A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Fans of the acoustic Dead will be familiar with “Monkey and the Engineer,” a delightful ditty that turned up in many of the fall 1980 acoustic sets and the album derived from those shows, Reckoning. The song was written by Jesse “The Lone Cat” Fuller, who also contributed “Beat It on Down the Line” to … Read more
I just watched Eric Christensen’s terrific documentary The Trips Festival Movie, and I’m here to give it an unqualified rave! It was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival earlier this year, and then Eric hosted a panel discussion with several of the participants, including Bob Weir, Mountain Girl, Stewart Brand, and others. That talk … Read more
WAVY GRAVY ON THE eBay AUCTION BLOCK NOVEMBER 26th – DECEMBER 3rd Legendary activist to host “Woodstock†party for winning bidder! Auction also includes items from Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Odetta and more! He has been the MC for all three Woodstock Festivals, the official clown prince of the Grateful Dead, a popular Ben and … Read more
The American Beauty Project show from UMass Amherst 11/16 is now available for sale as MP3 downloads for $5 per set. Performers: Ollabelle (Byron Isaacs, Tony Leone, Fiona McBain, Glen Patscha and Amy Helm), Larry Campbell, Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Russell, Theresa Williams, David Gans Set 1 Friend Of The Devil Sugar Magnolia Brokedown Palace New … Read more
DG sings for Chaone Mallory, originally uploaded by gr8wendini. Wendy Corn, one of the organizers of the Unbroken Chain symposium at UMass Amherst, has posted her photos.
The American Beauty Project (Ollabelle, Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Russell, Teresa Williams, Larry Campbell, and David Gans) perform Friday 11/16 at 8pm in Amherst MA as part of Unbroken Chain: The Grateful Dead in Music, Culture and Memory. More info (including tickets) here. I’m participating in panel discussions in the morning and afternoon; the event continues … Read more
This just in from Tim Lynch: KPIG Saturday Ham Jam 1:00-3:00pm on KPIG 1510-AM Piedmont / San Francisco Tomorrow’s (Saturday, November 10) guests are David Grisman, Warren Haynes, and Caroline Aiken! Grisman just put out a terrific duet CD with John Sebastian, titled Satisfied. I spent some quality time with Caroline Aiken at the Folk … Read more
This just in via email from the Rex Foundation: Dear Friends, In 1983, the same year the Rex Foundation began, Buckminster Fuller announced, “We can now solve all the problems of hunger and need across the world, having all the available resources and technology; all that we need is the political will.” Perspectives on The … Read more
I just signed on to open for the Farlow-Kirch band at the Ashkenaz on Friday, December 14. That’s Billy C. Farlow, formerly of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen!!! The Ashkenaz is at 1317 San Pablo Avenue, at Gilman Street, in Berkeley CA
I’m going to play a few tracks from the new Road Trips vol. 1 no. 1 on Dead to the World tonight, 8pm PST on KPFA (94.1 fm in northern California, and streaming online at www.kpfa.org and www.kfcf.org.