Another Magfest highlight

photo by Tim Wright. This year’s MagnoliaFest was my best one ever, and one of the highest high points for me was being invited to sing a song with Peter Rowan and Tony Rice on the mainstage Sunday (Vassar Clements Day). This is one of Tim Wright’s images from the weekend; what you don’t see … Read more

Dead to the World 11/1/06

Scarlet Begonias-> Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad-> Not Fade Away jam – Grateful Dead 4/29/77 Palladium, New York City Lonesome LA Cowboy Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage 10/20/06 MagnoliaFest, Live Oak FL Stella Blue -Willie Nelson, Songbird Mountains of the Moon – Lore Constantine, Piano Impressions Sound of a … Read more

DG & DTB at MagFest

One of the highest highlights of my October tour was sitting in with Donna the Buffalo in their closing set at MagnoliaFest on Sunday 10/22. We did “Positive Friction” – give it a listen! UPDATE 11/3/06: I just replaced the audience recoridng with a soundboard recording. Photo by Paul Israel

Phil Lesh has prostate cancer

From phillesh.net: Message from Phil on 10.26.2006 What do I have in common with Rudy Giuliani, John Kerry, Bob Dole, Joe Torre, Nelson Mandela, Sean Connery, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Emperor Akihito of Japan, General Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Roger Moore, Sydney Poitier, and Robert De Niro? Like them, and along with thousands of … Read more

KPFA Local Station Board Election

Those of you who contribute to KPFA during our fund-raisers have received ballots for the Local Station Board election. It is really important that you vote, because there is much at stake. Of particular interest to DTTW listeners is the desire on the part of many LSB candidates to eliminate music programming. I have consulted … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #945

Week of October 30, 2006 Part 1 26:39 Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES MINGLEWOOD CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER Part 2 28:11 The Very Best of Jerry Garcia CATFISH JOHN RIPPLE Grateful Dead 3/30/83 Warfield Theater, San Francisco TOUCH OF GREY MY BROTHER ESAU MIGHT … Read more