Jerry plays with Octopus
Jerry plays with Octopus, originally uploaded by kmcphoenix. Posted by Kevin McCormick, brought to my attention by Steve Silberman.
David Gans
“Monkey and the Engineer” kids’ book
Fans of the acoustic Dead will be familiar with “Monkey and the Engineer,” a delightful ditty that turned up in many of the fall 1980 acoustic sets and the album derived from those shows, Reckoning. The song was written by Jesse “The Lone Cat” Fuller, who also contributed “Beat It on Down the Line” to … Read more
Trips Festival documentary on DVD
I just watched Eric Christensen’s terrific documentary The Trips Festival Movie, and I’m here to give it an unqualified rave! It was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival earlier this year, and then Eric hosted a panel discussion with several of the participants, including Bob Weir, Mountain Girl, Stewart Brand, and others. That talk … Read more
Dead to the World 11/28/2007
Dark Hollow Iko Iko The Race Is On To Lay Me Down Cassidy Jackaroe She’s On the Road Again Bird Song-> Ripple – Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco (acoustic) Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard & Johnny Cash, from The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show DVD Big River – Johnny … Read more
Wavy on the auction block
WAVY GRAVY ON THE eBay AUCTION BLOCK NOVEMBER 26th – DECEMBER 3rd Legendary activist to host “Woodstock†party for winning bidder! Auction also includes items from Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Odetta and more! He has been the MC for all three Woodstock Festivals, the official clown prince of the Grateful Dead, a popular Ben and … Read more
ABP @ Amherst available for download
The American Beauty Project show from UMass Amherst 11/16 is now available for sale as MP3 downloads for $5 per set. Performers: Ollabelle (Byron Isaacs, Tony Leone, Fiona McBain, Glen Patscha and Amy Helm), Larry Campbell, Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Russell, Theresa Williams, David Gans Set 1 Friend Of The Devil Sugar Magnolia Brokedown Palace New … Read more
Grateful Dead Hour #1001
Week of November 26, 2007 Part 1 28:20 Grateful Dead 6/30/74 Civic Center, Springfield MA DON’T EASE ME IN BLACK-THROATED WIND FENNARIO JACK STRAW LOSER Part 2 27:35 Interview: Blair Jackson Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 SHAKEDOWN STREET PASSENGER Road Trips is a new series of releases that seems pretty promising to … Read more
Kind words from a longtime listener
Posted with permission, of course: I just discovered the GD Hour site after some recent digging. Brought back quite a few great memories of ’88-’90 (high school), covertly taping the GD Hour off of 102.7 WNEW, covering the LED lights on the stereo with cardboard to bypass parental patrols, dialing in the station by feel … Read more
Unbroken Chain at UMass Amherst
DG sings for Chaone Mallory, originally uploaded by gr8wendini. Wendy Corn, one of the organizers of the Unbroken Chain symposium at UMass Amherst, has posted her photos.
Review of GDH1000
Reposted from the GD Hour mailing list with permission – Jon Winer’s review of GD Hour #1000: When Phil Lesh came to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a couple years ago he said that the Grateful Dead’s most interesting period, from his standpoint, was their experimental era of the late 60’s. In David … Read more