Join Dead Heads Alex and Dave in conversation about the Grateful Dead. Each episode, the Heads listen to the a different show from the Grateful Dead's legendary touring career. In addition to concert reviews, you'll get a dose of history, stats, facts, and surprises along the way. Get on the bus for Workingman's Pod: Talkin' Dead with Alex and Dave!
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave talkin' all things 4/27 and 4/28 1985 from Stanford! We break down the Dave's Picks Volume 49 release and go head-to-head in a 6-song Song Draft. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Note: only songs from Night 1, 4/27/1985, were able to be included as samples in this episode. Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - for the last WP episode of 2023! For this end-of-year extravaganza, we're looking at the 4 shows from December 26th 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, all from the Oakland Auditorium Arena in Oakland, CA. From those 4 shows, we'll build a "mega set" for the ultimate 12/26 imaginary playlist! Link to Grateful Seconds' article on New Year's Eve runs for the Grateful Dead: http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/12/bay-area-1976-1991-16-years-57-new.html Also, first-hand accounts of the 1980 and 1981 shows from who else, Grateful Seconds! http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2015/01/east-to-west-grateful-dead-live-at.htmlhttp://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/11/return-of-big-boss-man-day-at-dentist.htmlFollow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com. We'll see you in February 2024!
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - in WP's analysis of Dave's Picks Volume 48 Disc 3 from the Kiel Opera House on October 24th 1970! Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com.The essay on the Dead's early thematic jams: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/deads-early-thematic-jams.htmlP.S. Thanks again to Zac for joining us in part 1! Make sure to check out Zac's show Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper!
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - in WP's analysis of Dave's Picks Volume 48 from the Pauley Pavilion on November 20th 1971! Certified PodHead Zac Cropper from Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper guest stars to talk about the first two discs of Dave's Picks Vol. 48. We talk everything from Keith's arrival in the band to our favorite Dave's Picks artwork to Taylor Swift and Bryan Adams!Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com.Also, check out Zac's show Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper!
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - talkin' all things 10/31/1971 from the Ohio Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. The second set of this show was officially released as Dick's Picks Volume 2.Essay on early thematic jams: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/01/deads-early-thematic-jams.htmlFollow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - in WP's first dive into 1988! Johnathan of @BrokedownPodcast guest stars to talk all things 4/30/1988 from the Frost Amphitheater at University of Stanford. Come for the debut of Let the Good Times Roll, stay for the band's only China > Rider Encore (ever!) 35 years later.Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com. Also, check out Johnathan's show Brokedown Podcast!Johnathan's music can be found at: https://jmhart.bandcamp.com/album/slips-trips-falls or https://rowjimmy.net/.Dead Head TV episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-30-O30Y3YBrett Mydland solo show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw8yywEj_pY
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, just Dave - talkin' all things 10/20/1968 from the Greek Theatre at University of California Berkeley. Enjoy an absolute ripping Primal Dead show 55 years later! Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, join just Dave - talkin' with Howard Weiner to discuss all things 10/17/1983 from the Grateful Dead's only show played in Lake Placid, NY! Howard was there and talks all about it. Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com. Buy Howard's book! The Grateful Pilgrimage, available now https://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Pilgrimage-Time-Travel-Dead/dp/B0C2TBB7GT
Join Deadheads Alex and Dave - except this time, join just Dave - talkin' all things 10/17/1983 from the Grateful Dead's only show played in Lake Placid, NY! Follow us @workingmanspod, @workingmans_pod on Instagram, or email us at workingmanspod@gmail.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave say how do you do and talk all things Aoxomoxoa! The Grateful Dead's third studio release, from 1969, is a classic. So start doin' that rag and get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Full video available on youtube: https://youtu.be/RyGi9dCOfIYIf you enjoyed this format, send us a note on Twitter, @workingmanspod, Instagram, @workingmans_pod, or on Mastodon, @workingmanspod@heads.social.
