicholas Meriwether

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0:00.0	The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead.
0:09.9	I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious.
0:17.0	Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 9 of the good old Grateful Deadcast.
0:22.0	I'm your co-host rich
0:23.6	mayhan as always thank you so much for tuning in in in this special bonus
0:29.2	edition of the good old grateful dead cast we take a 1974 side trip to explore Grateful Dead
0:35.6	lyricist Robert Hunter's first solo album, Tales of the Great Rum Runners.
0:42.0	And Rhino has just released the Deluxe Edition of Hunter's
0:45.2	Tales of the Great Rum Runners.
0:47.0	It's remastered and expanded with unreleased music
0:50.3	in celebration of its 50th anniversary and there are an additional 16
0:54.9	tracks on the bonus discs that contain alternate versions of six songs that
0:59.7	made the album plus 10 gems that did not.
1:03.0	Tails of the Great Rum Runners Deluxe Edition is available as both a 2 LP set and a 2 CD set.
1:10.0	More info and orders are happening now over at dead.net.
1:15.0	And while you're there, remember to check out the 50th anniversary edition of the Deads
1:20.0	from the Mars Hotel also on sale now.
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1:29.9	the complete seasons one through eight.
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