A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Larry Kelp has graciously given up his show “Sing Out” so I can go til midnight with tonight’s Vince tribute. I’ve got a lot of Vince’s friends and colleagues lined up to call in: Prairie Prince, Michael Cotten, Todd Rundgren, Michele Rundgren, Bob Weir, Steve Kimock, Robin Sylvester, Tom Constanten, and maybe a surprise or … Read more
Update on the “garage sale” of GD Hour t-shirts: All the MEDIUM shirts of the original design are gone. I still have some SMALL white shirts with the original design, and plenty of XXLs in blue, sand, and black of the second design. Images and more information in an earlier post. Thanks to all who … Read more
Missing Man Formation Astral Weeks 12/5/96 Los Angeles CA
From today’s Jon Carroll column: I have heard the arguments in favor of increased prisoner abuse. This is a new kind of war with an enemy that kills civilians without mercy. This enemy has bombed the World Trade Center; it bombed nightclubs in Indonesia when the discos were crowded; it bombed subways in London at … Read more
I’ve been seeing these things for a couple of years, and I should have figured out by now that they were artificial. Sent to me this morning by Ric Findlay: And Ric also told me where he got it: The Church Sign Generator, of course!!
In case you haven’t visited lately, the Rex Foundation’s web site has been quite active. And there’s a “Musicians Spotlight” feature on me up there now – an interview by a fine young writer named Casey Lowdermilk. Says musician, songwriter, and producer David Gans: “I like Rex’s commitment to grassroots, direct-action humanitarianism. In a world … Read more
Phil Lesh’s statement, posted at PhilLesh.net: The period after Brent’s death, when Vince first joined the band, was one of one of my most difficult years with the Grateful Dead. Jill and I had become quite close to Brent and his wife Lisa and we spent many happy hours hanging together. I was devastated when … Read more
Week of June 12, 2006 Part 1 30:35 Grateful Dead 10/28/85 Fox Theater, Atlanta SPACE-> TRUCKIN’-> SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING-> STELLA BLUE-> AROUND AND AROUND-> GOOD LOVIN’ Part 2 24:45 Grateful Dead 10/28/85 Fox Theater, Atlanta KEEP YOUR DAY JOB Peter Rowan, Crucial Country LAND OF THE NAVAJO-> ANCIENT TONES Catherine Russell, Cat NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE Nelson, … Read more
I have to believe the addition of “Book of Rules” to the Ratdog songbook may have something to do with a conversation that Bob, Mark and I had off the air during their KPFA appearance 5/31. The inevitable requests for “Monkey and the Engineer” and “My Brother Esau” came in on the phone, and while … Read more
Nice Bob Weir interview by Paul Liberatore in Friday’s Marin Independent Journal, previewing Ratdog’s appearance at the Harmony Festival that night. Regarding Vince’s suicide: “It’s nothing but sad,” Weir says from his Mill Valley home. “I wish I were qualified to have been of more help to him, but I’m not. All I could be … Read more