A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Promised Land – Grateful Dead 4/1/80 Capitol Theater, Passic NJ The famous “April Fool!” performance in which the band members traded instruments: (per DeadBase) Bob Weir, keyboards and vocals; Brent Mydland and Jerry Garcia, drums; Bill Kreutzmann, bass and vocals; Mickey Hart, rhythm guitar, Phil Lesh, lead guitar. Estimated Prophet-> Playing in the Band-> Terrapin … Read more
Now available as a download or on CD: The American Beauty Project – Ollabelle and Friends 11/16/07 UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA From the Festivalink web site: FestivaLink.net presents The American Beauty Project On Friday November 16th, 2007, a celebration of music from The Grateful Dead, The American Beauty Project was performed in its … Read more
WZZU/WZZI moved the Sunday morning rebroadcast of the GD Hour to 9am, effective this week. WZZU-FM 97.9 Lynchburg VA Tuesday 10pm WZZU-FM 97.9 Lynchburg VA Sunday 9am WZZI-FM 101.5 Roanoke VA Tuesday 10pm WZZI-FM 101.5 Roanoke VA Sunday 9am GD Hour station list
Week of March 30, 2009 Part 1 35:55 Introduction Grateful Dead, To Terrapin (5/28/77) BERTHA-> GOOD LOVIN’-> SUGAREE PASSENGER Part 2 20:30 Jorma Kaukonen, River of Time OPERATOR Railroad Earth12/31/08 Aladdin Theater, Portland OR WARHEAD BOOGIE The excerpts from the new complete-show release To Terrapin in this week’s program don’t do justice to the excellence … Read more
jambands.com has an interview with Tim Carbone, who produced The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best and Boris Garcia‘s Once More Unto the Bliss. He’s also the fiddle and guitar player of Railroad Earth. Great read.
Just got this email from Donna Jean Godchaux: Welcome to Spring! We are totally psyched to be starting our first tour in a couple of weeks. We’ve been in rehearsal in Alabama and New York and have welcomed keyboardist Mark Adler into the DJGB fold. Mark Adler is not a conventional rock keyboard player. In fact, … Read more
The Suwannee SpringFest is happening this weekend! Rubber Souldiers will perform Friday afternoon on the Amphitheater Stage, and again (under the guise of “David Gans and Friends”) Saturday evening in the Music Hall. Fellow Souldiers Chris and Lorin Rowan will do their wonderful duo thing, too. I perform solo Friday morning, 10 am on the … Read more
10/18/08 – house concert at Jim Roe’s.
Chris and Lorin’s niece, Amanda Rose, caught us backstage preparing for our performance at the Rex Foundation benefit.
Week of March 23, 2009 Part 1 39:54 Introduction Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL SPACE-> ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER-> STANDING ON THE MOON-> AROUND AND AROUND-> GOOD LOVIN’ Part 2 16:01 Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL THE WEIGHT Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, Willie and … Read more