David Gans

Blair Jackson’s “Grateful Dead Gear”

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Regarding Blair Jackson’s new book, Grateful Dead Gear: The Band’s Instruments, Sound Systems, and Recording Sessions from 1965 to 1995, Steve Silberman posted this on the WELL: Well Jesus Christ, this book is frickin’ amazing, and I’m the opposite of a knob-twiddling gearhead pedal fetishist. I don’t know what ANY of this shit is, and … Read more

Stranger than Fiction

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My wife and I saw Stranger Than Fiction last night, and really liked it. It’s a lot deeper than I was expecting from a Will Ferrell movie, but with Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman also on board, I figured it could have some substance. It’s about a guy who suddenly begins hearing a voice narrating … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #948

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Week of November 20, 2006 Part 1 27:32 Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ COLD RAIN AND SNOW BIG RIVER THEY LOVE EACH OTHER CASSIDY Part 2 27:48 Grateful Dead 6/17/76 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ TENNESSEE JED LOOKS LIKE RAIN Solomon Burke, Nashville TOMORROW IS FOREVER AIN’T GOT YOU Nashville was produced by Buddy … Read more

Firesign Theatre’s 40th Anniversary

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From the press release: LEGENDARY COMEDY GROUP FIRESIGN THEATRE CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY NOVEMBER 17, 2006; INVITE FANS TO COUGH UP THE GOODS LOS ANGELES, CA (November 13, 2006): Legendary comic foursome The Firesign Theatre, creators of over thirty LPs and CDs including such classics as Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers, a … Read more

The American Beauty Project

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Arts>World Financial Center Presents: THE AMERICAN BEAUTY PROJECT HONORS TWO GRATEFUL DEAD LANDMARK ALBUMS American Beauty and Workingman’s Dead with Jorma Kaukonen, Ollabelle, Toshi Reagon, The Holmes Brothers, Jen Chapin, Dar Williams, The Klezmatics, Tim O’Reagan, Mark Eitzel, Jim Lauderale, Larry Campbell, Catherine Russell, Andy Statman, Tony Trischka, and more to be announced. Workingman’s Dead … Read more

Dead to the World 11/15/06

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First hour: Richie Unterberger, author of The Unreleased Beatles Love of the Loved – Beatles 1/1/62 Decca Records audition I Saw Her Standing There – private rehearsal in the Cavern Club, Liverpool, late 1962 Bad to Me – demo acetate, mid-1963 Roll Over Beethoven – BBC session 6/24/63 If I Fell – John Lennon solo, … Read more

Sean Altman on Jerry Lawson

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One of the greatest experiences of my life was co-producing Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead. The CD is currently out of print, but I’m hoping Rhino can be persuaded to reissue it soon. Sean Altman, of Rockapella fame, has posted a delightful account of his longtime friendship with Persuasions leader Jerry Lawson, … Read more