Podcast
Best Show Ever with Cam Herdt
Comedian Cam Herdt loves talking about shows, specifically, the best shows ever. Listen as he invites special guests, musicians and music journalists to reminisce about their concert-going careers and share untold stories from the history of seeing live music. Whether you’re brand new to the concert scene or a grizzled jaded vet, this unfiltered, candid and hilarious podcast is like having the best seat in the house to the best shows of all time.
- Episodes
- 84
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 3 min
- On air since
- 2023
- Latest episode
- 2 months ago
Episodes
84 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 1 min
Field Of Vision 2 Recap
Show notes
Cam breaks down the second year of King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard's Field Of Vision festival in Buena Vista, CO. Setlist references by https://kglw.net/.
Recorded 8/19/26
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1 hr 10 min
Grahame Lesh - Turn That God Awful Music Down
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Grahame Lesh stops by to talk about growing up around incredible music, getting into Metallica and how he's keeping the mission of Phil & Friends alive and well.
Recorded 7/29/26
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1 hr 10 min
Reed Mathis - It Was The Beginning Of Infinity
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Reed Mathis stops by to talk about coming out of the Tulsa scene and a MMW show that changed everything for him.
Recorded 7/2/26
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1 hr 10 min
Jimmy Law & Big Jim - Bobby Looked At Me
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Dogs In A Pile Guitarist Jimmy Law and his Dad Big Jim stop by to talk about Jimmy getting his start in Asbury Park, Seeing Dead shows together and the bond of father & son through music.
Recorded 7/1/2026
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1 hr 27 min
Kyle Kinane - Not Everything Needs To Be A Thousand Miles Per Hour
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Comedian Kyle Kinane chats about seeing Poison & Warrant, the best Prince show ever and the highest vibrational intersection in Chicago.
Recorded 5/25/26
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1 hr 20 min
Daniel Shankin - I Danced With Death At The Warfield
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Integration Coach Daniel Shankin of Tam Integration talks with us about his favorite psychedelic initiations, otherwise referred to as "shows". We talk about living a kayak ride from Terrapin and what it's like to have snakes replaces stones in your body with jewels. Recorded 6/3/26
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1 hr 4 min
Scott Metzger - I Got A Full Dose Of Whatever That Was
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Scott Metzger of JRAD & LaMP joins to chat about growing up in the punk scene in New Jersey, Trey & Tom giving him his first gig with Amfibian and what it's like to see Prince.
Recorded 5/14/26
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1 hr 3 min
Rob Bleetstein - Bedlam In The Best Way
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SiriusXM Producer and Host Rob Bleetstein stops by to chat Grateful Dead at Winterland, the first Pearl Jam tour and how Jerry Garcia saved him from leaving one of the best shows ever.
Recorded 8/20/25
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55 min
Field Of Vision - King Gizzard Festival Recap
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A recap of the first US festival hosted by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard in Buena Vista, CO.
Recorded 8/19/25
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40 min
Outside Lands Festival Recap
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Cam went back to Golden Gate Park to catch Tyler The Creator, Doechii, Anderson Paak and meet Conan at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
Recorded 8/11/25
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1 hr 19 min
Andy Gadiel - Linking The Scene
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JamBase Founder & President Andy Gadiel chats with us about being a Phish & Grateful Dead fan in the early 90's and what led him to linking phans with information about the jam scene for years to come, including possibly the best WEEK ever.
Recorded 8/6/25
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47 min
GD60 Weekend Recap
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Cam was in attendance for Grateful Dead 60th anniversary weekend in San Francisco. Here's a recap of the festivities including the sets from Billy Strings, Sturgill Simpson, their sit-ins, Dead and Company and the Heart Of Town shows hosted by Grahame Lesh.
Recorded 8/4/25
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1 hr 48 min
Daniel (@sleeping_llama) - I Bet You Think This Tweezer's About You
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Daniel (Sleeping Llama) dared to ask the question "Why haven't we seen a Tweezer Encore Yet." That question led to an incredibly epic Sunday SPAC show.
Recorded 7/30/25
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58 min
Phish Summer Tour Recap
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Cam checked out Chicago, Forest Hills and SPAC!
Check out his review of these 8 epic Phish shows.
Recorded 7/29/25
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46 min
Mountain Jam Artist Spotlight with Mikaela Davis
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Mikaela Davis stopped by to talk about Mountain Jam, her history with the festival and her best shows ever!
Recorded 6/10/25
This episode is brought to you by Mountain Jam & Mike's Amazing.
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40 min
Jeremy Kaplan - Welcome To The Westcott
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Dogs In A Pile Pianist Jeremy Kaplan stops by to talk about the Burning Daylight Festival and his best shows ever.
Recorded 5/29/25
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46 min
Burning Daylight Recap
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We had a huge Memorial Day weekend with Dogs In A Pile and a ton of great supporting acts!
This is a breakdown of the Dogs first ever headlining festival.
Recorded 5/29/25
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1 hr 22 min
Emily Bass - F*ck Being Cool
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Executive Director of Femme House Emily Bass joins to talk Gonzo, chaotic music tastes and seeing upcoming artists, as well as the greats!
Recorded 5/20/25
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1 hr 24 min
Caleb Doyle - Sitting In Someone's Buick LeSabre Listening To Dave
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Creator and Writer of Nightswimming, Caleb Doyle joins the pod to talk music of all kinds, but specifically a Dead & Co show that rocked him to his core.
Recorded 5/10/25
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56 min
Elisa Allechant - Aliens Would Love This
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Host of on Phish Radio Sirius XM Elisa Allechant joins to talk Phish in the 90's and the best show she ever saw right in her backyard in 2021!
Recorded 5/7/25
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