Ron “Pigpen” McKernan” Episode 7: Busted Down on Bourbon Street, Workingman’s Dead, and Riding that Train
Busted down on Bourbon Street. Fleeced by a member of the family. Plastered on a runaway train barreling through the Canadian countryside. As the Grateful Dead faced a number of new challenges and detours, their music moved steadily ahead on solid footing – evidenced by the back-to-basics songs that made up Workingman’s Dead, their best album in years.
Sources:
A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead, by Dennis McNally
Searching for the Sound, by Phil Lesh
The Grateful Dead Were "Busted Down On Bourbon Street," On This Day In 1970 (Live for Live Music)
Jerry Garcia on the NOLA bust (YouTube)
Pigpen Forever: The Life and Times of Ron McKernan, by Blair Jackson
January 30, 1970: New Orleans Bust & Benefit (Dead Sources)
Grateful Dead live at the Fillmore East, 5/15/1970
How 1970's 'Workingman's Dead' Changed the Grateful Dead Forever (Guitar World)
50 Years Ago: Grateful Dead Kick Up Dust on 'Workingman's Dead' (Ultimate Classic Rock)
Workingman's Dead (The Grateful Dead Wiki)
Lenny Hart Arrested (Dead.net)
Train kept a rollin': a brief history of the (in)famous 1970 Festival Express (RETROactive)
1970: The Saga of the Festival Express (Mind Smoke Records)
June/July 1970: The Festival Express (Dead Sources)
Brian Jones: Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stone)
FLASHBACK: BRIAN JONES LEAVES THE ROLLING STONES (Nights with Alice Cooper)
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