Week of June 6, 2016
Part 1 30:06
Grateful Dead, American Beauty (Rhino)
BOX OF RAIN
Talk
David Nelson Band 5/11/16 The Acoustic, Bridgeport CT
WHERE I COME FROM->
IMPRESSIONISTS TWO-STEP
Part 2 25:45
David Nelson Band 5/11/16 The Acoustic, Bridgeport CT
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL->
RAG MAMA RAG
“Box of Rain” is, of course, the opening track on the Grateful Dead’s classic 1970 album American Beauty. The electric guitar was not played by Jerry Garcia; that’s David Nelson, one of Jerry’s oldest friends and musical buds. They played folk and bluegrass together in the early 60s, took their first acid trip together, and collaborated professionally in the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. Nelson is still touring with the New Riders, and he also has a great ensemble called the David Nelson Band that doesn’t play nearly often enough for my taste.
This week’s show features highlights from the Nelson Band’s show in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 11 of this year, starting with an amazing song that Nelson wrote with the Grateful Dead’s lyricist, Robert Hunter, followed by “The Impressionists Two-Step,” by Pop Wagner.
Enjoy!
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The Jerry Garcia Family, presenting the return of the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes this summer. Tour stops include Tanglewood, Red Rocks, Central Park & more. And announcing the next installment in the GarciaLive Series, coming June 24 on Round Records: GarciaLive Volume Six is Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, recorded July 5th, 1973. Complete tour dates and archival release info at JerryGarcia.com
Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from coast to coast June 10 through July 30. Complete details and ticketing at www.deadandcompany.com. That’s Dead and Company, on tour starting June 10th.
The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. From the weird and wonderful imaginations of Sean Lennon and Les Claypool comes The Claypool Lennon Delirium, making their way to The Cap on Saturday, June 18. Their glorious freak stew of music is some of the most psychedelic new music of today. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.