A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans PLACE YOUR BID IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST. Thanks! Bidding starts at $100, please. Auctions end at noon PST on Thursday, February 6. Photo of Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, taken by Rosie McGee in 1969. 8×10, flush-mounted on 2mm black-edged styrene, signed by the photographer. More by Rosie McGee here.
PLACE YOUR BID IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST. Thanks! Bidding starts at $100, please. Auctions end at noon PST on Thursday, February 6. Photo by Bob Minkin: Jerry Garcia playing the Wolf! Brendan Byrne Arena, NJ, October 1989 11 x 14, printed on Epson Professional Luster paper. Signed by Bob Minkin. Not matted … Read more
PLACE YOUR BID IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST. Thanks! Bidding starts at $100, please. Auctions end at noon PST on Thursday, February 6. Photo by Kirk West, “Taken from the flagman stand of the 1/2 mile dirt race track of the fairgrounds.” Grateful Dead 6/16/74 Iowa State Fairgrounds. 11×14 b&w signed & numbered … Read more
PLACE YOUR BID IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST. Thanks! Bidding starts at $100, please. Auctions end at noon PST on Thursday, February 6. Photo by Jay Blakesberg: Jerry Garcia 12/10/92 11×14, unframed More of Jay’s photos at https://blakesberg.com
PLACE YOUR BID IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST. Thanks! Bidding starts at $500, please. Auctions end at noon PST on Thursday, February 6. I am a regular consumer of Barlovento Chocolates. I buy them at the Grand Lake Farmers’ market on Saturdays and eat a little bit every evening while I do the … Read more
Berkeley’s pioneering listener-supported radio station, KPFA, presents its annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon on Saturday, February 8, 2014 from 9:00 am to 1:00 am PST. Host David Gans promises a bounty of unreleased and previously-unheard music by the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, and related artists. There will be a live performance (musicians TBA) from the … Read more
Week of January 13, 2014 Part 1 20:56 Grateful Dead 2/28/81 Uptown Theatre, Chicago IL COLD RAIN AND SNOW-> GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD SHIP OF FOOLS Part 2 34:38 Jim Lauderdale, Blue Moon Junction BLUE MOON JUNCTION Grateful Dead 2/28/81 Uptown Theatre, Chicago IL LOST SAILOR-> SAINT OF CIRCUMSTANCE-> TERRAPIN-> JAM Jim Lauderdale‘s collaboration with … Read more
I’m about to leave for SFO. Flights appear to be going as scheduled, and the weather appears to be mellowing some. Here are the dates for this tour. More info at dgans.com/gigs.html Thursday, January 9, 8pm: The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd, Maplewood MO $10 advance, $15 at the door. Friday, January 10: House concert … Read more
Week of January 6, 2014 Part 1 42:56 Grateful Dead 2/28/81 Uptown Theatre, Chicago IL BIG RAILROAD BLUES LOOKS LIKE RAIN ALTHEA LET IT GROW-> DEAL Part 2 12:57 Jerry Garcia Band, Fall 1989: The Long Island Sound DEAL Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The WELL, a pioneering social network … Read more
Berkeley tomorrow night with Sycamore Slough String Band! Then I head east for solo gigs in Missouri and Ohio, and another run with the Rumpke Mountain Boys. In February, I return to Arizona and New Mexico (and I’m looking for a place to play in the LA area on Thursday, February 13). In March, I’d … Read more