David Gans

KPFA auction item: Summer 1995 laminated pass

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Auction to benefit KPFA listener-sponsored radio. Laminated backstage pass for the Grateful Dead Summer 1995 tour, from the collection of David Gans. Bidding starts at $50.00. Post your bid in the comments section below and check back often! Auction ends Sunday, February 1, 2015, at noon Pacific time. Proceeds go to KPFA. The annual KPFA … Read more

KPFA Grateful Dead marathon 1/31/15

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KPFA‘s annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon happens Saturday, January 31, from 9 am to 1 am. Sixteen hours of music, talk, fun, and fundraising. I’ll be conducting this excursion with some help from Tim Lynch, my cohost on KPFA’s Dead to the World. We’ll have plenty of great unreleased Grateful Dead music, highlights from live … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1373

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Week of January 12, 2015 Part 1 23:02 Grateful Dead 12/5/71 Felt Forum, New York NY MR. CHARLIE TENNESSEE JED EL PASO DEAL Part 2 31:47 Grateful Dead 12/5/71 Felt Forum, New York NY PLAYING IN THE BAND NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME COMES A TIME CASEY JONES-> ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT Support for the … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1372

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Week of January 5, 2015 Part 1 22:25 Grateful Dead 2/23/74 Winterland, San Francisco CASEY JONES ~ JOHNNY B GOODE-> I BID YOU GOOD NIGHT Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa DUPREE’S DIAMOND BLUES Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Been All Around This World BLUE YODEL #9 Part 2 33:20 Grateful Dead 12/5/71 Felt Forum, New York NY … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1371

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Week of December 29, 2014 Part 1 13:31 Grateful Dead, Birth of the Dead (July 1966) IT’S ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Ragged But Right GOOD NIGHT IRENE Part 2 42:29 Grateful Dead 2/23/74 Winterland, San Francisco THE OTHER ONE-> EYES OF THE WORLD ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT Support for the … Read more

Gig update, updated

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Happy Holy Daze, friends and fans and family! My long-time friendship and musical collaboration with Eric Rawlins, which mostly manifests at private events and performances for shut-ins organized by Bread and Roses, breaks out into public view Thursday 1/8 at Duende in Oakland. Advance tickets are available here. Eric and I have released two duo … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1370

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Week of December 22, 2014 Part 1 41:59 Grateful Dead 2/23/74 Winterland, San Francisco BIG RIVER RAMBLE ON ROSE ME AND MY UNCLE HE’S GONE-> TRUCKIN’-> DRUMS Part 2 12:34 Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 5 TORE UP OVER YOU Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre in Port … Read more

Dead to the World 12/17/14

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I’m Dreamin’ of a Wet Christmas – Christmas Jug Band, Jugology Interview with Dennis McNally, author of On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom Don’t Ease Me In – Henry Thomas, from The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead Blue Yodel #9 – Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Been … Read more

Gans gig update

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Happy Holy Daze, friends and fans and family! The first bit of big news is that Blair Jackson and I met our deadline! Our manuscript, This Is All A Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead, was turned in on time and we are now in the process of editing. It will … Read more

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1369

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Week of December 15, 2014 Part 1 38:08 Grateful Dead 2/23/74 Winterland, San Francisco ROW JIMMY WEATHER REPORT SUITE-> STELLA BLUE Part 2 17:13 David Nelson Band, Once in a Blue Moon ANY NAKED EYE Yusuf, Tell ‘Em I’m Gone BIG BOSS MAN Bob Weir, Heaven Help the Fool BOMBS AWAY The 2015 Dave’s Picks … Read more