A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Thanks to Rich Selleseth for putting this up. Torrent is hosted here. David Gans 3/3/09 Sawbucks, Las Vegas NV Thanks to the Las Vegas Jam Band Society San Rafael Swell-> Birthday Tripper-> I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight Ship of Fools-> In Another World Like a Dog-> Terrapin-> River and Drown Who Killed Uncle John? ~ … Read more
A fan’s notes. Excerpt: There only two camps as far as the Grateful Dead were concerned. You either loved em or you hated them. Hip journo’s and most of Camden Town had an affection for their Kesey/Keroac credentials but Ritchie Blackmore took a different view. Wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with ‘‘if the Grateful Dead can … Read more
Walkin’ One and Only – Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Striking It Rich Interview with Dan Hicks. Tangled Tales comes out next Tuesday (March 24) on Surfdog Records. Tangled Tales – Dan Hicks and The Hot Licks, Tangled Tales The Diplomat Who Are You? Song for My Father – Dan Hicks live in the … Read more
Getting ready for next Sunday’s 1969 marathon on the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel, I ran across a pointer to Lenny Kaye’s original review of Live Dead in Rolling Stone, published in January of 1970. I like his opening paragraph: Live Dead explains why the Dead are one of the best performing bands in America, … Read more
Week of March 16, 2009 Part 1 28:35 Introduction Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL VICTIM OR THE CRIME-> EYES OF THE WORLD-> MAN SMART, WOMAN SMARTER Part 2 26:50 Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL TERRAPIN-> DRUMS
I had to bow out of my Saturday afternoon gig at Iron Springs tomorrow (Saturday 3/14) due to a nasty cold. I can barely talk, let alone sing. It’s a big day in Fairfax, California: the Fairfax Brewfest. I’m sorry to be missing it. From the Iron Springs site: March 14, 2009 is the date … Read more
Upcoming Rubber Souldiers gigs: March 26-29: Suwannee SpringFest, at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak FL (just across the Georgia line). David Gans plays solo and with Rubber Souldiers! Plus Donna the Buffalo, Emmitt Nershi Band, The Duhks, The Lee Boys, Darrell Scott, Darol Anger & Mike Marshall with V sen, … Read more
I’m reading Tom Davis‘s memoir, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. I’m about half way through, and enjoying it immensely. Tons of Grateful Dead references and stories in it, including a wonderful description of the 2/9/73 show at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion with its sprung floor. I am interviewing Tom next week for the GD Hour, … Read more
Weirdest made a list of “cringeworthy” CD covers on pastemagazine.com: But take a look. Mine is nowhere near as creepy as the rest!
Week of March 9, 2009 Part 1 27:30 Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL COLD RAIN AND SNOW PICASSO MOON NEVER TRUST A WOMAN STAGGER LEE Part 2 28:25 Levon Helm Band 4/26/08 Merlefest, Wilkesboro NC DEEP ELEM BLUES Grateful Dead 7/23/90 World Music Theater, Tinley Park IL CASSIDY TRUCKIN’-> SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING