The Adventures of Pigpen, part 1

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The Adventures of Pigpen, part 1

The Deadcast marks 50 years since the passing of original Grateful Dead frontman Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, in part 1 uncovering his mysterious pre-Dead years in the Palo Alto folk scene, featuring a visit to the McKernan archives, never-heard performances, & archival interviews.

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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.
0:19.5	Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 7 of The Good Old Grateful
0:24.2	Deadcast.
0:25.2	I'm your co-host Rich Mayhan, it's great to be back and thank you very much for
0:29.8	tuning in.
0:32.2	In this episode, the first in a two-part series on Ron Pigpen McCurnen, we commemorate
0:37.8	the life of the original Grateful Dead frontman on the 50th anniversary of his passing.
0:44.2	Head on over to dead.net slash deadcast and check out all of our past episodes including
0:49.1	the complete seasons 1 through 6 and you can link from there to your favorite podcasting
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1:03.5	much.
1:05.3	Have you checked out the transcripts we now have available for many of your favorite
1:08.8	deadcast episodes?
1:10.6	Head over to dead.net slash deadcast-index and click the transcript link on the episode
1:16.8	you want to explore, including the recently uploaded season 6 transcripts.
1:23.2	Well timing is everything and as we salute Pigpen, it's only appropriate that there
1:27.5	be some music to come along with us on this trip.
1:31.0	Announcing history of the Grateful Dead volume 1, Bear's Choice 50th anniversary remaster.
1:37.4	This is the original album newly remastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Glasser
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