Week of September 24, 2007
Part 1 38:14
Grateful Dead 5/1/70 Alfred College, Alfred NY
HARD TO HANDLE
THAT’S IT FOR THE OTHER ONE
HIGH TIME
Part 2 18:41
Grateful Dead 5/1/70 Alfred College, Alfred NY
TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by:
MagnoliaFest, a festival of American roots music October 25th through 28th at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, just across the Georgia line. Toots & The Maytals, Railroad Earth, Donna the Buffalo, Peter Rowan & The Free Mexican Airforce, Col Bruce Hampton & The Quark Alliance, David Gans, and many many more. Information is available at 904-249-7990 and magmusic.com, where you will also find information on Music Farmers, a documentary about MagnoliaFest, now available on DVD.
The Echo Project, October 12-14 outside of Atlanta – three nights of camping and music from Phil Lesh & Friends, The Flaming Lips, moe., Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Tea Leaf Green & dozens of others.
Eagle Rock Entertainment, presenting the DVD Ralph J. Gleason Presents A Night at the Family Dog featuring previously unreleased video footage of the Grateful Dead, Santana and Jefferson Airplane from a February 1970 performance in San Francisco. The historic performance has been remixed into 5.1 surround sound and features a show-ending super jam with members of all three bands. Available now where DVDs are sold and at eaglerockent.com
Rhino Records, presenting Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970, a four-CD chronicle of the San Francisco Sound with tracks from all the major icons of the era and some worthy gems you probably never heard, presented in a 120-page coffee table-style book with essays, notes, and rare photos. Information and audio samples of Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 are available at rhino.com