A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans I got this in email from Prairie Prince this morning, and he gave me permission to post it here. Both Vince and Prairie started out in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Vince was in The Beans; Prairie was in a rival outfit called the Red, White and Blues Band. Prairie eventually joined the Beans, and in … Read more
Week of June 19, 2006 Part 1 33:47 Grateful Dead 10/21/78 Winterland, San Francisco OLLIN ARAGEED w/ Hamza el-Din-> PROMISED LAND Interview: Bob Weir and Mark Karan of Ratdog Ken Nordine, Jerry Garcia, Hamza el-Din, Mickey Hart 12/90 FLIBBERTY JIB Part 2 22:03 Interview: Bob Weir and Mark Karan Interview: Mickey Hart and Ram Rod … Read more
I really need to have someone explain to me the San Francisco Chronicle’s reason for publishing Aidin Vaziri’s piece on Paul McCartney’s “When I’m 64” as Macca turns 64 himself. From where I sit, at age 52, it struck me as content-free, a poinltess attack on an obsolete coltural icon. Offending geezers is fine if … Read more
Roy Schneider’s alter ego in his comic strip The Humble Stumble is a finalist in the songwriting competition at “Squirrelfest,” which is in turn the alter ego of our beloved Suwannee SpringFest The adventure is under way. First strip in the story line is here. P.S. The dog in the strip is named Grisman!
Here are some tracks I wasn’t able to fit into the tribute show: Children of the Future-> The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – Affordables 10/31/92 Samba in the Rain – Vince w/ XTra Ticket 4/18/03 Scarlet Begonias – Vince with Gent Treadly 5/30/03 Wang Dang Doodle – Vince with Sugar Blue and Terrapin Flyer … Read more
Note: a podcast version of this broadcast, in 9 segments, is available for download. Golden Days-> Stella Blue – Missing Man Formation 7/6/96 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco White Punks on Dope – Tubes World Tour Interview with Vince by Gary Lambert 2/13/92 jam w/ Branford Marsalis – Grateful Dead 12/31/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena Phone interview … Read more
One of the most pleasant and enriching experiences of my musical life was co-producing Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead in the summer of 2000. The band wanted some instrumental support on this record, and I was responsible for bringing the right talents in. Vince Welnick was my first and only choice for … Read more
Photo by Bev Rice David Gans and Vince Welnick working on “Ripple” during the making of Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead. Vince played piano on “Ship of Fools,” “One More Saturday Night,” and “Bertha.”
The lineup of friends and bandmates for tonight’s Vince Welnick tribute is growing. So far I have Prairie Prince, Michael Cotten, and Michele Rundgren of the Tubes; Todd Rundgren; Bob Weir; Robin Sylvester; Steve Kimock; Jerry Lawson of the Persuasions; and Tom Constanten. Again, the tribute will air from 8pm til midnight pacific time on … Read more
I’m being interviewed – so far, mostly about musical matters – in the WELL’s Inkwell conference. This is not a live chat – it’s an online conversation that will be “live” for two weeks and then archived permanently. Stop by and take a look, and if you have a comment or question you can send … Read more