A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Bobbys, originally uploaded by dgans. …on My flickr page Images of Joe Jackson, Billy Cobham, Grateful Dead, Bobby Cochran and Bob Weir, Ruth Allison, and G Brown, all taken in 1982. More to come! Thanks to John Rottet for scanning my negs.
Week of October 1, 2007 Part 1 22:28 Bob Weir and Ratdog 8/12/07 Boarding House Park, Lowell MA On the Road reading by Dennis McNally MEXICALI BLUES Part 2 32:57 Bob Weir and Ratdog 8/12/07 Boarding House Park, Lowell MA HE’S GONE-> THE OTHER ONE (with Dennis McNally) On August 12, Bob Weir and Ratdog … Read more
Got this gig announcement today: Gone are the days when Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead roamed the country, but his legacy is the music he left behind. Playin’ Dead, Boston’s top Grateful Dead tribute, brings that Deadhead vibe to its shows. Featuring former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Laughing Water, Electric Hummus and Tampa’s … Read more
New station starting October 13, 2007: WEOS 89.7FM & 90.3FM Geneva NY Saturdays at 8pm Welcome aboard!
Eric Levy posted a review of Twisted Love Songs on the CD’s page at CDBaby.com. An excerpt: All of the songs themselves are wonderful…. But the high point of the album is the extraordinary instrumentals, and my favorite of those is Cassidy’s Cat, a brilliant combining of repeated riffs from three Grateful Dead songs (Cassidy, … Read more
Homegrown Radio New Jersey will air the GD Hour Fridays at 6:00 pm Eastern Time starting this week.
Jack Straw Friend of the Devil Little Red Rooster Cumberland Blues My Brother Esau Loser Let It Grow ~ Help on the Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower – Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD Baba Kaluli Groove – Mickey Hart & Zakir Hussain, Global Drum Project Pflugerville – Austin Lounge Lizards, Creatures from the … Read more
I just got invited to play between Dark Star Orchestra sets at the Black Tie Dye Ball Thursday, October 4 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. It’s a benefit for the Rex Foundation. Reception etc. start at 5:30; showtime is 8pm. More info here. This show is part of DSO’s Rex Caravan Tour – … Read more
Week of September 24, 2007 Part 1 38:14 Grateful Dead 5/1/70 Alfred College, Alfred NY HARD TO HANDLE THAT’S IT FOR THE OTHER ONE HIGH TIME Part 2 18:41 Grateful Dead 5/1/70 Alfred College, Alfred NY TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by: MagnoliaFest, a festival … Read more
Bobby sat in for most of set 2 of Donna Jean and the Tricksters at Sweetwater Thursday, September 20. Here are Bob Minkin’s photos of the event. I’m working on getting the recording for various broadcast outlets.