Week of October 23, 2006
Part 1 36:28
Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco
BERTHA
PROMISED LAND
DIRE WOLF
CASSIDY
FENNARIO
MAMA TRIED->
MEXICALI BLUES
Part 2 19:52
Tom Snyder’s Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show
Interviews w/ Ken Kesey & Grateful Dead
SHE’S ON THE ROAD AGAIN
CASSIDY
Steve Goodman, Live at the Earl of Old Town
GRAND CANYON SONG
Tom Snyder’s Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show is a DVD taken from Snyder’s Tomorrow Show, on NBC. The Grateful Dead appeared, with Ken Kesey, in May of 1981. The interview material is hilarious, and there are four acoustic performances by the band. Also on this DVD are interviews with Timothy Leary and Tom Wolfe.
Steve Goodman was one of my favorite singer-songwriters in the ’70s, when I was a baby singer-songwriter myself. Great guitarist, and his songs had tremendous warmth and wit and a lot of heart. I interviewed him a couple of times when I was writing for music magazines, and he was always a pleasure to deal with. Goodman died of leukemia in the mid-’80s. Here’s a photo of him that I took at a Bread and Roses benefit in Berkeley in September of 1975.
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
Grateful Dead tribute band The Schwag and Camp Zoe, hosts of The Schwagstock music festivals and other events at the Southeastern Missouri venue throughout the spring, summer and fall featuring popular nationally touring acts including The Wailers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, George Clinton, Keller Williams, Zilla, and dozens more. More information is available at theschwag.com and campzoe.com
Rhino Records, presenting The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, a two-disc set spanning Jerry’s solo work from 1971 to 1990. The Very Best of Jerry Garcia, mastered in HDCD, includes a full CD of studio recordings plus a disc of live performances from the all of Jerry’s side projects, including a previously-unreleased recording of “Dear Prudence” by Reconstruction. It’s available in stores everywhere, and from rhino.com