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Sam Paddor and Tom Constanten discuss Tom's role playing with the Grateful Dead in the late 1960s.

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Eric Renner Brown is a Senior Editor at Billboard magazine and was previously on staff covering music at Entertainment Weekly and the concert industry at Pollstar. Eric is a Sagittarius Sun // Sagittarius Moon // Scorpio Rising. We sit down to chat about the music and astrology of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and Phil Lesh of—you know it—the Grateful Dead!

What We Talked About: Grateful Dead - American Beauty (Album) // Grateful Dead – Dick's Picks (Playlist) // Grateful Dead - 8/27/72 - Veneta, OR (Audio) // Grateful Dead - 5/26/73 - San Francisco, CA (Audio) // Grateful Dead - 5/2/70 - Binghamton, NY (Audio) // Furthur (band) Wikipedia // A Requiem for the Dead (Article on Dead & Co) // Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (Album) // Robert Hunter 1941-2019: Ten Lyrical Gems From The Brilliant Mind & Author (Article) // Robert Hunter - Sentinel (Spoken word audio) // Jerry Garcia - Bird Song (Studio Version) // Ratboys - The Window (Album) // Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps (Album) // JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown - SCARING THE HOES VOL. 1 (Album) // Armand Hammer - We Buy Diabetic Test Strips (Album) // Animal Collective - Isn't It Now (Album) // Animal Collective - What Would I Want? Sky (Song, samples Grateful Dead) // Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain (Song, sampled by AnCo) // Who is William Onyeabor? (Album) // Afro-Beat Airways (Album) // Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (Album) // The Postal Service - Give Up (Album) // Alice Phoebe Lou - Shelter (Album) // Geese - 3D Country (Album) // Cory Hanson - Western Cum (Album) // Grateful Dead - Ripple (Song) ...

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Our theme music is from the song, "Come & Get It" by Flamingosis. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@musicstr0l0gy) and check out our website at musicstrologypodcast.com.

In this episode, we discuss the Grateful Dead's second studio album, 'Anthem Of The Sun,' in belated celebration of the 55th anniversary of its July 18, 1968 release.

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Summary:
Josh Ritter, named one of the "100 Greatest Living Songwriters" by Paste magazine, dives deep with Scott on the evolution of his songwriting and the boundaries he pushed on his most recent album. 

Part One:
Scott and Paul talk about politicians who play music. Because SOMEONE needs to talk about it! 

Part Two:
Scott's in-depth conversation with Josh Ritter

About Josh Ritter:
Named one of the “100 Greatest Living Songwriters” by Paste magazine, Josh Ritter has released eleven critically acclaimed studio albums. Carving out a reputation as a thoughtful and poetic lyricist, Ritter’s music been covered by Bob Weir, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan. Attracting attention for breakout songs such as “Getting Ready to Get Down,” “Kathleen,” and “Miles Away,” Ritter is no stranger to critics’ best albums of the year lists. His 2019 album, Fever Breaks, was produced by Jason Isbell and backed by Isbell’s band, the 400 Unit. His most recent album, which reunites him with his own Royal City Band and finds him continuing to push sonic boundaries, is called Spectral Lines. 

In this episode, we review the Grateful Dead's latest box set, Here Comes Sunshine: 1973, which contains five complete shows from Spring '73, and can still be ordered in various formats here. For those of you who don't wish to spring for the box, the June 10 show at RFK Stadium has been selected as the "breakout" show from the box, and can be found here.

I also had the pleasure of being a guest on Workingman's Pod about a month ago to discuss the June 10 show, so check it out too!

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In this, the Season 6 finale, we recap my trip to San Francisco this past weekend, centred around a review of Dead & Company's tour-closing show at Oracle Park on Sunday.

I'll be taking a few weeks off now, but will be back for Season 7 in no time!

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Paul Weagraff interviews Bob Weir, owner of DelArt Cinema, and Lauren McMahon from the Delaware Art Museum about the partnership featuring DelArt Cinema Streaming now and drive-in movie opportunities at the museum this summer.

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Delaware State of the Arts is a weekly podcast that presents interviews with arts organizations and leaders who contribute to the cultural vibrancy of communities throughout Delaware. Delaware State of the Arts is provided as a service of the Division of the Arts, in partnership with NEWSRADIO 1450 WILM and 1410 WDOV.

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In this episode, I present my complete recording of Dead & Company's "U.S. Blues" encore at Chicago's Wrigley Field this past Friday, June 9, 2023.

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In this episode, I present my complete recording of Dead & Company's second set-closing "Sugar Magnolia"/"Scarlet Begonias" sandwich at Chicago's Wrigley Field this past Friday, June 9, 2023.

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This is the second in a two-part series recapping my trip to Chicago this past weekend, centred around reviewing the Dead & Company shows at Wrigley Field that were the purpose of my trip. 
In this episode, we pick up Saturday morning and cover a lakeside bike ride, a half-rack of ribs, a massive blueberry muffin and an Allagash White — oh, and the main event: the June 10 show!

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This is the first in a two-part series recapping my trip to Chicago this past weekend, centred around reviewing the Dead & Company shows at Wrigley Field that were the purpose of my trip. 
In this episode, we briefly recap my Deadhead journey to this point, discuss the first half of my trip, review the June 9 show, and leave off with me going to bed early Saturday morning...

