David Gans

Tonight on Dead to the World

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Lisa Mackey, Rob Eaton, and Jeff Mattson of Dark Star Orchestra will visit Dead to the World (and sing a few songs) Wednesday, April 4, at 8pm Pacific time. Also scheduled: a preview of the 7/18/89 Grateful Dead concert that will be shown in theaters on 4/19, and an unreleased studio performance by Bob Weir … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1228

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Week of April 2, 2012 Part 1 20:47 Grateful Dead March 26, 1973 Civic Center, Baltimore MD PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 34:44 Grateful Dead March 26, 1973 Civic Center, Baltimore MD INTRODUCTION BY WOLFMAN JACK RAMBLE ON ROSE BIG RIVER HERE COMES SUNSHINE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD CANDYMAN Special thanks to Rockmitzvah

Dead to the World 3/28/12

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Earl’s Breakdown – Earl Scruggs with Family and Friends, Live at the Ryman Summertime – Bear’s Sonic Journals Presents Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin, Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 Time Never Ends Cut the Deck – Mickey Hart Band, Mysterium Tremendum Bird Song – David Nelson Band 2/5/12 Kona Historical … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1227

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Week of March 26, 2012 Part 1 21:46 Mickey Hart, Rolling Thunder THE MAIN TEN (PLAYING IN THE BAND) New Riders of the Purple Sage, 17 Pine Avenue SIX OF ONE Firesign Theatre, Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him TEMPORARILY HUMBOLDT COUNTY Part 2 34:32 Grateful Dead March 26, 1973 Civic Center, Baltimore … Read more

Nice letter from a listener

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Email from Doug White, posted with permission. He heard his friend Jason Rappaport’s guest DJ appearance on last night’s Dead to the World. (You can listen on the KPFA archive until April 4; the playlist is posted here). Hey man. I’ve never written you before but I have seen you live at the Fillmore doing … Read more

Dead to the World 3/21/12

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Guest DJ: Jason Rappaport Jason was given this evening as a gift by his pals Eric Samuels and Ethan Friedman, whose wives gave them the guest-DJ thing last year. Both of these events were won in a fund-raising auction for Chabot Elementary School in Oakland. Cassidy Might as Well – Grateful Dead 4/27/91 Sam Boyd … Read more