Grateful Dead Hour no. 261
By David Gans
Week of September 20, 1993
OREGON TRAIL MIX
Grateful Dead 8/21/93 Autzen Stadium, Eugene OR
BIRD SONG->
PROMISED LAND
Grateful Dead 8/21/93 Autzen Stadium, Eugene OR
w/ Huey Lewis, harmonica
TRUCKIN'->
GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL->
SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING
"Oregon Trail Mix" is a radio play written by Jack Ellis and featuring the voices of Jack Ellis, Mary Weatherly, Sue Ellis, Ken Nordine, and me. We went to Eugene to broadcast the August 21 and 22 shows live on KLCC (with tons of help from KLCC's "Dead Air" hostess Deb Trist and other KLCC staffers), and Dan Healy thought it would be fun to create a piece of radio drama for the occasion. Dan played it over the PA at Autzen Stadium, too!
Huey Lewis was in town to appear as Elvis Presley (!) in Ken Kesey's play "Twister," which was presented at the Armory not far from Autzen Stadium. The play was a weird twist on "The Wizard of Oz"; I wish I remembered anything about the play.
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Thanks for listening! David Gans
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50 thou - right now
from DB Cooper no less?!?! Prairie Home Companion got nothin' on this ensemble...non-commercial non-commercial radio - Gotta love that Oregon Trail Mix!!!
...and the music's pretty darn tasty, too - thanks gdhour, thanks dead.net & thanks DG
Oregon trial mix
way too funny , lol .. absoloutly love this weeks show !! : ) Thank you for making me smile this morning ...and DB Cooper , i remember him ,, he was my hero for a while , he he ,,. Thankx David
Have a Grate day everyone !! Peace ....
DB Cooper in the news
Today's newspaper has a short item stating that "a parachute found buried in southwestern Washington is not connected to famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper." Some kids found it last month and the FBI investigated, but after consulting with parachute experts it was determined to be unrelated to the famous caper. The timing of this GD Hour post was entirely coincidental. I swear!
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What Are Those Funny Lookin' Shirts?!
Thanks for getting this up on the site. I thought Oregon Trail Mix was hysterical then and still do! My friends and I had a tape of this circulating and laughed for years at some of the parts of this sketch. The music from the show is great too! "Ken tell them what they didn't win!..." I'm whacked out!
otm
oh to be on the oregon trail mix again. nice bird song. peace man.
who is jack ellis question mark
that radio play was great. makes me want to write one too.so many
hilarious puns. thanks david.now were truckin.
who is jack ellis
but who the heck is jack ellis?
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Out on the road to West Marin...
Radio Play's are something that should have never gone away. I have been living in Europe (Sweden) for the past six years. One of the things that I miss is great radio. Yes, I can listen, and do, on the internet. At the sametime it is not the same as tuning in with the faint touch of the hand, driving further to get that perfect reception, or even better, sitting in your backyard on a Sunday listening to what comes up next. Just a thought.
The Eugene shows in 93 were great, though.
Sam
Jack Ellis
Jack Ellis is a pal of Dan Healy's who worked with us on the Eugene broadcasts. I think he worked with Dan on his radio station, KERG, up in Redway back in the day. Fun guy! Gans/GD Hour blog
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Those Eugene Shows were a great time
Thanks for the memories... Those Eugene shows and
the parking lot camping in my 1972 Winnibego was a great time....
I just remember taping the shows then going back to the RV
and listening to the shows again.... Then, we ran the battery
dead listening to music after the show and had to get a
jump to get back on the road... What a hoot...
Cheers
Woody
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