A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Jon Carroll: The pillaging of this nation by investment bankers and their ilk is a national disgrace. The failure of the government to prosecute a large percentage of the offenders is distressing. Even worse is the notion that the tax laws are written in such a way that they allow people like Mitt Romney to … Read more
On July 26, curator Howard Kramer and I did an electronic press tour of TV and radio shows from the Grateful Dead exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Great fun!
Week of August 6, 2012 Part 1 24:50 Grateful Dead 6/19/76 Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ AROUND AND AROUND GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT ~ NOT FADE AWAY Part 2 30:59 Grateful Dead 8/16/91 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA SCARLET BEGONIAS-> VICTIM OR THE CRIME-> FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Thursday, August 2: House concert in Salt Lake City UT. Email me for info and reservations. Friday. August 3: House concert near Torrey UT. Email me for info and reservations. August 4-5: Yarmony Grass Festival near Bond CO. Railroad Earth, Elephant Revival, many more. Thursday, August 9: Sycamore Slough String Band opens for Great American … Read more
Doors open at 3. DG will host SiriusXM’s Tales from the Golden Road from 4 to 6, then play a solo set, followed by the Garcia Preservation Society. Admission is $10. More info at dgans.com/gigs.html
There’s a big story in the New Yorker this week, “We Are Alive: Bruce Springsteen at Sixty-Two.” Well worth the read, even if you don’t care for his music. One particular statement by his bandmate Steven Van Zandt caught my eye: For Van Zandt, [Springsteen’s] intensity was a lure. He recognized in Springsteen a drive … Read more
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle has an article about Jim LeBrecht, sound designer at Berkeley Sound Artists. Jim is a good friend and one of the most amazing people I know. The author is Edward Guthmann, also a friend. I was so proud to find them together in the paper today. I knew Jim’s name from … Read more
Week of July 30, 2012 Part 1 32:58 Grateful Dead 6/19/76 Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ LET IT GROW-> DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS-> COSMIC CHARLIE Part 2 23:00 Weir-Robinson-Greene Trio 6/4/12 Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder CO WEST LA FADEAWAY DAYS BETWEEN The Weir-Robinson-Greene Trio show is available (along with several others from the tour) from gnomesandhobbits.com. Support … Read more
Week of July 23, 2012 Part 1 28:37 Grateful Dead 6/19/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ TENNESSEE JED PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 27:31 Grateful Dead 6/19/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ MIGHT AS WELL SAMSON AND DELILAH HIGH TIME Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Garden of Joy MINGLEWOOD Support for the Grateful Dead Hour is provided … Read more
Very sorry to learn of Tom Davis’ passing yesterday. He was 59. I met Tom and interviewed him the spring of 2009 when he was promoting his very funny memoir, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. The 66-minute interview is posted here. I’m at the Gathering of the Vibes this weekend. Tom came to the … Read more