A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans My fellow KPFA Local Station Board member, Tracy Rosenberg, posted the following on a “North Bay for KPFA” mailing list. David Gans, who has hosted Dead to the World (the Grateful Dead Hour) on KPFA for about 34 years now, was not engaged in free speech. He was engaged in censorship speech, decrying on-air the … Read more
Week of August 22, 2011 Part 1 29:20 Interview: MICKEY HART Mickey Hart Band (unreleased) CUT THE DECK Part 2 26:04 Furthur 7/16/11 Bethel Woods Center, Bethel Woods NY BIG BAD BLUES-> PLAYING IN THE BAND The Mickey Hart interview is permanently archived here. Furthur 7/16/11 is available on CD or via download Special thanks … Read more
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Interview with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull by Bernie Kellman in June 2011 Bernie is the only American moderator on the flagship and most prominent Jethro Tull fan site, www.jethrotull.proboards.com. His handle there is steelmonkey. Strange Avenues – Jethro Tull, Rock Island Aqualung – Jethro Tull, Extended Tracks Mother Goose – Jethro Tull, Live Aqualung … Read more
It’s been a very busy summer, and I’ve spent way too much time on airplanes lately – but it’s all been totally worth the schlepping ’cause it’s been a GREAT summer! Today I play the Novato farmers’ market for the first time, 4 to 8 pm. I love farmers’ market gigs – a great opportunity … Read more
Week of August 15, 2011 Part 1 43:15 Grateful Dead 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD DRUMS-> SPACE-> THE OTHER ONE-> STELLA BLUE-> AROUND AND AROUND-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2 12:54 Grateful Dead 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD US BLUES Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 4 no 4 (4/5/82) DEEP ELEM BLUES The Grateful … Read more
Thursday, August 11, 8:30 pm at the Ashkenas, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley! Doors at 8, show at 8:30. Buy tickets online. From the Ashkenaz web site: Jerome John Garcia would have turned 69 in August. Although his body is gone, Jerry Garcia’s spirit and music have never been more alive. That spirit is the … Read more
You can donate to KPFA online any time at at kpfa.org Comes a Time-> St. Stephen-> One More Saturday Night – Furthur 7/16/11 Bethel Woods NY Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 4 no 4 (4/6/82) The Harder They Come – Jerry Garcia Band 8/29/87 Electric on the Eel Mountains of the Moon … Read more
Here’s a permanent link to an interview with Mickey Hart in his studio 8/2/11. This was broadcast on KPFA and on the Grateful Dead Hour in August 2011. He talks about his new band, and about “sonification” (in collaboration with George Smoot) of radiotelescope data dating back to The Big Bang, and other fun stuff.
Week of August 8, 2011 Part 1 23:23 Grateful Dead 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD SHAKEDOWN STREET-> SAMSON AND DELILAH Part 2 33:32 Grateful Dead 6/30/85 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD GIMME SOME LOVIN’-> HE’S GONE-> THAT’S IT FOR THE OTHER ONE-> DRUMS Big Bill Broonzy GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD Support for … Read more