“Dead Symphony” comes to California in January
The California Symphony performs Lee Johnson’s “Dead Symphony no. 6” In Walnut Creek January 25 and 27.
General discussion
Cuckoo Bird
From a post I made elsewhere about “The Cuckoo Bird,” which Peter Rowan sang with Boris Garcia on KPFA last week: …the set list for the Boris Garcia show is posted here along with a couple of nice photos and a link to the KPFA audio archive (for those who haven’t heard it yet). The … Read more
Nice review of “weirdest”
Jud Conway reviews “Weirdest” on Kindweb. … The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best is one of those really good albums that you know is “gonna get better” with every listen.
Broken Angels 12/31/97 on archive.org
Richard Selleseth posted this show today: David Gans and the Broken Angels12/31/97 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Broken Angels performed between moe. sets Hooker River Honeydew-> Cassidy-> An American Family Things We Said Today*-> Jacqueline* Dixie Chicken* Crazy Crazy Crazy** David Gans – guitar and vocals Rik Elswit – guitar, guitar synth and vocals … Read more
Mark Karan w/ Boris Garcia
Susana Millman posted a couple of nice photos from the 12/10/08 Boris Garcia live broadcast w/ Mark Karan.
DG 11/29/08 show: audio online
Richard Selleseth posted his stage-mic recording of my show at Marilyn’s on K Street in Sacramento CA 11/29/08. I was the final performer of an afternoon event billed as a Grateful Dead tribute.
Dead to the World 12/10/08
Peter Rowan and Boris Garcia rehearse a couple of songs for the live show that’s about to start on KPFA. Boris Garcia live in the KPFA performance studio, with special guests Mark Karan and Peter Rowan. Through the Window Scootch She’s Still Laughing Holiday Other Shoe She Wasn’t Born to Follow Lover Tonight All for … Read more
Gans gig spam
Time for another update! My new studio CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is being played on radio stations all over the country. Our promotional campaign is just getting started – you can help with this effort by calling your local station and asking for it! The web page, designed by … Read more
KBM in SF 2/13/09
On sale this SUNDAY: BILL KREUTZMANN of the GRATEFUL DEAD Featuring OTEIL BURBRIDGE (ALLMAN BROTHERS) and SCOTT MURAWSKI (MAX CREEK) Friday, February 13th, 2009 The Independent (San Francisco) Doors 8:30pm / Show 9:00pm Tickets – $25 21 & up Tickets for this show go on sale this Sunday, 12/14 at 10am through The Independent’s website, … Read more
jambands.com review of “Weirdest”
Review of The Ones that Look the Weirdest Taste the Best by John Patrick Gatta. An excerpt: Gans tackles the downturn of the working class, romantic bliss, organically-grown food, and resisting the haters in the name of God. What it lacks in strength, Gans’s voice makes up in a slightly grizzled been-there-seen-that wisdom. That aspect … Read more