If you know, you know. Since the early 1980's, my musical algorithm has been heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and Phish. Along the way, I have amassed a very deep library of recordings of both of these bands. Despite popular misconception, these recordings don't just materialize out of thin air. They actually are the result of scores of "tapers" who invest loads of time and money into recording, mastering and distributing such recordings for free. This episode features who I believe is THE high priest of this effort and I could not be more excited to explore how it all happens.

Charlie Miller is a near-mythic figure in Grateful Dead tape-trading circles, renowned for painstakingly remastering and restoring rare recordings into some of the best-sounding versions in circulation, despite having almost no public profile outside the taper community.

David Gans is a musician, journalist, and author who has spent decades chronicling the Grateful Dead through acclaimed books, his long-running "Grateful Dead Hour" and "Tales from the Golden Road" radio shows, and his own touring performances blending original songs with Dead covers.

This promises to be a very informative and entertaining discussion that will be the best hour of your week. Check it out!

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