A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans David Gans: It’s a Hand-Me-Down (2015) PERF-14 An album of “solo electric” interpretations of songs by the Grateful Dead. Available on Festivalink, Bandcamp, CDBaby, iTunes, etc. CDs also available by mail. Tracks: Stagger Lee, Lazy River Road, Ship of Fools-> Loser, Looks Like Rain, Wharf Rat, Stella Blue, Black Peter-> New Speedway Boogie, Deal, Terrapin … Read more
We mixed a version of “Wharf Rat” without the “f-word,” for radio programmers who would like to play the song. You can download it here. And if you’re a radio broadcaster who would like to hear the rest of It’s a Hand-Me-Down, drop me a note and I’ll hook you up.
It’s a Hand-Me-Down is now available for download via Bandcamp.
My new CD of Grateful Dead songs, It’s a Hand-Me-Down, is now available in MP3 and FLAC from FESTIVALINK.
Here is what writer Peter Conners (Growing Up Dead, JAMerica) had to say about This Is All a Dream We Dreamed in a review on the book’s amazon page: “When it comes to Grateful Dead experts, you don’t get any more expert than David Gans and Blair Jackson. They’ve used this expertise to create an … Read more
Week of November 23, 2015 Part 1 37:57 Grateful Dead 3/14/82 Recreation Hall, UC Davis CA SPACE-> NOT FADE AWAY-> WHARF RAT-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2 16:51 Grateful Dead 3/14/82 Recreation Hall, UC Davis CA US BLUES Talk Excerpt from This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead Gail … Read more
Vanity Fair calls our book “an epic jam”! Use the link below to order a copy of This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead signed by both authors. US addresses only, please! If you’re out of the country, contact me and we’ll work something out.
Blair and I appeared on the Pat Thurston Show on KGO Radio Monday, November 9, to talk about our new book. Here are the highlights from our 2-hour visit. We had a great time, Thanks, Pat!
Week of November 16, 2015 Part 1 20:59 David Gans, It’s a Hand-Me-Down STAGGER LEE Talk Grateful Dead 3/14/82 Recreation Hall, UC Davis CA SAMSON AND DELILAH SHIP OF FOOLS Part 2 34:44 Grateful Dead 3/14/82 Recreation Hall, UC Davis CA PLAYING IN THE BAND-> SCARLET BEGONIAS-> FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN-> DRUMS It’s a Hand-Me-Down … Read more
To order a HARDCOVER of This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead signed by both authors, click here. US addresses only, please! If you’re out of the country, contact me and we’ll work something out.