The Deadcast concludes its dive into Robert Hunter’s 1962 book, The Silver Snarling Trumpet (and its 10th season), exploring teenage Jerry Garcia’s adventures with his friends Alan Trist and Brigid Meier in Palo Alto, and how this early scene gave way to the Grateful Dead.

Guests: Alan Trist, Brigid Meier, Dennis McNally

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To celebrate the Deadcast’s 100th episode, we begin a 2-part special joined by the co-stars of Robert Hunter’s newly-published 1962 book, the Silver Snarling Trumpet, a startling in-the-moment account of his and Jerry Garcia’s formative years in Palo Alto.

Guests: Alan Trist, Brigid Meier, Dennis McNally

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The Deadcast uncovers the long-lost tape of the Dead & San Francisco’s Sufi Choir at Winterland in 1971, telling its untold story with composer Allaudin Mathieu, finding hidden connections to big band jazz, longform improv comedy, & spirituality, plus an appearance by Wavy Gravy.

Guests: Allaudin Mathieu, Wavy Gravy, Michael Parrish, John “Tex” Coate, Erik Davis, Christopher Coffman

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The Deadcast crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains for the Dead’s only show in Huntington, West Virginia, including close looks at the innovative fashion and LSD scenes then emerging in Dead parking lots, and the conclusion of a rare 1978 interview with Jerry Garcia.

Guests: Kathy Sublette, Rob Bleetstein, Bob Wagner, Bob Minkin, Jay Blakesberg, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman, Erik Davis, Annabelle Walsh

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The Deadcast cruises into two April ‘78 shows on Virginia college campuses alongside a pair of chartered buses from New York filled with seething Dead freaks and gets into Jerry Garcia’s favorite music and guitar tips from rare interviews.

Guests: Sanjay Mishra, Kathy Sublette, Rob Bleetstein, Bob Minkin, Del Ward, Bob Wagner, Nick Morgan, Jon Lerner, John Wehrle, Scott White, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman

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The Deadcast tells the story of the legendary Duke ‘78 show, the unexplored history of the Dead in North Carolina, the first campout at Cameron Indoor Stadium, the mysterious guest percussionist, & the student-run cable station that filmed it.

Guests: Peter Coyle, Fred Goldring, Nick Morgan, Joe DiMona, Bob Wagner, Jim Enright, Steve Maizner, Charly Mann, Eric Mlyn, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman

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The Deadcast pulls into Atlanta’s Fox Theatre to explore the Dead’s two April ‘78 shows, delving into the local underground music scene with Glenn Phillips of the Hampton Grease Band, as well as rare Jerry Garcia interviews.

Guests: Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Glenn Phillips, Steve Maizner, David Lemieux

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The Deadcast launches its 10th season, hitting the road for the April 1978 tour documented on the new FRIEND OF THE DEVILS box, exploring the band’s new sound for ‘78 & the birth of drums/space, featuring taper tales & rare archival interviews with Jerry Garcia.

Guests: Richard Loren, Bob Wagner, David Lemieux, Steve Silberman

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The Grateful Deadcast welcomes back Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay for the season finale, digs into “Ship of Fools,” and visits the set for the Grateful Dead Movie, aka the Dead’s five “retirement” shows at Winterland in 1974, with heads who attended.

Guests: Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, David Grisman, Elvis Costello, Steve Brown, Richie Pechner, Jerry Pompili, Jim Sullivan, John Perry, Gary Lambert, Geoff Gould, Joan Brown, Michael Parrish, Corry Arnold, Strider Brown, Jay Kerley, Rita Fiedler, Rene Tinner, Lee Ranaldo, Gregory Barette, Ron Long, David Lemieux, Brian Anderson, Shaugn O’Donnell, Brian Kehew

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The Deadcast explores the Mars Hotel obscurity “Money Money” & goes on the Dead’s mayhem-filled Europe ‘74 tour, including a long look at the extended jams & Seastones sets performed with Ned Lagin.

Guests: Ned Lagin, Elvis Costello, Andy Leonard, Richard Loren, Steve Brown, John Perry, Ben Haller, Andy Childs, Uli Teute, Paul Matulic, David Lemieux, Brian Kehew, Rebecca Adams, Shaugn O’Donnell, Brian Anderson, Michael Kaler

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