A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Dear Festival Folks: Are you wondering where your MagnoliaFest Tickets are???  Well, we have not mailed them out yet, so don’t sweat it. We’re sorry, but we were already behind the curve getting the tickets updated so they can’t be copied and then along came Fay. Many of you are trying to play catchup after … Read more
DG performs at the Grand Lake Farmers’ Market, Lake Park and Grand Avenues in Oakland CA, Saturday 9/13 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. It’s free! Great produce, meats, prepared foods, soaps, crafts, and distractions for the kids, too. Click here for a full-size image of this poster.
It’s been a summer of sunflowers! This shot is of a field of ’em that I passed by on my way to and from A Bear’s Picnic in rural Pennsylvania last weekend. A splendid musical weekend, and a delightful trip through cornfields, small towns and flowers.
My August 2 Solar Stage set at the Gathering of the Vibes, with special guests Donna Jean and Jeff of Donna Jean and the Tricksters, has been posted: David Gans Live at Gathering of the Vibes, Seaside Park on 2008-08-02 01. Cassidy’s Cat > 02. American Family 03. banter 04. Bounty of the County 05. … Read more
Chris Cooper reviews Railroad Earth‘s Amen Corner in the Smoky Mounain News. An excerpt: Amen Corner is a solid, nicely recorded album from the guys in RRE: one that shows them more comfortable in their collective skin than ever before. Mix this with the ever- growing songwriting skills of Todd Sheaffer, and Amen Corner might … Read more
Week of August 4, 2008 Part 1 12:36 Jerry Garcia Memorial in Golden Gate Park 8/13/95, part 1 Part 2 43:49 Grateful Dead 6/20/91 Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston MI DRUMS-> SPACE-> THE WHEEL-> I NEED A MIRACLE
The increasingly desperate, content-free right wing media are going to absurd lengths to make the electorate (who I pray are not nearly as stupid as the right owuld like to believe) believe Obama is Not One Of Us. From the Wall Street Journal – a NEWS piece, fergawdsakes, not one of their reptilian op-eds: ….in … Read more
More Skeletons from the Closet Rock Collectibles from Ron “Pig Pen” McKernan, Vince Welnick, Rock Scully, John Kahn and Steve Parish on the Auction Block at Bonhams & Butterfields Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to announce the October 5, 2008 Grateful Dead-themed auction titled More Skeletons from the Closet. The San Francisco sale will feature … Read more