89 episodes

“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten life-long Dead Heads about corners of the band’s history they never knew existed. No topic will be off limits on “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” as hosts Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow explore the band’s outrageous history, innovations, and impact from 1965 to today.

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    • 4.9 • 63 Ratings

“The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast,” the official Grateful Dead podcast, is a series devoted to exploring the music and mythology behind one of the most enduring, progressive, and influential bands in the history of recorded music. The podcast’s tagline is “For The Committed And The Curious,” as episodes will invite new fans to explore the band’s enormous mythology in digestible chunks and enlighten life-long Dead Heads about corners of the band’s history they never knew existed. No topic will be off limits on “The Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast” as hosts Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow explore the band’s outrageous history, innovations, and impact from 1965 to today.

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Weather Report Suite

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Weather Report Suite

    The Deadcast finishes its season by examining Bob Weir’s ambitious Weather Report Suite with collaborator Eric Andersen & following the launch of Wake of the Flood on the band’s own label with company president Ron Rakow, plus Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan, Erik Davis, & more.

    • 2 hrs 8 min
    Wake Of The Flood 50: Prelude/Tuesday Night Jam

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Prelude/Tuesday Night Jam

    The Deadcast uncovers a most unusual lost studio session by Robert Hunter & the Grateful Dead, recorded at the Record Plant in November 1973, which we listen to in its entirety & annotate with the help of Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay & others.

    • 1 hr 27 min
    Wake Of The Flood 50: Eyes of the World

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Eyes of the World

    Explore “Eyes of the World” inside & out with the studio multi-tracks, lost lyrics, archival audio of Robert Hunter, a meditation by Erik Davis, & a tour of the song’s evolution (yes, including that cool 7/8 ending).

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Wake Of The Flood 50: Here Comes Sunshine

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Here Comes Sunshine

    We explore the Beatlesque optimism of “Here Comes Sunshine,” its roots in the Vanport flood of 1948, & the story of the brand-new custom Doug Irwin guitar Jerry Garcia debuted on Wake of the Flood.

    • 1 hr 18 min
    Wake Of The Flood 50: Stella Blue

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Stella Blue

    A personal favorite of both Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, we explore how “Stella Blue” grew from New York’s fertile Chelsea Hotel into one of the great American songs, plus Bruce Hornsby on how Wake of the Flood made him a Dead fan.

    • 1 hr 30 min
    Wake Of The Flood 50: Row Jimmy

    Wake Of The Flood 50: Row Jimmy

    The Deadcast explores the strange not-quite-reggae of “Row Jimmy,” featuring a long never-heard interview with lyricist Robert Hunter from 1977.

    • 1 hr 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
63 Ratings

63 Ratings

nick_00_ ,

🎵☮️🕊

grateful dead spirit into a podcast

ThreeBeans21 ,

My favourite podcast by far

As a new deadhead this podcast is a great deep dive into the history and spirit of the Grateful Dead. I have read many books on the Dead already but it is great to hear the voices of the people who were there. It is really informative, entertaining and the love and joy the producers have for the Grateful Dead comes through in every episode. I always finish an episode feeling good. I’m thankful for all the people whose hard work goes into each episode.

BoysontheBus ,

Unprecedented

This podcast is meticulously researched and wonderfully listenable. Bravo!

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