tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post1763318656532885182..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: June 13, 1972: KSAN Jerry Garcia InterviewLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-20374009868391906762022-10-01T03:44:17.074-07:002022-10-01T03:44:17.074-07:00Fat Angel was a British music magazine, focusing m...Fat Angel was a British music magazine, focusing mainly on American rock, that put out a few intermittent issues in the '70s. The editor at the time was Andy Childs, who would later move on to ZigZag magazine in '74 and write more articles about the Dead there! Fat Angel had already run a piece on the Dead earlier in '72 (issue #7), but I don't think they ever got to their promised "special issue on the Grateful Dead," alas. It makes me wonder what articles were left to "gather dust".... (This issue also had a review of the Europe '72 album, which I'll post later along with Nick Kent's.) <br /><br />Fortunately, Fat Angel had a San Francisco connection in the form of intrepid Dead fanatic Kathy, who recorded and transcribed this KSAN broadcast after the Dead's return from Europe. <br />Garcia probably did a number of radio appearances that have long been lost and forgotten, but by chance this one was preserved. At this point Garcia wasn't doing much but listening through the Europe '72 tapes picking out songs for the album, so he had plenty of time to chat with the unnamed DJ. The conversation can be somewhat random with the callers' questions, but a lot of ground gets covered. Garcia isn't always forthcoming with every question (in the radio discussion his answers tend to be briefer than in a "regular" interview, and sometimes it's telling what he doesn't say), but he still has plenty to report to the radio audience. <br /><br />Kathy did a super job with the lengthy transcription, which seems to be word for word. All I added were some commas, an occasional name correction, and a few links & pics. <br />This blog's dedicated to Kathy. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com