Grateful Dead Hour no. 1491

Week of April 17, 2017 Part 1 32:15 Live Dead ’69 4/9/17 Skull & Roses Festival, Ventura CA DARK STAR-> NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE-> DARK STAR-> GOOD MORNIN’ LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL Part 2 23:12 Grateful Dead 3/16/92 Spectrum, Philadelphia RAMBLE ON ROSE LET IT GROW Live Dead ’69 is a new supergroup that’s already done a couple … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1490

Week of April 10, 2017 Part 1 38:51 Grateful Dead 3/16/92 Spectrum, Philadelphia GOOD TIMES FEEL LIKE A STRANGER FRIEND OF THE DEVIL CC RIDER-> IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY BLACK THROATED WIND Part 2 16:25 Interview: Susana Millman and Dennis McNally The T Sisters (unreleased) BIRD SONG … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1489

Week of April 3, 2017 Part 1 19:08 David Nelson Band with Bob Weir 3/18/17 The Sitzmark, Girdwood AK KI-YI BOSSIE-> TRUCKIN’ Part 2 36:24 David Nelson Band with Bob Weir 3/18/17 The Sitzmark, Girdwood AK BIRD SONG-> STANDING ON THE MOON-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA The name David Nelson comes up often in Grateful Dead history. … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1488

(Looks like this got lost when we migrated to a new hosting service. Here it is again!) Week of March 27, 2017 Part 1 30:25 Grateful Dead 6/29/86 Alpine Valley, East Troy WI MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER DANCING IN THE STREETS BROWN-EYED WOMEN NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES Part 2 24:07 Grateful Dead 6/29/86 Alpine Valley, East … Read more

GD Hour returns to WEFT tonight!

Thanks to a strong response from the Deadheads of Urbana-Champaign, the Grateful Dead Hour returns to WEFT tonight (Sat 4/1/17) at 8pm CDT! Huge thanks to Kristen Johns for spearheading a huge community effort. Here’s how you can help keep the Grateful Dead Hour in the air at WEFT in Urbana-Champaign One-time contribution: Amount 5 … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1487

Week of March 20, 2017 Part 1 30:09 Hart Valley Drifters, Folk Time (Round Records) BAND INTROS BILLY GRIMES, THE ROVER Interview: Ken Frankel Hart Valley Drifters, Folk Time (Round Records) ALL THE GOOD TIMES HAVE PAST AND GONE Interview: Ken Frankel Hart Valley Drifters, Folk Time (Round Records) FLINT HILL SPECIAL Interview: Ken Frankel … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1486

Week of March 13, 2017 Part 1 14:49 Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 21 (4/2/73) DEAL YOU AIN’T WOMAN ENOUGH Kingfish (Rhino) HYPNOTIZE Part 2 41:55 Grateful Dead 4/17/71 Dillon Gym, Princeton University BERTHA SING ME BACK HOME GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD-> JAM-> LOVELIGHT “Hypnotize” is in honor of Kingfish lead guitarist Robbie … Read more

KPFA GD marathon results

The 2017 KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon raised more than $30,000 for listener-sponsored, independent radio! Thank you! Innumerable kindnesses transpired all over the globe in service of this cause. This link will take you to a long list of people who contributed to the Marathon. Our thanks to all of them, and hooray for all of … Read more

KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead marathon 3/11/17

KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon! Hosts: David Gans and Tim Lynch Saturday, March 11, 2017, 9am to 1am Pacific time Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 in northern California; streaming live at kpfa.org, nugs.net, and gdradio.net Call 1-800-439-5732 or donate online at kpfa.org Here’s some general info And here’s the playlist, updated as the day … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1485

Week of March 6, 2017 Part 1 31:10 Grateful Dead, Cornell 5/8/77 MORNING DEW Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 8 (11/23/91) REUBEN AND CHERISE The Grateful Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition I KNOW YOU RIDER SITTIN’ ON TOP OF THE WORLD Part 2 24:13 Grateful Dead 4/17/71 Dillon Gym, Princeton University ME AND BOBBY MCGEE DEAL … Read more