A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best continues at #6 on the Jambands.Com chart. And this review just in from Rip Rense in LA: David Gans does not come to singing by effortless grace, by his own admission. He has worked long and hard, and paid a lot of performance dues, to become … Read more
Ship of Fools He’s Gone Cassidy St. Stephen-> The Eleven Gimme Shelter – The Dead 4/25/09 Madison Square Garden, New York City All the shows on the current tour are available for sale as downloads. They’re selling CDs at the shows, too. Major thanks to David Raffarin and Peter Ammerall for sending me care packages … Read more
News from my favorite festival! Subject: MagMusic Newsflash Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:14:44 -0400 From: Magnolia Music & Events Dear Festival Family, We are extending our Extra Special Early Bird Tickets for $100 each a little bit longer. These MagnoliaFest Tickets are on sale online now for at least another week. Phone orders will only be accepted now … Read more
Today on “Tales from the Golden Road” we’re interviewing Peter Conners, author of Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead. I like this book a lot. The title is more sensationalistic than the tale itself. 4-6pm eastern on Sirius 32/XM 57.
Week of April 27, 2009 Part 1 29:49 Introduction Grateful Dead 5/27/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA THE OTHER ONE-> WHARF RAT-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2 27:06 Pure Jerry: Jerry Garcia and John Kahn 2/28/86 DIRE WOLF BIRD SONG RIPPLE Grateful Dead 5/27/93 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA GLORIA Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this … Read more
Filmmaker Steve Hurlburt is blogging his way around Dead tour. The man who made Dreadheads: Portrait of a Subculture is doing some filming along the way, and seeing plenty of sights as well. He skipped the 4/24 show in favor of a performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” – “A wise decision,” as Bill Graham … Read more
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Wavy Gravy stopped by at the start of the show to talk about a bunch of events he’s doing in the next few weeks. He’s at the Ashkenaz in Berkeley tomorrow and Friday nights; info on the Ashkenaz site. There’s a brunch at Scott’s Seafood Restaurant in Jack London Square (Oakland CA) Sunday, May 2, … Read more
GRATEFUL DEAD’S BILL KREUTZMANN ANNOUNCES SUMMER DATES FOR BK3: KREUTZMANN FEATURING JAMES “HUTCH” HUTCHINSON AND SCOTT MURAWSKI Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead drummer for the band’s entire thirty-year career, tours this summer with his potent new trio project, BK3. For the summer run, BK3 features bassist James “Hutch” Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt) and guitarist Scott Murawski (Max … Read more
I was in Missouri last weekend at Camp Zoe, and immediately after my set was the first-ever public performance of The Donna Jean Godchaux Band featuring Jeff Mattson. I enjoyed their set very much. Their set included several originals (including a brand-new song by Donna Jean) and some old favorites. Check out The Way You … Read more