Week of November 7, 1988
The request for this one came from a caller to Tales from the Golden Road on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel.
("Tales" is a call-in show that I co-host with Gary Lambert, a name that is also quite familiar to dead.net visitors. We're on the air live almost every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 Pacific time on Sirius 32 and XM 57, with repeats Monday at 6 am Pacific and Tuesday at 10 pm Pacific. You can call in with your stories, questions, etc., at 888-897-4748.)
This program contains excerpts from the Rainforest Benefit Press Conference held at the United Nations in New York City on September 14, 1988. The concert was held at Madison Square Garden on September 24 and featured a variety of guest performers, including Daryl Hall and John Oates, Suzanne Vega, Robyn Hitchcock, Babatunde Olatunji, Bruce Hornsby, Mick Taylor, Jack Casady, and others.
You'll find a photo of the press conference here, and a transcript here. You can listen to the concert on archive.org.
Speakers:
Randy Hayes, director, Rainforest Action Network
Jason Clay, director, Cultural Survival
Peter Bahouth, chairman, Greenpeace
Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead
Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead
Dr. Noel Brown, UN Environment Program
Note: this broadcast was one of 52 programs I did for a commercial syndicator, so the format is slightly different. I left out the commercials, of course. Enjoy! – DG
MORNING DEW - 2/23/71 Capitol Theater, Portchester, NY
BOX OF RAIN - 7/17/88 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA
DIRE WOLF - 7/8/78 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison CO (CORRECTED date)
THROWING STONES - 6/15/85 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA
Every Wednesday, we post a program from the Grateful Dead Hour archives for your enjoyment and enlightenment. You can browse or search the playlists at gdhour.com or on the GD Hour Search page, and let me know what program(s) you'd like to hear by emailing me at gdhour@dead.net.
GD Hour station list