Our guest this week, Teri, grew up Mormon listening to The Cure in Salt Lake City. In her early twenties, her ex-husband turned Teri onto the Dead, in time to catch her first shows at the Sam Boyd Silver Bowl in '93. But it was not until a Brown-Eyed Women the next year at the Desert Sky Pavilion that she really got on the bus. Cue up our latest episode and listen to Teri's tales of walking to the '95 shows at the Delta Center with her Mom, mourning Jerry at a Lyle Lovett concert, and living as a Deadhead in the Rocky Mountain West.

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Some of the shows mentioned in this episode:

May 14, 1993 - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl - The Cold Rain and Snow and Standing on the Moon are both from a Charlie Miller FOB recording.

May 15, 1993 - Sam Boyd Silver Bowl - One More Saturday Night comes off a Ray Ackerman recording that Charlie Miller and Joe Noel transferred.

March 6, 1994 - Desert Sky Pavilion - Slipknot!, Brown-Eyed Women, and Attics of My Life come off a Mr. Darby recording that Keo transferred.

May 8, 1977 - Barton Hall, Cornell University - The Estimated Prophet is from an audience tape recorded by the late great Jerry Moore and transferred by Rob Berger and Chris Larson.

February 19, 1995 - Delta Center - Teri mentions a Brokedown House Production video of the night.

February 20, 1995 - Delta Center - The Bertha opener comes from an audience tape that was helped along by Paul Tumolo, Neil Sturtevant, and Jean Lerond. Teri also specifically mentions the video of the show by Brokedown House Production.

February 21, 1995 - Delta Center - Like the previous night, the recordings of Salt Lake City, Friend of the Devil, and Visions of Johanna are from an audience tape that was helped along by Paul Tumolo, Neil Sturtevant, and Jean Lerond.

May 28, 1977 - Hartford Civic Center - The Estimated Prophet that we send you out with is from a Jerry Moore audience recording that Tim Dalton, Charlie Miller, Chris Chappell, and Scott Clugston all helped bring along. And it should be noted that Teri emailed us shortly after we recorded the episode, specifically requesting the Estimated from this date.

Other music in the episode:

August 12, 1981 - Salt Palace - The Friend of the Devil is from an unknown audience source that SIRMick transferred, edited and mastered.

Winterland in the 70s, the hiatus shows, and Egypt 1978 are just some of the greatest moments in the history of the Grateful Dead that our guest this week, Don Defenderfer, experienced in the flesh. Margaret and I were thrilled to listen to his intimate and captivating stories and were just as floored by his heartfelt insights into the music and culture of the Dead. Cue up this special episode of the Heads' Tales podcast and smile, smile, smile as Don relates all his incredible memories.

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Margaret and I are excited to get a new episode out after our unintended hiatus. And we are even more pumped because in this episode we sit down with Max Wiener, a long-time contributor to Grateful Dead of the Day. Max has written over ninety reviews for the site, though he is a young Head at just 23 years old. And while he has only been on the bus for five years, coming in by way of John Mayer and Dead and Co., Max’s tale of falling in love with the Dead by listening to countless hours of shows and hearing stories from wizened Heads will be familiar to any Deadhead. Max also provides a primer and roadmap to anyone who wants to take a dive into the band beyond description. Enjoy!

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As we discuss with Max, we have added well over a thousand videos to Grateful Dead of the Day. Some of Max’s favorites that he references in the episode include July 8, 1990 at Three Rivers Stadium, March 22, 1987 at Hampton Coliseum, and April 26, 1977 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic. And there is remastered video, courtesy of Christopher Hazard, of the 1995 breakout of Unbroken Chain at the Spectrum that Max discusses.

In this episode, we spend some time with Tom Ribe, a long-time Head who grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and now makes his home in Santa Fe. In between, he lived across the West and saw the Grateful Dead throughout the region. Tom talks about hanging with the band before the 1983 run at Santa Fe Downs, braving a nasty blizzard to get to a show in Arizona, and first turning on to the music by way of the early studio albums and some of Bear’s finest in the Jemez Mountains.

