August 1-9 marks the Grateful Dead community’s annual observance of “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧,” the stretch between Jerry Garcia’s birthday and anniversary of his passing.⁣
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As part of SiriusXM’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 programming, Dead & Company guitarist John Mayer will take to the airwaves as a guest DJ on Aug. 1 “hand picking his nine favorite, live Grateful Dead tracks and giving exclusive commentary. Listeners will hear songs including ‘China Cat Sunflower’ and ‘Jack Straw,’ as well as the specific version of the song ‘Althea’ that turned Mayer on to the Grateful Dead and inspired him to play their songs on his guitar.”⁣
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𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝟗 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬:⁣
1. Sugaree 5.19.77⁣
2. The Harder They Come - Live⁣
3. Althea 5.16.80⁣
4. Jack Straw 11.26.72⁣
5. Here Comes Sunshine 12.19.73⁣
6. Fire On the Mountain / Scarlet Begonias 06.16.85⁣
7. Next Time You See 08.07.71⁣
8. They Love Each Other 02.26.73⁣
9. China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider 05.19.74⁣
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(I’ve compiled 6 of the 9 songs in a Spotify playlist. I couldn’t find 3 of them there but this is the platform I personally use to listen to music. Link https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ck... .)
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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬𝐗𝐌’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 (𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝟐𝟑) 𝐨𝐧 ⁣
- Saturday, Aug. 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET, ⁣
followed by rebroadcasts on ⁣
- Sunday, August 2 at 9:00 a.m. ET; ⁣
- Monday, August 3 at 12:00 a.m. ET; ⁣
- Tuesday, August 4 at 9:00 a.m. ET and ⁣
- Wednesday, August 5 at 4:00 p.m. ET.⁣
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Text from Relix Magazine with personal notes. Audio from SiriusXM.