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For the past several decades, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams -- both together and separately -- have lived a life on the road performing music across the country and around the world.  Now over the past several years, this lovely couple has been playing music and traveling together, touring behind their new album, Live at Levon's!, representing the special time they have spent over the years at the iconic Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY.  Larry is a gifted in-demand sideman originally from New York City, while Teresa is an extraordinary vocalist who came to NYC as an actor and singer, and eventually toured as a backing vocalist with legendary acts such as Mavis Staples, Emilou Harris, Jackson Browne and Bob Weir.  Larry is a noted record producer, toured as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band for many years and was the Musical Director of Levon's Midnight Ramble Band for over a decade. Their musical lives are a tale of time spent on the road -- and now their paths have converged allowing them to create music and tour together. Their combined knowledge of road life and shared love of live performing serves as the constant impetus in their lives and they are here to share their wisdom about life, love and what is all means to them both individually and as a couple.  Come share Larry's and Teresa's love of music and road life on  this week's episode of Roadcase!

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In Episode 27, Max's adventure begins with a ZZ Top / Skynyrd show, then we talk about some of the legendary shows at the State Fair Speedway. Now days, considered a one hit wonder, but back in 1999, Days of The New became a big deal really fast at a very young age. We talk about a couple of Days of The New / Travis Meeks shows as well as a historic Mr. Bungle show! Max tells the story about talking to David Lee Roth on the phone to buy CD Stock of the new DLR record for Choice Music, not realizing he was talking to Diamond Dave! Speaking of Choice Music, If you love Hanson, you should thank Max for carrying their independent release before blowing up for their success! If you hate Hanson, you should blame Max, its all his fault!!! Max talks about carrying their Cassette's & CD's before signing their Major Label record deal & singing acapella in Choice Music for him. Occasionally, Max will drop some gems, you just have to be there to pick up the knowlege. In this episode, he explains how Afroman gets his hustle on in certain states.... In short, Episode 27, we go from ZZ Top, to Hanson, to Afroman.... Here's The Deal! 

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In this, the Season 5 finale, we rank all 86 of the Grateful Dead's 1972 concerts, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of that venerable year in Dead history. In a sense, I've been working on this episode for two years now, as I listened to all 86 shows last year in preparation for this year! 

This year alone, I spent somewhere in the neighbourhood of 375 hours on this exercise, and created over 40,000 words of content between notes, spreadsheets, etc. A list like this can never be entirely objective, but I did try to make the process as refined as possible. It was a labour of love all the way, and I hope you enjoy it!

I also appeared on Workingman's Pod again recently to talk '72 Dead: https://rss.com/podcasts/workingmans-pod/749443/

Thank you all for a great year, and I'll see you sometime next month for Season 6!

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For the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, there is nothing better than being on stage, playing music in front of a live audience. “When you're hitting those notes that your body didn't know it could hit,” says Weir, “I feel beyond human. I can't imagine that there's more that life has to offer.” In this episode, Margo speaks to one of her long-time heroes about everything from meditation, to psychedelic mushrooms and the existence of God.

Show Notes: 
Bob Weir will play four shows at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. with Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Oct 5-9, followed by a fall tour across the western U.S.

Check out America’s Dead, the new show from Sonos, launching today on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, the Sonos Radio app, and podcast platforms everywhere.

Credits:
Runaway Horses is produced by work by work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Kathleen Ottinger and Emily Shaw. The show is mixed by Sam Bair. Our recording engineers are Nick Byrd, Will Grieg, Thad Kopec, and Lake Wilson. Special thanks to Amy Schmalz and Maddie Case at Monotone, Jazz Atkin at Loma Vista, and Joe Dawson at Sonos. The show’s theme song is Nowhere Fast off of Margo Price's album, All American Made.

In this episode, we review the latest instalment in the Dave's Picks series, which consists of two complete 1969 shows: November 2 at the Family Dog in San Francisco, and December 26 at SMU's McFarlin Auditorium in Dallas.

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In this episode, we take a look at the Grateful Dead's ninth studio album, 'Terrapin Station,' in celebration of the 45th anniversary of its release.

For a more comprehensive look at the incomparable title track, check out my brother, Spencer, and I's deep-dive in Episode 36!

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In this episode, joined by my friend, Alex Mihalopoulos, we discuss the Grateful Dead's legendary Europe '72 tour in celebration of its 50th anniversary. This tour is one of my favourite topics, and as it was the first topic covered on this show way back in Episode 2, it only made sense for its 50th anniversary episode to receive the honour of being Episode 100. See the links below for previous Europe '72 content I've been involved with...

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My original Europe '72 episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1119254/4221785

Ranking the Europe '72 versions of "Dark Star": https://www.buzzsprout.com/1119254/8688805

Ranking the Europe '72 versions of "The Other One": https://www.buzzsprout.com/1119254/8647805

My guest appearance on Workingman's Pod discussing Europe '72: https://rss.com/podcasts/workingmans-pod/448351/

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In this episode, we have a look at the Grateful Dead's latest archival live release, 'Dave's Picks Vol. 42,' which contains their 2/23/74 show at Winterland in San Francisco. We also briefly cover the subscriber-only bonus disc, which contains 10 of the 30 songs from the night before...

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In this episode, we discuss the Grateful Dead's eponymous debut album in celebration of its 55th anniversary. Their live output gets most of the attention — rightfully so — but their studio output shouldn't be ignored...

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