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 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.

Mik Bondy joins us to discuss The Garcia Project's upcoming Days Between Tour, and the evolution of the band through the years...On July 4, 1975 Jerry Garcia rocks the Great American Music Hall with astounding performances---Audio highlights from this legendary show.

Doug Schmell joins us to discuss this four-hour spectacular from Vancouver...A smoking China Cat highlights a Never Ending opening set...A massive, distinctive, Truckin' Other One explores all possibilities...Sugar Magnolia is a creative master blaster to end set two...1973 Gold!