4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 110 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
The thrilling conclusion of our visit to the record-breaking Watkins Glen Summer Jam, featuring John Belushi crashing the backstage, a super jam onstage, a teen-run pirate radio station, & the birth of a new generation of Dead Heads.
GUESTS: Sam Cutler, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Bunky Odom, Chuck Leavell, Jim Koplik, Buddy Thornton, Sepp Donahower, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Silberman, Rebecca Adams, Gary Lambert, John Ramsey, Tim Meehan, Michael Simmons, Dan Henklein, Erik Nelson, Bob Student, Jim Cooper, Harvey Lubar, Todd Ellenberg, Ihor Slabicky, Jay Kerley, Brian Schiff, Eric Alden, David Lemieux, Alan Paul
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, 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. |
0:20.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, fellow deadheads, welcome to season 8 of The Good Old Grateful |
0:24.8 | Dead cast. |
0:26.0 | I'm your co-host Rich Mayhan. |
0:28.1 | Thank you very much for tuning in. |
0:30.8 | As we're about to go to press with this episode, we've just learned the passing of Robbie |
0:34.9 | Robertson. |
0:36.2 | We'd like to dedicate this episode to his memory and send thanks for all of the amazing |
0:41.0 | music he blessed us with. |
0:44.4 | This episode is part two of our deep dive into the summer jam at Watkins Glen, a massive |
0:49.7 | one-day concert that of course featured The Band, The Grateful Dead, and The Almond Brothers. |
0:56.6 | As being the 50th anniversary of this historic concert event, it's also the 50th anniversary |
1:01.6 | of The Grateful Dead's monumental 1973 studio album Wake of the Flood. |
1:07.2 | To celebrate this, Rhino has a grand 50th anniversary wake of the flood release, which includes |
1:13.0 | the original album remastered, some really cool early demos of songs from the album, |
1:18.5 | and six songs from a live show at McGaw Memorial Hall at Northwestern University and Evanston |
1:24.8 | Illinois from 11173. |
1:28.6 | There will be special vinyl as well as standard black vinyl CDs and digital versions available, |
1:34.0 | more info and pre-orders are happening now over at dead.net. |
1:39.1 | Head on over to dead.net slash deadcast and check out all of our past episodes, including |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Grateful Dead, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Grateful Dead and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.