Dan Patrick

Where's Grateful Dead?

Well, there's so many criteria you'd have to nail down to say who's the best.

I mean, the Grateful Dead extend across so many decades.

I think that's where their staying power is.

Like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles from across the way, to me, are the greatest bands because one, of their longevity.

I mean, some people would argue that the Rolling Stones should have stopped long ago and they're just cranking out the same old stuff.

Same for ACDC and any other...

Or Bon Jovi or Def Leppard, any band that's come out with new albums.

It's like, yeah, same as the old.

The Dead got started in the mid-60s, before my time, really.

Touch of Grey was their only top ten hit, so they weren't commercially successful in terms of selling albums or getting on the radio.

the biggest draw when it comes to live touring i think i think i would say that they're one of the most important bands i wouldn't use words like the greatest or the best but um paradigm shifting and the in and and the kind of ethos that they projected and and the kind of uh you know mysterious spirituality that surrounded them throughout their entire career jerry garcia and bob and phil uh

gave people a vibe their whole thing was a vibe right it was the live show it was hanging out in the parking lot beforehand it was wearing the uniform of the dead whatever that meant it was a religion to be honest the dead he's Alan Hunter he's our ombudsman Sirius XM host 80s on 8 classic rewind that first month of MTV how would you sum that up for those who may not remember it or didn't see it

Well, if you weren't there August 1st, 1981, then you didn't witness what was basically a local cable television show.

And the show is stitched together with duct tape.

People know MTV as this worldwide phenomenon, but it started out like a local community theater show.

I mean, MTV had no money to start.

Warner Amex gave them $25 million, which was nothing.

And cable television in the early 80s was like local pornography shows, you know, or the Crank Call show.

In New York City, we had all these crazy public television shows.