A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Tonight! Thursday, March 9, 9:00 pm THE INVITATIONAL Henry Kaiser – guitar David Gans – guitar and vocals David Phillips – pedal steel guitar Josh Kaye – keyboards Joshua Zucker – bass and vocals Jeff Blair – drums The Hotel Utah Saloon 500 Fourth Street, San Francisco Tickets are $7 at the door Friday and … Read more
Molly Ivins on the South Dakota anti-abortion law: The state legislature of South Dakota, in all its wisdom and majesty, a legislature comprised of sons and daughters of the soil from Aberdeen to Zell, have usurped the right of the women of that state to decide whether or not to bear the child of an … Read more
Tonight’s DTTW is pre-empted by International Women’s Day programming. The Waybacks are coming in anyway to record a set for broadcast in April, when their new CD is scheduled for release. From The Pasture To The Future is due out April 25 on Compass Records. Back next week with Bill Kreutzmann, playing some music from … Read more
Interesting times! Monday night I rehearsed at Henry Kaiser‘s house for our show at the Hotel Utah Thursday. Also in the band is David Phillips, a terrific pedal steel player with whom I have wanted to work for years and years. I ran into David a couple of weeks ago at a benefit – he … Read more
Week of March 6, 2006 Part 1 38:59 Grateful Dead 3/31/89 Coliseum, Greensboro NC HELL IN A BUCKET-> SUGAREE MINGLEWOOD FENNARIO ME AND MY UNCLE-> BIG RIVER Part 2 18:21 Grateful Dead 6/20/91 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston MI (Download vol. 11) THROWING STONES-> IKO IKO Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week … Read more
This letter appeared in today’s San Francisco Chronicle: A thankless job Editor — Poor, dear, Mike DeNunzio, chairman of the San Francisco Republican Party (Letters, “Pelosi’s dodge,” March 2). It’s his job to defend the indefensible, and so in Thursday’s paper — as so many times before — Mike issues his canned denunciation of those … Read more
Henry Kaiser, guitar Jeff Blair, drums David Gans, guitar and vocals Josh Kaye, keyboards Joshua Zucker, bass Adam Perry, drums Thursday, March 9, 9:00 pm The Hotel Utah Saloon, 500 Fourth Street, San Francisco 415-546-6300
Between sets, the Ratdog boys came into the control room and took some calls from listeners. Listen to it! (15 megabyte MP3) That’s Jay Lane standing up w/ a headphone in his ear. Photo by Susana Millman Standing: Mark Karan in the red shirt; Robin Sylvester with the long hair. Photo by Susan J. Weiand … Read more
Sorry I didn’t get this up before the broadcast, but it was crazy in there and I never even got my laptop out of the backpack. Bob Weir and Ratdog live in the KPFA performance studio! Jam -> Jack Straw -> Dark Star -> Odessa -> Lazy River Road -> Jam -> Silvio -> Tequila … Read more
“I hate George Bush more than the vacuum cleaner.”