020 - Back To Oregon with Jeff Conklin

Dead Freaks, lend me your ears! This week we resume our trek up the Oregon trail with WFMU host, fellow Dead Freak, and walking musical compendium, Jeff Conklin. As before, Jeff has selected a few more great tracks from the Grateful Dead's many visits to Oregon. We listen to and discuss those along with some other great stuff including the magic of audience tapes, and the fabulously deep catalog of fellow traveler Matt Valentine.

Please consider heading over the WFMU.org to check out Jeff's show, The Avant Ghetto- which mixes all manner of deep psych, folk, and Grateful Dead- along with a mess of other great programs. WFMU is listener-supported free-form radio based in Jersey City but those of us outside their range can spin shows from their online archive. If you dig what you hear, please consider donating. If you use the twitter, you can follow Jeff @avantghettonyc.

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Listen via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, or in the player below.

Selections in this episode: 

1977-10-02 - Paramount Theater - Portland, OR : Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain 

1980-06-12 - Portland Memorial Coliseum - Portland, OR : Estimated Prophet 

1983-08-29 - Silva Hall (Hult Center) - Eugene, OR : Bird Song 

1990-06-24 - Autzen Stadium (University Of Oregon) - Eugene, OR : Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower 

1993-08-21 - Autzen Stadium (University Of Oregon) - Eugene, OR : Lazy River Road

Also in this episode, Jeff and I spoke of guitarist, Matt Valentine, and his bands MV & EE and Wet Tuna. Matt is an out there sorta player living at the intersection of folk, psych, outer space, and deep avant roots. Here's a little bit of Wet Tuna from a recent show.

There's a lot more to the man's sound and work than one little video can reveal. Learn more about what Matt is doing and playing and acquire his musics at:
https://mvandee.blogspot.com
or
https://wettuna.blogspot.com


Last thing before I let you go: Jeff mentions a show that Bob Weir played in Alaska, filling in for an ailing David Nelson. I've not yet found that entire show but I have found the Dark Star. Dig it: