One Year of The Deadhead Cannabis Shows The world has certainly seen a lot of change since last summer but fortunately everyone's passion for cannabis and great music hasn't changed. This week mark the one year anniversary of the Deadhead Cannabis Show and on today's show Jim Marty and Larry Mishkin reflect on the past 12-months and thank their listeners and guests for their continued support. Produced by PodCONX https://podconx.com/guests/larry-mishkin https://podconx.com/guests/jim-marty https://podconx.com/guests/rob-hunt Photo provided by Jay Blakesberg
One Year of The Deadhead Cannabis Shows
The world has certainly seen a lot of change since last summer but fortunately everyone's passion for cannabis and great music hasn't changed. This week mark the one year anniversary of the Deadhead Cannabis Show and on today's show Jim Marty and Larry Mishkin reflect on the past 12-months and thank their listeners and guests for their continued support.
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Jim Marty: [00:00:37] Hello, everybody, and welcome to The Dead Cannabis Show. Jim Marty reporting from very warm ninety two degree Longmont, Colorado. I've got my partner in Chicago.
Jim Marty: [00:00:50] Hi, Larry.
Larry Mishkin: [00:00:52] Jim, how you doing today? It's also very sunny and warm here.
Larry Mishkin: [00:00:56] We had a finally turn on the air conditioner in our house, which, while disappointing not to have the fresh air blowing through, is certainly indicative sign that summer is here and very nice. Looking forward to being able to get outside and move around a little bit.
Jim Marty: [00:01:13] It's funny, as you mentioned, that we've had to switch over from heat to air conditioning three or four times so far this spring. Well, believe it or not, even though is ninety two here, yesterday I was skiing and I went over Loveland Pass at about 12000 feet. It was 37 degrees. And at the top of the chairlift and Arapahoe Basin, it was a mixture of snow and rains. That's crazy out there. My last ski day, OK, that was the only ski area in the northern hemisphere that's open at least in North America. So I had a little bit of a historic ski run yesterday. Wonderful.
Larry Mishkin: [00:01:52] Good. That's a great place to be. It's a great place to be. Well, I know there's like going on in the world and we've always got a lot to talk about. But I think that we would be remiss if we didn't start off by noting for our listeners that today marks the one year anniversary for the Dead had Cannabis show, which is no small achievement.
Larry Mishkin: [00:02:16] So let me start off by saying happy anniversary and just take a quick moment, Jim, to certainly. Thank you. It's been a pleasure working with you this past year. You bring a lot of knowledge and good facts and fund figures to the table on a regular basis. And of course, we have to make sure that we give a little bit of thanks to our producer slash director, slash creator slash pretty much everything else, marketing guru, you name it. He does it. And we're very, very lucky to have Dan Humiston as our producer and gets us all set up for us. He makes it easy. So, Dan, thank you. So, yeah, Jim, it's quite an accomplishment. If you would've told me that I could do this for a whole year, sit around talking about marijuana and the Grateful Dead with somebody else who likes to talk about it, I wouldn't believe that.
Jim Marty: [00:03:03] Yes. It's been a good year. And I've really enjoyed doing the shows with you, Larry. Thank you. We've seen this year we've done over 50 shows. I believe so. That's correct. And our content lot has happened in the last year, in the last two or three weeks. But maybe before we move on and talk about current events, who has passed away in the last year, music wise? Yeah. Greg Orman. Right.
Larry Mishkin: [00:03:33] We lost Greg. Correct. I mean, you know, for purposes of this show at the very top, I'd put Robert Hunter.
Larry Mishkin: [00:03:39] But certainly we lost. We lost Greg Allman. We lost Robert. We lost Ginger Baker from creme, the drummer from Cream, in addition of Bill Withers, of course, who was famous for the song Lean On Me and some other famous songs.
Larry Mishkin: [00:03:58] Robert Parker, maybe not quite as well-known, but Robert Parker played in the 50s and 60s with Professor Longhair and Fats Domino and certainly Little Richard, who everybody knows is pretty much the father or architect of rock and roll. And one thing that he doesn't get enough credit for. In my opinion, is that he was a big mover in the integration of music, both in terms of the musicians who played together and the fans who came together to hear him because he had such a very broad appeal. And in fact, I believe Elvis Presley called him the greatest.
Larry Mishkin: [00:04:34] And I'll tell you another one, who we lost, who we I don't think we've ever talked about this guy on our show. But at some point we should spend a little time focused on him. And that's Dr. John Mack Rubinek, who is just, in my opinion, one of the great, great, great musicians of all time out there. And unfortunately, you always have to associate him with Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras and all of that stuff in the same vein. Art Neville of Neville Brothers fame. We lost art this year.
Jim Marty: [00:05:03] I was lucky enough to see Dr. John just a couple of years ago in New Orleans in a small a small venue.
Larry Mishkin: [00:05:10] Yep. I saw him a few years ago, a jazz fest. He and Warren Haynes did a presentation in the gospel tent, and it was probably one of the most moving gospel events I ever attended. The two of them got at it was great.
