A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans The Extra-Terrestrial Highway, southern Nevada Van Morrison Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Sublime performance! Rita saw the show live at the Greek Theater in Berkeley a few weeks ago. Songs from the Road Band, As the Crow Flies. I know Mark Schimick from his work with Larry Keel. I guess this is a … Read more
Rita and I left Oakland at 10 am and drove to Lee Vining CA via the Sonora Pass. Lunch at the Diamondback Grill, dinner at the Whoa Nellie Deli. After listening to a CD of the set I played Saturday night with Zac Matthews and Bear Kittay, we plugged the iPod into the stereo and … Read more
Week of May 18, 2009 Part 1 39:50 Introduction Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 2 (2/14/68) ALLIGATOR Interview: Bob Weir 7/18/84 Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 2 (2/14/68) BORN CROSS-EYED SPANISH JAM Part 2 15:05 The Dead 4/19/09 DCU Center, Worcester MA CREAM PUFF WAR American Beauty Project 11/16/07 UMass Amherst … Read more
Rubber Souldiers top the bill at a “60s British Explosion Unplugged!” extravaganza at the Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison Street in Berkeley CA. Also appearing at the Raveups (Yardbirds tribute); Drew Harrison of the Sun Kings; Steve Emerson; and Al Chan of the Rubinoos. Rubber Souldiers fancy ourselves as “Beatles jam band” rather than a … Read more
The Rex Foundation‘s home page now features a music stream with contributions from a great number of the musicians who support Rex by donating portions of their concert revenues and/or performing at Rex events. I am proud to be one of those supporters. Also on the Rex page right now: a profile of Donna Jean … Read more
TONIGHT! Friday, May 15: With Zac Matthews and Bear Kittay, UNPLUGGED, at the Nomad Cafe, 6500 Shattuck Avenue, Oakland (near the Berkeley line) Sunday, May 17: Rubber Souldiers, the Raveups, and others perform “’60s British Explosion Unplugged!” at the Freight and Salvage, 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley May 23: Desert Rocks Music Festival, Moab UT. ALO, … Read more
This just in from famed New York DJ Dennis Elsas: I just posted a pretty cool Jerry/Grateful Dead video piece from 1984 (when i was doing TV stuff for PM Magazine) on my website archives. Rolling Stone picked it up as an item this week. Here’s a link to the piece, and the Rolling Stone … Read more
My friend, progressive talk radio host Angie Coiro, is out of town for a week, so I get to fill in for her tonight, 6-8pm pacific on San Francisco’s Green 960 AM. You can listen online and join the live-blog chat here. I’ll be talking with one of the creators of The Story of Stuff, … Read more
We’re in a fund drive tonight, so please consider becoming a member of KPFA and making a contribution to help kep this listener-sponsored radio station thriving. Guest DJs tonight are Michael Bettendorf and Todd Morrish, who won this evening in a fund-raising auction for the Chabot School in Oakland. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Grateful … Read more
This just in: Tara Nevins [of Donna the Buffalo] will be a special guest performing with BK3 on upcoming dates. BK3 is Bill Kreutzmann‘s trio. As a founding member of the Grateful Dead, Bill has played drums at every one of the Grateful Dead’s shows. Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt) and Scott Murawski (Max Creek) will … Read more