David Gans

Bay Area Music Day 1983

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Bay Area Music Day 1983, originally uploaded by dgans. Press conference held February 25, 1983 in the office of San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein to announce “Bay Area Music Day” in honor of the Bay Area Music Awards, to be held a month or so hence. The event was organized by BAM Magazine to benefit … Read more

Help send Mark Karan to Commonweal

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I just had a nice long conversation with Mark Karan and his wife, Maile Hatfield. Mark has made it clear in his CarePages posts that he is doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, and I was very happy to hear personally how positive and upbeat his tone is. When my wife … Read more

Sirius preview update

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I cribbed this info from a post on the Eurotraders list: Sirius are now running previews and they can be found on the Jam On Channel [17]. The previews end on 9 August. You can sign up for a free 3 day account at sirius.com . You need to wait for a confirmation email which … Read more

Dead to the World 8/1/07

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jam w/Ken Kesey rap – Grateful Dead 10/31/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena Jerry Garcia interview 4/28/81: No Privilege Terrapin – GD 3/18/77 Winterland Bird Song – Jerry Garcia, Garcia Jerry Garcia interview 4/28/81: Taxing Attics of My Life – Grateful Dead rehearsal 5/28/76 White Dove – Old and In the Way Louis Collins – Garcia-Grisman-Rice, from … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #984

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Week of July 30, 2007 Part 1 19:02 Grateful Dead 6/20/87 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA SPACE-> IKO IKO Steve Mann, Alive and Pickin’ TROUBLE IN MIND (with Janis Joplin) ELEPHANT SONG EAST COLORADO (aka Spike Driver Blues) Part 2 35:53 Grateful Dead 6/20/87 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA LOOKS LIKE RAIN-> DEAL-> DRUMS-> SPACE June 20, … Read more

Nice review of “Twisted Love Songs”

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My friend Richard Gehr reviews Twisted Love Songs in a blog column that begins with this disclaimer: Unless you’re some sort of sociopath, if you write about music long enough professionally, you’ll eventually become friends with musicians, their management, or both. Unfortunately, a certain awkwardness sometimes ensues when they send you their own often quite … Read more