A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Posting to keep this vital info at the top of the page! This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead by Blair Jackson and David Gans was published on November 10. You can order an autographed (by both authors) copy direct from us: click here! And my new album … Read more
Margaret Quamme reviews This Is All a Dream We Dreamed in the Columbus Dispatch Sunday, January 17, 2016 ‘”Although the book’s ideal reader is probably a passionate fan, even the casual observer will find plenty to relish, including nuggets such as an account of a surreal concert at the pyramids in Egypt, and comments such … Read more
Week of January 18, 2016 Part 1 30:09 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara SPACE-> NOT FADE AWAY-> GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD-> AROUND AND AROUND Part 2 25:33 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara US BLUES SUGAR MAGNOLIA David Gans, It’s a Hand-Me-Down WHARF RAT It’s a Hand-Me-Down is … Read more
Deadspin looks at Bill Kreutzmann’s Deal, David Browne’s So Many Roads, and our This Is All a Dream We Dreamed The Grateful Dead Literary-Industrial Complex Is A Long, Strange Trip All Its Own
David and Blair, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky on KPFA‘s Bookwaves. Originally broacast 1/14/16. Click here for the extended podcast version.
November 10 was the publication date for THIS IS ALL A DREAM WE DREAMED: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD by Blair Jackson and David Gans. You can order a signed (by both authors) copy direct from me And I have TWO new records! Many of you contributed to the Kickstarter campaign for my … Read more
Here is an execerpt from This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, by Blair Jackson and David Gans. You can order a signed copy here. BOB MATTHEWS: After the experience of Aoxomoxoa — so much time, so much loss of direction, so many hands involved — on Workingman’s … Read more
Week of January 11, 2016 Part 1 34:01 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara ESTIMATED PROPHET-> EYES OF THE WORLD-> DRUMS Part 2 21:23 Teja Gerken (unreleased) SAGE AND SPIRIT The Cyrus Clarke Band, California Stories NEW SPEEDWAY BOOGIE Matt Rae, Twangin’ the Dead ALTHEA Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg … Read more
This review was posted as a comment by Barry Barnes, author of Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead. I thought it deserved a post of its own! I’ve been following David’s musical development for the past 18 years, and I’ve seen him at least once every year as well as … Read more
An album of original material. Featuring Mark Karan, Robin Sylvester, Mookie Siegel, Jacob Groopman, J Raoul Brody, Leif Karlstrom, et al. Blue Roses, Desert of Love, Plum Wine/Plum Jam, Therapy Blues, These Apartments, Shut Up and Listen*, Honeydew, Ran Into God * lyrics by Robert Hunter! Also available on Festivalink and iTunes