A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of November 28, 2016 Part 1 23:37 Grateful Dead 4/16/84 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY HELL IN A BUCKET-> SHIP OF FOOLS Talk Holly Bowling, Better Left Unsung (RPF) CASSIDY Part 2 32:23 Grateful Dead 4/16/84 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY FAR FROM ME-> HE’S GONE-> JAM (without Jerry)-> DRUMS I am really impressed … Read more
Chocolate Coffee Pot: “New conversations starting in the dialect of the Grateful Dead and proceeding into something like the secret language of twins, or in this case perhaps quadruplets.” – Jesse Jarnow, WFMU DJ and author of Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America
Last week I jammed with Mokie in Salt Lake City. Their drummer is Dave Brogan, who also plays with ALO – a band I admire greatly. We had a great time! I gave Dave a copy of It’s a Hand-Me-Down, and this afternoon he sent me these kind words: “I’m listening to your acoustic dead … Read more
Week of November 21, 2016 Part 1 20:37 Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 20 (12/9/81) US BLUES (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION Wake the Dead, Deal DARK STAR-> MAIDS OF MICHELSTOWN-> AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING Part 2 35:36 Grateful Dead 4/16/84 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY ME AND MY UNCLE-> MEXICALI BLUES DUPREE’S DIAMOND … Read more
Week of November 14, 2016 Part 1 24:20 Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 20 (12/9/81) CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER Bob Weir 10/16/16 Capitol Theater, Port Chester NY GONESVILLE Hart Valley Drifters, Folk Time SITTIN’ ON TOP OF THE WORLD Part 2 31:12 Grateful Dead 4/16/84 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY SHAKEDOWN STREET … Read more
Week of November 7, 2016 Part 1 31:24 Dead and Company 6/21/16 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs NY HERE COMES SUNSHINE Dead and Company 6/25/16 Citi Field, New York NY ALTHEA Dead and Company 7/29/16 Toyota Amphitheater, Wheatland CA EASY WIND Part 2 23:23 Dead and Company 7/22/16 Moda Center, Portland OR FEEL LIKE … Read more
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Chocolate Coffee Pot is an album of studio improvisations. David Gans and Jim Brighton – guitar Robin Sylvester – bass Neil Hampton – drums Jordan Feinstein – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) Jeff Hobbs – violin, saxophone, percussion (5, 7, 8) All songs composed by the musicians performing on each selection and published by … Read more
Week of October 31, 2016 Part 1 24:01 Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol. 7 (11/8/76) DON’T LET GO Part 2 31:11 Interview by Steven Marcus 10/14/86 Jerry Garcia Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Love Some Tea – grown and harvested naturally in Northern Thailand by the Hmong Hilltribe people. These … Read more
Week of October 24, 2016 Part 1 29:03 Grateful Dead 7/11/69 New York State Pavilion, Queens NY /DRUMS-> JAM-> THE OTHER ONE Part 2 26:47 Grateful Dead 7/11/69 New York State Pavilion, Queens NY DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY-> TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT/ Talk Norma Waterson (Hannibal) BLACK MUDDY RIVER Support for the Grateful Dead … Read more