David Gans

Gig update: What a short, strange trip that was!

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Well, that was an unexpected turn of events! Short version: On Thursday morning, August 27, I had what proved to be a “mild to moderate” heart attack in Lee Vining CA (out near Mono Lake) on my way out into the desert. I got myself to Carson City and lucked into a brand new hospital … Read more

Down Home Music needs our help

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Down Home Music needs our support. The store has been a cultural institution since 1976; Chris Strachwitz has been producing non-commercial roots music on Arhoolie since 1959. Down Home is currently on the endangered species list, soon to become extinct w/out our continued customer support. Open house: Discuss ways to save the store 9/5/09, 2pm, … Read more

So I had a heart attack…

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I left home at noon on Wednesday, August 27, to begin a tour that would take me to three solo gigs in Utah, one in southwestern Colorado, and a Rubber Souldiers show in Carson City, and end right back here in Berkeley with a Reptiles reunion in honor of our rhythm guitarist, Al Feldstein, who … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1093

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Week of August 31, 2009 Part 1 22:48 Introduction Jerry Garcia Band, Bay Area ’78 LET ME ROLL IT Grateful Dead,Road Trips vol 2 no 4: Cal Expo ’93 DEAL Part 2 32:37 Grateful Dead 4/25/71 Fillmore East, New York City MORNING DEW BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME BERTHA … Read more

Song of the Day

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Driving around doing errands today, listened to most of Gordon Stone‘s new CD Night Shade, and then put in Guy Clark‘s new one, Some Days the Song Writes You. The second song on the disc gave me chills, right there on sunny Grand Avenue. It’s called “The Guitar” – Guy wrote it with Verlon Thompson. … Read more

Another thought

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Posted by Chuck Charlton in a conversation on the WELL, and posted here with his permission: “The death penalty does not exist to punish the guilty. It exists to aggrandize the egos of the penalizors. Correlation between legality and result are irrelevant.” Chuck made this statement in a discussion of : Expert says fire for … Read more

Thought for the day

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My friend Doug McKechnie sent me this in response to my message about losing my friend Al, and I thought I’d share it here: “To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false … Read more

Gans gig update – plus

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Hello, friends – This is a gigspam message with some extra stuff in it. It’s been a busy and musically rewarding summer despite the weird and somewhat depressing state of the music business. Although gasoline prices have come down from their alarming peaks of last summer, the cost-benefit analysis of doing club dates is not … Read more