Workingman's Pod – Details, episodes & analysis

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.

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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.html

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/11/return-of-big-boss-man-day-at-dentist.html

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We'll see you in February 2024!

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!

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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_r

Let There Be Drums! on Apple - https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/let-there-be-drums/umc.cmc.3cchyowhgpbp87fu7jumdqc9w

Justin'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 Between

7:00 - Background on 1979 in Grateful Dead and Music History

26:45 - The Show

1:24:00 - 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.

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Links:

Video of the Second Set: https://youtu.be/ZZ2JUjYcroc?t=9960

Grateful Seconds: http://www.gratefulseconds.com/

Garrett Graham on "Victim": http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/votc.html

Jerry Garcia on "Victim": https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-victim-or-crime

Lost Live Dead: https://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/

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_pod

Vote on your favorite Dead & Co performances - www.deadyversion.com

Samples 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

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.html

Deadessays on “The Proto-Solomon Jam” - http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-proto-solomon-jazz-jam.html

Grateful Seconds talkin’ 6/10/73 - http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/04/rfk-1973-certified-killer.html

All samples come from Monte Barry's excellent AUD, available at https://archive.org/details/gd1973-06-10.fob.barry.90351.flac16/gd73-06-10d2t03.flac

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