Blues For Allah 50: Slipknot!

About this episode

The episode explores the musical and creative ambiguity of the Grateful Dead during early 1975, focusing on the instrumental piece 'Slipknot!' from 'Blues For Allah'.

The Deadcast uses Blues For Allah’s complicated instrumental Slipknot! to explore the musical and creative ambiguity the Grateful Dead pursued in early 1975, when there both was and wasn’t a Grateful Dead, & their public reemergence at Bill Graham’s S.N.A.C.K. benefit that March. Guests: David Lemieux, Ned Lagin, Ron Rakow, Steve Brown, Gary Lambert, Joan Miller, Jay Kerley, Chadwick Jenkins, Shaugn O’Donnell, Melvin Backstrom 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, Ned Lagin, Ron Rakow, Steve Brown, Gary Lambert, Joan Miller, Jay Kerley, Chadwick Jenkins, Shaugn O’Donnell, Melvin Backstrom

Topics covered

• Grateful Dead
• music exploration
• 1975 reemergence
• instrumental analysis
• creative ambiguity

Keywords

• Grateful Dead
• Blues For Allah
• Slipknot!
• 1975
• music
• instrumental
• Bill Graham
• S.N.A.C.K. benefit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grateful Dead, Bill Graham

Books & works: Blues For Allah, Slipknot!

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