Saunders-Garcia “Well-Matched”

Fantasy Records has just released Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia. I picked the tracks, and Blair Jackson wrote the excellent liner notes. Mystery Train • Lonely Avenue • Merl’s Tune • Positively Fourth St. • After Midnight • Welcome to the Basement • Space • I Second That Emotion (previously unreleased) … Read more

WELL GD conference 20th birthday party

The WELL‘s Grateful Dead community, which began to create itself online on March 1, 1986, celebrated its birthday with a potluck at the Log Cabin in San Anselmo, California. Tons of photos, sound and text will be coming soon. For starters: DG’s photos John’s photos Emily’s photos Dan’s photos Julie’s photos Franklin posted a video … Read more

Backstage Pass video

Justin Kreutzmann is trying to get his Backstage Pass video released on DVD, with bonus footage. From his blog, Rock and Reel: Some of you might remember a Grateful Dead home video I did a number of years ago called Backstage Pass. The concept was to take all the bits and pieces of home movies … Read more

Pretenders boxed set samplers

Hello listeners! I’ve got half a dozen copies of a 16-song sampler CD for The Pretenders‘ boxed set Pirate Radio, courtesy of Rhino Records. Pirate Radio is four CDs and a DVD; 81 tracks and 19 videos; 15 previously-unreleased tracks. Excellent music! Chrissie Hynde is one of the greats. First six people to email me … Read more