A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of July 24, 2017 Part 1 27:49 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, GarciaLive vol 9 (8/11/74) (Round Records) AIN’T NO WOMAN (LIKE THE ONE I’VE GOT) North Mississippi Allstars, Prayer for Peace (Songs of the South/Legacy) BID YOU GOODNIGHT Midnight North, Under the Lights (Trazmick Recordings) EVERYDAY Part 2 26:19 Grateful Dead 8/30/85 Southern … Read more
Week of July 17, 2017 Part 1 27:32 Dead & Company 6/30/17 Wrigley Field, Chicago LET IT GROW-> UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Part 2 28:07 Grateful Dead 8/30/85 Southern Star Amphitheater, Houston TX JACK STRAW ROW JIMMY CC RIDER Dead & Company summer tour shows are available for download in a variety of formats from livedead.co … Read more
We are at about 40% of goal on my new studio CD project, Drop the Bone Here’s a short sampler of the work in progress. Players on these tracks include Robin Sylvester (Ratdog), Holly Bowling, Bob Bralove, Jordan Feinstein, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Terry Haggerty, Neil Hampton, J Raoul Brody, and many more greats. The … Read more
Week of July 10, 2017 Part 1 26:45 Dead & Company 6/18/17 Fenway Park, Boston MA JAM-> TRUCKIN’-> FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Part 2 27:58 Dead & Company 6/10/17 Folsom Field, Boulder CO CHINA DOLL-> DARK STAR Bassist Oteil Burbridge sang lead on several songs in the Dead & Company summer tour of 2017. This … Read more
Week of July 3, 2017 Part 1 25:14 Grateful Dead, Long Strange Trip soundtrack (Rhino) DARK STAR (2/14/70) Part 2 30:07 Grateful Dead 8/3/69 Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco ALLIGATOR-> DRUMS-> THE OTHER ONE The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by: Terrapin Stationers, announcing The Jerry Garcia … Read more
I just got word that red-hot piano player Holly Bowling has agreed to let me use one of the wonderful jams we recorded (acoustic, with Joe Klye, Jr. on bass) in January.
Drop the Bone is a phrase spoken often by my late business manager and spiritual advisor, Carolyn “Goldie” Rush – to whom this record is dedicated. It was great advice: “Stop gnawing on your troubles all the time. Get your shit together and get on with it.” I met Goldie in the late ‘70s, when … Read more
MORE INFO and more tour dates at dgans.com/gigs.html Thursday, June 29: Joe’s on Weed Street, 940 W Weed Street, Chicago Saturday, July 1, 7pm: DG plays live and hosts the Dead & Company webcast at the Mousetrap, 5565 N Keystone Ave, Indianapolis Sunday, July 2: House concert in Hopwood PA. Email me for info/reservation. Monday, … Read more
Week of June 26, 2017 Part 1 36:27 Grateful Dead 8/3/69 Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco DARK STAR Interview: Corry Arnold of Lost Live Dead Part 2 18:49 Doc & Merle Watson, Never the Same Way Once GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD Dead and Company 6/18/17 Fenway Park, Boston DARK STAR-> … Read more
Week of June 19, 2017 Part 1 24:43 Dead & Company 6/10/176 Folsom Field, Boulder CO HELP ON THE WAY-> SLIPKNOT!-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER Part 2 30:34 Grateful Dead 8/3/69 Family Dog on the Great Highway, San Francisco HARD TO HANDLE BEAT IT ON DOWN THE LINE HI-HEEL SNEAKERS HIGH TIME MAMA TRIED 8/3/69 is a … Read more