David Gans

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen at the Hollywood Bowl 7/21/74 See that Fender Telecaster that Bill Kirchen (center) is playing? That, my friends, is the Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods – and that’s the title of Bill’s new CD. A true guitar hero.

Bob Minkin has been photographing musical events, and specializing in Dead-related events, for thirty years. He’s also been doing the graphic design on Dick’s Picks and other GD products for several years. A thirty-year retrospective exhibition will show at the California Closets Gallery from February 1 through April 30. The gallery is located at 610-A … Read more

I attended both days of the American Beauty Project in NYC (January 20-21), and I enjoyed the event immensely. The place was mobbed both nights, and musical ecstasy was much in evidence both onstage and in the green room. Lots of excellent musicians hanging out, sharing ideas, working up new arrangements. Here’s an excerpt from … Read more

I just posted some photos of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, and Maria Muldaur w/ John Kahn, in front of the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound at the Hollywood Bowl 7/21/74. Poke around my flickr site and you’ll also see three images from The Last Waltz.

Links to this video clip just started popping up all over the place. It includes footage of the GD at Chateau D’Herouville on July 24, 1971, plus a clip of the Jefferson Airplane at Altamont (12/6/69) from the film Gimme Shelter, etc.

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: The new Congress has barely begun, but the major record labels are already up to their old tricks. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has re-introduced the PERFORM Act, a backdoor assault on your right to record off the radio. Satellite and digital radio stations as well as Internet webcasters would have to … Read more

Lately I’ve been doing a loop jam that I call “Cassidy’s Cat,” starting with a bit of “Cassidy” and intertwining with snatches of “China Cat Sunflower” and bits of other Grateful Dead melodies. This week I am in New Jersey performing and recording with the Shockenaw Mountain Boys (Tim Carbone, John Skehan, Andy Goessling and … Read more