Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 5: Cumberland Blues

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🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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DESCRIPTION: We flip sides on the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead and explore why “Cumberland Blues” is a much stranger song than it might seem, chart the transformation into the so-called Bakersfield Dead, and--in an extended interview--hear how new tour manager Sam Cutler helped the band turn themselves into a real-life workingman’s Dead during one of the most tumultuous and pivotal moments in their history.

GUESTS: Sam Cutler, Shaugn O’Donnell, Bob Matthews, David Nelson, Gary Lambert, Mike Johnson

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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.
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0:32.4	celebration of the 50th anniversary of
0:34.2	working man's dead. And as we deep dive into each song on this classic Grateful Dead
0:39.0	studio album, I find myself loving it even more than before if that's possible.
0:43.7	Be sure to treat yourself to the expertly remastered re-release of the album out now,
0:48.6	which includes a show from February 21st, 1971 at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, New York.
0:55.6	This show was mixed by Jeffrey Norman from the original 16 track Analog Reel to Reel tapes.
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1:38.8	In this episode, we dive the deepest we have yet into the structure of any of these songs with Cumberland Blues.
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