Today, Tom and his partner run Great Southwest Adventures, an outdoor tour company based in Santa Fe running trips throughout Northern New Mexico. If you find yourself in the Land of Enchantment, book a tour with a fellow Deadhead!

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Some of the shows mentioned in this episode:

11-17-1971 - Albuquerque Civic Auditorium - Albuquerque, New Mexico 

01-18-1978 - Stockton Civic Auditorium - Stockton, California - The Sugar Magnolia is from a partial audience recording via Raoul Duke and encoded by Matt Vernon.

09-11-1983 - Santa Fe Downs - Santa Fe, New Mexico - The Me and My Uncle, Greatest Story Ever Told, Althea, and Franklin’s Tower are all from a front of the board recording, transferred by Larry Sellers & the Philly Crew along with Joe Noel.

08-19-1989 - Greek Theater, University of California - Berkeley, California - The Let the Good Times Roll and I Know You Rider are from an audience recording transferred by D5scott.

12-06-1992 - Compton Terrace Amphitheater - Tempe, Arizona - The Here Comes Sunshine and Throwing Stones are from another FOB recording transferred by Pete Ebel.

06-18-1994 - Autzen Stadium, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon - The Jack Straw and Days Between are from a tape by Greg Clark that was transferred by Charlie Miller and Joe Noel.

Other music in the episode:

Alligator from 04-29-1971 - Fillmore East - New York, New York, comes from an audience recording by Marty Weinberg that was transferred and worked over by Dr. Michael Parrish, Steven Martin, and Jack Warner.

Caution from 03-22-1972 - Academy of Music - New York, New York, is from a partial audience recording that came to us via David Hollister.

Dancin’ in the Streets is from 05-08-1977 - Barton Hall, Cornell University - Ithaca, New York, taped by Jerry Moore and transferred by Rob Berger and Chris Larson.

This week, we catch up with Chris Todt who grew up in the Philadelphia area and first got turned on to the Dead by the In the Dark album. But it would not be until college that Chris really got on the bus, seeing his first show, with that incredible Unbroken Chain breakout, on March 19, 1995. In the episode, we talk about all this and more, including Jerry calling for shows on Chris's stereo in the week after his passing.

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Some of the shows mentioned in this episode:

07-09-1995 - Soldier Field - The Black Muddy River clip is from a Pat Walsh audience recording that was transferred by Tony Suraci.

03-19-1995 - The Spectrum - The clip of the Alabama Getaway opener is from an audience tape by David Boedicker. And the Unbroken Chain is from a front of the board recording transferred by Pete Ebel.

04-07-1995 - Tampa Stadium - The clips of Visions of Johanna and Eyes of the World are from a tape by Andy Trate.

10-11-1983 - Madison Square Garden - The Saint Stephen breakout clip is from an audience tape transferred by Kyle Holbrook.

09-14-1990 - Madison Square Garden - The Scarlet Begonias is from an audience recording and transfer by Ray Ackerman, which was later transferred by Charlie Miller and Joel Noel.

05-22-1977 - Sportatorium - The Help on the Way clip is from an audience recording of unknown origin in the collection of Doug Lamarre, which was transferred by Matt Vernon and edited and mastered by SIRMick.

Other music in the episode:

Touch of Grey from 07-04-1987 - Sullivan Stadium is from a front of the board audience recording, which Mike Lai converted from Bruce Fried's DAT.

Wharf Rat from 03-30-1987 - The Spectrum is from an audience recording transferred by chasingwilma.

Sunshine Daydream from 06-11-1976 - Boston Music Hall is from a recording by Jerry Moore, which was converted by Mark Cohen and David Minches.

The Other One by Phil Lesh and Friends from 11-28-2013 is from a recording uploaded by Matthew Vernon.

This week, we catch up with Chris Stone of Grateful Photo. Growing up in the Bay Area with a penchant for photography and the Grateful Dead, Chris went to several dozen shows and shot some incredible photos of the band at several of them. We discuss his experiences with the Dead, his photographic practice, and how the band beyond description has influenced his life.

Grateful Photo is Chris's photography website.

Deadhead Stories is the book that Chris contributed to with his story of a cool person he met on an off night during the Warfield run.

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