Listeners tuning into SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s Grateful Dead Channel this week may notice a strangely familiar voice: Jimmy Buffet. The ”Margaritaville” author, who has a SIRIUS station of his own, was the first musician to appear on the Grateful Dead Channel’s new celebrity guest DJ program. The full-hour weekly show will be hosted by various music icons, including Buffett, the Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell and Warren Haynes, among others. Each week, celebrities will tell stories about their experiences with the Grateful Dead and introduce their favorite Dead-related tunes. These special celebrity-hosted shows will air Mondays at 9:00 PM EST and rebroadcast Tuesdays at 5:00 PM EST, Wednesdays at 9:00 AM EST, Fridays at 1:00 AM EST, Saturdays at 8:00 PM EST and Sundays at 10:00 AM EST.

Since launching last year, The Grateful Dead Channel has featured programs hosted by Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann. The channel also regularly features archival interviews with Jerry Garcia, as well as contributions from Grateful Dead expert David Gans and Dead archivist David Lemieux, among others. For more information, please visit www.sirius.com/gratefuldead .

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