Blues For Allah 50: Crazy Fingers

About this episode

The episode delves into the creation of 'Crazy Fingers' during a tumultuous period in Grateful Dead's history.

We explore how the dreamy delicacy of Crazy Fingers came about at a time of great tumult in Grateful Dead history, with visits from new record company boss Al Teller of United Artists and Seastones composer Ned Lagin, plus a stop at Winterland for the Bob Fried Memorial Boogie. Guests: David Lemieux, Al Teller, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, Gary Lambert, Michael Parrish, Danno Henklein, Ed Perlstein, Geoff Gould, Jay Kerley, Blair Jackson, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins, Christopher Coffman, Nicholas Meriwether See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guests: David Lemieux, Al Teller, Ron Rakow, Ned Lagin, Gary Lambert, Michael Parrish, Danno Henklein, Ed Perlstein, Geoff Gould, Jay Kerley, Blair Jackson, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins, Christopher Coffman, Nicholas Meriwether

Topics covered

• Grateful Dead history
• Crazy Fingers
• music composition
• record company changes
• live performances

Keywords

• Crazy Fingers
• Grateful Dead
• music history
• Al Teller
• Ned Lagin
• Winterland
• Bob Fried Memorial Boogie

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United Artists

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