A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Playlists, program notes, and discussion of Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm on KPFA 94.1 Berkeley CA)
Tonight: a sneak preview of an amazing Dark Star from the upcoming boxed set Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings! Plus an interview with mastering engineer David Glasser. Also: some recent live music from Furthur, with very special guests including Elvis Costello! I’ll be playing this music back via a new ultra-high-fidelity computer music player called … Read more
Tonight on Dead to the World: lengthy excerpts from my January 1991 interview with Owsley “Bear” Stanley. The interview was published in Conversations with the Dead, now available as an ebook. This program will be available in the KPFA Archive until April 13, 2011
Come Together-> Feel Like a Stranger Alabama Getaway-> Promised Land Althea Fennario Cream Puff War-> Good Lovin’-> Come Together-> Good Lovin’ – Furthur 3/4/11 Orpheum Theater, Boston MA Furthur live shows are available from gnomesandhobbits.com and livedownloads.com/furthur China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Samson and Delilah Ship of Fools Estimated Prophet-> Uncle John’s Band … Read more
Feel Like a Stranger – Grateful Dead 3/2/87 Henry J Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland CA Phone interview with Dan Hicks Subterranean Homesick Blues – Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Tangled Tales Bird Song – Grateful Dead 3/2/87 Henry J Kaiser Convention Center, Oakland CA China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider – Greensky Bluegrass … Read more
Just another gigantic THANK YOU to all these people who supported the KPFA Grateful Dead marathon in so many ways! Mark Pinkus, Jason Turner, Ben Trask, Lauren Goldberg /Rhino Records Charlie Miller Phil Osegueda Tim Lynch Allison Rolls David Lemieux Mary Eisenhart Mark Karan and Maile Hatfield Tony Ferro John Whalen / gdradio.net Brad Serling … Read more
Here are the interviews I played on yesterday’s KPFA Grateful Dead marathon: Betty Cantor-Jackson 3/18/10 re “Betty Boards” Jeffrey Norman 2/4/11 re Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings Giancarlo Aquilianti 2/5/11 re First Fusion Bob Weir 2/5/11 re First Fusion
Unofficial total for the day: $58,363!! Thanks to all who participated!
Unofficial total for the day: $58,363!! Credits and more info here Promised Land Dire Wolf Cassidy Candyman El Paso They Love Each Other Passenger Brown-Eyed Women Lazy Lightnin’-> Supplication – Grateful Dead 5/5/78 Thompson Arena, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH Phone interview with Mark Pinkus, the head of Grateful Dead projects at Rhino Records Black Throated … Read more
Article by Carolyn Jones on the front page of today’s San Francisco Chronicle! Great quotes from Bob Jaffe of the Grand Bakery (and “We Are Everywhere” fame), Nick Meriwether, and Mark Pinkus. Nice photo of Bob Wagner’s Greek ’81 masters, too!