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Today host of 'Festival Nation' Marla Davies met up with Chris Ralles as Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo's 2021 DeNovo Tour came to the historic San Jose Civic Auditorium on September 8th. The tour is criss-crossing the United States after a long Covid-hiatus. The San Jose show was the 6th show on this tour. Accomplished sideman/hired gun/professional musician, Chris Ralles, shares his stories about the new normal on tour, the music project he started during Covid called the Moondrops (hear the latest song - 'Waiting on the Moon' and his drumming career has allowed hime to live the dream. For more on Chris: https://chrisralles.com/ Music heard on today's episode: John Waite - 'Missing You' Pat Benatar/Neil Giraldo - 'Hit Me With Your Best Show' & 'Hell is For Children' (Partial audience recordings from September 8, 2021 - San Jose Civic. Still pretty good quality from my iphone 11) Moondrops - 'Waiting on the Moon' Please share your favorite festival memories and you could be featured in an upcoming 'Festival Flashback' Connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies @chris_ralles_drums @benatargiraldo Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today host of 'Festival Nation' Marla Davies met up with Dark Star Orchestra's Drummer Rob Koritz when the band visited the Bay Area in Spring 2021. It's a time of celebration as festivals and live music have begun to fill the air again. Rob shares his stories about playing drive in shows, his time with the DSO and reaching the milestone of 3,000 shows, his early days as a Dead Head and the inspiration to start his own podcast during the pandemic "The Music Plays The Band' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-music-plays-the-band-w-rob-koritz-of-dark-star-orchestra/id1546664162 Music shared during this podcast: Dark Star Orchestra 'Not Fade Away' All-Good Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_e2xOJnNw Dark Star Orchestra 'Eyes of The World' Mountain Jam 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D01baH2ObhQ Please share your favorite festival memories and you could be featured in an upcoming 'Festival Flashback' Connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies #darkstarorchestra #gratefuldead Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today host of 'Festival Nation' Marla Davies explores the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, this year's snubs and musical highlights from the all-star jams over the last 34 years. Guests today are 3 Bay Area Rock DJ's -Radio Programming Consultant Dana Jang, The Breeze DJ Nicci Ross and Sunday Night Dead Host Grateful Don Potter and Host of 'Who Cares About The Rock Hall?' Joe Kwaczala. The format for the show this year airing on HBO on Saturday November 7th will be different than year's past. It'll be more of a documentary format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQnkggjPbwU Please take our survey to win either a limited edition HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Poster or a Doobie Brothers Live from the Beacon Theater Blue Ray: http://pantheonpodcasts.com/survey ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME FLASHBACK: 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' - 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y 'I Saw Her Standing There' - 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4_bw9MCD4 'Roll Over Beethoven' 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_ZESb_g7TE Please share your favorite festival memories and you could be featured in an upcoming 'Festival Flashback' Connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies #rockhall2020 #RRHof2020 @Rockhallpod @joeKwa Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with FestForums Founder and CEO Laurie Kirby about the future of music festivals, how COVID-19 helped burst the festival bubble and the brave new world we're heading into and how film festivals are leading the way for music festivals. https://www.festforums.com/home FEST NEWS FLASH: https://www.ivotedconcerts.com/ https://www.hbo.com/specials/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame Please take our survey to win either a limited edition HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Poster or a Doobie Brothers Live from the Beacon Theater Blue Ray: http://pantheonpodcasts.com/survey FESTIVAL FLASHBACK: Song: Jack White - 'Hello Operator' (White Stripes Cover) - Sasquatch Festivals 5/2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHKBMXUBPmU Please share your favorite festival memories and you could be featured in an upcoming 'Festival Flashback' Connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies #rockhall2020 #RRHof2020 Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks to Rock and Roll Photographer and Filmmaker Jay Blakesberg about the 'Skull and Roses' Festival that was scheduled for April 2-5, 2020. 