The Adventures of Pigpen, part 2

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The Adventures of Pigpen, part 2

The Deadcast concludes our tribute to Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, exploring his years with the Dead, featuring more documents from the McKernan family archives, his alleged firing, former housemate Tom Constanten, lost song lyrics, & last songs.

GUESTS: Jim Sullivan, Tom Constanten, Denise Kaufman, Eric Thompson, Starfinder Stanley, David Lemieux, Kay Alexander, Mike Dolgushkin

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0:00.0	The Good Old Grateful Deadcast
0:07.4	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 for
0:14.8	the committed and the curious.
0:18.0	Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 7 of The Good Old Grateful Deadcast.
0:23.3	I'm your co-host Rich Mayhan, thank you very much for tuning in.
0:27.7	This episode is the second in a two-part series on Ron Pigpen McCurnen as we commemorate
0:33.8	the life of the original Grateful Dead frontman on the 50th anniversary of his passing.
0:41.4	Head on over to dead.net slash deadcast and check out all of our past episodes, including
0:46.6	complete seasons 1 through 6 and you can link from there to your favorite podcasting platform
0:52.8	so you can listen how you like to listen.
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1:05.5	Have you checked out the transcripts we now have available for many of your favorite deadcast
1:09.8	episodes?
1:10.8	We'll head over to dead.net slash deadcast-index and click the transcript link on the
1:18.2	episode you want to explore, including the recently uploaded season 6 transcripts.
1:25.5	Gaming is everything, and as we salute Pigpen in this episode, it's only appropriate
1:30.1	there'll be some music to come along with us on this trip.
1:34.5	Announcing history of the Grateful Dead, volume 1, Bear's Choice, 50th anniversary remaster,
1:40.9	this is the original album newly remastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer David Glasser
1:46.4	using plangent processes from the original analog two track tapes recorded live by
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