A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Week of September 29, 2014 Part 1 39:19 Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (4/26/72) THE OTHER ONE Interview: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir Part 2 16:27 Interview: Phil Lesh and Bob Weir Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (5/18/72) TRUCKIN’ Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol … Read more
Week of September 22, 2014 Part 1 25:54 Jerry Garcia Band, Let It Rock EDWARD, THE MAD SHIRT GRINDER Interview: Bob Weir and Phil Lesh Part 2 29:39 Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (4/26/72) TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT-> GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in … Read more
Our improv experiment has been evolving nicely, and this week we played our first gig under the band name The Known Unknown. The complete show is on SoundCloud, in four segments: The Known Unknown 9/18/14 Monkey House, Berkeley CA Phil Savell: guitar and vocals David Gans: guitar Zach Partain: bass Tyler Watson: percussion Bob Bralove: … Read more
Week of September 15, 2014 Part 1 31:50 Grateful Dead, So Many Roads (1965-1995) DAYS BETWEEN Rev Gary Davis, from The Music Never Stopped: Roots of the Grateful Dead SAMSON AND DELILAH Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (4/21/72) MR CHARLIE PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 23:37 Disco Biscuits 7/31/14 9:30 Club, Washington … Read more
Week of September 8, 2014 Part 1 34:36 Joe Russo’s Almost Dead 8/1/14 Gathering of the Vibes, Bridgeport CT ST STEPHEN-> THE ELEVEN-> CASEY JONES-> DEAL Part 2 20:45 Grateful Dead, Spring 1990 (The Other One) (3/14/90) FEEL LIKE A STRANGER Grateful Dead 12/27/89 Oakland Coliseum Arena JOHNNY B. GOODE BLACK MUDDY RIVER The Grateful … Read more
Starting September 14, the Grateful Dead Hour will air at 9am Sundays on Alice 97.7 in Springfield IL. The current station list is here.
This gig update may look a little thin to you, but that’s because I am taking a couple of months off from touring (for the most part) so I can concentrate on a book project. Blair Jackson and I are collaborating on This is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful … Read more
My friend Chris Jones posted this review on the Eurotraders list: The many faces of David Gans: Gans and Rawlins – Desert Wind, Rollin’ River It’s amazing how many different approaches David takes to music. Desert Wind, Rollin’ River is not as muscular as Gans’ Stage Stop solo show (which I reviewed earlier): rather it’s … Read more
Week of September 1, 2014 Part 1 44:09 Grateful Dead 12/27/89 Oakland Coliseum Arena DRUMS-> SPACE-> THE WHEEL-> I NEED A MIRACLE-> MORNING DEW Part 2 11:41 Grateful Grass, Dos BERTHA Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, an iconic venue that hosted the … Read more
WTUD at Tiffin Unversity will stream the GD Hour Sundays at 9pm ET starting September 14. Here is the current Grateful Dead Hour station list.