Robert Hunter was the main lyricist for The Grateful Dead and its only
off-stage member. He died late in September 2019.
As a tribute to his work in the band, I've been playing all of his Grateful
Dead songs, in the order the band debuted them. I generally have not
p...
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Today's show is all about Jerry. Prepared and served wo different ways.
You'll hear significant portions from the two most rare Jerry Garcia
performances away from The Grateful Dead, as well as some extra sweet tunes
from the Legion of Mary.
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About two bits after 2 pm, Andrew is kicking off a new many-part special
called 'Long Time Gone.' It will feature the songs with the longest gaps
between performances and you'll hear the bookends of that gap. He's been
culling through three different song lists, creati...
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Our original idea didn't quite pan out (tune in next year), so instead we've
got several ideas to present to you.
Launching our marathon at Noon, Sun plans to honor both the upcoming
'National Jazz Appreciation Month' and 'National Month of Hope,' by playing
some ...
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Last August, I launched this special to combine two of my passions:
Grateful Dead music and literacy (I'm a teacher). I'm moving through the
alphabet (twice), playing a round of originals and then covers whose name
begins with each letter. Today we round out the fi...
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These Capitol Theater gigs weren't the first shows of the year, but they were
certainly the most significant ones (to that point anyway).
They were make-up shows, Mickey Hart left the band after the first night, the
band debuted seven new songs AND each night was a sc...
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