Dead to the World 11/15/06

First hour: Richie Unterberger, author of The Unreleased Beatles Love of the Loved – Beatles 1/1/62 Decca Records audition I Saw Her Standing There – private rehearsal in the Cavern Club, Liverpool, late 1962 Bad to Me – demo acetate, mid-1963 Roll Over Beethoven – BBC session 6/24/63 If I Fell – John Lennon solo, … Read more

Dead to the World 11/8/06

The Wheel-> Dark Star – Phil Lesh and Friends, Live at the Warfield In the Basement – Railroad Earth, The Good Life Ol’ Cook Pot – The Duhks, Migrations Tomorrow Is Forever – Solomon Burke, Nashville Goodle, USA – Darrell Scott, The Invisible Man We Can’t Make It Here – James McMurtry and the Heartless … Read more

Live music on Dead to the World in November

We’ve got two live performances scheduled for this month on KPFA’s Dead to the World: Wednesday. November 8, 9-10 pm: Honky Tonk Homeslice (Bill and Jilian Nershi and Scott Law) Wednesday, November 29, 8-10pm: New Riders of the Purple Sage Both shows will be webcast via nugs.net , kpfa.org , and kfcf.org

Dead to the World 11/1/06

Scarlet Begonias-> Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad-> Not Fade Away jam – Grateful Dead 4/29/77 Palladium, New York City Lonesome LA Cowboy Last Lonely Eagle – New Riders of the Purple Sage 10/20/06 MagnoliaFest, Live Oak FL Stella Blue -Willie Nelson, Songbird Mountains of the Moon – Lore Constantine, Piano Impressions Sound of a … Read more

KPFA Local Station Board Election

Those of you who contribute to KPFA during our fund-raisers have received ballots for the Local Station Board election. It is really important that you vote, because there is much at stake. Of particular interest to DTTW listeners is the desire on the part of many LSB candidates to eliminate music programming. I have consulted … Read more

Dead to the World 10/4/06

This is a fund-raiser! Please make a contribution to listener-sponsored radio. Call 510-848-5732 or 1-800-439-5732, or pledge online. Jack Straw They Love Each Other Cassidy Fennario El Paso – Grateful Dead 12/27/79 Oakland Auditorium Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir interview 5/7/81, from Tom Snyder’s Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show Don’t Ease Me In Beat It on … Read more

Dead to the World 9/27/06

Good Times Hey Pocky Way Samson and Delilah Ship of Fools Playing in the Band-> Eyes of the World-> drums – Grateful Dead 5/6/89 Frost Amphitheater, Stanford CA Way Back When – Donna the Buffalo, from WNCW‘s Crowd Around the Mic volume 9 Europe on $15 a Day – Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Anywhere Else? … Read more

KPFA expands online program archives

KPFA recently expanded the archives of its broadcast programs, including Dead To The World (“Grateful Dead, Jambands, Americana with David Gans”). You can now hear decent-quality MP3 streams of episodes going back to May 2004: www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?show=57 And you can still listen to the program live (Wed. evenings, 8 to 10pm) via kpfa.org: www.kpfa.org/listen/ Remember, if … Read more

Dead to the World 9/6/06

Watchtower – Mutilaudio by David Gans Box of Rain Victim or the Crime-> Crazy Fingers-> Playing in the Band-> Uncle John’s Band-> Drums Space-> Goin’ Down the Road Feelin’ Bad-> All Along the Watchtower-> Believe It or Not-> Throwing Stones-> Not Fade Away ~ Blackbird Brokedown Palace – Grateful Dead 7/17/88 Greek Theater, Berkeley CA … Read more