After 4 years and 4 months, we thank all fans of Radio Circus for your help and support. The pleasure has surely been ours. Please join us in our next incarnation at www.RadioCircus.net

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"Time keeps tick-tocking away....close your eyes, there goes another day" ~ Fred Engleberg Old Leadfoot plays music for geezers of various ages. The shows may not be getting any better, but they're sure getting longer.

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Old Leadfoot sets out to explore inner space, but the death of a close friend requires personal reflection be included in the mix. Celebrating and mourning the life of a great lover of music....the world of "bootleg" tapers knew him as Bigfoot, but his friends called him The Sandman. And good LORD he'll be missed by many.

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Sometimes the music picks itself. The only commonality I see here is the all American origin of the artists involved.

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In a long standing Radio Circus tradition, the events of April 16th 1943 and 2002 serve as inspiration for our setlist

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Old Leadfoot boogies at midnight to begin year #5, plus a special announcement to Radio Circus fans of all ages!

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Radio Circus completes it's first term of office with Episode #102, comprised almost entirely of classic live recordings. Special thanks to Mark of Sonoma County CA for the great ZPZ photos!

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Every Sunday night at midnight (east coast time)Randy Bone takes the airwaves of WFHB on a trip to the early morning hours. This episode of Radio Circus is a slightly edited aircheck from February 9, 2009, which became a 5 hour extravaganza. The latest Randy Bone Show can usually be found here. We urge you to listen - either live or archived.

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The moment we've been waiting for has FINALLY arrived! You're all cordially invited to join Old Leadfoot in celebration at the Radio Circus Inaugural Ball. America is back, mofo! Thanks for being patient, world.

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We take this opportunity to throw one last shoe at the lamest President ever to duck. Presented in VBR format for increased sound quality.

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The last Radio Circus episode of the year is a collection of some of Old Leadfoot's favorite folk artists Seasons greetings and our best wishes for a happy & healthy 2009 The psychedelic secrets of Santa Claus

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Among other things, we bid a fond adieu to Alaska's most famous felon and soon to be former senator, "Uncle" Ted Stevens.

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Old Leadfoot enlists the help of Randy Bone and Uncle Charlie in a grand celebration to commemorate the election of the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."......This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my father's died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!" ~Martin Luther King~ August 28, 1963

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Divination: the methods or practice of attempting to foretell the future or discovering the unknown through omens, oracles, or supernatural powers. A reflection on the election. My friends...a groundswell is forming for a new candidate of the people!

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Of course, dancing with Old Leadfoot contains a certain degree of risk

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Early August and it's time for our annual tribute to Jerry Garcia. This year Jerry shares the spotlight with two recently departed musicians - Hiram Bullock and Artie Traum.

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July 4th weekend required THREE celebratory gatherings by three seperate circles of friends. Some of those friends hadn't traveled this way for many years. The entire month has been an occasion for friends, new or old, to connect. In fact, we're waiting for a crew to arrive right now. So, episode #91 of Radio Circus... TO ALL MY FRIENDS...!

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All-live content returns for the summer with selections performed by artists who are closely associated with the "Cali culture" popular in the 1960s. Dedicated to the memory of George Carlin: (May 12, 1937?June 22, 2008)

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"...I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him; The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones, So let it be with Caesar ..." ~ KVRE from Austin, Texas was incorrectly identified as being from San Antonio. We apologize for this oversight (it was 2:30 A.M.)

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Or perhaps you prefer tulips on your organ. Either way, episode #88 of Radio Circus celebrates the person on the keyboards.

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Dr. Albert Hofmann ~ 1/11/06 - 4/29/08 Dr Albert Hofmann was an anonymous Swiss chemist - then he inadvertently created the mind-altering psychedelic drug that would shape popular culture for generations. It all began with a "peculiar" accident on a spring day in 1943 that reconnected Hofmann with the "deeply euphoric" visionary encounters he had experienced in nature as a boy. About death, Hofmann said, "I go back to where I came from, to where I was before I was born, that's all"

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Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to stop my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and to go home, as I was seized by a peculiar restlessness associated with a sensation of mild dizziness. On arriving home, I lay down and sank into a kind of drunkenness which was not unpleasant and which was characterized by extreme activity of imagination. As I lay in a dazed condition with my eyes closed (I experienced daylight as disagreeably bright) there surged upon me an uninterrupted stream of fantastic images of extraordinary plasticity and vividness and accompanied by an intense, kaleidoscope-like play of colors. This condition gradually passed off after about two hours. ~ Dr. Albert Hofmann - April 16th 1943 April 16th 2002- Maximo is born happy 4/20

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Radio Circus: The original technicolor podcast All live content is provided in celebration of three consecutive years of music, mayhem and mishagos with Old Leadfoot. Much thanks to all...!