Larry Mishkin: [00:05:22] It was really a lot of fun. And I'll tell you who else. Paul Burrell, who was the original basis of little feet, died this year.
Larry Mishkin: [00:05:31] Right. And we don't deal with his. I'm sorry, who?
Jim Marty: [00:05:36] Billy. Yes. Billy Payne is still with us. And, you know. That's another bad. We don't spend enough time talking about because by God, they're they're really good to little feet.
Larry Mishkin: [00:05:45] And I love those posters of Keith Richards with its underneath. It says still here. Yeah.
Jim Marty: [00:05:50] Right. Right. Surprise. Who would've thought. But yet there he is. And I know it's really amazing.
Larry Mishkin: [00:05:57] If you want to really go back to the early days of the dead and one of the bands they used to play at the Fillmore with Quicksilver Messenger service, Gary Duncan, who is one of their founders and lead singers, he passed away this year. So seems to me, Jim, that time is marching on. And, you know, unfortunately, each year brings in names of musicians that we've all known our whole lives. And all of a sudden here they are reaching that stage of life or they're not around anymore. Kind of scary.
Jim Marty: [00:06:24] We lost and John Prine, right?
Larry Mishkin: [00:06:27] Oh, God. John Prine, of course.
Jim Marty: [00:06:29] Two other people I got to see, though, 10 years ago now at Bonnaroo, maybe 15 years ago now. Bonnaroo.
Larry Mishkin: [00:06:35] Yup. Yup. I always love John Prine. He was probably one of the greatest musicians who was practically unknown to so many people. And yet his music and the songs he wrote were so influential and covered by so many people to hear Tedeschi trucks cover. Angel from Montgomery is just exceptional. It's a great tune. They kill it. Susan Tedeschi has the voice for it. But at its root, it's a John Prine song. And it's it's just it was a tremendous example of what he contributed as well.
Jim Marty: [00:07:10] Yeah. He was in bad health for a long time. Up at Bonnaroo. He did. There's a hole in Daddy's.
Larry Mishkin: [00:07:19] Yes. And thank you to Dan for reminding me that of four fans of Rock from up North.
Larry Mishkin: [00:07:27] Neil Peart, the drummer for Rush, passed away this year. Right. Right. And Neil Peart, Rush was always out of those bands.
Jim Marty: [00:07:35] A year. Those people hit their 70s.
Larry Mishkin: [00:07:38] Rachel Carson for the air is allocated. Yeah. We lost Ricot Classic. And for all of you who were a big Jimi Hendrix fans from back in the day and may have seen him tour in 1967 when he opened for a band called The Monkeys.
Larry Mishkin: [00:07:54] Peter, talk passed away this past year. That's right. It was one of the one of the original monkeys.
Jim Marty: [00:07:59] So, yeah, know, it's scary for me and you, Larry, is a lot of these people are only 10, ten or so years older than us.
Larry Mishkin: [00:08:06] That's true. You're absolutely right. And so, Jim, I try to give myself some comfort by thinking that as much as I enjoy going out and having a good time, I don't quite live that hard charging life that many of them led.
Jim Marty: [00:08:18] Although when you get up into your 60s or 70s, what do you got to lose your mind?
Larry Mishkin: [00:08:22] Just go for a bed. I know I have a friend who is telling me that he has a a a good buddy who's a little bit older.
Larry Mishkin: [00:08:29] They've they become up through business and other things, got to know each other. And his friend is a scotch short and is sitting on cases in cases of a very expensive old bottles of scotch. And he keeps inviting my friend over to drink the scotch. And my friend says I feel guilty making him open these bottles. And I said, what else is he going to do with me? 73 years old. You got to drink.
Jim Marty: [00:08:51] Right. All right. So anyway, the pandemic winding down in Denver and Boulder is opening up. I actually had a baby at a bar last night with my son Jack, and he informed me that it was going to be a show in Denver last.
Larry Mishkin: [00:09:07] Really? OK. Can you give us any more details?
Jim Marty: [00:09:10] I can't. I don't know who the beast was. I know what part is, but rather not say just in case they were not following the rules, but got it.
Jim Marty: [00:09:18] But it's a big step forward that we're good as back into bars and restaurants and they're all flagging. Pandemic seems to be dying out. So we'll see.
Larry Mishkin: [00:09:28] Yeah. You know what? It is nice to see, although I heard that in Illinois today, the weekly numbers were a little bit up again. So, you know, everybody's are urging caution. You know what? Look, it's it's a balancing act like anything else, you know, and it's just a matter of all of us being smart in terms of what we do. But if we do, there's no reason why we can't get outside to enjoy the weather and go have a beer with some of our friends. So we do have that. And of course, Jim, as you and I keep talking about it, I was talking to a friend of mine today out in Las Vegas, and he gave me an amazing statistic that in March, the adult youth in Las Vegas did about 52 million dollars worth of business. And then in April, when everything in Las Vegas was shut down, all the casinos and hotels were shut down. They still did 43 million dollars worth of business. So if you think about it, it's a it's a nine million dollar drop. But you've lost the entire tourist base, which I have to assume always assume was the one that was so heavily supporting that industry. You know, maybe what we're finding out is it's the actually the people of Nevada that are are turning out in droves to support that industry.
