Bob Weir 6/8/75
Bob Weir 6/8/75, originally uploaded by dgans.
David Gans
Robert Hunter and Betty Cantor-Jackson
Bob and Betty, originally uploaded by dgans. I just got a CD full of images from a friend who’s been scanning my negatives, and I’ve posted a few at flickr.com/photos/dgans In addition to this photo of Hunter and Betty, you’ll find couple of shots of Kingfish 6/8/75; one of Weir from the Keystone Berkeley from … Read more
“Three from the Vault” is available!
From DeadNet: Fifteen Years Later, right on time… Three From The Vault A magnificent gem from the band’s historic February ’71, Port Chester, run that closes the loop on the seminal From The Vault series — the series that spawned all Grateful Dead vault releases. A glowing tribute to one of the band’s most prolific … Read more
Dead to the World 6/6/07
Tribute to Sgt Pepper – Mutilaudio by David Gans Truckin’ Loser Dark Hollow – Grateful Dead, Three from the Vault (2/19/71 Capitol Theater, Portchester NY) Three from the Vault was supposed to be available for preorder today via the new DeadNet, but it appears not to be happening yet. But drop by DeadNet anyway and … Read more
3 from the Vault preview on KPFA tonight
Rhino is taking pre-orders for Three from the Vault (2/19/71) on the new DeadNet. I’ll be offering a sneak preview of the 2-disc set tonight on Dead to the World (8-10pm PDT on 94.1 fm in northern California, and streaming online at kpfa.org and kfcf.org) You’ll also hear, as promised, set 2 of 5/26/73 at … Read more
Grateful Dead Hour #976
Week of June 4, 2007 Part 1 43:48 Grateful Dead 12/26/81 Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland CA SPACE-> TRUCKIN’-> BLACK PETER-> AROUND AND AROUND-> ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT Part 2 12:37 Grateful Dead 12/26/81 Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland CA DON’T EASE ME IN The Waybacks 2/3/07 KPFA Performance Studio DUPREE’S DIAMOND BLUES Support for … Read more
“Acoustic” and electric” guitars converge
I ran into Rick Turner at the Van Morrison show in SF 12/29/06. We were schmoozing before the show, and I mentioned that I was thinking how cool it would be to have a magnetic pickup on my Renaissance (“ampli-coustic”) guitar. In my solo work, I do a lot of looping, and playing that rich … Read more
Dead to the World 5/30/07
Promised Land Deal Jack Straw Tennessee Jed The Race Is On Sugaree Mexicali Blues Row Jimmy Looks Like Rain They Love Each Other Playing in the Band – Grateful Dead 5/26/73 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All? – Firesign Theatre, How Can … Read more
Some news about dead.net
From TechCrunch: Grateful Dead Fan Site Reborn as Social Network Nick Gonzalez At their peak, rock legends “The Grateful Dead†attracted an estimated community of 40,000 self-proclaimed “Deadheads†trailing them as they toured the country. The movement had originally spawned from fans meeting at concerts and networking on mailing lists. Mailing lists turned digital with … Read more
Cindy Sheehan gives up
I can’t say I blame her. I’m pretty damn disappointed in the Democrats, too. From Cindy Sheehan’s diary on DailyKos: “Good Riddance Attention Whore” by Cindy Sheehan I have endured a lot of smear and hatred since Casey was killed and especially since I became the so-called “Face” of the American anti-war movement. Especially since … Read more