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Scarlet Begonias Radio – Oklahoma City, 1972

by Dennis January 12, 2011 Scarlet Begonias Radio
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This week, a good ‘ol Grateful Dead show from November 15th, 1972. A great show, a nicely remastered recording of our favorite psychedelic cowboys out there riding the range in the winter of ’72. Grateful Dead – November 15, 1972 Oklahoma City Music Hall – Oklahoma City, OK Tuning, Bertha, Beat It On Down The [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio – Big Rock Pow Wow, Pt.2

by Dennis January 2, 2011 Scarlet Begonias Radio

The winter and spring of 1969 was a particularly exciting time for the Grateful Dead. They were finishing up their long-awaited third album, Aoxomoxoa, and playing with a passionate intensity unequaled in their nearly five years together. The group’s epic Fillmore West run at the end of February gave us most of their masterpiece, Live [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio Christmas Edition

by Dennis December 24, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio
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Merry Christmas! For the first time in the 15 year history of Scarlet Begonias Radio, we are airing on December 25th. Over the years I’ve attempted to do a few holiday Grateful Dead shows, but really you can play all of the overtly Christmas Grateful Dead music in about half an hour. This week we [...]

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Coolest Stage Ever

by Dennis December 4, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio
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Just imagine….. From Twisted Sifter: Check out this incredible floating stage on Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria. The Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival) has become renowned for its unconventional staging of shows. Verdi’s opera, “A Masked Ball” in 1999, featured a giant book being read by a skeleton.

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Scarlet Begonias Radio: Hofheinz ’77 & JGB 1980

by Dennis November 4, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio
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First, we need to finish the excellent Charlie Miller remaster that we started last week from Houston, Texas in 1977, featuring the Brokedown Palace->Playing in The band encore. Then, a personal favorite of mine. Steve Rolfe’s  amazing audience recording of the Jerry Garcia Band at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on February 15th, 1980. They [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio – Hofheinz ’77 Remastered

by Dennis November 4, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio
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This week the latest remastering of a classic Grateful Dead recording by Charlie Miller, Steve Kimocks’ guitar tech and liberator of the best recordings out there. CM’s quest has been to find the best possible live recordings, and remaster, patch, repair, de-click, and unflaw them until they are the best they can be. Thanks Charlie! [...]

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