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    Grateful Dead Hour no. 1046

    Week of October 6, 2008

    This week's archival post features an August 2008 interview with Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, recalling the Dead's 1978 trip to Egypt. She talks about how amazed she was to learn the band was going to take this trip and how it felt to be there, and she tells some wonderful stories about a trip down the Nile after the shows. And more!

    "It was so much fun to be in such a vastly different culture, and dig on it, and appreciate it. And to this day I still want to go back to Egypt so badly; it's so in my heart. And so I'm hoping that one day that will come to pass, that I can go back there."

    The music is from Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love, taken from a five-night run that the band played at Winterland after they returned from Egypt.

    By the way, Donna Jean is hitting the road this spring with The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson. I'm looking forward to hearing them at SpringJam in Missouri later this month. Enjoy!

    The music:

    Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love
    I NEED A MIRACLE
    I GOT MY MOJO WORKIN'->
    THE OTHER ONE
    PASSENGER
    FENNARIO

    Take a look at the GD Hour program logs and let us know what you'd like to hear. Feel free to post requests and comments here or by email to gdhour@dead.net

    Thanks for listening!
    David Gans

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  • Canyon Critter
    15 years 7 months ago
    Love That Donna Jean Character!
    Thanks again David for the wonderful interview...I have to live vicariously through here to listen, since the WXRT thing. I'm gonna try and make it down to Missouri to hear you and Donna this weekend. Maybe I'll be able to trek down there. Can't wait! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!
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    Jaime
    15 years 7 months ago
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    This was a nice program for you to re air The bits w Donna Jean G Mackay were pretty intriguing as she delved into her memories being in Egypt I never knew Phil L was or is an egyptologist . And he was probably the main or one of the main forces to get the band to play there in seventy eight I currently logged onto hdhour.com and hearing gdhour 1072 , jammin to a real strong Shakedown from Sacramento in 1993 . Thank the lord for the internet , and thank you David
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Week of October 6, 2008

This week's archival post features an August 2008 interview with Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay, recalling the Dead's 1978 trip to Egypt. She talks about how amazed she was to learn the band was going to take this trip and how it felt to be there, and she tells some wonderful stories about a trip down the Nile after the shows. And more!

"It was so much fun to be in such a vastly different culture, and dig on it, and appreciate it. And to this day I still want to go back to Egypt so badly; it's so in my heart. And so I'm hoping that one day that will come to pass, that I can go back there."

The music is from Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love, taken from a five-night run that the band played at Winterland after they returned from Egypt.

By the way, Donna Jean is hitting the road this spring with The Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson. I'm looking forward to hearing them at SpringJam in Missouri later this month. Enjoy!

The music:

Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love
I NEED A MIRACLE
I GOT MY MOJO WORKIN'->
THE OTHER ONE
PASSENGER
FENNARIO

Take a look at the GD Hour program logs and let us know what you'd like to hear. Feel free to post requests and comments here or by email to gdhour@dead.net

Thanks for listening!
David Gans

Listen Now

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Submitted by Jaime on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 18:14

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This was a nice program for you to re air The bits w Donna Jean G Mackay were pretty intriguing as she delved into her memories being in Egypt I never knew Phil L was or is an egyptologist . And he was probably the main or one of the main forces to get the band to play there in seventy eight I currently logged onto hdhour.com and hearing gdhour 1072 , jammin to a real strong Shakedown from Sacramento in 1993 . Thank the lord for the internet , and thank you David
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Submitted by Canyon Critter on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:26

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Thanks again David for the wonderful interview...I have to live vicariously through here to listen, since the WXRT thing. I'm gonna try and make it down to Missouri to hear you and Donna this weekend. Maybe I'll be able to trek down there. Can't wait! _____________________________________________ Will you come with me? Once in awhile you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right!