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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ~Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

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eclectic: 1. varied: made up of parts from various sources > an eclectic collection of paintings 2. choosing from various sources: choosing what is best or preferred from a variety of sources or styles > an eclectic taste in music

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Old Leadfoot reflects upon some February occurrences while keeping the brew in February RadioCircus@hotmail.com

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Happy 102nd Birthday, Dr. Albert Hofmann...! Congratulations and thank you for your life's work and contribution to society that set off a world-wide chain reaction of inspiration. ~From the many disciples of your problem child

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Old Leadfoot, Radio Lois and Maximo return from a pilgrimage to Brooklyn New York that included a 7000 mile expedition through rural America. Originally prepared to be posted on December 23, 2007

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Includes highlights from the free concert held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on September 2, 2007 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the "Summer Of Love". It was a beautiful thing.

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"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." ~James Madison "Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.? ~Voltaire "This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.? ~Plato

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A dozen years since his passing... he would have been 65 years old now. Our third annual celebration of the life and times of Jerry Garcia, co-hosted by the lovely Ophelia Nutsack.

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night (or oral surgery) stays Radio Circus from the eventual completion of its appointed rounds. The assistance of virtual friends from around the globe was required in the production of this podcast of all live content. Special thanks to Sir Hugo Plotz for assembling our all-star cast.

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In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams Welcome to summertime aficionados of the "wake and bake" lifestyle.

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Dedicated to the memory of Laura Ellen Hopper 1950-2007 Ms. Hopper founded or co-founded two legendary independant radio stations in central California, KFAT & KPIG, and was an intrepid fighter for the ability to keep free-form radio alive.

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"Wavy Gravy is the illegitimate son of Harpo Marx and Mother Teresa." - Paul Krassner You can help Wavy celebrate his birthday by attending his annual benefit concert in San Francisco @ The Grand Ballroom on May 18, 2007...or, you can make a donation that will help save the sight of thousands every year. PLEASE HELP! (Tell'em Old Leadfoot sent ya...!)

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(Her) belief in personal freedom is highlighted in the story where Goldman was taken aside at a dance by a young revolutionary and told it did not become an agitator to dance. Emma Goldman wrote; "I insisted that our cause could not expect me to behave as a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. I want freedom, the right to self expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things." Emma Goldman biography

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Unbeknownst to many, April 19, 1943 became a pivotal moment in history that helped change the course of humanity Dr. Albert Hofmann

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Radio Circus begins a third year of free-form podcasts with all the accoutrements you've become accustomed to.

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We celebrate the Lunar New Year with some loving words from the Mandarin voice of Radio Circus, Hu-Yu-No.

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This is a time for all good people to join the "War Against War". See and hear news, analysis and opinion you won't find in the American mainstream: Democracy Now See the updated look of Radio Circus!

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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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To the highest highs, from the lowest lows....this episode celebrates the mind of 101 yr old Dr. Albert Hofmann, while questioning that of George W. Bush.

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Some wild & wacky performers are featured along with a "traditional" rockin' New Year's Eve dance party as Old Leadfoot wraps up 2006. Thanks to all of our regular listeners and welcome to our new ones.

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Old Leadfoot selects excerpts from vintage live performances

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It's the middle of the night...(and your mommy and your daddy are sleeping) The perfect time for Old Leadfoot and his Radio Circus to take you away from what passes for reality.

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R.I.P. ~ Robert Lockwood Jr. ~ one of the last direct links to the primal blues of the Mississippi Delta.

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When one argues with a fool, there are two.

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Nor spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face ~ John Donne

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Despite the highest of expectations, Old Leadfoot's favorite team tanks in the 2006 MLB playoffs. He dedicates a set to them, as well as to their equally underachieving arch rivals. BUT FIRST... A set comprised entirely from the myriad of material at: www.archive.org

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Tequila bottles are emptied as PART 2 becomes a reality.

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At least once a year, we enjoy having Randy Bone join Old Leadfoot as co-host of Radio Circus. This year we're getting a double dose. Join us for PART 1 of this two-part musical odyssey!

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Old Leadfoot celebrates fifty episodes of Radio Circus with a little help from his friends and media heros, including Bob Fass, Larry Fine and Abbie Hoffman

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The Ancient Leadfooted one has a moment from the 1969 March on Washington inexplicably enter his consciousness... and a few hours later discovers that his image was taken at that exact moment and became part of an award winning photo that was published in LIFE Magazine circa:1970!

