A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Having a great time at Shakori Hills! Here’s the rest of the tour: Wednesday, October 14: House concert @ Erin and Jay’s housewarming party in Asheville NC. Potluck at 6, performance at 7:30. Email Erin for info and reservation: Dreamspider@gmail.com Thursday, October 15, 9:00 pm: DG and Friends at Mo Daddy’s, 77-B Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, … Read more
One more week of FUND-RAISING, friends – but tonight it’s online-only, so I won’t be interrupting the music with pitching. Please make a donation online – KPFA needs our support. Stella Blue-> Viola Lee Blues-> Throwing Stones ~ Gloria – Bob Weir and Ratdog 9/2/09 House of Blues, Las Vegas NV Ratdog shows are available … Read more
From last night in the poster room at the Fillmore: Afterbird-> Sultans of Swing 10/4/09
Week of October 5, 2009 Part 1 9:04 Introduction Jerry Garcia Band, Bay Area 1978 GOMORRAH Part 2 46:36 Grateful Dead 8/19/89 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA THE OTHER ONE-> WHARF RAT-> NOT FADE AWAY ~ FOOLISH HEART Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Chronicle Books, presenting the Grateful Dead Scrapbook, by … Read more
Week of September 28, 2009 Part 1 19:36 Introduction New Lost City Ramblers, Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go? THE LADY OF CARLISLE Grateful Dead 8/19/89 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER Part 2 36:49 Grateful Dead 8/19/89 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA PLAYING IN THE BAND-> UNCLE … Read more
Let’s begin with a very upbeat health update! I rode my bike to my cardiologist yesterday. My blood pressure and heart rate are “excellent.” Cutting my beta-blocker dose in half did the trick. My EKG is still abnormal, but in the expected way, and headed back toward normal. As Bob Dylan sang, “You can always … Read more
Just a quick update on what I’ve been stuffing my head with lately, and one item that has emerged from same. Reading: Assembling California, by John McPhee. I want to be him when I grow up. Listening: Snake Oil & Hummingbirds – Joanne Rand Some Days the Song Writes You – Guy Clark All In … Read more
It’s a FUND-RAISER, friends! Please make a donation online or call 510-848-5732 or toll-free 1-800-439-5732 Friend of the Devil (6/8/77) – Grateful Dead, Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings Stand! – Sly and the Family Stone, The Woodstock Experience Some Days You Write the Song – Guy Clark, Some Days the Song Writes You Jackaroe … Read more
Week of September 21, 2009 Part 1 16:10 Introduction Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 2 no. 4: Cal Expo ’93 SHAKEDOWN STREET Part 2 40:15 David Nelson Band 6/20/09 Nelson Family Vineyard, Ukiah CA ANY NAKED EYE-> SUMMERTIME BLUES-> ANY NAKED EYE WHERE I COME FROM Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week … Read more
It’s a FUND-RAISER, friends! Please make a donation online or call 510-848-5732 or toll-free 1-800-439-5732 Gomorrah – Jerry Garcia Band, Pure Jerry: Bay Area 1978 Lazy Lightning’-> Supplication (6/8/77) – Grateful Dead, Winterland June 1977: The Complete Recordings While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Beatles, White Album (Mono remaster) Mystery Train – Jerry Garcia Band, … Read more