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)
I just watched Eric Christensen’s terrific documentary The Trips Festival Movie, and I’m here to give it an unqualified rave! It was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival earlier this year, and then Eric hosted a panel discussion with several of the participants, including Bob Weir, Mountain Girl, Stewart Brand, and others. That talk … Read more
Dark Hollow Iko Iko The Race Is On To Lay Me Down Cassidy Jackaroe She’s On the Road Again Bird Song-> Ripple – Grateful Dead 10/2/80 Warfield Theater, San Francisco (acoustic) Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard & Johnny Cash, from The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show DVD Big River – Johnny … Read more
Interview with Mickey Hart Down the Road – Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box Happiness Is Drumming Sweet Sixteens – Diga Rhythm Band, Diga Drums (Excerpt) – Grateful Dead, Fillmore West 1969 The Eleven (Rehearsal) – Grateful Dead, 1968 Spanish Jam – Grateful Dead 1/27/68 Eagle’s Auditorium, Seattle WA Move On – Ollabelle, Live at the Outpost, … Read more
I’m goin’ on the road for a week, but Tim Lynch has lined up a treat for this week’s DTTW! David Grisman and I had such a nice time talking on KPIG the other day that we’ve decided to do it again. The Dawg will join me on KPFA this Wednesday night from 8pm-9pm PST. … Read more
jam – Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 bonus disc (11/8/79 Landover MD) Dancin’ in the Streets-> Franklin’s Tower – Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 (11/9/79 Buffalo NY) Shakedown Street – Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 (10/25/79 New Haven CT) Jam (including “I Bid You Good Night” … Read more
I’m going to play a few tracks from the new Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 on Dead to the World tonight, 8pm PST on KPFA (94.1 fm in northern California, and streaming online at www.kpfa.org and www.kfcf.org.
Congratulations to my friend and colleague Tim “Da Flower Punk” Lynch, who just started a live music show on KPIG-AM in San Francisco. The “Saturday Ham Jam” airs from 1:00 to 3:00 Pacific Time at 1510 on the AM dial in San Francisco. Tim has been filling in for me on Dead to the World … Read more
It’s fund-raising time! Call 510-848-4425 or 1-800-439-5732, or you can pledge online! Tonight’s show is a four-hour special, combining DTTW with Larry Kelp’s Sing Out! Truckin’ – Grateful Dead, Three from the Vault Copper John Love’s in a Dry Spell – Caroline Aiken live in the KPFA studio Guest: Alec Palao, producer of Love Is … Read more
Unbroken Chain – Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel Phone interview with Michael Grabscheid, organizer of Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture, and Memory – a symposium to be held November 16-18 at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Presenters will include Mountain Girl, Dennis McNally, Dan Healy, Bob Bralove, David Gans, David … Read more
Estimated Prophet-> Eyes of the World-> Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?-> (w/o Jerry) Drums-> Space-> Morning Dew-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away ~ Brokedown Palace – Grateful Dead 6/27/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD Interview with Rob Koritz, Rob Eaton, Rob Barraco and John Kadlecik of Dark Star Orchestra and Freddy Hahne … Read more