Grateful Dead Hour #974

Week of May 21, 2007 Part 1 31:10 Bob Weir, Ace (work tape) CASSIDY Interview: Bob Weir Grateful Dead 7/13/76 Orpheum Theater, San Francisco CASSIDY Austin Lounge Lizards, The Drugs I Need THE DRUGS I NEED Infamous Stringdusters, Fork in the Road TRAGIC LIFE Boris Garcia, Mother’s Finest SHE’S STILL LAUGHING Caroline Aiken, Live Bait … Read more

Jungle luthier!

Mickey Sussman heard me say on KPFA that I was coming to Kauai, so he sent me an email inviting me to visit him in his shop, Anahola Stringed Instruments. I called for directions, and he advised me that he was deep in “Jurassic Park” country. The last half mile was quite a ride! A … Read more

David Grisman sues YouTube

My friend Paul Hoffman first alerted me to this news story: Google Inc.’s YouTube unit was sued by David Grisman, a mandolin player who once performed with the Grateful Dead, over what he says are unauthorized postings of his music Paul added: I’m on Grisman’s side on this one. Google can’t pretend to be a … Read more

GD treats on KKCR Sat 5/19

Lady Ipo blesses the KKCR (Hanalei, Kaua’i) fund drive as it opens at 10am on Monday. As luck would have it, my Hawaiian vacation coincides with KKCR‘s fund drive, and I’ll be assisting on Saturday evening (May 19) from 6-10pm Hawaiian time. That’s 9 pm to 1 am Pacific, Midnight to 4 am Eastern. KKCR … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #973

Week of May 14, 2007 Part 1 26:01 Grateful Dead 9/19/90 Madison Square Garden, New York City STELLA BLUE-> AROUND AND AROUND ~ THE MIGHTY QUINN Part 2 29:24 Interview: Lee Johnson, with excerpts from Dead Symphony no. 6: ST. STEPHEN CHINA DOLL DEAD OVERTURE SUGAR MAGNOLIA BLUES FOR ALLAH STELLA BLUE The Grateful Dead … Read more

Dead to the World 5/9/07

It’s a fund-raiser! You can pledge online at kpfa.org, or call 1-800-439-5732 or 510-848-5732 US Blues – Bob Weir and Ratdog 3/19/07 Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore MD with Mookie Siegel, keyboards St. Stephen – Lee Johnson/Russian National Orchestra, Dead Symphony Uncle John’s Band – Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead Interview with David Dodd, editor of The … Read more