The second in our WP from the Vault series! Alex and Dave give a quick intro and then it's a re-release from April 26, 2022:Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's rockin', rollin', envelopin' show from June 24, 1985 at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Topics include: phenomenal set-openers, a Cryptical Envelopment revival, mid-80s Dead setlists, the rise of amphitheaters in America, and the worst review in Grateful Dead history? Get on the bus and buckle up for a bumpy but worthwhile ride through an absolutely killer show! If you're enjoying the show, send us a note on Twitter, @workingmanspod, or Instagram, @workingmans_pod! Links: The show: https://archive.org/details/gd85-06-24.sbd.miller.25315.sbeok.shnf Grateful Seconds: http://www.gratefulseconds.com/
The second in our WP from the Vault series! Alex and Dave give a quick intro and then it's a re-release from November 8, 2022:Dead Heads Dave and Alex discuss Justin Kreutzmann's great new documentary, Let There Be Drums! with the man himself, Justin Kreutzmann! Justin is a great storyteller, which is surely part of what makes him such a talented filmmaker. During our conversation, he shares some great insights about the making of this movie, and tells us a bunch of great stories.Let There Be Drums! is available to rent and buy now and it is FULL of amazing interviews (plus some tremendous archival Grateful Dead content.) Ain't no time to wait: hit the link below and go support Justin's excellent work.Links:Let There Be Drums! on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0B6V5ZF5T/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_rLet There Be Drums! on Apple - https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/let-there-be-drums/umc.cmc.3cchyowhgpbp87fu7jumdqc9wJustin's interview with Relix - https://relix.com/articles/detail/justin-kreutzmann-from-apocalypse-now-to-let-there-be-drums/Justin on the Dean Delray's Let There be Talk podcast, talking about the film and lots of other stuff - https://podtail.com/podcast/dean-delray-s-let-there-be-talk/-602-justin-kreutzmann-director-of-let-there-be-dr/
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's latest archival release, Dave's Picks Vol. 47, recorded December 9, 1979, at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, MO. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Timestamps:2:00 - Days Between7:00 - Background on 1979 in Grateful Dead and Music History26:45 - The Show1:24:00 - Favorite CD, Imaginary Playlist Draft, and Alex's hottest take of the episode
The first in our WP from the Vault series! Alex and Dave give a quick intro and then it's a re-release from March 22, 2022:Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's spooky, spacey, psychedelic show from July 12, 1990 at RFK Stadium in DC. Topics include: our first Brent Mydland show(!); Bob Bralove and MIDI; our first Drums>Space; Box of Rain; Victim or the Crime; late-period Dark Star; and Touch of Grey.If you're enjoying the show, send us a note on Twitter, @workingmanspod, or Instagram, @workingmans_pod!Links:Video of the Second Set: https://youtu.be/ZZ2JUjYcroc?t=9960Grateful Seconds: http://www.gratefulseconds.com/Garrett Graham on "Victim": http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/votc.htmlJerry Garcia on "Victim": https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-victim-or-crimeLost Live Dead: https://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/
Workingman's Pod discusses their instant reaction to Dead & Company's 2023 Tour, which concluded July 16 in San Francisco. Billed as "Dead and Company: The Final Tour," highlights were not hard to find this summer. The guys were glad to enjoy the whole thing! Now, they're breaking down their thoughts and feelings about the tour as a whole, some shows they found extra special, and the songs that defined the final tour. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's finals shows, Saturday and Sunday, July 14th and 15th, 2023 at Oracle Park in San Francisco! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.comSamples courtesy of the great Eric Lugassy - https://archive.org/details/deadco2023-07-15.EJL95/Deadco2023-07-15t23.flac & https://archive.org/details/deadco2023-07-16.EJL95
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Friday, July 14th, 2023 at Oracle Park in San Francisco in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links: To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's longest ever show, featuring sit ins from the Allman Brothers band, from 6/10/73 at RFK Stadium!This is the band's newest official release, now available wherever you stream music. To celebrate the occasion, Zach Cropper--host of Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper--joined us to draft our favorite songs from this super-sized show, which Rolling Stone described at the time as, "far less a concert than an event." Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:Follow Rock Talk with Dr. Cropper wherever you listen to podcasts!Deadessays monumental piece on The Dead and The Allmans - https://deadessays.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-dead-and-allmans.htmlDeadessays on “The Proto-Solomon Jam” - http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-proto-solomon-jazz-jam.htmlGrateful Seconds talkin' 6/10/73 - http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/04/rfk-1973-certified-killer.htmlAll samples come from Monte Barry's excellent AUD, available at https://archive.org/details/gd1973-06-10.fob.barry.90351.flac16/gd73-06-10d2t03.flacFollow us on social media! @workingmanspod on Twitter and @workingmans_pod on Instagram
