General discussion

According to mediabistro, Fader magazine is about to publish an issue devoted to Jerry: Yes, you read that correctly. Fader, the well-regarded music magazine that is known for its indie cred and double covers, is set to publish its third annual “icon” issue honoring a single, influential artist. This year: Jerry Garcia.If Garcia seems like … Read more

I’ve made a little music video from pictures I took on tour in Utah last February, with “Four Corners” as the soundtrack.  It’s a track from my new CD Twisted Love Songs.

Late Night with Conan O’Brien is taping in San Francisco all this week, and Ratdog is scheduled to appear Thursay night (actually Friday morning) – 12:35 am Eastern/Pacific, 11:35 pm Central on NBC. San Francisco Chronicle TV columnist Tim Goodman writes about Conan’s SF visit in today’s paper. And this just in from Dan McGonagle: … Read more

Proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Ithaca Whereas, the Grateful Dead have been recognized by many highly credible organizations, individuals and entities including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as significantly important and integral to the musical and social fabric of our contemporary culture, and whereas, on May 8th, 1977 the Grateful … Read more

From the Springfield (Illinois) Journal-Register, news of a benefit concert for Bill Laymon, longtime bassist of the David Nelson Band (and before that, the New Riders) and just as sweet a guy as I’ve ever known: Medicinal music Local performers unite to assist typhus-stricken bassist with bills By NICK ROGERS Music and modesty have been … Read more

A nice review of my new CD, TWISTED LOVE SONGS, posted on a mailing list by Jon Winer and reposted here with permission: David Gans ran into God a couple of weeks ago.  Or so the song goes.  It is a bit of an awkward meeting – agnostic meets God, but God is decidedly more … Read more

Just got this email from MunckMix. If you heard the Ratdog spring tour highlights on last night’s Dead to the World, you may be interested in getting some of these shows. Bob Weir and RatDog completed their 2007 Spring Tour a little over two weeks ago, and recordings from all shows are available at ratdoglive.com . This … Read more

NUGS.NET ENLISTS DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, JACK JOHNSON, PHISH, GRATEFUL DEAD & OTHERS FOR A LIVE DOWNLOAD COMPILATION TO BENEFIT ROCK THE EARTH MUSIC FOR THE PLANET: a nugs.net BENEFIT ALBUM FOR ROCK THE EARTH TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA – Nugs.net, the leader in live music downloads, has assembled … Read more

Salon has a piece on the fate of “Dylan Hears a Who,” a brilliant cultural mashup of Bob Dylan and Dr. Suess that unfortunately ran afoul of copyright law. Tangled up in Seuss When a musician recorded “Green Eggs and Ham” in the voice of vintage Bob Dylan and posted it online, the Grinch estate … Read more

Last week I received a copy of David Bromberg‘s new solo acoustic CD Try Me One More Time (Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1099), which contains several songs of interest to the GD audience. I’ll be featuring “It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” in GD Hour #971, and I may … Read more