Even more VW music (and interview)

Here are a few more pieces that didn’t make it into the six hours of broadcast tribute: Vince Welnick interview w/ David Gans 6/21/96 Studio E, Sebastopol CA Friend of the Devil – Mickey Hart Band rehearsal 4/30/00 Vince Welnick and Bobby Vega interview w/ David Gans 6/21/96 Studio E, Sebastopol CA Playing in the … Read more

Dead to the World 6/21/06: for Vince Welnick 2

Baba O’Reilly-> Tomorrow Never Knows – Grateful Dead 5/19/92 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA Playing in the Band jam-> The Same Thing – GD 12/28/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena “The Same Thing” aborted by clumsy board operator (Gans) – Sorry!! Tubular Bells – GD 9/13/93 Spectrum, Philadelphia The Days Between – GD 9/16/93 Madison Square Garden, NYC … Read more

Ode to Vince, by Prairie Prince

I got this in email from Prairie Prince this morning, and he gave me permission to post it here. Both Vince and Prairie started out in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Vince was in The Beans; Prairie was in a rival outfit called the Red, White and Blues Band. Prairie eventually joined the Beans, and in … Read more

More VW music

Here are some tracks I wasn’t able to fit into the tribute show: Children of the Future-> The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) – Affordables 10/31/92 Samba in the Rain – Vince w/ XTra Ticket 4/18/03 Scarlet Begonias – Vince with Gent Treadly 5/30/03 Wang Dang Doodle – Vince with Sugar Blue and Terrapin Flyer … Read more

Dead to the World 6/14/06: for Vince Welnick

Note: a podcast version of this broadcast, in 9 segments, is available for download. Golden Days-> Stella Blue – Missing Man Formation 7/6/96 Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco White Punks on Dope – Tubes World Tour Interview with Vince by Gary Lambert 2/13/92 jam w/ Branford Marsalis – Grateful Dead 12/31/91 Oakland Coliseum Arena Phone interview … Read more

Vince and The Persuasions

One of the most pleasant and enriching experiences of my musical life was co-producing Might as Well: The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead in the summer of 2000. The band wanted some instrumental support on this record, and I was responsible for bringing the right talents in. Vince Welnick was my first and only choice for … Read more