Workingman's Dead 50, Episode 8: Casey Jones

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4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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DESCRIPTION: In our packed season finale, we explore how “Casey Jones” combined folk traditions and became an underground hit too risque for pop radio, hear a break down of the multi-track, discuss the infamous sniff and other Workingman’s Dead’s finishing touches with co-producer Bob Matthews, figure out the location and date of the cover photo, and more.

GUESTS: Bob Matthews, Brian Kehew, Billy Strings, Bob Egan, Gary Lambert, David Lemieux, Michael Parrish

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0:00.0	The Good Old Grateful Dead cast, the official podcast of The Grateful Dead.
0:09.9	I'm Rich Mahan with Jesse Jarno, exploring the music and legacy of the Grateful Dead for the committed and the curious.
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0:31.5	last episode in our series about the 50th anniversary of Working Man's Dead.
0:36.0	The other episodes, one for each song on the album, are located on our website,
0:40.0	dead.net. dead. While you're there, check out the newly remastered 50th anniversary edition of Working Man's Dead.
0:56.4	It's an incredible Sonic improvement over past releases and includes the February 21st 1971 show at the Capitol Theater in Portchester, New York,
1:06.4	mixed by Jeffrey Norman from the original 16 track Analog Real to Real Master Tapes over at Bob Weir's TRI Studios.
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1:39.0	upcoming deadcast. Well we are at the end of the line for this season on the good old Grateful Dead
1:45.4	cast but we'll be back soon with more episodes. This season has been an
1:49.4	amazing journey through the inner workings of the eight tunes on what many consider
1:53.2	the Grateful Dead's finest studio album Working Man's Dead. Casey Jones
1:57.6	track four on side two is the last of these Sonic journals and the focus of this
2:02.2	episode.
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