About this episode

The episode celebrates the 50th anniversary of Blues For Allah with insights from various guests and archival materials.

The Grateful Deadcast points itself towards 1975 to begin a song-by-song celebration of Blues For Allah’s 50th anniversary, loaded with raw session tapes, early lyric drafts, & the story of how the Dead built a new studio, musical language, batch of songs, & LP from the ground up.  Guests: David Lemieux, Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Ron Rakow, Stephen Barncard, Ned Lagin, Steve Brown, Gary Lambert, Keith Eaton, Shaugn O’Donnell, Chadwick Jenkins, Matt Campbell See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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• Blues For Allah 50: Blues For Allah · November 20, 2025 · 3h 1m
• Blues For Allah 50: Sage and Spirit · November 6, 2025 · 2h 19m
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• Blues For Allah 50: King Solomon’s Marbles/Stronger Than Dirt or Milkin’ The Turkey · September 25, 2025 · 1h 37m
• Blues For Allah 50: Franklin’s Tower · September 11, 2025 · 1h 21m

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