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A Radio Circus homage to "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake, N.Y." held 37 years ago on this date that became known as the Woodstock Festival. www.woodstockpreservation.org

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The third edition of our summer series of all live content celebrates the life of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead

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It's been said that Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. Old Leadfoot explores humor in it's various forms on Radio Circus #45

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Old Leadfoot weaves selections from various concerts to create a show that many Radio Circus fans will play a multitude of times "I love the smell of live music in the morning"

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Using superior mental abilities, Old Leadfoot retakes control of Radio Circus from the upstarts and continues the fight against the nattering nabobs of negativity.

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This third and final installation of Randy Bone's triple assault on Old Leadfoot's Radio Circus contains a few surprises, including a very special guest appearance.

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The shenanigans continue on Randy Bone's second unaccompanied excursion into the wild world of circus podcasting. Listen in and learn some things you never knew about Old Leadfoot.

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Join Randy Bone on his maiden solo voyage into the world of podcasting in this first of three episodes during which he'll transform Old Leadfoot's Big Top Podcasting Studios into a regular Three Ring Circus. WARNING: MAY CAUSE A TEMPORARY DARKENING OF THE STOOL.

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Music to soothe and stimulate the weary traveling mind.

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Mother's Day Proclamation Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! ~Julia Ward Howe Read Full Text Congratulations to Sam & Heather on the occasion of their wedding! ~May 11th 2006~

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A look at International Worker's Day Workers of the world, awaken! Rise in all your splendid might Take the wealth that you are making, It belongs to you by right. No one will for bread be crying We'll have freedom, love and health, When the grand red flag is flying In the Workers' Commonwealth. ~Joe Hill

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Yes...we're a day late for the actual "celebration". Will we also be a day late in reversing our course set for disaster? Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children. Pogo's Earth Day Realization:1971

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Old Leadfoot plays music vaguely related to two specific events that occured on April 16th....albeit 59 years apart.

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According to the Fox's U-bet chocolate syrup website, the recipe for "the original Brooklyn Egg-Cream" is: *Take a tall, chilled, straight-sided, 8oz. glass *Spoon 1 inch of U-bet Chocolate syrup into glass *Add 1 inch whole milk *Tilt the glass and spray seltzer (from a pressurized cylinder only) off a spoon, to make a big chocolate head *Stir, Drink, Enjoy. Personal variation available upon request WHAT the hell is he talking about...?

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Spring has arrived(or so it is believed) and we begin another year of Radio Circus by noting anniversaries....some more dubious than others....and we celebrate the life of Buck Owens August12,1929~March 25,2006

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The feel-good show of the year In memory of Turbo the Wondercat June 28th, 1989 ~ March 18th, 2005

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It's Great to Be Alive (1933) Genre: Comedy / Musical / Sci-Fi (more) An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus. www.imdb.com

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Questions, questions, questions...flooding into the mind of the concerned young person today. The beginning of a RadioCircus trilogy that will provide 2 1/2 hours of unfettered joy when played consecutively.

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Four days after gaining his reputation as "The Great White Hunter", Dick Cheney finally agreed to be "interviewed" by Fox News. Among his revelations, was the fact that he claimed that day as the worst day of his life. This disturbs me more than a little. Wouldn't you think that 9/11/01 would have been the worst day of his life...?

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Dedicated to all the Truckers and Roadrunners of the world... be they carry the equipment, the band, or the contraband. Great work, folks! May the Good Lord take a liking to you.

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Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. Yet we have this consolation with us; that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. --Thomas Paine, The Crisis A celebration of Presidents Day

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A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants....

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Thanks for listening to Radio Circus! And a special welcome to all the people that have discovered us this month, effectively doubling our listenership. Tell a friend!

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Happy birthday, Albert. Our third eye thanks you http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/hoffman_100/

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Do we friggin' AMUSE you...? Then contact:Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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Help Old Leadfoot ring out the old....and to hell with most of the new. Our thanks to all Radio Circus listeners. We look forward to hearing from you as we continue into the new year. Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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A splendid potpourri of musical stylings...woven into an intricate pattern that travels through time, past lives and four countries before finally ending in Kyzyl, Tuva with throat-singing, American style www.RadioCircus.net

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Old Leadfoot flys the RadioCircus spaceship into a wormhole that leads directly to the late 60s....again. He must have friends there, or something. ""If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon our heart. The spirit should never grow old." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

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Former WFHB late night personality, Randy Bone, co-hosts this tequila-fueled train wreck

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"We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. If you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life." ~The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso www.RadioCircus.net

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Special thanks goes out to Randy Bone, whose technical assistance greatly facilitated the creation of this podcast.

