David Gans

GD Hour underwriters

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Greetings, GDH listeners! This is another in our occasional series of messages listing the sponsors who have been supporting the Grateful Dead Hour in recent weeks. We hope you’ll visit their web sites and see what they have to offer. Rhino Records, presenting Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan. It’s a two-CD collection featuring Jerry with the … Read more

End of the tour

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Mark Van Allen, David Gans and Ralph Roddenbery at the end of our first tour together. We’re gonna do it again in April – stay tuned! Photo by Alex Beaudry UPDATE: Robert Reid has a slide show from the Charleston SC gig.

KPFA marathon update

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I have gotten word that Bob Weir and Ratdog will be unable to appear on the KPFA marathon due to an injury suffered by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti. I’ll leave it to the Ratdog organization to reveal the details of Jeff’s situation. We still have the Papermill Creek Rounders (David Nelson, Banana, and their friends) playing … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour #905

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Week of January 23, 2006 Part 1 20:04 Grateful Dead 12/12/72 Winterland, San Francisco ME AND BOBBY McGEE TENNESSEE JED AROUND AND AROUND Part 2 36:47 Grateful Dead 12/12/72 Winterland, San Francisco PLAYING IN THE BAND HE’S GONE Buddy Miller (unreleased live performance) DEAL Buddy Miller is a great, great songwriter and performer. He’s toured … Read more

Dead to the World 1/18/06

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Guest hosts: Tim Lynch & Phil Osegueda Help on the Way-> Slipknot-> Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet-> Truckin’ – Grateful Dead 9/20/91 Boston Garden The Weight – The Band (w/ The Staples), The Band: A Musical History Spanish Moon – Little Feat, Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat Railroad Earth Warhead Boogie … Read more

An end and a beginning

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I just got to Mark Van Allen’s house outside Atlanta after a 500+-mile drive from Clearwater FL. Just finished a two-weekend tour with Mark and our pal Ralph Roddenbery, and on the way home we decided to do it again in April. More details, and recordings, to come. Right now alI have is this blog … Read more

Dead to the World 1/11/06

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Guest host: Kevin Vance Arabia – Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Sugar Magnolia-> Goin’Down the Road Feelin’ Bad-> One More Saturday Night Johnny B.Goode – Grateful Dead 12/12/72 Winterland, San Francisco Strawberry Moon /I’ve Just Seen A Face – Houston Jones with Chojo Jacques, Houston Jones Live Slow Food – Greg Brown with Nina Gerber, … Read more

Snapshot from the road

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After our show in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, we headed down to Spartanburg to spend the night in the home of my friend Maclyn Humphrey. There we were introduced to her pet llama, Osama. And that’s not even the weirdest thing that’s happened on this tour!

Grateful Dead Hour #904

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Week of January 16, 2006 or later Part 1 30:24 Grateful Dead 12/12/72 Winterland, San Francisco BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE BIRD SONG JACK STRAW BOX OF RAIN DON’T EASE ME IN Part 2 26:26 Interview: April Higashi, editor of Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork Jerry Garcia and David Grisman WHISKEY IN THE JAR … Read more