'Festival Nation' and the Pantheon Podcast Network teamed up with 'Skull and Roses' for a podcast mini-series. This is one of the interviews from the archives that didn't air before the festival cancelled. You'll get a peak into a pre-pandemic world and a 2020 concert season that could have been. On this episode you'll hear Jay's excitement about a promising festival season, a Grateful Dead touring museum, a favorite festival flashback and many Dead Tales. https://www.rockoutbooks.com/ Songs: Flaming Lips - Live October 12, 2020 - Oklahoma City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCIpVApPUYM Tedeschi Trucks Band with Trey Anastasio - 'Layla' - Lockin Arrington Virginia August 24, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO1NB_yIZec Also part of this mini-series will be upcoming interviews with JGB Band Melvin Seals and Dead & Company Oteil Burbridge. We're also starting a new feature called 'Festival Flashback' - please share your favorite festival memories. Connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies @skullandroses @deadandcompany @gratefuldead @jayblakesberg Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Talent Buyer Chris Porter about the upcoming 'Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival' and how the San Francisco iconic festival is reinventing itself virtually. It's a chance to watch from home or virtually from a tarp in you own backyard on Saturday October 3, 2020 from 5p-8p EST or 2p-5p PST. The day will be filled with new performances, archival sets and crowd sourced footage. https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/ We also tap into some of the other fall festivals and reconnect about their virtual experiences. https://www.farmaid.org/festival/about-the-festival/ https://www.bonnaroo.com/ https://www.locknfestival.com/ Please keep in touch - festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com @nationfestival @festivalnationpodcast @pantheonpodcast Peace and talk to you next time! Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Vinnie Dombroski from Sponge who performed at the July Mini-Fest (Formerly the Herd Immunity Festival) in Wisconsin July 16-19, 2020. This was the first rock festival featuring major acts to take place since the pandemic started. You'll hear a first-hand account from Vin about his experience at the Festival, speculations about how small clubs can survive this pandemic, how Sponge has survived and thrived since the 1990's and Vinnie's love of amps and loud music. Songs: 'Plowed' - Sponge - Live Emerald Theater in Mt. Clemens Michigan -2014 http://www.spongetheband.com/ https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/05/dave-grohl-irreplaceable-thrill-rock-show/611113/ You'll also get updates on upcoming cancelled and rescheduled festivals. https://www.sturgismotorcyclerally.com/ https://www.locknfestival.com/ http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2020/ https://skullandroses.com/ Please connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies #rocknroll #spongetheband #weareeverywhere @locknfestival @hardlystrictlybluegrass Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Nathan Morin - the deodorant king of Chicago about his latest product, Grateful Dead Deodorant. Nathan is a deadhead and says the music and spirit of the Grateful Dead have influenced my company's core principles of service, veganism and organic agriculture. Join us as we talk about the power of live music, love of festivals and deodorant, https://northcoastorganics.us/ - order your Grateful Dead deodorant today and get 30% off by using the code FestivalNation and please share the link with friends Also hear an update on upcoming cancelled and rescheduled festivals. https://www.locknfestival.com/ https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/ https://www.bottlerocknapavalley.com/ http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2020/ https://fans.com/ https://www.nugs.net/ https://stringsummit.com/ https://www.dead.net/fare-thee-well https://skullandroses.com/ Please connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies #rocknroll #gratefuldead #weareeverywhere #gratefuldeaddeodorant #420 @outsidelands @locknfestival @fansbelonghere @bottlerocknapa @hardlystrictlybluegrass @nugsnet @headcountorg @stringsummit Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation Host Marla Davies talks with Maria Maldaur about her latest work with the Garcia Project called Spirit - A Loving Tribute to Jerry Garcia and The Spiritual Songs He Performed. You'll hear a few tracks from the latest release - GarciaProject.com. Maria