Jerry Garcia Interview - 1979-01-11 w. Ray White of WLIR-FM (Long Island)

[@tommerolla8731]

The great Ray White, one of the great DJs, recently passed away. WLIR at that time was a wonderful station playing all kind of music. This is one of his many insightful interviews.

[@Jeff-S]

WLIR was the best NY area rock station. Period. Age 14. First time I ever heard Scarlet Begonias I was in Amityville in a 72 Malibu listening to this station. I was in love with the song immediately. Mars Hotel wasn't out very long. This station would play unreleased live music by all the big Names. Does anybody remember WLIR's Party in the Park? at Belmont?

[@tommerolla8731]

@@Jeff-S Vaguely remember the Party in the Park. They also sponsored free concerts at My Father's Place. Pick up the tickets at the station and enjoy the show. My first concert was a free LIR concert at MFP. Ray did an import show called "Off the Boat". Discovered some good bands that way. You remember the News Blimps?

[@Jeff-S]

@@tommerolla8731 No not the News Blimps. I'll look them up. I think everyone (on Long Island remembers The Good Rats though. And , ah yes My Father's Place!

[@ThadCashin]

Thank you much, "Grateful"ly appreciated for sure. Later Peace

[@jameskovic7146]

Really nice, funny and mellow interview. The LIRR disc jockey-can’t recall his name and I’m from Long Island, man-had A-LOT OF GREAT questions. Jerry seemed very comfortable with these guys telling them stuff he’s talked about endlessly since the days of the Jenn Werner Rolling Stone interview for the “Signpost to new space”book in 1972. Very Groovy scene. Makes you miss ole Jerry. But he’s with you. Call out his name and just start talking. Nobody dies; they just shirk the flesh and move on to a higher dimension. Come on, think positively, man. Some day you’re going to see him and not in some holographic side show. FOR REAL!!!! There’s going to be a pole shift, the planet will stop its rotation for three days and then start up again in the other direction. And it will be at that time my Dead Head Friends, that The Resurrection will occur redemption assured and all of the little kitties will purr……. Into the MYSTIC! Sing it to me baby.

[@johnnytoobad7785]

The '81 show at NC was my favorite...

[@SuperLoveskate]

Great interview, We all miss you Jerry 💜

[@mcdaniels6188]

Thanks for sharing this interview. Was at Nassau colliseum 4/30/84 on the floor. The chairs were the folding kind. We folded them all up and made big piles, so there was plenty of open room for dancing. Good times!

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

good times!

[@TrishBell1]

I had the pleasure of being a colleague of Ray White while on air at KKSF Smooth Jazz, EVERY interview he did was phenomenal.

[@1369buddy]

WLIR, WNEW. Only game in town. I remember 73 & 79 Jerry The GOAT

[@kxmotox13]

@Mikey B, thank you so much for these awesome interview posts with the Jerry. Please keep them coming! Jerry has so much to offer with his thoughts and his philosophy oh, that we can only begin to understand about 10% of.🍄🍄💨💨

[@fleetingverse4135]

Its really nice to hear these old interviews. Thanks for sharing

[@sethgrogan4766]

These are gold man, thanks a lot

[@jordanp510]

i was listening to Ray one day and he was giving away a guitar from Pat Metheny. The question to win was "what does it say on the pressing of Terrapin Station, " and i knew it said "where do you keep your stereo Jer" and i won the guitar and tiks to see him .met him rikki lee jones and mr dimarzio

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

great job! I have an original Arista AL7001 on vinyl and also on the second side is written "If It Rolls, Sink It!"

[@Preston_McKnight]

Thus was either right before or right after he played the craziest Jack straw solo

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Watkins Glen I think that's the one that outnumbered Woodstock for more people and I managed to get myself on the front cover of the New York times half naked dead center top dead center and I was probably what 16 and still afraid to get in trouble so I was just waiting to hear about that one

[@Jeff4090]

One of Phishs techs just called bs on Woodstock. He did the math, very carefully, and said 83k, max.

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

​@@Jeff4090 i would love to read or hear than conversation about Woodstock attendance. Is it around? Cheers

[@susiefairfield7218]

Happy Days Between Jerryholics! 🤘💓🔥🎸🥰👉❤⚡💙🐦💀🌹

[@ivansbacon]

I really like licorice.

[@justicesomeday]

awesome mike! thxs

[@Jeff4090]

It's funny that they were joking about everyone wearing a surgical mask...43 years later it's the norm. Great interview.

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

I just read your post! I’m not the only one to catch that lolo 😂

[@Jeff4090]

One of the best Garcia interviews of all time. I enjoyed hearing him talk about Dylan as well ⚡⚡

[@TheFunkybert]

Bob and Phil are starting to talk like that comedy bit 😂🤣😂 “Let’s talk about old times before it wears off….”

[@arlenmargolin1650]

One of the best Garcia interviews and only eight comments and only under a thousand views very strange what happened to all the deadheads I guess they're out walking around somewhere

[@smartluck100]

Weir EVERYWHERE. The interview speaks for itself...

[@richardsullivan2537]

Maybe it’s because the volume is so crazy low on it

[@johnstallings4049]

I went to Nassau Coliseum many times & the 'A-Team' security was always brutally violent....& my hometown shows were at The Capital Center in Landover MD. ....another venue where cops on horses abused the Deadhead crowd regularly as well! Great interview....thanx for posting this! ❄️❣️🌎❣️❄️

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

remember when that kid Adam Katz got murdered by those Nassau security thugs in '89? So sad. The next shows fans had made Security shirts with the back stating "I beg of you don't murder me, please don't murder me" I was so happy when the Albany arena became a tour stop. It's too bad those Nassau shows were so hot!! peace & nugs and 30 second hugs.....

