A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Note: I am going through my archive in between my regular daily tasks, and I will post three more of Al’s songs from the Reptiles days ASAP. I mentioned earlier that my most recent contacts with Al Feldstein were emails he’d send after hearing “Tales from the Golden Road,” the talk show I co-host with … Read more
Our mutual friend Barry Smolin posted this on the WELL, upon learning of the death of Al Feldstein. Barry was kind enough to allow me to share it here. I’m devastated by this news. Al was my favorite show buddy, and we attended many astounding concerts together. The past few years he’s been very into … Read more
(Al at the Hollywood Bowl July 21, 1974.) I just got a call from my old bandmate, Bob Nakamine, informing me that our old bandmate Al Feldstein died of a heart attack yesterday (6/21/09). He was cranky and opinionated and a thoroughly decent man. When I moved to Berkeley in 1973, my high school classmate … Read more
David Nelson Band Lorin Rowan’s Rattlebox Rubber Souldiers Saturday, June 20th Doors @ 2:00PM / Music @ 3:00PM Nelson Family Vineyards Amphitheater 550 Nelson Ranch Road – Ukiah, CA Tickets Available at: Tye Dye 2 in Laytonville, JD Redhouse in Willits , Ukiah Natural Foods And online at inticketing.com All Ages Show. Children Under 12 … Read more
I interviewed Jerry Moore for the Grateful Dead Channel in January 2008. We’re rebroadcasting that conversation this weekend: Saturday 10 am ET and Sunday 8 pm ET The Grateful Dead Channel is on Sirius 32 and XM 57.
Harvey Lubar, from private correspondence, posted here with permission: I don’t know where to even begin. Jerry and I were very close in college (we both went to Lehman in the Bronx), took courses together, and he was a member of the Hell’s Honkies Tape Club (there were only four of us). I drove Jerry … Read more
One of the great Grateful Dead tapers, and one of the great sweet crazies of our scene, has passed away: Jerry Moore Audio: Jerry Moore, Barry Glassberg, and Rob Bertrando interviewed at Cal Expo in June 1990 And here’s a photo I took when I interviewed him in the Sirius XM studio in January 2008:
Tara Nevins of Donna the Buffalo is on tour with BK3. Dr. David Berger pointed me to these videos: If You Only Could He’s Gone That’s all I’ve watched so far. There are more!
More listening notes from our just-completed tour/vacation: Bill Frisell Live Download Series: 11/15/05 at the Barbican Theater, London. A John Lennon tribute! Bill Frisell with Greg Leisz (acoustic guitar, pedal steel) and Jenny Scheinman (violin). Jack – Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, Appalachian Trail Scootch – Boris Garcia, Once More into the Bliss. We listened to … Read more
My wife and I were shopping at the Grand Lake Farmers’ Market yesterday when one of the managers approached me and asked if I could fill in for the scheduled performer, who had canceled at the last minute. I happily ran home to get my gear – I love playing the Farmers’ Market! Here’s an … Read more