A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of October 1, 2012 Part 1 27:40 Interview: Rosie McGee Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (5/11/72) THE STRANGER (TWO SOULS IN COMMUNION) Talk Interview: Rosie McGee The Grateful Dead COLD RAIN AND SNOW Part 2 28:15 Interview: Rosie McGee Grateful Dead, Two from the Vault (8/24/68) NEW POTATO CABOOSE Interview: Rosie McGee … Read more
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll is my friend and neighbor, here in Oakland and also in cyberspace. Here is his column about our online home, The WELL, which recently survived a major challenge and is now owned by a group of its users. We’re both hoping to bring some smart, articulate, curious, and generous … Read more
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL! To contribute, please call 510-848-5732 or 1-800-439-5732, or pledge online. Cosmic Charlie (9/25/76) – Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks vol. 20 Interview with Melvin Seals Freedom Jazz Dance Mighty High – Melvin Seals and JGB, Live at the Great American Music Hall Black Rat Swing – Koko Taylor, from …First Came Memphis Minnie … Read more
The deadlines to register to vote are coming! If you have moved since the last time you voted, or never registered, now is the time. Just visit to complete a voter registration application online. It takes only a couple minutes! If you need more information about ID requirements, absentee balloting, early voting or anything else, … Read more
Week of September 24, 2012 Part 1 27:50 Grateful Dead 9/18/87 Madison Square Garden, New York City KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR Talk Interview: Rosie McGee Grateful Dead, Birth of the Dead CAN’T COME DOWN Interview: Rosie McGee Part 2 28:37 Interview: Rosie McGee Grateful Dead (aka Skull and Roses) BERTHA Interview: Rosie McGee Grateful Dead, … Read more
Scarlet Begonias – Sycamore Slough String Band with Danny Carnahan 9/19/12 Freight and Salvage, Berkeley CA. Thanks to Pete Soper for the live sound mix. Download or stream.
I sat in with the Rumpke Mountain Boys at Stanley’s Pub in Cincinnati on Tuesday, September 4. I sang “Bertha,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” “Jackaroe,” and “US Blues.” Next time, we’ll work up some original material. Check out the rest of the band’s show, too! Here’s a link to the complete 9/4 show.
We post a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archives every Wednesday on DeadNet. It’s a somewhat random collection – a couple hundred of ’em by now – with an emphasis on interviews and unique features. Check ’em out!
Just got the new Bob Dylan album, Tempest. I’ve heard it half a dozen times or so, not enough to really know what’s going on, but I have some first impressions to report. The first part of “Duquesne Whistle” sounds like something from one of my favorite compilation CDs: a Bob Brozman-curated collection of Hawaiian … Read more
As is so often the case, Jon Carroll speaks my mind: I have no investment in my beliefs. They’ve changed over the years, but not much. I really don’t care whether you believe what I believe or not. If you don’t believe what I believe, you are not a bad person. “Belief system” is way … Read more