A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Back on the road next week! Details and links at dgans.com Friday, April 19: Old Shoe and DG at Kenny’s Westside Pub, 112 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria IL Saturday, April 20: Deadfest at The Wire, Berwyn IL. Solo and with Old Shoe Sunday, April 21: House concert in Holt MI. Contact me for info/reservations. Tuesday, … Read more
Week of April 8, 2019 Part 1 40:25 Grateful Dead 4/17/82 Civic Center, Hartford CT SUGAREE-> EL PASO JACKAROE-> LITTLE RED ROOSTER TENNESSEE JED Part 2 15:20 Jerry Garcia Band, Electric on the Eel (Round Records) GOMORRAH Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 10/22/18 Keller Auditorium, Portland OR ONLY A RIVER Support for the Grateful Dead … Read more
Last month, Scott Guberman and I got together and wrote a song, “The Town That Still Believes in Magic.” We recorded it on March 16, and finished the mix yesterday. The Dead to Me podcast premiered the track in this week’s episode, “Zen of the Dead” (And I was interviewed in last week’s episode). And … Read more
David — can’t remember the last time I looked up a performer’s lyrics the next morning. quality, thoughtfully written stuff that I happen to culturally agree with. . . and exactly the stuff that needs reinforcing in this particularly weird time. you gave a ton — very genuine and complete performance — the content of … Read more
Week of April 1, 2019 Part 1 19:15 Ace of Cups (High Moon Records) THE WELL (Featuring Bob Weir) Grateful Dead rehearsal 7/12/76 Orpheum Theater, San Francisco DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS Part 2 36:20 Grateful Dead 12/2/81 U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign-Urbana IL NEVER TRUST A WOMAN CUMBERLAND BLUES-> LOOKS LIKE RAIN CHINA CAT … Read more
Derk Richardson reviews Drop the Bone in the March 2019 issue of Oakland Magazine. ‘…the superbly produced Drop the Bone captures his eclectic range and deep Bay Area relationships….the openhearted, good-time feel bends through several genres in the original songs, instrumentals, and renditions of Townes Van Zandt’s “Pancho and Lefty” and George Harrison’s “Here Come … Read more
Week of March 25, 2019 Part 1 16:43 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Acoustic on the Eel (Round Records) FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/28/19 State Theater, Ithaca NY BOMBS AWAY Part 2 38:23 Grateful Dead 12/2/81 U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign-Urbana IL BERTHA-> GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FENNARIO MAMA TRIED-> … Read more
Not much to look at, but you can hear what the song and jam sound like! The full story is here, with song lyrics.
I just had one of the highest experiences of my life, musical or otherwise. Three weeks ago, Scott Guberman and I got together at his house in Fairfax to write a song. I had a line of lyric and three lines of music, and I said: “This song could be about Fairfax.” Three hours later, … Read more
Week of March 18, 2019 Part 1 27:27 Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 8/11/18 Fox Theater, Oakland CA TERRAPIN STATION Part 2 28:37 Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 8/11/18 Fox Theater, Oakland CA THE OTHER ONE-> TERRAPIN-> TERRAPIN TRANSIT-> AT A SIDING-> TERRAPIN FLYER-> REFRAIN Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Dead and … Read more