A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans It’s been a wonderful weekend here at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park. The Suwannee SpringFest is rolling along under partly cloudy skies, not too hot in the daytime and not too chilly at night. The music has been sublime – Railroad Earth, Blueground Undergrass, Brittany Reilly and the Almost Acoustic Band, The Waybacks, … Read more
I am right this minute on a conference call with a new organization called the Barack Obama Music Coalition. We’re going to be reaching out at clubs, festivals, online, and everywhere else to get Barack Obama nominated and ELECTED! Please visit the site and join the team.
The wonderful West Marin public radio station KWMR has moved the Grateful Dead Hour to an excellent time slot: Fridays and midnight! Effective immediately. And speaking of KWMR and west Marin, I am scheduled to perform on KWMR Monday evening, April 14, right after the 6:00 news until 8:00 or so. With host The Hippie … Read more
Mary Eisenhart just posted this photo of Phil Lesh and me on the air at KFOG on May 12, 1986. And here is an interview with lyricist John Perry Barlow in Jamaica on November 25, 1982. My first interview with Barlow.
Week of March 24, 2008 Part 1 30:53 Grateful Dead 2/19/73 International Amphitheater, Chicago IL EYES OF THE WORLD-> CHINA DOLL Part 2 25:32 Grateful Dead 2/19/73 International Amphitheater, Chicago IL SUGAR MAGNOLIA CASEY JONES Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Been All Around This World BLUE YODEL #9 Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Not for … Read more
We begin with a generous sampling of a new archival Grateful Dead release, Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings. Winterland ’73 montage Weather Report Suite Loose Lucy They Love Each Other Looks Like Rain Here Comes Sunshine Big River To Lay Me Down – Grateful Dead, Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings Last week we lost a … Read more
Watching it right now on YouTube. One of many impressive passages: Talk show hosts and conservative commentators built entire careers unmasking bogus claims of racism while dismissing legitimate discussions of racial injustice and inequality as mere political correctness or reverse racism. Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention … Read more
Just posted on DeadNet: Winterland ’73: The Complete Recordings! There’s a listening party of selected tracks from the set, and a viral video clip with an audio montage (created by yours truly) of bits from the set and visuals from the cover poster by Emek plus clips from The Grateful Dead Movie, which was shot … Read more
Week of March 17, 2008 Part 1 9:04 Donna Jean and the Tricksters A PRISONER SAYS HIS PIECE Part 2 46:51 Grateful Dead 2/19/73 International Amphitheater, Chicago IL HE’S GONE-> TRUCKIN’-> THE OTHER ONE Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Heart of Gold Records and Dig Music, presenting the debut self-titled … Read more