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Scarlet Begonias Radio

Scarlet Begonias Radio – Mule for Jerry – 8/1/10

by Dennis August 21, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

We’re 15 years out from the death of Jerry Garcia.  On his birthday, August 1st, Government Mule played at Riverfront Park in Cocoa, Florida.  They didn’t play little teases of Grateful Dead songs,  or make subtle references open to interpretation.  They rocked an entire show for the Fat Man, with special guest Jackie Greene,  for [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio 8/14/10 – Nateva Furthur

by Dennis August 13, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

This week we get to hear Furthur’s set from The Nateva Festival, that happened on the 4th of July over in Oxford Maine – 22 years to the weekend that the Grateful Dead played there.  It was a successful well run festival, so look forward to it again next year! Here’s the playlist: Lineup: Phil [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio 8/7/10 – The Days Between

by Dennis August 5, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

This week’s edition of Scarlet Begonias Radio falls between Jerry Garcia’s Birthday August 1st, and the day he died, August 9th.  There are some that refer to this nine day stretch as “The Days Between”,  and without making too much of it, it provides a great excuse to play nothing but Jerry this week. Here’s [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio 7-24-10

by Dennis July 24, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

This week we get to hear a newly created matrix recording of The Grateful Dead at the Jai-Alai Fronton in Miami in June of 1974. We’ve been to Fronton before on Scarlet Begonias Radio,  it’s among the famous Betty Board soundboard reels. This time, though, we’re going to listen to a mixdown, or “matrix” of [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio 7-17-10

by Dennis July 14, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

This week it’s the third half of the latest release from the Grateful Dead’s official recordings vault: Road Trips, Volume 3, Number 3. These recordings were made on the 14th and 15th of May in 1970. While most of the release covers the show on the 15th at Fillmore East, this week we’ll be hearing [...]

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Scarlet Begonias Radio 6/26/10 – Furthur at Mt.Aire

by Dennis June 25, 2010 Scarlet Begonias Radio

This week On Scarlet Begonias Radio, it’s the middle half of the Furthur show from May 29th, 2010 at the Furthur Festival at Mountain Aire in Calaveras County, California. It was an amazing weekend of music in Frog County. Furthur started things off with an open air soundcheck for the early arrivals to the festival, [...]

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