Workingman’s Dead 50, Episode 1: Uncle John’s Band

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🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Join us for deep dig into the rich history of WORKINGMAN’S DEAD with album co-producer Bob Matthews and others, beginning with a close listen to “Uncle John’s Band,” including its surprising roots in jazz history and Macedonian choral music, a further look into the session outtakes, and the story of the real-life Uncle John.

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0:00.0	Yes,
0:01.0	Friends, America's hardest working rock band Malp presents Working Man's Dead, an album of country-flavored
0:06.5	tunes by The Grateful Dead, an album different from anything they've ever done before.
0:10.7	We've got to come to be bad.
0:15.4	Working man's dead, the newest from Jerry Phil Bob Bill Mickey and Pigpen.
0:20.4	Ready now on Warner Brothers, albums and tapes.
0:23.0	Steal it.
0:24.0	Come here, Uncle John,
0:27.0	And by the Bill, the Side.
0:30.0	Got some things to talk about here beside the rising...
0:37.0	The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead.
0:47.0	I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the
0:51.8	committed and the curious.
0:53.7	Ladies and gentlemen, this is the good old Grateful Deadcast.
0:57.8	We are so excited to present this podcast to you.
1:00.3	It's been in the works for what seems like forever, and here we are, episode one finally in your earbuds.
1:06.2	Welcome. We're going to dive into Working Man's Dead, the classic Grateful Dead album originally released on June 14th,
1:12.8	1970, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
1:16.7	Grateful Dead archivist and legacy manager, David Lemue.
1:20.0	Working Man's Dead, I can honestly say that I could listen to that hundreds and hundreds of times.
1:25.0	It's one of the first albums that 35 years ago when I was collecting individual Grateful Dead records,
1:31.0	as I was also getting into tape trading, it was one of the albums. It was the first one or two I got. To me it's a flawless album.
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