A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Just posted on flickr:Â Norton and Bonnie, originally uploaded by dgans. Thanks to John Rottet, who did the scanning in his spare time, I’ve got another batch of photos from my journalism days in the bay area in the late ’70s. So far I’ve posted shots of Carlos Santana 12/31/76, David Crosby and Graham Nash … Read more
The San Francisco Chronicle’s “Two Cents” feature includes my response to the question, “Your epitaph for the 109th Congress?”
This guy Dinger blogged about running into conservative talking head Tucker Carlson at a Dark Star Orchestra show. An excerpt: Just prior to the beginning of the second set, I turned to Tucker Carlson and said (with my index finger and thumb a 1/4 inch of each other) that “I now have this much respect … Read more
Robert Hunter’s online archive, which includes his occasional journal posts, has moved to www.hunterarchive.com
Cold Rain and Snow Big River They Love Each Other Cassidy Tennessee Jed Looks Like Rain Row Jimmy The Music Never Stopped Scarlet Begonias Promised Land – Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ No Puedo Mas – Los Lobos, The Town and the City We Dance the Night Away – Chris Bramble, Laugh at … Read more
David Lemieux is posting a weekly essay with audio in the “Taper’s Section” of the new Dead Net. It’s a “This week in Dead history” format. Here’s an excerpt from the December 4-10 edition: One of the most intriguing short tours in Grateful Dead history took place in the first two weeks of December, 1971, … Read more
Week of December 4, 2006 Part 1 26:39 Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ HELP ON THE WAY-> SLIPKNOT!-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER Part 2 29:41 Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS-> SAMSON AND DELILAH SHIP OF FOOLS Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT … Read more
Jerry Garcia 12/31/76. See also Bob Weir 12/31/76 The impending release of the Dead’s 12/31/76 show at the Cow Palace inspired me to dig out my photos from that night. Extra big thanks to John Rottet for scanning my negatives. I also finally got around to organizing all the GD shots among my flickr images.
I sat in with the New Riders of the Purple Sage on the radio last night, quite unexpectedly. They were playing on my show, and although I have sat in with them a couple of times recently, I didn’t have so much as a guitar pick with me when I got to the station. The … Read more
Sliding Delta Blues Contract I Don’t Know You Lonesome LA Cowboy Four Strong Winds Whatcha Gonna Do Dirty Business Peggy-O Louisiana Lady Lochinvar 15 Days Under the Hood Last Lonely Eagle Henry Sutter’s Mill Garden of Eden Whiskey Panama Red – New Riders of the Purple Sage live in the KPFA performance studio The Golden … Read more