A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans From Frank Zamacona: I wanted to let you know about Dead Ahead, the 1980 concert the Dead did at Radio CIty Music Hall which will air nationally on Public TV. What’s unique about this concert is that they started it with an acoustic set. This was the final run of shows (22) where they started … Read more
Week of November 13, 2006 Part 1Â 42:37 Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco SPACE-> MAN SMART, WOMAN SMARTER-> CHINA DOLL-> PLAYNG IN THE BAND-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2Â 14:13 Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco US BLUES Willie Nelson, Songbird STELLA BLUE Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: … Read more
During last night’s live performance of Honky Tonk Homeslice on KPFA, Bill Nershi talked about his decision to leave the String Cheese Incident next year. Hear it (2:21)
The Wheel-> Dark Star – Phil Lesh and Friends, Live at the Warfield In the Basement – Railroad Earth, The Good Life Ol’ Cook Pot – The Duhks, Migrations Tomorrow Is Forever – Solomon Burke, Nashville Goodle, USA – Darrell Scott, The Invisible Man We Can’t Make It Here – James McMurtry and the Heartless … Read more
The New Riders of the Purple Sage have a new web site, thenewriders.com
October: best tour ever! My October southeast tour was a delight from start to finish (with one minor blip*). I played my favorite festival (MagnoliaFest), broke into some new markets, made some of the best music of my career, and had the opportunity to play with many great musicians. I played live with: Caroline Aiken … Read more
Week of November 6, 2006 Part 1Â 23:20 Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco PLAYING IN THE BAND-> DRUMS Part 2Â 31:50 Ladies and Gentlemen… the Grateful Dead DARK STAR (4/28/71) Railroad Earth, Elko COLORADO Donna the Buffalo, Positive Friction RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: … Read more
VOTE!, originally uploaded by dgans. Pay attention to what’s going on in the world. Use your head. Think about what you’re being told and what you really need to know. And VOTE.
We’ve got two live performances scheduled for this month on KPFA’s Dead to the World: Wednesday. November 8, 9-10 pm: Honky Tonk Homeslice (Bill and Jilian Nershi and Scott Law) Wednesday, November 29, 8-10pm: New Riders of the Purple Sage Both shows will be webcast via nugs.net , kpfa.org , and kfcf.org
With the support of Eagle Rock Entertainment, the Grateful Dead Hour is giving away 5 copies of each of these DVDs: The Black Crowes: Freak ‘N Roll Eric Clapton: Live at Montreux 1986 Canned Heat: Live from Montreux 1973 To enter, send the Grateful Dead Hour an email with your full mailing address (and write … Read more