A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of April 5, 2010 Part 1 10:10 Introduction Grateful Dead, Crimson, White, and Indigo (7/7/89) STANDING ON THE MOON Part 2 45:15 Interview: JIM TUEDIO Grateful Dead 3/24/73 Spectrum, Philadelphia JAM-> SPANISH JAM-> DARK STAR From the Dead.Net page: “Crimson, White & Indigo, one DVD and three CDs of pure bliss captured July 7, … Read more
Happy SPRINGTIME, everybody! Below you will find a complete listing of confirmed gigs for the spring and summer. Coming right up are a Dead jam in San Francisco this Friday and two Bay Area farmers’ market gigs next week. More events are being planned and will be posted as they’re confirmed. I’m always looking for … Read more
Interview with Jim Marshall by David Gans. San Francisco 11/4/78 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Fillmore East The legendary photographer Jim Marshall died last week at the age of 74. MP3s of the 13 segments are posted here) Phone interview with Tim Carbone of The Contribution – … Read more
The official digital release of “Life Is a Jam” is coming very soon! We had to press some promotional CDs to send to radio and press, so we made a few extra copies to sell at a premium price to help finance the release. Click here to get a copy of this promotional CD and … Read more
Week of March 29, 2010 Part 1 27:54 Introduction Grateful Dead 8/16/87 Town Park, Telluride CO MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP LITTLE RED ROOSTER IKO IKO BEER BARREL POLKA FAR FROM ME Part 2 29:01 Grateful Dead 8/16/87 Town Park, Telluride CO WEST LA FADEAWAY WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE BIG RAILROAD BLUES PROMISED LAND Railroad Earth 12/31/09 … Read more
From Tony Zepezauer, posted here with his permission: Back the early ’90s I decided I had to have a Jim Marshall of the Dead, and started saving my money for one. The boom in 60’s rock collectibles was still a couple of years off, and I don’t think he was even represented by a gallery … Read more
I’m spending my morning editing a November 1978 interview with Jim Marshall. I’ll broadcast it next Wednesday, March 31, starting at 8pm PDT on Dead to the World (KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, streaming online at kpfa.or and kfcf.org).
This is from my friend, musician and photographer Jef Jaisun: Jim shot my promo pix in 1972. By 1975 he’d inspired me to pick up a camera myself, and I’ve been doing it ever since. Wish that had happened 10 years earlier. Twenty years ago I wanted to use a photo of his on a … Read more
Mississippi Halfstep-> Little Red Rooster Iko Iko Beer Barrel Polka Far from Me West LA Fadeaway When I Paint My Masterpiece Big Railroad Blues-> The Promised Land – Grateful Dead 8/16/87 Town Park, Telluride CO The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) – Furthur and Friends (Chris Robinson, lead vocal) 3/12/10 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San … Read more
Week of March 22, 2010 Part 1 33:01 Introduction Grateful Dead 9/27/76 War Memorial, Rochester NY SLIPKNOT!-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER-> AROUND AND AROUND ~ US BLUES Part 2 22:54 Furthur 2/14/10 Barton Hall, Ithaca NY UNCLE JOHN’S BAND-> PEACEFUL VALLEY Recordings of Furthur shows are sold at the event and also online. Here’s a link to … Read more