EPISODE · Dec 18, 2013
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1314
from Grateful Dead Hour · host David Gans
By David GansWeek of November 25, 2013Bill Graham threw a huge benefit concert at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. It was called SNACK - Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks. Bob Dylan and Neil Young were there, as were the Jefferson Starship, the Doobie Brothers, Santana, Tower of Power, and many more. The concert was broadcast live on the radio, and it raised a lot of money for the enrichment of San Francisco public school students.The Grateful Dead had played their last live show five months earlier and were said to be retired. But they were working together in Bob Weir's studio, developing some very ambitious material that was released later that year on the album Blues for Allah. I was listening to the show on the radio at home and I was not at all prepared for this intense instrumental music.This performance featured the seven members of the Grateful Dead plus two more keyboardists, Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin. Big sound!After I produced this show and sent it out, I realized that the 3/23/75 set had been released, on a bonus discsent out to people who pre-ordered theBeyond Description boxed set.Grateful Dead 3/23/75 Kezar Stadium, San FranciscoBLUES FOR ALLAH->KING SOLOMON'S MARBLES->DRUMS >KING SOLOMON'S MARBLES->BLUES FOR ALLAHJOHNNY B. GOODEMove Me Brightly: A Documentary Concert Film Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th BirthdayEYES OF THE WORLDGrateful Dead, Family Dog at the Great Highway 4/18/70ROBERTAEvery Wednesday, we post a program from the Grateful Dead Hourarchives for your enjoyment and enlightenment. You can browse or search the playlists at gdhour.com or on the GD Hour Search page, and let me know what program(s) you'd like to hear by emailing me [email protected] you for listening!- David GansProducer/hostListen Now
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By David Gans Week of November 25, 2013 Bill Graham threw a huge benefit concert at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco on March 23, 1975. It was called SNACK - Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks. Bob Dylan and Neil Young were there, as were the Jefferson Starship, the Doobie Brothers, Santana, Tower of Power, and many more. The concert was broadcast live on the radio, and it raised a lot of money for the enrichment of San Francisco public school students. The Grateful Dead had played their last live show five months earlier and were said to be retired. But they were working together in Bob Weir's studio, developing some very ambitious material that was released later that year on the album Blues for Allah. I was listening to the show on the radio at home and I was not at all prepared for this intense instrumental music. This performance featured the seven members of the Grateful Dead plus two more keyboardists, Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin. Big sound! After I produced this show and sent it out, I realized that the 3/23/75 set had been released, on a bonus discsent out to people who pre-ordered theBeyond Description boxed set. Grateful Dead 3/23/75 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco BLUES FOR ALLAH-> KING SOLOMON'S MARBLES-> DRUMS > KING SOLOMON'S MARBLES-> BLUES FOR ALLAH JOHNNY B. GOODE Move Me Brightly: A Documentary Concert Film Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday EYES OF THE WORLD Grateful Dead, Family Dog at the Great Highway 4/18/70 ROBERTA Every Wednesday, we post a program from the Grateful Dead Hourarchives for your enjoyment and enlightenment. You can browse or search the playlists at gdhour.com or on the GD Hour Search page, and let me know what program(s) you'd like to hear by emailing me [email protected]. Thank you for listening! - David Gans Producer/host Listen Now
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