A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans (Started an hour late following the Pacifica National Archive fund-raiser) Weather Report Suite-> Row Jimmy – Grateful Dead 2/24/74 Winterland, San Francisco In Memory of Elizabeth Reed – Allman Brothers Band, The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings Six Feet of Snow – Leftover Salmon, High Country Some Iko – Butler-Bernstein and the Hot 9, Viper’s Drag … Read more
(The David Nelson Band has an amazing new studio CD, Once In a Blue Moon. Check it out!) David Nelson, July 2007: In the late ’50-early ’60s, there were factions, camps. “I like folk music” usually meant Kingston Trio, the Brothers Four, Limeliters. That was a surfacey kind of folk music. There were those of … Read more
Week of November 17, 2014 Part 1 33:37 Grateful Dead 9/20/82 Madison Square Garden, New York City SPACE-> SPANISH JAM-> TRUCKIN’-> THE OTHER ONE-> STELLA BLUE-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA Part 2 21:54 Grateful Dead 9/20/82 Madison Square Garden, New York City TOUCH OF GREY Grateful Dead, Europe 72: The Complete Recordings (5/10/72) PLAYING IN THE BAND … Read more
This week I visited Alembic Inc. for the first time in more than 30 years. This is a link to a set of photos from this visit, plus a few shots I took in September 1978 when I was there to write a story for BAM Magazine. Alembic – photos by David Gans (1978 and … Read more
The Grateful Dead Hour moves to 9pm Sundays on The Valley’s Music place, 101.5 in Roanoke VA. Complete station list is here.
Wednesday, November 12, 9pm: DG and Stevie Coyle join Teja Gerken‘s Guitar Showcase at the Sleeping Lady, Fairfax CA Thursday, November 13, 7:30-10pm: The Known Unknown at the Monkey House Theater in Berkeley: DG, Phil Savell, Zach Partain, Neil Hampton, and guests. $10-20 sliding scale. Email reservations@monkeyhousetheater for info/reservations. Saturday, November 15, 9:30 am to … Read more
Week of November 10, 2014 Part 1 26:53 Grateful Dead 9/20/82 Madison Square Garden, New York City TERRAPIN-> DRUMS-> SPACE Part 2 28:44 Bob Dylan, Down in the Groove SILVIO The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack WEATHER REPORT SUITE Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, So What 16/16 Interview with Robert Hunter, 2/25/88: I brought the book, … Read more
Sunday mornings at 10 on 97.9 The Planet, Lynchburg VA – starting Nov 9! Complete station list is here.
I fucked up. In the liner notes for GarciaLive vol 5, just released, I stated that “God Save the Queen” is known Stateside as “America the Beautiful.” I am getting notes from all over the place, calling attention to this blunder. I regret the error.
Week of November 3, 2014 Part 1 29:57 Grateful Dead 9/20/82 Madison Square Garden, New York City SCARLET BEGONIAS-> FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN MAN SMART, WOMAN SMARTER Part 2 25:56 Rusty Stringfield 10/22/14 KPFA Performance Studio BIRD SONG Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 5 (12/31/75) CC RIDER Grateful Dead, Wake Up to Find Out (3/29/90) … Read more