also shares stories of her over a half century in the music business, her early days in Greenwich Village, seeing Bob Dylan play electric for the first time, the blessing of her 1974 hit single 'Midnight at the Oasis', singing in Jerry Garcia's Band, The Garcia Project and where she thinks festivals are going since Covid-19. Songs: The Garcia Project - Spirit 'Cold Jordan' The Garcia Project - Spirit 'Gomorrah' The Garcia Project - Spirit 'Who Was John' Maria Muldaur -Live in 1974 'Midnight at the Oasis' Please connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Festival Pass Founder and CEO Ed Vincent about Festival Pass - the world's first live events subscription service across music, film, food and wine, theatre and tech and innovation and where he sees festivals going after the pandemic. Please connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods @marladavies Here's the list of current festivals and tours that have been cancelled so far in 2020: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9323647/concerts-canceled-coronavirus-list We also talked about the Corona Virus and the controversial new findings about people not showing symptoms and their level of contagion. Here's a link to that article: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/what-the-who-meant-to-say-about-asymptomatic-people-spreading-the-coronavirus Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies explores the SoFa Music Festival - SIP - Shelter in Place Edition. The Music Festival/Street Fair held in April usually attracts between 3,000-5,000 people who travel to the South First Area of Downtown San Jose to listen to between 80-100 bands on more than 10 stages in a 2 block area. And living up to its name there's lots of sofas on the street to hang out on and enjoy the day's activities. This year the event was virtual with some 20 channels instead of stages where over 100 bands performed from their own play space. The event lasted over 7 hours and brought in some 7,000 unique visitors. This virtual event was so successful that a smaller version has continued on Saturday Nights called #sofasaturdays. I was so excited to be part of the festival doing both a 'Festival Nation' live podcast and hosting a hangout/vinyl party. Please excuse the quality of the Fil and Casey interviews. They were both from the live event and recorded on Zoom and played back for the podcast. Thanks for understanding. I always try to shoot for the best audio quality and even with the assistance of audio engineer extraordinaire Jerry Danielsen this is the best that we could get. I included the interviews because I felt the conversations were worthy. If you'd like to check out the Sofa Music Festivals #sofasaturdays and schedule your night at #sched, I'll be doing another live podcast on May 16th at 6. Please look for my channel and join in the fun. sofamusicfestival.com Songs: Barely Funktional - 'W.T.G.T' - NPR Tiny Desk Contest 2018 Casey Wickstron - 'Orange Grove' - NPR Tiny Desk Contest Ren Geisick 'If You Can Take Him, You Can Have Him' - recorded for 'Festival Nation' Please keep in touch @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @marladavies @pantheonpods #rocknroll #socialdistancing2020 #quarantinelife #selfisolation #sofastreetfair @sofamusicfestival #sofasurfers Please connect with me - marladavies.com and festivalnationpodcast.com or shoot me an email festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. Any music used in the Festival Nation Podcast is owned by the artist and used for education and illustration purposes only. All songs on this podcast can be found for purchase or streaming where ever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing songs and support musicians. Thanks for downloading, liking, sharing and following Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network or where ever you listen to your podcasts. We will get by, we will survive - Peace! Love, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation Host Marla Davies takes you to day 3 of a Virtual Festival - ARockagedden 2020. She's come up with the ultimate setlist of bands whose songs reflect these crazy times. You'll hear live performances and song lore. Since we can't celebrate the magical world of music festivals in our usual fashion, this is the next best thing - a virtual festival. Here's today's ultimate setlist: Arockaliptic Stage: U2 - 'Until The End of The World' - Live from Slane Castle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJdfkFjKCA Led Zeppelin - 'Sick Again' June 23. 