The Latvala Files: Hangin' Out in the Vault

Summary:

Never-before released interviews with the late Dick Latvala, the first official archivist for the Grateful Dead.

Website:

http://www.podcast.com/

Additional Credits and Funding:

Produced and funded by Podcast.com. Assembled in 2005 from archival interviews conducted in the mid-1990s by Mike Zapolin et al of Internet Real Estate Group LLC. Hosted (intros and breaks) and executive produced by David Amentola; produced by Justin Grotelueschen. Thanks to the remaining members of the Grateful Dead and to the Latvala family.

Tones:

Amusing, Informational, Intriguing

Language:

English

Description:

In a dancing blaze of tie-dyed glory, the late Dick Latvala was offered a Deadhead's dream job when he became the Grateful Dead's archivist in the mid-1980s. In the first episode of The Latvala Files, culled from exclusive interviews with Dick in the late-1990s, Dick talks about how he became a Deadhead, why he started taping, and how he fulfilled his life mission of exposing people to the Grateful Dead experience through the ongoing Dick's Picks series of reissued GD live shows. Includes Bill Walton (host of One More Saturday Night on Sirius satellite radio) and Dead percussionist Mickey Hart, who both shed light on Dick, the Dead, the music and the fans.

Dennis McNally, longtime public relations guru for the Grateful Dead, calls the episode "superbly edited" and a "very funny juxtaposition of lyrics with Dick -- great work!"

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