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)
Tennessee Jed – Levon Helm, Electric Dirt Weather Report Suite-> Spanish Jam-> Jam-> Eyes of the World-> China Doll – Grateful Dead 7/19/74 Selland Arena, Fresno CA This is a show I attended. A friend of mine knew a guy on the crew, so we got into the building early. We watched Phil Lesh putting … Read more
Pre-recorded interview with comedian Tom Davis; from an earlier post on this blog: Tom Davis has a new memoir, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. I interviewed the Emmy-winning former Saturday Night Live writer/performer at my house a few weeks ago. You can hear an uncut version of that interview here (66 minutes). Tons of … Read more
Mason’s Children Space – The Dead 5/14/09 Shoreline, Mountain View CA All the shows from the Dead’s spring tour are available for download. Glendale Train – New Riders of the Purple Sage 12/31/77 Just released by Kufala Recordings. Keep It to Yourself Florida Blues Short’nin’ Bread In the Pines Midnight on the Water/The KC Railroad … Read more
We’re in a fund drive tonight, so please consider becoming a member of KPFA and making a contribution to help kep this listener-sponsored radio station thriving. Guest DJs tonight are Michael Bettendorf and Todd Morrish, who won this evening in a fund-raising auction for the Chabot School in Oakland. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Grateful … Read more
Comes a Time – The Dead 4/17/09 Albany NY David Nelson live in the KPFA studio… Where I Come From Barracuda Moon – New Riders of the Purple Sage, Where I Come From It’s All Good – Bob Dylan, Together Through Life Del McCoury talks about meeting David Grisman and Jerry Garcia in 1964 Cold … Read more
David Nelson of the New Riders of the Purple Sage will be my guest for the full two hours on Dead to the World tonight, 8-10pm PDT on KPFA 94.1 fm Berkeley CA (and streaming online at kpfa.org and kfcf.org). We’ll be sampling the new NRPS CD, Where I Come From, and we’ll also dig … Read more
KPFA – Always Relevant, Never Commercial The media landscape in this country is changing significantly, as newspapers go out of business, the music industry collapses, and the broadcast media contracts. The culture and information that KPFA provides is becoming ever more rare. KPFA has bucked the trend by expanding its news coverage with a groundbreaking … Read more
Ship of Fools He’s Gone Cassidy St. Stephen-> The Eleven Gimme Shelter – The Dead 4/25/09 Madison Square Garden, New York City All the shows on the current tour are available for sale as downloads. They’re selling CDs at the shows, too. Major thanks to David Raffarin and Peter Ammerall for sending me care packages … Read more
Wavy Gravy stopped by at the start of the show to talk about a bunch of events he’s doing in the next few weeks. He’s at the Ashkenaz in Berkeley tomorrow and Friday nights; info on the Ashkenaz site. There’s a brunch at Scott’s Seafood Restaurant in Jack London Square (Oakland CA) Sunday, May 2, … Read more
I was in Missouri last weekend at Camp Zoe, and immediately after my set was the first-ever public performance of The Donna Jean Godchaux Band featuring Jeff Mattson. I enjoyed their set very much. Their set included several originals (including a brand-new song by Donna Jean) and some old favorites. Check out The Way You … Read more