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from July 8th, 2023 at The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links: To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from July 7th, 2023 at The Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links: To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from July 3rd, 2023 at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado (featuring Dave Matthews!) in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from July 2nd, 2023 at Folsom Field in Colorado in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from July 1, 2023 in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.comSample credit to Eric Lugassy's AUD! Follow @dose_everybody on Twitter to keep up with Rick's taping - https://archive.org/details/deadco2023-07-01.EJL95/Deadco2023-07-01/deadco2023-07-01t11.flacLo Semple's column, "One Last Saturday Night" - https://www.aspendailynews.com/arts_and_entertainment/semple-one-last-saturday-night/article_f59be812-17f3-11ee-a2f2-7fc80ada207b.html
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Tuesday, June 27th at Deer Creek in Noblesville, IN in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Sunday, June 25th at Fenway Park in Boston, MA in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.comCredit for the Comes a Time sample goes to Eric Lugassy! Thanks for taping, Eric - https://archive.org/details/deadco2023-06-25.EJL95
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Saturday, June 24th at Fenway Park in Boston, MA in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Thursday, June 22nd at Citi Field in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Wednesday, June 21st at Citi Field in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Sunday, June 18th at SPAC in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Saturday, June 17th at SPAC in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Thursday, June 15th at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod discusses Dead & Company's show from Tuesday, June 13th at Cincinnati's Riverbend Music Center in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from Saturday, June 10th at Wrigley Field, Chicago in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod! Links: To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_pod. Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from Friday, June 9th at Wrigley Field in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from Wednesday, June 7th at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from Monday, June 5th at the Star Lake Pavillion in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Workingman's Pod is back for another episode of D&C in 23. We're talkin' Dead & Company's show from June 3, 2023 at Bristow's Jiffy Lube Live in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discussing Dead & Company's show from June 1, 2023 at Raleigh's Walnut Creek Amphitheater in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Discussing Dead & Company's show from May 30, 2023 at Charlotte's PNC Pavillion in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's instant classic show from May 28, 2023 at Atlanta's Cellaris Amphitheatre in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from May 26, 2023 at Dallas's Dos Equis Pavillion in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from May 23, 2023 at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (Phoenix, AZ) in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com Poster from last night's show: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsmEUY8ur5C/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from May 20 at the LA Forum in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links: To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.comOfficial poster for 5/20 at The Forum, by Dave Kloc - https://www.instagram.com/DaveKloc/Dead Air Interview with Otiel Burbridge (from 5/20) - https://www.youtube.com/live/2LgoS26D1Xo?feature=share&t=583
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss Dead & Company's show from May 19 at the LA Forum in 23 minutes or less! Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:To play Estimated Prophets with us this summer, hit us on social media or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.com; Twitter - @workingmanspod; Instagram - @workingman's_podVote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com Official poster for 5/19 at The Forum, by Zeb Love - https://www.instagram.com/Zeb_Love/ Dead Air Interview with John Mayer (from 5/19) - https://www.youtube.com/live/g6qjwt6Y_w4?feature=share&t=617
