A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of April 13, 2020 Part 1 36:39 Dead & Company 1/19/20 The Grand, Cancun, Mexico SPACE-> ALTHEA-> DAYS BETWEEN-> US BLUES Part 2 18:42 The Barton Hills Choir, Dead Songs vol 2 (bartonhilschoir.org) UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Grateful Dead, June 1976 (Rhino) LET IT GROW (6/10/76) I’ve been working with the Barton Hills Choir for … Read more
Week of April 6, 2020 Part 1 22:39 Grateful Dead 3/13/81 Memorial Auditorium, Utica NY SHAKEDOWN STREET MINGLEWOOD BLUES Part 2 32:26 Grateful Dead 3/13/81 Memorial Auditorium, Utica NY CASSIDY-> ALTHEA THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED Joe Craven and the Sometimers, Garcia Songbook (Blender Logic) RUSSIAN LULLABY Charlie Miller found this fragment – set 1 of … Read more
Week of March 30, 2020 Part 1 25:52 Grateful Dead, June 1976 (Rhino) ST STEPHEN-> NOT FADE AWAY (6/15/76) Part 2 30:08 James Taylor (Apple Records) CIRCLE ROUND THE SUN Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 3/7/20 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN BLACK MUDDY RIVER with Buddy Miller and Emmylou Harris Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 13 … Read more
Week of March 23, 2020 Part 1 34:05 Dead & Company 1/19/20 The Grand, Cancun, Mexico PLAYING IN THE BAND-> UNCLE JOHN’S BAND-> DARK STAR-> PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 21:12 Interview: Hawk Bear’s Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (owsleystanleyfoundation.org) FAIR CHANCE TO KNOW Interview: Hawk Bear’s Sonic … Read more
Week of March 16, 2020 Part 1 33:15 Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/10/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA CASSIDY Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/14/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE-> TRUCKIN’ Part 2 21:46 Interview: Hawk (Owsley Stanley Foundation) Bear’s Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage SUPERMAN Interview: … Read more
Photo by Ed Perlstein Producer Keith Olsen has died. Here is a partial transcript of the interview I did with him on August 9, 1977 at Sound City in Van Nuys CA, while he and Bob Weir were working on Heaven Help the Fool. [Talking about interview with San Francisco Chronicle’s Joel Selvin, which took … Read more
Week of March 9, 2020 Part 1 30:43 Grateful Dead 9/11/88 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA THROWING STONES-> NOT FADE AWAY ~ NOT FADE AWAY IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE Part 2 25:02 Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/15/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED-> EASY ANSWERS-> THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED w/ Jeff Chimenti … Read more
Week of March 2, 2020 Part 1 32:23 Grateful Dead 9/11/88 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA DRUMS-> SPACE-> THE WHEEL-> STELLA BLUE Part 2 23:14 Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/13/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA BIG RIVER Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/14/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA THE OTHER ONE When saying the name of this band, … Read more
Week of February 24, 2020 Part 1 35:43 Grateful Dead 9/11/88 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA FOOLISH HEART-> VICTIM OR THE CRIME-> SCARLET BEGONIAS-> FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Part 2 20:02 Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/10/20 Sweetwater, Mill Valley CA A HARD RAIN’S A-GONNA FALL Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders, GarciaLive vol 12 (Round Records) HOW … Read more
Week of February 17, 2020 Part 1 31:43 Grateful Dead 9/11/88 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA FENNARIO STUCK INSIDE OF MOBILE WITH THE MEMPHIS BLUES AGAIN TENNESSEE JED-> PROMISED LAND Part 2 23:35 Fragile Thunder, One Afternoon Long Ago (Perfectible) ST STEPHEN Wynonna (single) (Anti Records) RAMBLE ON ROSE (with Bob Weir) The legendary country singer Wynonna … Read more