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died 50 years ago today & the good ol’ -cast begins our 7th season with a 2-part tribute built on a whole pile of never-seen writings & never-heard tapes, the deepest pig bio yet. in part 1, we zoom in on the palo alto scene circa 1961-1964, including tales of teenage pig hanging with train-hopping hobos, a look into the pre-warlocks R&B bands he played in, & bits of a few uncirculated tapes, including one with . dead.net/deadcast/adventures-p

a wee mindblower (for me, anyway): both pigpen & garcia did time in an R&B band called the zodiacs. garcia credited zodiacs’ guitarist/leader troy weidenheimer with some of the loose jamminess the dead would later pick up. turns out that in 2007 the legendary norton records put out a session by a pre-pig/JG version of the band & you can totally hear it even though their songs are like 2 minutes. check out their "caravan" especially. youtube.com/watch?v=O1MVGJpsYW

@bourgwick coolness. I really flipped over that Chieftains track you played on WFMU last night. Getting my hands on the album. Made my split pledge yesterday, with a piece allocated to Frow. Looking forward to listening to the new Deadcast.

jesse jarnow

@sluggobeast it's such a beautiful piece, beautifully recorded. and thank ya!!