A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Chance in a Million – Zero, Chance in a Million Performers from the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention: Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time Cuckoo Bird Lonesome John – Alice Gerrard and Beverly Smith Sittin’ on Top of the World [“Blues thing from North Carolina” – I didn’t catch the title] – … Read more
Part 1 42:47 Grateful Dead 4/23/69 The Ark, Boston MA HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE DARK STAR-> ST. STEPHEN-> IT’S A SIN-> ST. STEPHEN Part 2 13:14 Mr. Smolin, Heaven’s Not High IN THE HOOSEGOW Grateful Dead, Sunshine Daydream (8/27/72) GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
Post by David Gans.
Week of September 9, 2013 Part 1 32:34 Mickey Hart Band 8/1/13 Raven Theater, Healdsburg CA MIND YOUR HEAD-> PLAYING IN THE BAND-> LET THERE BE LIGHT Part 2 22:03 Grateful Dead, Sunshine Daydream (8/27/72) BIRD SONG Elvis Presley, Elvis at Stax PROMISED LAND The Fall Risk, Volume No. 1 ODE
He Was a Friend of Mine Dark Star-> St. Stephen-> It’s a Sin-> St. Stephen That’s It for The Other One-> Sittin’ on Top of the World-> Lovelight – Grateful Dead 4/23/69 The Ark, Boston MA Mind Your Head – Mickey Hart Band, Superorganism Relativity – Rumpke Mountain Boys, Moon Jefferson Army – The Mother … Read more
I’m on my way to Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania for ten days of performances, solo and with the Rumpke Mountain Boys. (And we’re in the process of booking another run of shows together in November.) I’m going out of the country for a couple of weeks in late October, which accounts for the … Read more
Week of September 2, 2013 Part 1 17:13 Furthur 7/14/13 Cooperstown NY SAMSON AND DELILAH Grateful Dead, Sunshine Daydream (8/27/72) HE’S GONE Part 2 38:28 Interview: Jason Crosby Bob Weir, Jason Crosby, Shana Morrison, January 2013 TRI Studios BIRD SONG Interview: Jason Crosby Jason Crosby live in the KPFA studio 7/10/13 TOLL TAKES ITSELF SORRY … Read more
Jon Carroll’s column in today’s Chronicle is (yet again) about the insanity of our drug laws. The current state of affairs is something of a mess, although commerce is winning out in many areas. There’s gold in them thar buds, friends, and lots of people are aware of that and jumping on the bandwagon. If … Read more
Wonderful interview with Sonny Rollins by Mark Jacobson in Men’s Journal. Some highlights: Musicians all over town thought he was nuts. Why did he need all this practice? He was the best; wasn’t that good enough? But those people didn’t hear what Sonny heard. He was nothing but a glorified beginner, Sonny believed, a work … Read more
Week of August 26, 2013 Part 1 6:46 Grateful Dead, May 1977 (5/13/77) JACKAROE Part 2 48:44 Furthur 7/14/13 Cooperstown NY TERRAPIN-> STANDING ON THE MOON-> BERTHA-> GLORIA Furthur live shows are available on CD and download from gnomesandhobbits.com. The May 1977 boxed set is available in deluxe boxed set form and also for download … Read more