Week of April 15, 2019
Part 1 26:46
Grateful Dead 4/17/82 Civic Center, Hartford CT
IT’S ALL OVER NOW
BIRD SONG->
MAN SMART, WOMAN SMARTER
Part 2 29:12
Joe Craven and the Sometimers 3/2/19 KPFA Performance Studio
SCARLET BEGONIAS
Grateful Dead (rehearsal) 7/12/76 Orpheum Theater, San Francisco
EYES OF THE WORLD
Jerry Garcia Band, Cats Under the Stars (Round)
CATS UNDER THE STARS
You’ve heard all or most of the tracks from the amazing album Garcia Songbook by Joe Craven and the Sometimers. The band performed live in the KPFA Performance studio in Berkeley on the day of our annual 16-hour fund-raising marathon, and we’ll hear more highlights from that set in the weeks to come.
The unreleased live Grateful Dead recording we’re enjoying right now was recorded by Larry Oppenheimer. It is the first known PCM digital recording of the band. Charlie Miller restored and remastered the recording (from VHS cassettes!). Our great thanks to both men for sharing this recording with us!
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from May 31 to July 6. Complete details and ticketing at deadandcompany.com. That’s Dead and Company, on tour May 31 to July 6.
The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. Direct from its smash-hit run on Broadway, the international music sensation ROCKTOPIA comes to the Capitol Theatre on Thursday, May 2, fusing the most iconic 20th-century rock with world-renowned classical masterpieces – Journey, Mozart, Queen, Beethoven, Aerosmith, Handel, Led Zeppelin, Tchaikovsky, U2, Heart, Puccini, The Who and more—performed by a five-piece rock band, a thirty-person choir, and an orchestra. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.
Also on sale now at The Capitol Theatre is legendary Grateful Dead tribute band Dark Star Orchestra on May 17 and 18! For nearly two decades, Dark Star has been adapting the music, staging, and equipment to evoke the time period of the Grateful Dead show they’re re-creating. Tickets are available now at the box office or at thecapitoltheatre.com.