A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of February 20, 2012 Part 1 32:22 Grateful Dead 11/7/69 Fillmore West, San Francisco NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME HIGH TIME GOOD LOVIN’ CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER Part 2 21:43 Grateful Dead rehearsal 5/29/76 PLAYING IN THE BAND Sycamore Slough String Band (unreleased) NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE The 1976 rehearsal of “Playing … Read more
Week of February 13, 2012 Part 1 38:39 Grateful Dead 11/7/69 Fillmore West, San Francisco MORNING DEW HARD TO HANDLE CASEY JONES MAMA TRIED ME AND MY UNCLE DITTIES COLD RAIN AND SNOW Part 2 16:57 Interview: David Lemieux Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 1 (5/25/77) MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP Special thanks to Rockmitzvah
Week of February 6, 2012 Part 1 34:22 Grateful Dead with Etta James and the Tower of Power Horns 12/31/82 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT-> TELL MAMA BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO HARD TO HANDLE IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR BROKEDOWN PALACE Part 2 20:42 Interview: David Lemieux Grateful Dead, Dave’s … Read more
Here is the poem that Laura Slusher gave to me last night. I read it on the air. Forty Years So Far (dedicated to David Gans) by Laura Slusher December 7, 2011 This personal story of love and true fun Goes back to 1971. That’s when my long, strange trip was begun. Didn’t dream it … Read more
The Marathon will be available in the KPFA archives until February 18. The files on this page aren’t correctly labeled – the system thinks yesterday was an ordinary programming day – but the audio files are streamable here.
I walked into the phone room a few minutes ago and saw the name of an old friend on a pledge card that was being filled out by my friend Robert. It’s Frank Kracher, who I met in 1985 when he was a reporter for Channel 7 News in San Francisco. He’s in Asheville NC … Read more
Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead 10/25/79 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven CT Jack Straw Althea – Grateful Dead 3/13/85 Berkeley Community Theater Let Me Sing Your Blues Away – Grateful Dead, Wake of the Flood work tape (1973) Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues Friend of the Devil Minglewood* Deal* – Grateful Dead 3/13/85 Berkeley Community Theater … Read more
We’ll have a chat room up throughout the KPFA GD marathon. Join us at https://gdhour.com/chat/ Captain Clearlight will be your moderator. Enjoy!!
Good day, friends! I have two urgent items for your immediate attention, and some news about my musical plans for the year. First, tomorrow (Saturday, February 4) is the annual KPFA Grateful Dead marathon! I’ll be on the air from 9 am until 1 am Pacific time, and the program will be webcast via KPFA, … Read more
FUND-RAISING TIME AGAIN! Please call 510-848-5732 or 1-800-439-5732 or pledge online at kpfa.org The Harder They Come – Jerry Garcia Band 8/29/87 Leave a Light On – A Mark Karan Experience, from Live from Berkeley vol 2 You can get Live from Berkeley, volume 2 in FLAC or MP3 or on CD in return for … Read more