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)
Estimated Prophet-> Terrapin-> drums-> “Raven” space-> The Wheel-> Truckin’-> Stella Blue-> Around and Around-> Good Lovin’ – Grateful Dead 4/19/82 Baltimore Civic Center Ripple – Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, MTO Volume 1 The Levee’s Gonna Break – Bob Dylan, Modern Times Colorado – Railroad Earth, Elko White Bird – Sam Bush, Laps in Seven … Read more
Till the Morning Comes Hard to Handle Mama Tried Dire Wolf Cold Rain and Snow Me and My Uncle Dark Hollow Viola Lee Blues-> Cumberland Blues Uncle John’s Band – Grateful Dead 10/31/70 SUNY Stony Brook NY Jus’ Like Mama Said-> Mississippi Halfstep-> The Other One – Ratdog 8/19/06 Gathering of the Vibes, Mariaville NY … Read more
Birthday salute to Jerry Garcia… Beautiful Jam (2/18/71) – Grateful Dead, So Many Roads (1965-1995) Down the Road – Mickey Hart’s Mystery Box Ripple – New Riders of the Purple Sage w/ Robert Hunter 4/8/06 Mystic Theater, Petaluma CA The Wheel – Jerry Garcia, Garcia Dark Star-> Morning Dew – Grateful Dead 2/24/74 Winterland, San … Read more
I’m told there will be a West Coast tour – not sure what any other dates are. We’ll be giving away tickets to this one on KPFA over the next several weeks. Planet Drum with Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo Saturday, September 23, 8pm Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco Tickets: $25, $37, $47, … Read more
KC Moan Deep Elem – Bob Weir, Bob Weir, Taj Mahal, Keller Williams, Michael Kang, Jay Lane, Mark Karan, Kester Smith 7/4/06 Zoo Amphitheater, Oklahoma City Lonely Avenue – Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia St. Stephen – Ratdog 7/10/06 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua NY These Are Better Days – … Read more
Mississippi Halfstep Minglewood Loser Picasso Moon Row Jimmy Desolation Row To Lay Me Down Promised Land – Grateful Dead 9/18/90 Madison Square Garden, New York City Below Radar – Particle, Transformation Live for the People (Particle and Ozric Tentacles perform at the Fillmore on Saturday, July 15) Cumberland Blues – The Waybacks w/ Darol Anger … Read more
Crazy Fingers-> Playing in the Band-> Uncle John’s Band-> Terrapin-> percussion-> jam-> The Wheel-> Gimme Some Lovin’-> All Along the Watchtower-> Morning Dew-> Sugar Magnolia ~ The Mighty Quinn – Grateful Dead 7/2/88 Oxford Plains, Maine No Better Way – Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay et al., For Rex: The Black Tie Dye Ball All Night Long … Read more
The June 21 Dead to the World Vince Welnick tribute is available for download. The numbers are in sequence with the podcast version of last week’s program. The playlist is here. Part 10 (20:28) Part 11 (24:06) Part 12 (22:43) Part 13 (32:24) Part 14 (9:32)
Baba O’Reilly-> Tomorrow Never Knows – Grateful Dead 5/19/92 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA Playing in the Band jam-> The Same Thing – GD 12/28/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena “The Same Thing” aborted by clumsy board operator (Gans) – Sorry!! Tubular Bells – GD 9/13/93 Spectrum, Philadelphia The Days Between – GD 9/16/93 Madison Square Garden, NYC … Read more
Wednesday, June 21: We’ll continue the tribute to the music of Vince Welnick that began with last week’s four-hour broadcast. I’ll be concentrating on his work with the Grateful Dead, but I also have several more highlights from his post-GD years. Wednesday, June 28: 6th ANNUAL HIGH SIERRA PREVIEW Join Tim Lynch as he spins … Read more