The Upful LIFE Podcast – Ep.091: BLAIR JACKSON [Jerry Garcia Biographer/Grateful Dead Historian]
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It’s not everyday a decorated Grateful Dead historian/Jerry Garcia biographer slides thru the crib for a nearly 3-hour interview spread across 2 separate sessions. Such was the case over a few days in July when BLAIR JACKSON visited with your humble narrator right here in the ViBE Junkie Studios in Oakland, Ca! Author of 1999’s extraordinary, bar-setting bio GARCIA: An American Life; publisher of pioneering GD fan-zine The Golden Road; journalist with BAM Magazine; author of The Music Never Stopped; co-author of This Is All A Dream We Dreamed (with David Gans), blogger at Dead.net; among myriad other endeavors. This here OG is nothing short of a pillar in chronicling all things GD culture, a deeply-researched and articulate authority on that lovable fat man and how the music played the band. All that said, this episode is bound to cover just a little more ground!
- 0:00 – episode 091 preview
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- 6:30 – The Upful Update
- 11:30 – introducing BLAIR JACKSON
- 18:20 – INTERVIEW – Blair Jackson [133 min]
- 2:31:15 – Afterglow x ViBE Junkie JAMZ
Eternal thanks to the grate Blair Jackson for his precious time, energy, integrity, thoughtful recollections & personal reflections.
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