Dead to the World

Tonight: Paul Ingles’ 2-hour Sgt Pepper documentary: THE TWO SIDES OF SGT. PEPPER: AN HONEST APPRAISAL June 1, 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. For decades, the recording has ranked highly on many All-Time Best Album lists. Celebrated as the first quasi-concept album in … Read more

Mississippi Halfstep Me and My Uncle He’s Gone-> Truckin’-> The Other One-> Eyes of the World-> China Doll Sugar Magnolia ~ Casey Jones – Grateful Dead 5/26/73 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco (set 3) Any Naked Eye – New Riders of the Purple Sage, Live New Year’s Eve 2006 Excerpt from Summer of Love Oral Archive … Read more

Just booked David Nelson to join me on Jerry’s 65th (!) birthday. Dead to the World, Wednesday, August 1, 8-10pm PDT on KPFA 94.1 fm in northern California, streaming online at kpfa.org and kfcf.org

Tribute to Sgt Pepper – Mutilaudio by David Gans Truckin’ Loser Dark Hollow – Grateful Dead, Three from the Vault (2/19/71 Capitol Theater, Portchester NY) Three from the Vault was supposed to be available for preorder today via the new DeadNet, but it appears not to be happening yet. But drop by DeadNet anyway and … Read more

Promised Land Deal Jack Straw Tennessee Jed The Race Is On Sugaree Mexicali Blues Row Jimmy Looks Like Rain They Love Each Other Playing in the Band – Grateful Dead 5/26/73 Kezar Stadium, San Francisco How Can You Be In Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All? – Firesign Theatre, How Can … Read more

It’s a fund-raiser! You can pledge online at kpfa.org, or call 1-800-439-5732 or 510-848-5732 US Blues – Bob Weir and Ratdog 3/19/07 Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore MD with Mookie Siegel, keyboards St. Stephen – Lee Johnson/Russian National Orchestra, Dead Symphony Uncle John’s Band – Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead Interview with David Dodd, editor of The … Read more

Space-> Truckin’-> Black Peter-> Jam-> Around and Around-> One More Saturday Night ~ Don’t Ease Me In – Grateful Dead 12/26/81 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA Freedom Wind – Space Debris, Under the Radar Beauty of a Broken Heart – Page McConnell Down By the River – Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the Fillmore … Read more

Scarlet Begonias-> Fire on the Mountain Estimated Prophet-> He’s Gone-> Bobby & the drummers-> drums – Grateful Dead 12/26/81 Henry J Kaiser Auditorium, Oakland CA Dupree’s Diamond Blues – Waybacks 2/3/07 KPFA Performance Studio Sugaree – Hot Buttered Rum 6/7/06 KPFA Performance Studio It Must Have Been the Roses – Honkytonk Homeslice 11/8/06 KPFA Performance … Read more

Last night’s show with Mark Karan is archived on KPFA’s site. Here are the playlist and program notes.

Mark Karan, guitarist of Ratdog and leader of Jemimah Puddleduck Weather Report Suite – Ratdog 3/19/07 Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore MD Money for Gasoline – Ratdog 3/24/07 Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro NC Tennessee Jed – Ratdog 3/9/07 Beacon Theater, New York City All Along the Watchtower – Mark Karan, Bob Weir, Pete Sears, Narada Michael Walden, … Read more