David Gans

Dead to the World 7/22/15

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China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Estimated Prophet Built to Last Samson and Delilah Mountains of the Moon Throwing Stones – Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Jeff Chimenti and Trey Anastasio 7/5/15 Soldier Field, Chicago The three Chicago “Fare Thee Well” shows will be released in November on CD, … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no 1400

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Week of July 20, 2015 Part 1 26:47 Grateful Dead 4/26/83 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA HELP ON THE WAY-> SLIPKNOT!-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER-> MAN SMART (WOMAN SMARTER) Part 2 28:36 Grateful Dead, Dick’s Picks vol 13 (5/6/81) LOST SAILOR-> SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart et al 7/5/15 Soldier Field, Chicago IL … Read more

Dead to the World 7/15/15

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Lazy Lightnin-> Supplication – Grateful Dead, Dave’s Picks vol 15 Interview with Jeff Pehrson If Dreams No One Thinks I’m Crazy Any More Red-Winged Blackbird – Box Set Duo Trio, One Night Live Interview with Rabbit Quinn Lost Children October Girl – Rabbit Quinn, Lost Children Interview and in-studio performance by Teja Gerken 11:11 pm … Read more

“Be Like Earl”: updated and re-recorded!

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I took “Be Like Earl” on the road and changed it enough that I decided to re-record it. Here’s a link to the new version. I have spent $425 on the two recordings. The BandCamp track is free to listen to, with a “pay what you want” (including $0) option for downloading. So if you … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1399

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Week of July 13, 2015 Part 1 25:23 Grateful Dead 4/26/83 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA MY BROTHER ESAU IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES LET IT GROW Part 2 29:28 Jerry Garcia Band, On Broadway: Act 1 GOMORRAH-> TANGLED UP IN BLUE Watkins Family Hour BROKEDOWN PALACE Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams ATTICS OF MY LIFE … Read more

DG live at Holleb Acres 7/2/15

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My second visit to Holleb Acres in Racine, Wisconsin, performing for a great group of Hollebs and their friends! Here’s a link to the soundboard recording, posted by my friend Connor Holleb, who brought me into his family circle. Dawn’s Early Light-> Thunder Road Deal Pancho and Lefty Ripple-> Ship of Fools-> In another World … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1397

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Week of June 29, 2015 Part 1 25:47 Robert Hunter, Sentinel AN AMERICAN ADVENTURE Part 2 29:46 Grateful Dead, Live Dead DARK STAR (Studio version) Grateful Dead, Live Dead DARK STAR Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, announcing On Broadway: Act One, the first … Read more

Gans gig update + new song, new book!

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HAPPY SUMMER, everybody!! I am about to leave for a tour that will make me to Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. All that and more below, but I have two other items to address first. NEW SONG: The world lost an amazing human being when Earl Crabb passed away a few weeks ago. There … Read more

Dead to the World 6/24/15

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Phone interview with Cameron Sears, executive director of the Rex Foundation Pre-recorded interview with David Browne, author of So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead US Blues – Grateful Dead 5/12/74 Reno NV Groove #1 – Grateful Dead, Blues for Allah (2004 remaster) Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead, In the … Read more

“Be Like Earl”: new studio recording

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NOTE: I updated and re-recorded the song in July. Please check out the new post HERE. I wrote this song in Hawaii the first few days of June, after missing the memorial gathering for Earl Crabb at the Freight and Salvage. I went into Megasonic Studios as soon as I got home to make a … Read more