A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans From Nicole Belle on Crooks and Liars: If this isn’t instructive of how seriously the Republicans take the “War on Terrorâ€â„¢ and the horrible economic situation that their policies have put us in, I don’t know what does. The RK blog found this lovely gem. On Friday’s Fourth of July parade in Scottsville, VA, Democratic … Read more
Week of July 7, 2008 Part 1 34:10 Grateful Dead 2/26/77 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA MAMA TRIED DEAL PLAYING IN THE BAND-> THE WHEEL-> PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 21:15 Lee Johnson, Dead Symphony no. 6: An Orchestral Tribute to the Music of the Grateful Dead BLUES FOR ALLAH IF I HAD THE … Read more
I loaded the iPod with stuff to study and stuff to check on on a five-day tour, and the results have been quite rewarding. I grabbed a Sandy Bull album, Re-Inventions, at KPFA a couple of weeks ago – my first time really listening to him. Silly me, missing Sandy Bull from my musical consciousness … Read more
Update on Alex’s condition from The Independent: Spy chief in coma as doctors battle mystery illness By Kim Sengupta Saturday, 5 July 2008 Britain’s most senior intelligence officer is said to be showing no sign of recovery after being in a coma for five days with a mysterious illness which doctors have so far failed … Read more
I happened upon this by accident in Chicago. I am in the process of editing an interview with Clay Eals, author of Steve Goodman: Facing the Music. The program will air on KPFA (94.1 Berkeley CA and on the web) Wednesday, July 16, 8:00pm Pacific time. Clay brought multi-instrumentalist and longtime Goodman collaborator Jim Rothermel … Read more
The song: “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie The ensemble: 2,052 people w/ guitars! The energy center: Country Joe McDonald On Tuesday night at Todos Santos Plaza in Concord, exactly 2,052 people came from all over to play Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” simultaneously. Doing it for five straight minutes meant … Read more
Please keep a good thought for Alex Allan, the keeper of the Grateful Dead Lyric and Song Finder site and quite possibly the winner of the “Deadhead with the most interesting day job” derby: Top spy seriously ill in hospital Britain’s top spy, Alex Allan, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, is unconscious and … Read more
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Larry Harmon is dead.