Dead Studies: The Wonders Of Dark Star 

Dead Studies: The Wonders Of Dark Star 

Grateful Dead Productions presents DEAD STUDIES: THE WONDERS OF DARK STAR

Join professor of musicology Dr. Graeme Boone for a musical exploration of the Dark Star universe.

Hosted By Dr. Graeme Boone – Professor of Musicology at Ohio State University
Executive Producers: David Lemieux, Mark Pinkus
Produced By: Marty Dolan, Tyler Shoemaker, and Doran Dyson
Editors: Tyler Shoemaker, Patrick Tempest
Graphic Designers: Brian Sadler, Patrick Tempest
Audio-Visual Production: Rich Krehnovi, Rusty Sneeden
Audio Mixing: Rich Mahan
Live Production: William Fastenow – Park Boulevard Productions
Special Thanks To Dr. Wayne Schlingman and The Ohio State University Astronomy Department, Kristy Krenovi, Chris Costello, Jesse Jarnow, Mike Wilson, Christopher Hazard, ESO/Theofanis N. Matsopoulos

(from the Grateful Dead YouTube channel)

Hippie Birthday to Tom Constanten of the Grateful Dead!

httpvp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6D3E127D50C32A9A

Tom Constanten

If you know Tom Constanten , then you know the place inside you where his keys tickle your spine.    And if you don’t know who he is, I bet you’ve been tickled anyway.

He was one of Phil Lesh’s early friends:

“Phil Lesh was standing in line at Cal Berkeley’s music department in 1961 when he overheard a young man, Tom Constanten by name, remark that Music stopped being created in 1750 and began again in 1950. They shook hands, and became friends for life…

from Dead.net The Band (bios)

He advised about creative keyboard’s on Anthem of the Sun  and Aoxomoxoa  as well as being a touring member of the Grateful Dead from the end of 1968 to early 1970.  He felt he was underamplified!

Enjoy this selection of T.C. that you can turn up!  A few clips of his solo piano mastery, as well as him sitting in with other Dead bands.  I remember an L.A. area show or two he played with Remnants of Eden round 1996 or so… does anyone have any footage of that? 

 Love you TC, you’ve rocked my soul for many years!