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Rubber Souldiers in Berkeley 11/20

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Reminder: RUBBER SOULDIERS at the Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA Thursday, November 20, 9pm Rubber Souldiers is a “Beatles jam band” with Chris Rowan (vocals & 12-string), Lorin Rowan (vocals, guitar, mandolin), David Gans (vocals, guitar), Paul Knight (bass), Craig Dawson (drums).

Benefit show 12/19 in Santa Rosa CA

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For Immediate Release On November 14th, beloved member of the Bay Area music community Michelle McFee underwent radical cancer surgery in San Francisco. From her early days as a Pegasus poet through her years working with the New Riders of the Purple Sage and into today, Michelle has been a constant in Bay Area music … Read more

GD on Bluegrass Signal 11/15

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From Peter Thompson: Here’s the plan for “Bluegrass Signal” on Sat., Nov. 15th, broadcast on KALW (91.7 FM, San Francisco, and www.KALW.org) from 6:30 – 8 pm (Pacific Time). In addition the show’s first hour will be repeated five times during the week of Dec. 6-12 on WAMU’s “Bluegrass Country” (www.BlueGrassCountry.org). The show’s theme: bluegrass … Read more

Gans gig (and CD) update

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Hello friends! The CD, The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, is here, but the web page isn’t quite ready for prime time. For now, you can see the cover art, read the credits, listen to audio samples, and click to order by visiting this earlier blog post. It’s also available at https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dgans6 … Read more

Threee questions to ponder

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Steve Hurlburt, whose Dreadheads is a counterculture documentary well worth seeing, has posted three excellent short films on YoutTube: Premise: I asked a bunch of folks at the recent “Change Rocks” show at Penn State what some well-known Hunter lyrics meant to them. As you might imagine, the responses run the gamut from “I don’t … Read more