Grateful Dead - 1981 5-7 NBC Tom Snyder (Kesey, Garcia, Weir & Co) - LoloYodel Mix

2015 : Pure Interview. This is simply parts 1 & 4 put together (I had already uploaded them yet separately). Parts 2, 3 & 5 are acoustic songs which you can also find separately.

A (mostly audio) UPGRADE from what I had previously posted.

1981 May 7th : NBC Studios, Tom Snyder's TV "The Tomorrow Show" (I edited this to take out the blond girl who is a waste of time and make some visual contrast and notable audio changes).

Tom Snyder was host of "The Tomorrow Show" (aired late nights from 1973 to 1982). It was a talk show unlike the usual late-night fare, with Snyder, cigarette in hand, alternating between asking hard-hitting questions and offering personal observations that made the interview closer to a conversation. Very cool at the time !

Now, regarding this evening's presence with members of The Grateful Dead, this was during a GD Tour break, between two Nassau Coliseum (Long Island) concerts and notably after the 5-6-1981 show, which was exceptional, and later became a "Dick's Picks" release.

Part 1 : Interview, conversations with Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia
0:04 Snyder's intro
0:56 One Flew Over a Coo-coo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
1:25 presenting Ken Kesey
1:47 Ken Kesey & Jerry Garcia
2:16 the 1st test conducted with LSD (1950's ...)
4:12 connection between the community (Merry Pranksters) & music (The Grateful Dead)
4:50 classic Garcia fumbling ... and picks it back up with excellent articulation !
5:35 classic Ken Kesey ...
6:18 Garcia explains "playing" during the initial Tests ...

Part 4 : Interviews, conversations, with Garcia & Weir accompanied later by M. Hart & B. Kreutzmann (drummers)
9:40 Weir's great responses ! ... then Egypt, 1960's ...
10:50 "finish school Bobby"
11:55 another of Weir's poignant responses on being "current"
13:34 joined by the drummers Hart & Kreutzmann
14:23 "line up to get their dose of crazy" (Weir again)
15:35 Woodstock !? (laughs)
16:58 two concerts with The Who (SF & Essen Germany)

PS : "Parts 2, 3 & 5" are acoustic renditions played that night :
On The Road Again
Dire Wolf
Deep Elem Blues
Cassidy