Workingman’s Dead 50, Episode 3: Dire Wolf

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

Nicky Bluhm, Dave Matthews Band, Long Strange Trip, Trey Anastasio, We Are Everywhere, Neal Casal, The Band, Old And In The Way, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Jgb, Jesse Jarnow, The Dead, Donna Jean Godcheaux, Jug Band, Capital Theater, Janis Joplin, John Perry Barlow, Haight Ashbury, Live Dead, Seva, Dawg, Jrad, Steal Your Face, Jeff Chimenti, The Beatles, Deadcast, Deadheads, David Browne, Acid Test, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Kid Candelario, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Deadcast, Merle Haggard, Billy And The Kids, Merry Pranksters, Fillmore, Warren Haynes, Acid Tests, Here Comes Sunshine, Cornell, Jerry Garcia, Bill Graham Presents, Box Of Rain, Grateful Dead Photos, Jay Lane, Jerry Garcia Band, Greatful Dead Podcast, Ccr, John Mayer, Phish, Bill Kreutzman, Grateful Dead Music, Tom Constanten, Mother Mccrees Uptown Jug Champions, Mother Hips, Pigpen, Pink Floyd, David Grisman, Rolling Stone, Wall Of Sound, Bob Weir, The Wolf Brothers, Jam Bands, Time Crisis, Keith Godcheaux, Neal Cassidy, Psychedelic Rock, Bill Graham, Wilco, Prog, Max Creek, Disco Biscuits, San Francisco, John Mulvey, Diga Rhythm Band, Los Lobos, Vinyl Collectors, Mickey Hart, Wake Of The Flood, Rex Foundation, Dmb, Rhino Records, Oteil Burbridge, Europe '72, Best Of Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, Sugar Magnolia, Grateful Dead History, Fare Thee Well, Phil Lesh, Dylan & The Dead, Classic Rock, Music, Brent Mydland, Red Rocks, Bruce Hornsby, Ramrod, Hells Angels, Relix, Dark Star, Ken Kesey, 710 Ashbury, Ratdog, Rock Music, Bob Dylan, Gary Lambert, Arista, Watkins Glen, Steve Parish, Grateful Dead, American Beauty, Vince Welnick, Blues For Allah, David Lemieux, Mountain Girl, Circles Around The Sun, Music Podcast, Altamont, Dead.net, Bear's Choice, Dead.net/deadcast, Dick's Picks, Dark Star Orchestra, The Rolling Stones, Workingman's Dead, Winterland, Rhythm Devils, Touch Of Grey, Chuck Berry, Lsd, Cats, String Cheese Incident, Don Was, Music Commentary, Sunshine Daydream, Owlsley Stanley, Warner Brothers, Drums Space, Vinyl, Buffalo Springfield, Ken Babbs, Jim James, Skull And Roses, Days Between, Ripple, Festival Express, Dso, Avalon, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young, Robert Hunter, Deadhead, Nrbq, Truckin, Music History, Billy Strings, Mars Hotel, Rich Mahan, Aoxomoxoa, Psychedelic, Guitar, Vampire Weekend, Rex Jackson, Acid Rock, David Fricke, Woodstock, Allman Brothers Band, Anthem Of The Sun, Family Dog, My Morning Jacket, Dead & Co.

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Our close listen to the Grateful Dead’s remastered Workingman’s Dead 50th anniversary edition continues with “Dire Wolf.” Album co-producer Bob Matthews reveals recording tricks. With David Nelson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage, we get a look inside Jerry Garcia’s living room as he learns how to play pedal steel guitar. We untangle the connections between “Dire Wolf,” the Zodiac Killer, and Sherlock Holmes to figure out the exact date the song was written, examine session outtakes from the Angel’s Share, hear from bluegrass phenom and Dead fan Billy Strings, discuss how “Dire Wolf” is only one of many connections between the Dead and Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin, and debut a "Dire Wolf" supercut.

GUESTS: David Nelson, Bob Matthews, Billy Strings, Jeffrey Alexander, David Lemieux, Gary Lambert, Brian Kehew, Mike Johnson

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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 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, welcome back to the good old Grateful Dead cast.
0:22.0	We love getting the feedback that you're giving us. We're really happy. Goode
0:23.9	cast. We love getting the feedback that you're giving us. We're really happy you're all enjoying the
0:26.1	podcast. Very gratifying. Thank you. If you haven't already, please
0:30.4	subscribe, give us a like and leave a rating wherever you listen.
0:33.6	It helps spread the show to those who haven't been turned on to it yet, and we appreciate your help doing so.
0:39.1	Have you checked out the new Working Man's Dead 50th anniversary deluxe edition?
0:44.1	Besides the original album being expertly remastered and sounding better than ever, the set includes
0:49.4	a show from February 21st, 1971 from the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, mixed by Jeffrey Norman from the original
0:56.7	16 track analog reel-to-reel tapes over at Bob Weir's TRI Studios, and it really sounds great. Make sure to check that one out and you can do so at dead.net.
1:08.8	We are working our way through Working Man's Dead track by track and this episode is devoted to one of my favorite
1:14.5	tracks on the album Dyer Wolf. Of course it's a great song as all the songs on
1:19.0	this album are but it's the high water mark for Jerry Garcia's pedal steel playing in the studio
1:24.8	and wait till you hear what we uncovered about the Genesis of this Grateful Dead favorite.
1:30.3	Time to go back down the rabbit hole with Jesse Jarno. Working Man's Dead is organic and warm sounding, a familiar and reassuring musical feeling that sustains itself with seeming effortlessness from the first drop of the needle to the final runout groove.
1:58.0	That apparent effortlessness perhaps blurs over not only the song's musical complexities and idiosyncrasies, but also how genuinely
2:06.0	different the eight songs are from one another.
2:10.0	Following the invocatory call to joy of Uncle John's band, with its stacked vocal harmonies,
2:15.2	comes the hushed pleading of high time, featuring Bob Weir's spidery guitar counterpoint and
2:20.3	Robert Hunter's most naked lyrics to date.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

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.