1977 Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iFwqXSQn20 Smroomsday Stage: The Specials - 'Ghost Town' - Live at Mida Vale for BBC 6 Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZbfxLFU05Y Prince - '1999' - Live at the Summit - Houston TX 12/29/1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udkRI514KSI Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' - Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction for George Harrison 2004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y Blitzkrieg Bop Stage: Elvis Costello - 'Waiting for the End of the World' - Capitol Theatre Passaic New Jersey - 5/5/78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds0PvZmEocE The Clash - 'Armagideon Time' - Hammersmith Odeon UK London - 12/27/79 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4wASz39Fc All songs on this 'Festival Nation' Podcast are owned by the artist and are used for educational and illustration purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support the arts and musicians Thanks for liking, sharing and following 'Festival Nation'. Stay in touch if you have a song you'd like to add to the ultimate setlist, share a favorite festival memory or just say hey now - festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on social at facebook and instagram @festivalnatiopocast and twitter @nationfestival. You can also find me on all social platforms at Marla Davies. We are proudly on the Pantheon Podcast Network @pantheonpods Thanks to the following for being part of today's podcast #u2 ledzeppelin #thespecialsofficial #prince #elviscostello #theclash #weareeverywhere #rocknroll #musicfestivals @marladavies @pantheonpods @festivalnation @festivalnationpodcast #socialdistancing2020 #quarantinelife #selfisolation #rollingstone #rockandroll #rockandrollhalloffame Visit our sponsor Adam & Eve for 50% off almost any item AND receive FREE shipping. Just go to adamandeve.com and type FEST at checkout. Please stay well and sane! Until next time, Peace! Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation Host Marla Davies takes you to day 2 of a Virtual Festival - ARockagedden 2020. She's come up with the ultimate setlist of bands whose songs reflect these crazy times. You'll hear live performances and song lore. Since we can't celebrate the magical world of music festivals in our usual fashion, this is the next best thing - a virtual festival. Here's today's ultimate setlist: Arockaliptic Stage: R.E.M.: 'It's The End of the World As We Know It and I Feel Fine' Live From Glastonbury June 25, 1999 Michael Stipe Covid-19 PSA: Twitter and MichaelStipe.com The Police: 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' - Live Sting on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots: 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' 4/9/2020 Smroomsday Stage: The Cure: 'In Between Days' - 1985 The Grateful Dead: 'One More Saturday Night' 3/24/90 Knickerbocker Arena - NY Blitzkrieg Bop Stage: The Ramones: 'Blitzkrieg Bop' - Live The Talking Heads: 'Life During Wartime' - 11/4/1980 - Capitol Theatre - Port Chester - NY All songs on this 'Festival Nation' Podcast are owned by the artist and are used for educational and illustration purposes only. All songs can be found for purchase or streaming wherever you get your great music. Please pick up these amazing tracks and support the arts! Thanks for liking, sharing and following 'Festival Nation' - tune in next week for Day 3 of ARockagedden 2020! Stay in touch if you have a song you'd like to add to the ultimate setlist, share a favorite festival memory or just say hey now - festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on social at facebook and instagram @festivalnatiopocast and twitter @nationfestival. We are proudly on the Pantheon Podcast Network @pantheonpods Thanks to the following for being part of today's podcast @billboardcharts @rem #michaelstipe @ramones #thecure robertsmith @theofficialsting #gratefuldead #weareeverywhere #talkingheads #tonightshow #fallontonight #jimmyfallon #rocknroll #musicfestivals @marladavies @pantheonpods @festivalnation @festivalnationpodcast #socialdistancing2020 #quarantinelife #selfisolation Visit our sponsor Adam & Eve for 50% off almost any item AND receive FREE shipping. Just go to adamandeve.com and type FEST at checkout. Please stay well and sane! Until next time, Peace! Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation Host Marla Davies takes you to day 1 of a Virtual Festival - ARockagedden 2020. She's come up with the ultimate setlist of bands whose songs reflect these crazy times. You'll hear live performances and song lore. Since we can't celebrate the magical world of music festivals in our usual fashion, this is the next best thing - a virtual festival. Here's today's ultimate setlist: Arockaliptic Stage: Aerosmith : 'Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu' written by Huey 'Piano' Smith and Johnny Vincent Billy Idol: 'Dancing with Myself' - Superdrive Live 2009 AC/DC - 'Touch Too Much' - 5/22/16 - Prague 'Rock or Bust World Tour' with Axl Rose Smroomsday Stage: Dave Matthews Band; 'When The World Ends' - 6/9/15 - Nikon @ Jones Beach Theatre - Wantaugh, NY Allman Brothers Band: 'Whipping Post' - 9/23/70 - Fillmore East NYC Blitzkrieg Bop Stage: Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta - recorded from the Letterman Show 1998 Thanks for liking, sharing and following 'Festival Nation' - tune in next week for Day 2 of ARockagedden 2020! Stay in touch if you have a song you'd like to add to the ultimate setlist, share a favorite festival memory or just say hey now - festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on social at facebook and instagram @festivalnatiopocast and twitter @nationfestival. We are proudly on the Pantheon Podcast Network @pantheonpods Visit our sponsor Adam & Eve for 50% off almost any item AND receive FREE shipping. Just go to adamandeve.com and type FEST at checkout. Thanks to the following for being part of today's podcast #WDVE @rollingstone @gratefuldead @aerosmith @davematthewsband @glen.ballard #rockandrollhalloffame @billyidol @acdc #mtv @gunsnroses @letterman Visit our sponsor Adam & Eve for 50% off almost any item AND receive FREE shipping. Just go to adamandeve.com and type FEST at checkout. Please stay well and sane! Until next time, Peace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies tackles the difficult discussion of the Coronavirus COVID-19 and how it's turning the Festival World upside down and inside out. The words postpone, reschedule and cancel have suddenly become commonplace as SXSW, Coachella, Stagecoach, Skull & Roses, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage, Bonnaroo and Glastonbury as all accept the pandemic and the need to make schedule changes. These are strange days indeed! Today on 'Festival Nation' we hear from Christian Swain, CEO of the Pantheon Podcast Network and Host of the Rock and Roll Archeology Podcast and Long-Time Publicist of the Grateful Dead, Dennis McNally. @pantheonpods @festivalnationpodcast @SXSW @Coachella @StageCoach @Skull&Roses @ jazzfest @bonnaroo @glastonbury @nationfestival Since publishing this episode Bottle Rock has also postponed it's Memorial Day Festival to the weekend of October 2-4 @bottlerocknapa along with the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and more to come. Thanks for your support - please reach out and share your favorite Festival memories at festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com or on social @festivalnationpodcast or @nationfestival. In the time being, let's remember the good times together. #weareeverywhere Peace and stay well, Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation Host Marla Davies interviews Steve Parish who'll be performing at Skull & Roses April 2-5 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds as part of our Pantheon Podcast Network Mini-Series. On today's episode Parish talks about the upcoming festival and shares stories about his over 50 years traveling with the Grateful Dead, his bond with Jerry Garcia whose band (JGB) he managed for many years, the power of cannabis and psychedelics and what it means to be a Dead Head. I'm giving away a pair of passes - to win just email me at festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com, twitter @nationfestival and Instagram and Facebook @festivalnationpodcast. Please tell us why you like the podcast and what band you're most looking forward to seeing at Skull & Roses. Festival Nation - Celebrating The Magical World of Music Festivals - 'Let There Be Songs To Fill The Air' (Thanks Robert Hunter). Thanks for liking, sharing and following Festival Nation @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods. Peace, Marla! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Rock Guitarist Steve Kimock about his love of music festivals including the upcoming Skull & Roses festivals, Jam Cruise, playing rock 'n roll in Japan, his yearning to play the oud and how he still appreciates the little things. Festival Nation on the Pantheon Podcast Network is featuring a special mini-series on Skull & Roses - the multi-day festival celebrating the music of the Grateful Dead. Join us at the fesitval April 2-5 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. I'm giving away a pair of passes - to win just email me at festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com, twitter @nationfestival and Instagram and Facebook @festivalnationpodcast. Please tell us why you like the podcast and what band you're most looking forward to seeing at Skull & Roses. Music: Voodoo Dead - 11/10/18 'Shakedown Street' with Jackie Greene, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti, Steve Kimock and John Kimock. Gothic Theater - Denver CO Rahim Alhaj Trio - 5/25/17 - Lincoln Center Thanks for liking, sharing and following Festival Nation @festivalnationpodcast @nationfestival @pantheonpods. Peace, Marla! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks with Dennis McNally - Author, Historian and Long-Time Publicist for the Grateful Dead and Promoter for the Upcoming Skull & Roses Festival at the Ventura County Fairgrounds April 2-5, 2020. The 4th Annual Festival will celebrate the music and community of the Grateful Dead. McNally was the publicist for the Grateful Dead for 11 years and attended some 1,100 shows. During the interview, you'll hear stories about how Jerry Garcia gave him the job, where the band went during sightseeing adventures, Phils love for PB&J's and the Hells Angeles advice on not getting arrested. Grateful Dead - 'Touch of Grey' - 11/3/2019 - Golden Gate Park Festival Nation is on the Pantheon Podcast Network Please stay connected - FestivalNationPodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Marla Davies talks to singer and guitar player Grahame Lesh of Midnight North who will perform at Skull & Roses the weekend of April 2-5 for the 4th Anniversary at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Midnight North recently performed a homecoming show at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA. and special guest Phil Lesh (Grahame's Dad) made a guest appearance with the band. Marla and Grahame talk about how Terrapin Crossroads is a special place, why Grahame is a DeadHead, how metal became an early influence and the why he loves playing at music festivals. Featured Songs: Midnight North - 'Long View' recorded on NPR Music - Tiny Desk Concert Metallica - 'Battery' Midnight North - 'Green County' recorded for Jam in The Van - Live at Terrapin Crossroads, July 13, 2017 Festival Nation is on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Thanks for sharing, liking and following us on twitter @nationfestival and facebook and instagram @festivalnationpodcast. You can reach us at festivalnationpodcast@gmail.com Tell us why you love Festival Nation and what band you're most looking forward to seeing at Skull & Roses and you could win a pair of passes to the festival. Email or reach out on Social Media to enter. Thanks for listening - Peace! Marla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Festival Nation here on the Pantheon Podcast network is excited to feature an upcoming mini-series on Skull and Roses. Skull & Roses is a multi-day festival which celebrates the music and community that formed around iconic American rock band the Grateful Dead. It returns for its 4th and best installment so far at the holy grail of the West Coast Grateful Dead scene, the Ventura County Fairgrounds (California). Don't miss this celebration April 2-5 with friends, family and the community where you can expect “strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand.” This year, for the first time, an original member of the Grateful Dead - drummer Bill Kreutzmann - will appear as one of the festival headliners, sharing the long-awaited return of his side project Billy & The Kids. The event has also evolved from bands exclusively performing music of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia, to now include those that have been inspired and influenced by their timeless music, including many original acts such as Jackie Greene, Circles Around The Sun, Ghost Light, David Nelson Band, Midnight North, Moonalice, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Skull & Roses has also expanded to four days, beginning with a Thursday night (April 2) Kick-Off Party featuring Stu Allen & Mars Hotel and a rare performance by Rooster Conspiracy featuring Jay Lane, Reed Mathis, and Todd Stoops. Friday to Sunday the music will run daily from 11:00am to midnight, and until 7:00pm on Sunday on two alternating stages. THE LINEUP: Billy & The Kids * Oteil & Friends * Steve Kimock's Voodoo Dead * Melvin Seals and JGB * Jackie Greene * Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass * Circles Around The Sun * Ghost Light * Grateful Shred * David Nelson Band * Stu Allen & Mars Hotel * Rooster Conspiracy * Midnight North * Pink Talking Fish are Dead * Cubensis- Grateful Dead Music Experience * Moonalice * Jerry's Middle Finger * Dave Harrington’s Merry Pranksters * Big Steve and the Ass Bites From Hell * The Alligators Pigpen * Electric Waste Band * Roots of Creation's Grateful Dub: a Reggae-infused tribute to the Grateful Dead * Marcus Rezak’s Shred Is Dead * Xtra Ticket Featuring Dave A'Bear * David Gans * The Noodles * China Cats * Catfish John For more information, visit https://www.skullandroses.com Tier 2 now onsale! 3 DAY PASS: GA Tier 2 $229 * 3.5 DAY PASS: GA PLUS Tier 2 $449 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices