Doug Schmell joins us to discuss the best show of 1971...Freddy King tribute...Tennessee Jed hand grenade....A Bobby McGee gem...The Other One!!!...A marathon of Robert Hunter classics....

RIP Donna Jean and Jack DeJohnette...Highlights of greatest Jack Straws ever, History and analysis of the all mighty Jack Straw. Mind-blowing Sraws galore, all in one in podcast. 3=

Playin/Fingers disorientation for NYC followed by an Uncle River hoedown...What a four-song opener...Looks Like Rain gold....The Eyes tease....a glorious night for Jerry ballads

Happy Birthday Mickey...9/11 Love and Theft NYC reflections...Doug Schmell joins the podcast...Feelin Groovy...Horns or no horns...The big three to close D Star/Morning Dew/ Sugar Magnolia

Blazing opening set, the band is as fired up as the raucous crowd...Dead excel during a typical set. and then they blow the roof of the joint and stop time in its tracks during set two with a sensational pre-Drums...Exceptional versions of Sail0r/Saint and Comes a Time/Truckin

Thirty years later, the legacy of Jerry and the Dead grows exponentially...Five immortal instrumentals jams from Madison Square Garden, Alpine Valley, Hartford, Giants Stadium, and Brendan Byrne Arena...Slipknot! Let it Grow...Morning Dew...etc.

A day before Jerry Garcia's 32nd birthday, the Grateful Dead perform three epic sets--four hours in length...Doug Schmell joins me to discuss the brilliance behind this magnificent show.

The day before Jerry's 32nd birthday, the Dead deliver four epic hours of music...Doug Schmell is back to rave about this performance....Brilliant Half Step...China Cat boils...The Wall of Sound!

The year 1977 is complete. This is the only show I didn't write about in my book,Grateful Dead 1977. The recording is now available. Thank you Charlie Miller!...Cool Jed and Straw...The embodiment if 1977 power, a wild Music Never Stopped to close the set....Garcia is playing possum again during Eyes...Legendary FOTD for the Sun Devils of Arizona State.,,UJB gold in the encore slot

One More Saturday Night/ Fire Opener, That's a show! The genius of Garcia, three well-crafted peaks in one instrumental....Desirable selections all night...Comes a Time stops time in its tracks...This was also the 40th anniversary of Live Aid...Thoughts on performances by Dire Straits, Clapton, and Dylan.