The Golden Road

​Join Wayne Hagan and take a musical journey down the Golden Road and explore the music of the Grateful Dead, its roots, and its many offshoots. Past DJs include Alligator, Lee Maddex, and Rod Moseanko. What a long strange trip!

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The Golden Road for 7:00pm on Dec 28th, 2018

With New Year’s Eve 2018 just around the corner, we thought it would be fun to feature music from Grateful Dead New Year’s Eve shows past. Thusly, this week on the Golden Road, we have a mixture of tunes from the Cow Palace, December 31, 1976 and Oakland-Alameda Coliseum, December 31, 1990.  These two shows cover a lot Grateful Dead musical territory. 

The Golden Road for 7:00pm on Dec 21st, 2018

We here at the Golden Road think that nothing says Seasons Greetings like Jerry “Spud Boy” Garcia and David “Dawg” Grisman playing music together. Thusly this week on the Golden Road, we have Spud Boy and Dawg recorded live at the Warfield Theater on December 8th, 1991. This is the middle night of a three-night stand and Jerry and David are in very fine form and spirits and deliver a stellar performance (including their incredible version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen!). Fortunately, this mighty fine show was captured in all its glory by soundman John Cutler and we present his recording to you here this week.

The Golden Road for 7:00pm on Nov 30th, 2018

This week the Golden Road takes us back to the Pittsburgh, Pa, the Steel City, for Grateful Dead music recorded live at the celebrated Stanley Theatre on Friday November 30, 1979. Brent Mydland was the new guy and the new energy he brought to the Grateful Dead was immediate and abounds at this show. Friday night with the Dead, it doesn’t get any better than that! Oh yeah did I mention the killer Scarlet>Fire?

The Golden Road for 7:00pm on Nov 23rd, 2018

This week on the Golden Road, with a nod to Thanksgiving, we have a little of this and a little of that, kind of like diving into leftovers on Friday. We have a nice chunk of the new Dave's Picks 28 from June 17, 1976, Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson, Marty Robbins, Tim O’Brien, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Band and track or two from the LP Skakedown Street released forty years ago last week.

The Golden Road for 7:00pm on Nov 16th, 2018

This week on the Golden Road, we are taking a trip back to late Fall 1969 for a mix of Grateful Dead music recorded live at the New Old Fillmore (after Bill Graham closed down the Fillmore Auditorium in 1968, the venue reopened sometime in 1969 as the New Old Fillmore). This week’s music is culled from the November 8th (Dick Latvala’s favorite show!) and December 20-21 shows and features several songs by the one and only Ron “Pigpen” McKernan! Call the Fillmore Auditorium by any name, but these shows must have felt like old home week for the band and their playing was very inspired! Now get ready to dig the Pig!

The Golden Road for 7:30pm on Nov 9th, 2018

Sunday November 11th, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, “the war to end all wars.” Armistice occurred at: “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918,” and the first Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) was November 11th, 1919, one year later. Because of the singular importance of the Armistice centennial (and for Veterans Day), we thought it only appropriate that this week on the Golden Road, we have a selection of music from the Grateful Dead’s November 11th, 1973 show at the Winterland. This was the third and final night of a three show Winterland run and highlights some classic 1973 Grateful Dead! Happy Veterans Day!

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We are now up to the third host on Golden Road. How can KDRT have three winners in a row? Alligator is the latest star lighting the way down the Road, and an informed host he is bringing bits of Dead history and info to add to the show fun. Tune in for a good time.

Submitted by Ruth Chambers on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 8:19pm

Thanks to Lee for bringing some great vintage Dead to our ears! We love the program!

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