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's crackling, clean, captivating concert from 9/9/72 at the Hollywood Palladium. Played on the heels of one of their all-time classics, in Veneta, Oregon, just a couple weeks prior, this show has some monster playing and a fantastic setlist, to boot! Come along for the ride with your favorite Grateful Dead podcast, Workingman's Pod!Links:All concert clips from a great AUD, credit to Bruce Harvie for taping - https://archive.org/details/gd1972-09-09.131690.harvie-betrando-berger-johan.flac24/gd72-09-09s1t04.flacHoward Weiner's new book, The Grateful Pilgrimage - https://a.co/d/80eVhdv
WP discusses Dead & Company's show from 5/8/23 at Cornell's Barton Hall with special guest Howard Weiner! Dead & Co trucked on up to Ithaca to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's legendary show at Barton Hall on 5/8/77. My oh my was this a great show! Howard was in Ithaca for the show and tells us about his experience on lot, his various trips to Barton Hall over the years, and about his new book, The Grateful Pilgrimage: Time Travel With the Dead, available now through the link below! Howard also plays Estimated Prophet with us, guessing Dead & Co will play The Music Never Stopped and an 80s Dead bust out (tune in to find out which!) when they open their summer tour next week in LA.Links:To play the D&C Fantasy Draft, hit us on any of our social media channels or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.comBuy Howard's new book! - https://a.co/d/hoHkiFX
Dead Heads Alex and Dave introduce a new type of episode, D&C in 23... with WP! This summer, we'll be with you for every stop of Dead & Company's final tour. The day after each show, we'll be posting an episode recapping the previous night's show and previewing the next stop on the Golden Road. This episode, we introduce the concept and discuss Dead & Company's show from the New Orleans Jazz Fest on May 6, 2023! Where are Dead & Co as a group heading into this summer's tour? What songs do we think the band will play at their tour-opening show in LA? Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod to find out!Links:To play #EstimatedProphets with us this summer, hit us on any of our social media channels or via email at workingmanspod@gmail.comBruce Sunpie Barnes biography - https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/bruce-sunpie-barnes-8139/
Dead Heads Alex and Dave are talkin' all things Anthem of the Sun! The Grateful Dead's sophomore studio release is perhaps their most psychedelic album. Get on the bus; Cowboy Neal's at the wheel and we're off to never ever land!If you enjoyed this format, send us a note on Twitter, @workingmanspod, Instagram, @workingmans_pod, or on Mastodon, @workingmanspod@heads.social.
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's all-time great show from 4/12/78 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC. From the Jack Straw opener through the US Blues closer, this show has too many highlights to list! A great example of an "all killer, no filler" Dead show from a beloved tour in Spring '78. Get on the bus with Workingman's Pod!Links:Full show video (high quality) from 4/12/78 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLFfNwLtes&ab_channel=ChristopherHazardUS Blues encore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US5YOof3XAo&ab_channel=ChristopherHazardLost Live Dead on the Dead's history in North Carolina - http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-grateful-dead-in-north-carolina-and.html Grateful Seconds on this show - http://www.gratefulseconds.com/search/label/1978-04-12 Photo of the band on stage - https://www.dead.net/duke-university-4-12-78
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's three night run at the Rosemont Horizon in 1993. To discuss all three nights of the run, we relied on a great compilation put together by the Deadsound App! See the links below for more on the app and to listen to this great compilation.Links:Must Have Been the Rosemont compilation - https://www.deadsound.app/blog/for-your-pleasure-rosemont-1993Deadsound homepage - https://deadsound.app Washington Post on the highest grossing live acts of 1993 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/01/12/bette-barbra-on-top-in-93/a5ac5d12-15cc-409c-9c22-2da513816e28/Peter Shapiro's documentary, "And Miles To Go Before I sleep: On Tour With the Grateful Dead” - https://relix.com/articles/detail/watch-peter-shapiros-documentary-and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep-on-tour-with-the-grateful-dead-summer-1993/#ixzz5qbMfm9b5
Dead Heads Alex and Dave discuss the Grateful Dead's unique and--dare we say--legendary show from the Greek Theatre on 7/13/84. Scarlet>Touch>Fire? Dark Star encore?! Treats everywhere you look in this excellent show from an underlooked year in Grateful Dead history. Get on the bus and buckle up to ride, ride, ride!Links:Show excerpts come from a great AUD, recorded by Jim Quirk and David Perez - https://archive.org/details/gd1984-07-13.beyerm160.quirk.perez.31989.sbeok.flac16/gd1984-07-13d3t05.flacGrateful Seconds on missing this show - http://www.gratefulseconds.com/search/label/1984-07-13