[@johnstallings4049]

@@noturnleftunstoned72 Yup Mike B. I don't think they ever solved that case. I attended 322 GD shows between 1974`1995! I'm 65 now & KZbin & people like you make my golden years very enjoyable. I have about 5,000 tapes but hard copy analogue is impossible w/o actually having tape decks anymore! ❄️❣️🌎❣️❄️ play w/

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

@@johnstallings4049 did you make any Canadian shows over the years? just curious. my 1st was July 16 1990 Buffalo and my last which was my 42nd was April 2 Memphis summer 1995. I feel lucky to have seen only 3 Brent shows but I loved that crazy soulman, still miss him. Remember the days where in a month between MSG, The Spectrum and Boston you could see 22 shows if you scored for all, in just 3 cities lol. So awesome.

[@johnstallings4049]

@@noturnleftunstoned72 I saw em @ Wonderlands in Toronto in 1984 & my sister lived in Traverse City Michigan for a while so I saw a lot of shows and Upstate New York and in Michigan at Auburn Hills The Palace and at Pine Knob Michigan in Clarkston. I live in Annapolis Maryland now so all the Merryweather shows I went to all the RFK Virginia and Pennsylvania I attended just about every show in those three states from 74 to 95

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

@@johnstallings4049 nice. I have nice 2 gen pre-fm's on tapes of that Wonderland show. I hope you got on the bus early enough to see the Wall of Sound. I would give my left testicle to have heard the Wall live as well as Keith. He is my favorite of the hot seat members, then TC. I hear the Frosty shows were fun to go to on the west coast. Nothing beat the Fall '91JGB tour for me and my ex(nothing compared to your 70's Dead of course). We did 9 shows out of 12, lots of guests, 'What a Wonderful World' encores, Killer Kahn etc...also, JGB shows weeded out most of the local college kids and the nitrous Mafia. In Albany we all did STP....never again lol. We were high AF for 3 days. If I did that today my walls would be padded. Take care John! peace always.

[@arlenmargolin1650]

I don't get these interviewers I mean Jerry Garcia starts talking about being on the Playboy after dark special and starts to illuminate and just get shut down by the DJ like what the f***

[@gagealbright]

saturday night live 26:10

[@jpwjr1199]

If you could upload it with a program that could double the sound to both channels (it's only on the L channel, now), it would sound just fine!

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

Yeah, I just have to increase the gain in audacity, I forgot to do it here. I'll re up soon enough....maybe 🐢🐢🐢🐢

[@jpwjr1199]

@@noturnleftunstoned72 Just a heads up - I don't know if it's the gain that would do it - you just need to make sure the signal is going to both the L and R channels. If it's not and only going to the L channel, there's probably a way of doubling it and sending it to the R channel, and viola! You have stereo style signal. I would need to remember that sound editor to know how to do it, but it shouldn't be that difficult. Thank you, man! Any WLIR stuff is great stuff, and a Garcia interview is fantastic!

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

@@jpwjr1199 I appreciate the help! peace.

[@bpar73]

Anyone know the St. Louis venue he was talking about with the laughably horrible acoustics?

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

The Fox.

[@LibertyLynch]

The Checker Dome 5/15/77

[@gratefuldrifter6588]

To cool.

[@dansemacabre8692]

"Everybody's wearing surgical masks in here"?

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

quite apropos I thought as well :D

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

They Joke About audience wearing Surgical Masks 😷if they only Knew right!!! CRAZY TIMES! Miss ya Jerry, we know where Jerry would have Stood on the Masks etc. Theirs no Doubt…..

[@DylanMascolaMusic]

who sucking the jolly rancher?

[@tylerthompson1842]

Is Jerry eating a box of cookies?

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

a box of Ding Dongs, Space Food Sticks and Aspen soda :D

[@danamcalister]

Sounds like cough drops for his throat to me. Sucrets or whatever hahaha

[@chrisdher65]

Jerry had Covis! Patient A

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

Haha you think Jerry rolled up his sleeve?

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

HELL NO lm saying. Hell no for sure under No circumstances…… Bob Did. 😢

[@chrisdher65]

@@gratefuldawgs2738 what ever Pelosi says, Bobby does. He doesn’t want to get cancelled

[@chrisdher65]

@@gratefuldawgs2738 Jerry would not have bent a knee, unless maybe he thought it had some Persian in the needle

[@gratefuldawgs2738]

@@chrisdher65 it blows my mind.

[@ChicoEscuela]

that comedy routine didn't age well

[@ClueSign]

Painfully lame.

[@dickhedd8490]

I kinda liked it!! Owsley taken away for being so high he was endangering air traffic!! 1 Love Miss You Owsley! Thanks for Turning On tha 60s!!

[@dickhedd8490]

@Dylan Stokes They Certainly Did!!

[@ClueSign]

Why didn't he skip the interview and rest his voice.

[@TucumcariTimmy]

Ray White, the D.J. should be the fuck quiet when the person he's interviewing is trying to talk. Oh, he's dead...? Some people never learn.

[@theobscurust]

I dig the interview but Jerry’s obnoxious chewing made it almost unbearable.

[@danamcalister]

I think it was cough drops for his throat

[@theobscurust]

@@danamcalister that makes sense. You are probably correct on that.