Herb Greene photo for KPFA auction

Grateful Dead on Haight Street 1966 by Herb Greene 11×14, matted and signed by the photographer. Auction begins now and ends at noon PST on Wednesday, February 1. Bidding begins at $100. Bid by posting in the comments section below, and please keep coming back to top competing bids! Proceeds go to KPFA

New release: “Desert Wind, Rollin’ River” by David Gans and Eric Rawlins

DESERT WIND, ROLLIN’ RIVER – an acoustic duo record. David Gans and Eric Rawlins have been making music together, mostly at parties and occasionally in public, for more than 20 years. Recorded in David’s living room in Oakland, this album includes original compositions and many of their favorite songs by others and highlights the warmth … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1216

Week of January 9, 2012 Part 1 31:20 Grateful Dead 4/6/87 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford NJ DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER LITTLE RED ROOSTER FENNARIO Part 2 24:40 Bob Weir and Friends, from Warren Haynes Presents the Benefit Concert, Volume 4 SHAKEDOWN STREET Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (4/21/72) PLAYING IN THE … Read more

A note on performing

This is a post I just made to the looper’s delight mailing list: I have developed a practice of “no bad gigs”: taking each performance on its own terms and giving what is required. My attitude is that any time I am being paid to play, and/or I have been invited to play, it is … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1215

Week of January 2, 2012 Part 1 39:51 Interview: Peter Lavezzoli Grateful Dead 7/17/76 Orpheum Theater, San Francisco COMES A TIME-> JAM-> DRUMS-> THE OTHER ONE-> JAM Part 2 14:41 Railroad Earth, from Jerry Jams for Rex II THE WHEEL Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from LiquidBlue.com, offering Grateful Dead gear … Read more

Dead to the World 12/28/11

Feel Like a Stranger Cumberland Blues Tons of Steel Saint of Circumstance-> Drums-> Space-> Terrapin-> The Other One-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia ~ Black Muddy River – Grateful Dead 4/6/87 Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford NJ A listener called in to note that this was the only time the Grateful Dead ever played Terrapin->The Other One! … Read more

Please support our sponsors

The GD Hour struggles to remain afloat in these weird times. We can’t do it on station carriage fees alone, so we are always on the lookout for underwriters to help themselves by helping us. If you have a business that would benefit from reaching out to our Deadhead listeners, or if you just want … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour station list

We’ve had a good year, carriage-wise! We added a huge network of public radio stations in the northeast, got back on the air in Chicago and Los Angeles and Reno, and picked up a couple of stations in Colorado. Here is the current Grateful Dead Hour station list. If you aren’t able to hear the … Read more