A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of October 17, 2016 Part 1 32:09 Grateful Dead 7/11/69 New York State Pavilion, Queens NY DUPREE’S DIAMOND BLUES-> DIRE WOLF HARD TO HANDLE SILVER THREADS AND GOLDEN NEEDLES Dear Jerry: Celebrating the Music of Jerry Garcia (Rounder Records) DEAL (Buddy Miller) SUGAREE (Jorma Kaukonen) Part 2 24:12 Grateful Dead 7/11/69 New York State … Read more
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Week of October 10, 2016 Part 1 30:32 Dead and Company 7/23/16 The Gorge, George WA TOUCH OF GREY CASSIDY The Travelin’ McCourys (McCoury Music) CUMBERLAND BLUES Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 7 (11/8/76) STRANGE MAN Part 2 24:34 Dead and Company 7/23/16 The Gorge, George WA EYES OF THE WORLD Dead and Company live … Read more
Week of October 3, 2016 Part 1 37:39 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ TRUCKIN’-> THE OTHER ONE-> IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE Part 2 18:32 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ SUGAR MAGNOLIA ~ JOHNNY B. GOODE Big Bill Broonzy, from The Roots of Bob Dylan (Mojo) GOIN’ DOWN … Read more
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Week of September 26, 2016 Part 1 23:34 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 32:13 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ YOU WIN AGAIN EL PASO MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD TOMORROW IS FOREVER Chuck Berry, The Definitive Collection (Chess Records) LET IT ROCK … Read more
Week of September 19, 2016 Part 1 36:34 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ BIRD SONG BIG RIVER SUGAREE AROUND AND AROUND CASEY JONES Part 2 19:09 Bob Weir, Blue Mountain (Columbia/Legacy) GONESVILLE LAY MY LILY DOWN Dead and Company 7/23/16 The Gorge, George WA DIRE WOLF Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead NEW SPEEDWAY … Read more
Video from the current tour: Courtesy of Ira Heller, “Ship of Fools-> In Another World” at Electric Haze in Worcester MA 9/8/16. DG with Dead Show 9/10/16 at the Acoustic in Bridgeport CT. This is the complete show – my opening solo set, then two full sets of Dead Show with me sitting in a … Read more
Week of September 12, 2016 Part 1 29:29 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ PROMISED LAND COLD RAIN AND SNOW ME AND MY UNCLE HE’S GONE Part 2 26:29 Grateful Dead 9/26/72 Stanley Theatre, Jersey City, NJ MEXICALI BLUES DEAL CUMBERLAND BLUES BLACK-THROATED WIND Jerry Garcia, Garcia (Round) LOSER Support for the Grateful … Read more
For writer and musician David Gans, career has intertwined with Grateful Dead by Brian Mull I do a lot of interviews, and I am sometimes dismayed by what I see. Not this time! Brian transcribed his notes accurately and organized his material beautifully!