Jim Marty: [00:10:41] Yes. And as I mentioned, previously on last week's show, are Colorado April sales and 20 20 were above 20, 19. So we've been fortunate that clients have been able to stay open.
Larry Mishkin: [00:10:57] Yes. Here, too. It's it's been a great thing. You know, again, the only frustration we have in Illinois is we've got about 800 groups sitting out there waiting to find out if they got one of the seventy five adult used dispensary licenses.
Larry Mishkin: [00:11:07] And, you know, here we are, unfortunately, well over a month later from the original announcement date. And we don't even have a new date being identified that we can look forward to. So you can imagine there's quite a bit of frustration with that. And there's not just among the applicants, but there's frustration because there's people out there that are tired of having to wait in line to get into an adult used dispensary and would like to see another seventy five come on line.
Jim Marty: [00:11:34] And now Chicago is are shut down because of the protesting and rioting.
Larry Mishkin: [00:11:38] Well, the dispensaries that are located downtown in the central downtown business area outside of the loop because they weren't allowed in the loop. And to some degree, maybe that's unfortunate because the loop, they actually raised all of the drawbridges across the Chicago River to try and prevent against possible problems in the loop. But yes, certain dispensaries that are located in and around the downtown area were victimized as part of some of the looting that was going on. You know, obviously, that's problematic on any level in the Cannabis industry. You know, it's always a little bit difficult because we like to think of ourselves at least as being such an open minded and welcoming industry that really, you know, looks at everybody in society as being able to play a role. And yet, at the end of the day, some of these dispensaries were victimized. And I saw an article that said they had some problems and some of the major California cities with their dispensaries as well.
Jim Marty: [00:12:40] Yes, one of our clients beefed up his security and didn't have any problems. But he's way down in southern Colorado. He wasn't near a major city. So, yeah. Out of respect for all the social unrest and the unfortunate killing of George Floyd, we're going to keep the show a little short.
Larry Mishkin: [00:12:58] Yeah, and I think that that's appropriate. You know, we can never lose sight of the bigger picture that's going on in our country. And it's very important to both remember the tragedy and the people whose lives have not even just been touched by it for so many people, what this really symbolizes for them. And, you know, it's an important moment for our country. And as you and I always like to talk about, Jim, you know, at least in certain circumstances, not all, but in a lot of circumstances, Cannabis has been able to help lead the way. People who have otherwise diverse views and backgrounds find a common ground on something that they can all be enthusiastic about. And certainly that'll be the hope here is that, you know, as we move forward, we can we can find a way to all come together over that.
Jim Marty: [00:13:45] Yes. So out of respect, we're going to keep it short. But I would like to have just a brief discussion of the one of the few times that the Grateful Dead touch on race relations in the song territory. Yes. You were telling me about that when you study it and it's done. It's documented very nicely in this book called The Grateful Dead. Lyrics annotated the Juba must have for any Gentilly was always about when slavery would end. Yes, it was after slavery would fall. And I've been reading a book about Frederick Douglass, I think, to close it out. I'd like to read a short parent graph where the jubilee is mentioned back in 1857 while preached by Frederick Douglass in 1857.
Jim Marty: [00:14:32] We find my place that Jubilee will come. You and a I may not live to see it, but God reigns in slavery must fall unless the devil is more potent than the Almighty. The worst sin is stronger than righteous. Slavery must perish.
Jim Marty: [00:14:48] So that's kind of appropriate for all that's going on around here. Listen to shouldn't read. There is nothing to take on a whole different meaning.
Larry Mishkin: [00:14:56] If that jubilee don't come. Maybe I'll meet you on the run.
Jim Marty: [00:14:59] Yeah. Yeah. Like a runaway escaping slaves to freedom.
Larry Mishkin: [00:15:03] Yes. Yes. Robert Hunter was nothing if not deeply poetic and historical all at the same time. Well, that's all I have for today, Jim. A pleasure as always. I'll look forward to hooking up again next week. As always, it seems that there's more topics than we have time to cover. And before we leave today and head into our second year of the podcast, I would like to take this moment to give a special shout out and get well wishes to my good friend Jake Wellins out in San Francisco.
Larry Mishkin: [00:15:33] Jake, is the. Daughter of Andy Greenberg, who's a good friend of the show, and my friends from Michigan, Alex Wellons, her husband Jake had some surgery the other day. He's bouncing back very nicely. We're getting good reports and I'm happy to hear it.
Larry Mishkin: [00:15:47] And I have no doubt that he will be able to rely on his mother's business to get products that he needs to help them along and get him to a better place. So shout outs to Jake. Looking forward to getting together with you again.
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