A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of December 12, 2022 Part 1 32:41 Grateful Dead 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco LOVELIGHT Part 2 23:28 Grateful Dead 12/18/84 rehearsal at Club Front JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES Grateful Dead, In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden 81-82-83 (Rhino) ESTIMATED PROPHET (3/9/81) This 12/18/84 rehearsal of “Just Like Tom Thumb’s … Read more
Week of December 5, 2022 Part 1 40:29 Grateful Dead 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco GOOD LOVIN’ THAT’S IT FOR THE OTHER ONE-> UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Part 2 15:11 Elvis Costello, from Stolen Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead (Grateful Dead) SHIP OF FOOLS/IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Live … Read more
Week of November 28, 2022 Part 1 21:33 Grateful Dead 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco MONKEY AND THE ENGINEER LITTLE SADIE LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE I’VE BEEN ALL AROUND THIS WORLD Robert Hunter, Tiger Rose (Round Records) LAST FLASH OF ROCK’N’ROLL Part 2 33:49 Grateful Dead 12/19/69 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco MASON’S CHILDREN BLACK PETER HARD … Read more
My online store is called Perfectible.net (because that’s the name of my record company). We’ve got SIGNED BOOKS, CDs, t-shirts, and mugs for sale. Now’s a good time to order a book for the young Deadhead in your life! My co-author lives nearby, so This Is All a Dream We Dreamed… will be signed by … Read more
Not sure how useful this is going to be for anyone other than me, but here is a searchable database of all my “Live from Oakland” streaming shows, updated daily: https://gdhour-app.azurewebsites.net/performances The camera icon on the right side is a link to the video of that show. And here is a list of all the … Read more
Week of November 21, 2022 Part 1 25:28 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater EL PASO-> SPACE-> DEAL Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Live in Colorado vol 2 (Third Man) DAYS BETWEEN Part 2 30:32 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater SUGAR MAGNOLIA MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP UNCLE JOHN’S BAND ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT Support for the … Read more
Week of November 14, 2022 Part 1 41:27 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD RAMBLE ON ROSE DARK STAR Part 2 14:29 David Gans and Eric Rawlins, Home By Morning: 2022 Remix (Perfectible) YELLOW MOON Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 19 (Round Records) STOP THAT TRAIN Support for the Grateful Dead … Read more
Week of November 7, 2022 Part 1 25:43 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater ME AND MY UNCLE SUGAREE BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE STELLA BLUE Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Shady Grove Deluxe (Acoustic Disc) JACKAROO Part 2 29:58 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater Introducing Keith and Donna PLAYING IN THE BAND … Read more
Today I am grieving the death of Robin Sylvester, one of my all-time favorite jamming partners and a damn fine fellow. I first met him in the late ’90s when he was with Vince Welnick & Missing Man Formation. And of course, he was in Ratdog for many years. I can’t recall the first time … Read more
Week of October 31, 2022 Part 1 29:23 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater PROMISED LAND HE’S GONE BLACK THROATED WIND Phil talks about Pigpen FRIEND OF THE DEVIL JACK STRAW Part 2 26:28 Grateful Dead 8/21/72 Berkeley Community Theater CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER Wilco 10/5/22 New Orleans US BLUES Jerry Garcia … Read more