A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Tonight: Paul Ingles’ 2-hour Sgt Pepper documentary: THE TWO SIDES OF SGT. PEPPER: AN HONEST APPRAISAL June 1, 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. For decades, the recording has ranked highly on many All-Time Best Album lists. Celebrated as the first quasi-concept album in … Read more
I’ve got three gigs in the Bay Area this weekend, each in a different musical configuration: Thursday, June 21, 8pm: Honky Tonk Hippies and Crowsong at the Larkspur Cafe Theatre, 500 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur CA. $15. 415-924-6107. Doors & dinner at 6:30, show at 8. (download the poster) Friday, June 22, 7:30-9:30pm: DG, Mario DeSio, … Read more
Week of June 18, 2007 Part 1 41:00 Interview: Mark Karan Mark Karan Bob Weir, et al., unreleased studio recording ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER Interview: Mark Karan Mark Karan et al., unreleased studio recording LOVE IN VAIN Interview: Mark Karan Jemimah Puddleduck, unreleased studio recording I THINK IT’S GONNA RAIN TODAY Interview: Mark Karan Ratdog … Read more
GLOBAL DRUM PROJECT TOUR Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Giovanni Hidalgo, Skiru Adepoju Sep 20, 2007 Centennial Hall Tucson AZ Sep 21, 2007 Ikeda Theatre Mesa AZ Sep 22, 2007 Globalquerque Albuquerque NM Sep 23, 2007 Boulder Theater Boulder CO Sep 27, 2007 Laxson Auditorium Chico CA Sep 28, 2007 Zellerbach Auditorium at UC Berkeley Berkeley … Read more
Mississippi Halfstep Me and My Uncle He’s Gone-> Truckin’-> The Other One-> Eyes of the World-> China Doll Sugar Magnolia ~ Casey Jones – Grateful Dead 5/26/73 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco (set 3) Any Naked Eye – New Riders of the Purple Sage, Live New Year’s Eve 2006 Excerpt from Summer of Love Oral Archive … Read more
I wanted to mention another book that should be of interest to readers of this blog: Grateful Dead and Philosophy, edited by Steven Gimbel. Here are some blurbs from the book cover (and the publisher’s web site): “The Grateful Dead and what it amounted to was multifaceted. There was music, there was lifestyle, and with … Read more
Wednesday, June 27, 9:00 pm: Zen Tricksters and DG at the Acoustic Cafe, 2926 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport CT. $10. 203-335-3655 Thursday, June 28, 7-11pm: Zen Tricksters and DG on the Rocks Off Boat Cruise around New York City. Leaves from 23rd Street @ FDR Drive. Board at 7, cruise from 8 to 11. Friday, June … Read more
Friday, June 15, 9:30pm: Honky Tonk Hippies and Bo Carper (of New Monsoon) at the Connecticut Yankee, 100 Connecticut Street, San Francisco CA (download the poster) Saturday, June 16: DG and Mario DeSio at Spuds, 3290 Adeline Street, Berkeley CA. 510-597-0795 Sunday, June 17, 9 am to 1 pm: Marin County Farmers’ Market, at the … Read more
Nick Meriwether, editor of All Graceful Instruments: The Contexts of the Grateful Dead Phenomenon,” is being interviewed by Christian Crumlish in the Inkwell, a public forum of The WELL. From the introduction of the interview: The Grateful Dead: just a dance band, or something deeper? Or will pursuing the question kill the buzz? When still … Read more
This just in via email: A completely reimagined web environment, with all-new content, including: Many of your favorite features of the Grateful Dead Almanac, now regularly updated to bring you the latest breaking DeadWorld news; rare historical artifacts from the Dead’s vast audio-visual archives; the ‘Taper’s Section,’ with exclusive gems From The Vault; community involvement, … Read more