A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
KPFA – Always Relevant, Never Commercial The media landscape in this country is changing significantly, as newspapers go out of business, the music industry collapses, and the broadcast media contracts. The culture and information that KPFA provides is becoming ever more rare. KPFA has bucked the trend by expanding its news coverage with a groundbreaking … Read more
Tom Davis has a new memoir, Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. I interviewed the Emmy-winning former Saturday Night Live writer/performer at my house a few weeks ago. Excerpts will air on the Grateful Dead Hour and on KPFA’s Dead to the World, but you can hear it in its entirety right here (66 minutes). … Read more
The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best continues at #6 on the Jambands.Com chart. And this review just in from Rip Rense in LA: David Gans does not come to singing by effortless grace, by his own admission. He has worked long and hard, and paid a lot of performance dues, to become … Read more
News from my favorite festival! Subject: MagMusic Newsflash Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:14:44 -0400 From: Magnolia Music & Events Dear Festival Family, We are extending our Extra Special Early Bird Tickets for $100 each a little bit longer. These MagnoliaFest Tickets are on sale online now for at least another week. Phone orders will only be accepted now … Read more
Filmmaker Steve Hurlburt is blogging his way around Dead tour. The man who made Dreadheads: Portrait of a Subculture is doing some filming along the way, and seeing plenty of sights as well. He skipped the 4/24 show in favor of a performance of Terry Riley’s “In C” – “A wise decision,” as Bill Graham … Read more
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Listen to what Lawrence O’Donnell says in this piece.
GRATEFUL DEAD’S BILL KREUTZMANN ANNOUNCES SUMMER DATES FOR BK3: KREUTZMANN FEATURING JAMES “HUTCH” HUTCHINSON AND SCOTT MURAWSKI Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead drummer for the band’s entire thirty-year career, tours this summer with his potent new trio project, BK3. For the summer run, BK3 features bassist James “Hutch” Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt) and guitarist Scott Murawski (Max … Read more
I was in Missouri last weekend at Camp Zoe, and immediately after my set was the first-ever public performance of The Donna Jean Godchaux Band featuring Jeff Mattson. I enjoyed their set very much. Their set included several originals (including a brand-new song by Donna Jean) and some old favorites. Check out The Way You … Read more
“Seeds and Stems” from Camp Zoe 4/17/09, with Mike D. on bass. Includes my story of being stopped at a checkpoint on my way to the gig.
Last night I ended my set at Camp Zoe with a very special trio of guests: Donna Jean Godchaux and her bandmates Jeff Mattson (guitar) and Joe Chirco (drums). We performed “Cassidy,” and here it is. And immediately after my set, the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson played its first-ever show; they sounded … Read more