David Gans

Rex Foundation grants

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Rex Foundation Awards $78,000 in Grants to 15 Domestic and International Organizations Says Board Member Mickey Hart: “Rex is all about finding ways to make a better world where others don’t really go.” (San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2007) — The Rex Foundation, a non-profit charity established in 1983 by friends and members of the Grateful … Read more

Wavy’s birthday party May 18

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SING OUT FOR SEVA in honor of Wavy Gravy’s 71st Birthday. Friday, May 18 at the Berkeley Community Theater 1980 Allston Way, at the Berkeley High School Campus. Show time is 7:00 PM. Featuring: Mickey Hart & Friends ZERO Chris Robinson’s Wooden Family Sikiru Adepoju More to be announced soon. And more than likely surprise … Read more

New music from DG’s spring tour

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I’m having a great weekend at the Suwannee SpringFest, as usual. This time around I did a full set with Ollabelle, a terrific new band that includes Amy Helm (Levon’s daughter). Awesome singers. We bonded over Neil Young, oddly enough, and worked up a set that included six Neil songs, three GD songs, and “Sin … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #966

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Week of March 26, 2007 Part 1 38:04 Interview: David Lemieux Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow Palace New Year’s Eve 1976 I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT Interview: David Lemieux Grateful Dead 1/2/72 Winterland, San Francisco GOOD LOVIN’-> CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> GOOD LOVIN’ Interview: David Lemieux Part 2 18:46 Interview: David Lemieux Grateful Dead 1/10/70 … Read more

A great musical tool: Mama Bear

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One of the best pieces of equipment I use on the road is the D-TAR “Mama Bear” acoustic guitar preamp. From the product’s web site: For years, acoustic guitars have relied on pickups for amplification. One problem: Even the best acoustic guitars deliver an oversimplification of true acoustic tone complexity when amplified. Using something called … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #965

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Week of March 19, 2007 Part 1 28:08 Grateful Dead 8/4/67 O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada NEW POTATO CABOOSE VIOLA LEE BLUES Part 2 28:12 Grateful Dead 8/5/67 O’Keefe Centre, Toronto, Canada TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT ALLIGATOR Jorma Kaukonen, Stars in My Crown LATE BREAKING NEWS MIGHTY HARD PLEASURE Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes … Read more

Suwannee SpringFest update

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I’m on my way to Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Kentucky starting this Saturday. Weekend after next (March 22-25) I’ll be at the Suwannee SpringFest, a wonderful annual musical treat. Here’s the latest info on SpringFest, from the mysterious Iris Blooms: Dear Festival Folks, Suwannee Springfest is almost here!  The schedule is posted, we’re … Read more

Dead to the World 3/14/07

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Scarlet Begonias-> Victim Or the Crime-> Fire on the Mountain – Grateful Dead 8/16/91 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA Interview with archivist and record producer David Lemieux, who is doing a weekly feature on DeadNet called The Tapers’ Section. I Bid You Good Night – Grateful Dead, Live at the Cow Palace New Year’s Eve … Read more

Mark Karan interview

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The Music Box has an interview with Mark Karan of Ratdog, who expresses some sentiments I share: Karan appears visibly frustrated as he tries to explain how devotion to the perceived jam band lifestyle has replaced an understanding of what it was that made The Grateful Dead such an essential outfit in the first place. … Read more