Completely Conspicuous 505: Europe '72

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's live triple album Europe '72. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Triple album documenting the Dead's European tour - Displays new Americana sound - Mickey Hart's gone, Keith and Donna Godchaux join - Full tour was documented on a 73-CD box set - Letting it all hang out at an Oregon show - Garcia and Weir released solo albums this year - The Dead's influenced ranged wide, eventually including members of punk/indie acts like Black Flag and Meat Puppets - Greg Ginn, noted Deadhead - The greatness of "Jack Straw" - Later covered by eventual guest keyboardist Bruce Hornsby - Grateful Dead keyboardists : Spinal Tap drummers - "A long f-ing album" - Unrelated: The Dirtbombs rule - "China Cat Sunflower" sounds very different here than the original - This is Peak Dead - The band captured the communal live experience and attracted a huge following - When you party too hard before the show - Pigpen's last hurrah - "Morning Dew" is stretched out to 10+ minutes of apocalyptic jam - Tangent: Janelle Monae is great - Variety is important - No more guilty pleasures - Waaaaaaay off topic - The strange career of Robert Palmer - Phil: Europe '72 is like comfort food - Next up: Wake of the Flood Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.