A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans From the introduction to the series by Blair Jackson: With Road Trips we’re going to try something a little different. We want to plug in a few more pieces of the Grateful Dead puzzle by putting the spotlight on different tours and series of shows that have been neglected through the years. Take Road Trips … Read more
Week of November 5, 2007 Part 1 22:52 Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco DARK HOLLOW IKO IKO THE RACE IS ON TO LAY ME DOWN Part 2 32:53 Ollabelle, Riverside Battle Songs RIVERSIDE Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco CASSIDY JACKAROE SHE’S ON THE ROAD AGAIN BIRD SONG RIPPLE Ollabelle will perform … Read more
Nice profile of Dan Healy in the Marn I-J, written by Paul Liberatore. Healy will be at the Unbroken Chain symposium in Amherst MA November 16-18.
Week of October 29, 2007 Part 1 33:29 Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD SPACE-> MORNING DEW-> THROWING STONES-> NOT FADE AWAY Part 2 21:54 Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain, Global Drum Project DANCES WITH WOOD FUNKY ZENA I CAN TELL YOU MORE Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD BROKEDOWN PALACE … Read more
After a car accident takes the life of a devoted Deadhead, a father discovers the healing power of his son’s music Story in the Baltimore Sun about a man who got into the Dead after his Deadhead son died an untimely death. Jonathan Pitts wrote it; Ed Branthaver is the subject; Dan Branthaver is the … Read more
This just in from the Rex Foundation: We’ve added a special stop along the Rex Community Caravan of events – Saturday, December 15th, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco: The Music Never Stops – A Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball featuring Bob Weir and RatDog, Little Feat and The Waybacks. Tickets for the concert go on sale … Read more
From Gary Lambert: Excellent article (with input from yrs truly) in the recently web-revived version of the pioneering rock mag Crawdaddy!, about becoming a Deadhead in spite of one’s self, getting over the hippie-stigma aspect of it all, and coming to accept the GD as the proto-punk, proto-alt, proto-indie icons they are. Are You Grateful … Read more
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Tim “Da Flower Punk” Lynch, who just started a live music show on KPIG-AM in San Francisco. The “Saturday Ham Jam” airs from 1:00 to 3:00 Pacific Time at 1510 on the AM dial in San Francisco. Tim has been filling in for me on Dead to the World … Read more
Week of October 22, 2007 Part 1 28:36 Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD ESTIMATED PROPHET-> EYES OF THE WORLD-> WHY DON’T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD? Part 2 27:49 Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD DRUMS-> SPACE Donna the Buffalo, Life’s a Ride ROCK OF AGES THESE ARE BETTER … Read more
It’s fund-raising time! Call 510-848-4425 or 1-800-439-5732, or you can pledge online! Tonight’s show is a four-hour special, combining DTTW with Larry Kelp’s Sing Out! Truckin’ – Grateful Dead, Three from the Vault Copper John Love’s in a Dry Spell – Caroline Aiken live in the KPFA studio Guest: Alec Palao, producer of Love Is … Read more