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)
Guest DJs: Eric Samuels and Ethan Friedman Their wives won this for them in a charity auction at the Chabot School The Star-Spangled Banner – Garcia, Weir, and Welnick April 1993 Candlestick Park, San Francisco China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Man Smart, Woman Smarter – Grateful Dead 4/19/87 Irvine Meadows Bertha-> Jack Straw … Read more
Attention guitar players! Theo Hartman has donated three units of his excellent envelope filter, developed in consultation with Mark Karan (Ratdog, Jemimah Puddleduck). UPDATE: Mark Karan will autograph these units for the winning bidders! From the product information press release: Inspired by one of the great envelope filter pedals of the 1970’s and developed with … Read more
THIS AUCTION IS CLOSED! One of our favorite Oakland restaurants, Bocanova, has donated a $100 gift certificate for our auction. Bocanova, located in Jack London Square at 55 Webster Street, Oakland, offers “Pan-American cuisine … the blending of culinary currents from Europe and the Americas while using the best and freshest local ingredients,” according to … Read more
THIS AUCTION IS CLOSED! AUCTION ITEM to benefit KPFA – part of our annual 16-hour Grateful Dead marathon, airing February 19, 2011 from 9 am to 1 am PT. Details on the broadcast, which will be webcast on dead.net, nugs.net, gdradio.net, kpfa.org, and kfcf.org, can be found on this page. This is a sealed copy … Read more
THIS AUCTION IS CLOSED! 11″ x 17″ print by Mark Erickson/Katworks ©2011. Signed and dated by the artist, with a cardboard backing and wrapped in an archival clear envelope. We have two copies of this print for auction, so the top two bidders will win. Bidding is open now and will end at noon PST … Read more
THIS AUCTION IS CLOSED! 11″ x 17″ print by Mark Erickson/Katworks ©2011. Signed and dated by the artist, with a cardboard backing and wrapped in an archival clear envelope. We have two copies of this print for auction, so the top two bidders will win. Bidding is open now and will end at noon PST … Read more
Bertha Mama Tried Deal Cassidy Friend of the Devil Big River Brown-Eyed Women It’s All Over Now Scarlet Begonias The Promised Land – Grateful Dead 10/1/76 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis We Love You-> Sugar Magnolia-> The Wheel-> Uncle John’s Band – Furthur 12/31/10 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF This show is available for download from … Read more
Sorry for the delay, friends! The annual KPFA Grateful Dead marathon has been set for Saturday, February 19, 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Stay tuned for details.
This show will be available in the KPFA archive until January 12, 2011. Listen here. My guest for the full two hours: musician and musicologist Jody Stecher. From Wikipedia: David Bromberg once said, “Jody Stecher was basically my teacher. He opened my ears to more beautiful music than anyone else ever did… more than I … Read more
FUND-RAISER TONIGHT! Please donate online or call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732 to support KPFA! Dead to the World tonight 8-10pm pst. 94.1 fm Berkeley, streaming at kpfa.org. Minglewood Sugaree Little Red Rooster Tennessee Jed Cassidy – Grateful Dead 10/10/82 Frost Amphitheater, Palo Alto CA DAVID NELSON talks about the early days with Garcia, Hunter et al. … Read more