A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans From NRPS.net: JOHN “MARMADUKE” DAWSON (1945-2009) John passed away peacefully on July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired several years ago. It is with great sadness that we relay this news, and extend our deepest condolences to his family and all his many fans out there. His songs … Read more
Week of July 20, 2009 Part 1 27:38 Introduction Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead 6/30/87 Kingswood Music Theater, Maple, Ontario FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Part 2 28:02 Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead 6/30/88 Silver Stadium, Rochester NY HE’S GONE Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead, Built to Last BLOW AWAY Peter Conners is the author of … Read more
Rita making music in the Light Portal at the Fire Arts Festival in Oakland. Freddy “Are We Really” Hahne, who is among many other things the president of the Rex Foundation board. Here he is as a member of the Mind Shaft Society, just before their Flame Thrower Shooting Gallery opens for business. More photos … Read more
Dark Star – Grateful Dead, from Woodstock 40 Years on: Back to Yasgur’s Farm China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider – Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no 3: Wall of Sound (6/16/74) US Blues-> Satisfaction – Grateful Dead 12/9/81 University of Colorado, Boulder All New Minglewood Blues – Grateful Dead 1978 studio rough … Read more
These photos of Al Feldstein were sent to me by Dan Hull. He added a beautiful note to the original memorial post; I’ll paste it in here as well. Al and Luke at the Lomita house circa 1991 Al at my wedding day 1980 I believe that Al was the happiest when he was playin’ … Read more
Week of July 13, 2009 Part 1 31:13 Introduction Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 3: Wall of Sound PLAYING IN THE BAND (6/16/74) Part 2 24:42 Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 3: Wall of Sound JAM-> THE OTHER ONE (6/18/74) Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Warner … Read more
We don’t get a lot of rain in the Bay Area in July. A light rain in Oakland at 8pm, with the sun shining brightly through a clear sky toward the western horizon, gave us this breathtaking sight. Friends all over the Bay Area reported seeing it.
Courtesy of Rich Selleseth, an excellent recording of a fairly decent Rubber Souldiers set (see below for links): Rubber Souldiers Thursday, July 9, 2009 Todos Santos Plaza, Concord CA You’re Gonna Lose That Girl This Norwegian Boy All My Lovin’-> Rain Within You If I Fell Across the Universe Things We Said Today-> Girl No … Read more
Co-host Gary Lambert and I paid tribute to our departed friend Al Feldstein, on “Tales from the Golden Road” (on the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel) June 28. Here’s the audio (14:42 MP3).