The Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street” (with Molly Rainard)

February 12, 2019 01:10:48
The Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street” (with Molly Rainard)
Detours and Outliers
The Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street” (with Molly Rainard)

Feb 12 2019 | 01:10:48

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Show Notes

THE DEAD DO DISCO! Or do they? Molly Rainard (guitarist, Vampire Squids From Hell) joins the gang to navigate the Grateful Dead’s unsuccessful 1978 attempt to sell-out.  Do real Deadheads even know that the band recorded studio albums? How many 60s bands tried to jump on the disco bandwagon? Does the general public know anything about the Dead’s music, or is the reputation solely predicated on the reputation of their fanbase?  If you were going to do a song called “France” and not make it sound french, what foreign locale should it evoke? Is Donna Godchaux the Ringo of the Grateful Dead? Why would anyone want to sound like Jimmy Buffet? Find out on Detours and Outliers.

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