A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of September 5, 2016 Part 1 35:08 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena SPACE-> I NEED A MIRACLE-> GIMME SOME LOVIN’-> MORNING DEW-> ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER Part 2 20:41 Grateful Dead, undated 1966 rehearsal VIOLA LEE BLUES Bob Weir, Ace WALK IN THE SUNSHINE Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena IT’S ALL OVER … Read more
I ran across John Conroy‘s excellent photos the other day, and he was kind enough to share this one along with a link to more of his photos. This picture of Keith Godchaux was taken at the UC Santa Barbara stadium on May 25, 1974 (a show I also attended!); there are more images from … Read more
Week of August 29, 2016 Part 1 25:08 Bob Weir, Blue Mountain ONLY A RIVER Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena SCARLET BEGONIAS-> SAMSON AND DELILAH Part 2 30:25 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena SHIP OF FOOLS-> HE’S GONE-> DRUMS Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Love Some Tea – … Read more
Confessions of a Dead Head by the Starburst Commander is a sweet little (under 100 pages) memoir of a guy whose first show was at Winterland in 10/74. He touches all the bases: hilarity on the highway; post-show coffee-shop hijinks; a borrowed account of meeting a band member; getting deep into the songs; emotional processing … Read more
Week of August 22, 2016 Part 1 17:50 Dead and Company 7/15/16 Fenway Park, Boston MA THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED Bob Weir, Ace CASSIDY Part 2 37:28 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena ALTHEA CASSIDY WEST LA FADEAWAY LET IT GROW Dead & Company live concerts are available in a variety of formats from LiveDead.co … Read more
Week of August 15, 2016 Part 1 35:41 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena HEY POCKY WAY BIG BOSS MAN GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FRIEND OF THE DEVIL MAMA TRIED-> MEXICALI BLUES Part 2 20:00 Dead & Company 7/29/16 Toyota Amphitheater, Wheatland CA MORNING DEW-> CASEY JONES Dead & Company live shows are available in … Read more
Dark Star-> St Stephen – Dead & Company 7/30/16 Shoreline Amphitheater Don’t Let Go – Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 7 (11/8/76 Sophie’s, Palo Alto CA) It’s Just Happening When the Zombies Come – Emily Yates live in the KPFA studio China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Morning Dew-> Casey Jones – Dead & … Read more
Starting August 20, the Grateful Dead Hour will air Saturdays at 10pm on KRPR 89.9 in Rochester, Minnesota. Complete station list is here.
Week of August 8, 2016 Part 1 28:00 Dead & Company 7/3/16 Folsom Field, Boulder CO BIRD SONG-> NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE Part 2 28:11 Dead and Company 7/16/16 Fenway Park, Boston MA PLAYING IN THE BAND Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, GarciaLive vol 6 (7/5/73) FINDERS KEEPERS Grateful Dead, American Beauty OPERATOR In my haste … Read more
Week of August 1, 2016 Part 1 33:37 Ratdog 4/7/97 New Orleans TOUCH OF GREY Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Blind Willie Johnson IF I HAD MY WAY Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Live (Grateful Dead Records) ETERNITY Interview: Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman Part 2 22:28 Interview: … Read more