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"The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be." ~ Paul Valery (1871-1945) Contact:Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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Lock the doors and draw the shades. Put the kiddies to bed and roll up the rug... it's time once again to get the gang together, gather 'round the warm glow of the computer and get fried with Old Leadfoot and Radio Circus. Dedicated to the memory of Paul Pena 1950-2005 ...and our dear friend, brother and comrade, Eric Latish, who left us on this date in 2000 (10/12/00) (If I'd realized earlier, I would have included a Ten Years After selection) www.RadioCircus.net

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The Circus returns...with social commentary and subliminal messages! The following qualifies as neither: Q: What's George Bush's position on Roe v. Wade? A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New Orleans.

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Comprised totally of selections from various live performances. www.RadioCircus.net Please contribute to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in any way possible. ~Old Leadfoot*

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For just the 15th time in five months, Radio Circus will make joyous sounds emanate from your digital device. We'll play some fine music too. Old Leadfoot's 2nd visit to a Grateful Dead show is featured among the excerpts. Thanks for the kind words of support we've received at Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net New: streaming audio available on www.RadioCircus.net!

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Old Leadfoot serves up a selection of songs that for one reason or another remind him of Summer. June is just waiting, July is the beginning of the end. Where is a unperturbed, lasting summer? Nowhere else but in our thoughts during the winter. - Kersti Bergroth, Finnish writer Contact:Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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It's been 10 years since he left us... but instead of remembering his death we choose to commemorate his life on this, his birthday. Fortunately he left us a tremendous legacy of live recordings to enjoy and we celebrate his being by sharing the entire 1st set from a great night during the Grateful Dead's prime. From the Fillmore West on March 3rd, 1969... The Grateful Dead

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Once again, guitar work is prominently featured in this 3rd edition of the Radio Circus summer celebration of all-live content. Featuring such luminaries as Doc Watson, Michael Kang, Jerry Garcia, Dicky Betts, Frank Zappa...and of course, Mike Bloomfield. www.RadioCircus.net

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Pleasant sounding musical notes arranged in groups, presented with rhythmic accompaniment and performed by various artists....including (but not limited to) Dave Van Ronk, The Electric Flag, Moby Grape, Al Kooper and Muddy Waters Circus Freaks Unite! Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net

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Technical difficulties delayed this edition that includes lots of rare early Dylan....and a Radio Circus exclusive, our direct role in finding the original owner of those long-lost tapes and supplying her with digital copies. We celebrate the life of Chet Helms with Janis Joplin at her very best.

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This edition includes live concert material from 5 legendary guitarists in their prime: Duane Allman, Mike Bloomfield, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia and Frank Zappa.... ...and 3 (also legendary) female singers: Grace Slick, Janis Joplin and Bonnie Bramlett. For more details contact: Leadfoot@RadioCircus.net Live music mixes all summer long Enjoy this summer with a Radio Circus soundtrack!

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The Holy Modal Rounders...vintage live Cream...Jim Kweskin's Jug Band...The Dixie Hummingbirds.... An evening of mirth and merry with Old Leadfoot and his mechanical friends (reposted with improved quality) www.RadioCircus.net

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Sonny Boy Williamson...a phone call with Bob Dylan...Jerry Garcia's bluegrass "supergroup"...Old Leadfoot meets a bear...The Lone Rhinoceros... All this and more in the 7th edition of Radio Circus RadioCircus@hotmail.com

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Old Leadfoot spares us the history lesson this week and just spins some tunes, as he readys himself for a long weekend in Yosemite with Mrs. Leadfoot and a group of wild bluegrassers.

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Includes unreleased practice material...as well as a message of warning from then Gov. Ronald Reagan...an excerpt from Bob Dylan's first-ever radio interview....and every listener receives a free guitar lesson from Jerry Garcia! RadioCircus@hotmail.com

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The early-era Jerry Garcia guitar work on the 2nd selection serves as inspiration for Old Leadfoot to serve up a heaping helping of his hospitality. A special Passover surprise is included....and the finale will tear the roof off of your computer. Write to Old Leadfoot: radiocircus@hotmail.com

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Phil Ochs begins a program of music that includes old tunes...but they may be new to you. For more information about any of the artists heard here, or to make a request (of any kind) please contact Old Leadfoot directly: radiocircus@hotmail.com

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~*~*~RadioCircus@hotmail.com~*~*~ Our heartfelt thanks to Jeff the Bookmiester General, PestilentSpawnOfCthulhu, Bigfoot, Bongo Johnny and Randy Bone for their many contributions to the Radio Circus library, without which these podcasts would be impossible. Or at least a lot different.

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This maiden voyage of Radio Circus is essentially a shakedown cruise. Featured artists for this edition are Buck Owens, Charlie Hunter, Rita Marley and Frank Zappa. RADIO CIRCUS.NET

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