A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Playlist, program notes, and discussion of the Grateful Dead Hour.
GD Hour #130 was posted recently on DeadNet (we post a show from the GDH archives every Wednesday). And just now I stumbled across a transcript of the KPFA show from which the GDH broadcast was excerpted. My guest was Dan Healy, who was at that time the sound man for the Grateful Dead. So … Read more
Hey friends, don’t forget the annual KPFA GD Marathon this coming Saturday, January 31, 10 am to 1 am pacific time. I’ve got some rare recordings to share, including 10/14/77 and 6/27/76 soundboards. More information here, and that’s where the playlist will be posted as it happens. Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 in northern California … Read more
Week of January 26, 2009 Part 1 12:48 Phil Lesh and Friends 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco THE GOLDEN ROAD (To Unlimited Devotion) DON’T LET ME DOWN Part 2 43:07 Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, John Molo 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA ME AND MY UNCLE EL PASO TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS … Read more
From today’s SF Chronicle: The Rubber Souldiers Revue Today @ Ashkenaz: They may not have mop tops, but these fab five musicians do know how to come together and carry the weight of reinterpreting the Beatles – without being just another cover band. Led by Oakland’s David Gans on guitar and vocals, Paul Knight on … Read more
Week of January 19, 2009 Part 1 28:32 Grateful Dead 7/13/89 RFK Stadium, Washington DC TO LAY ME DOWN LET IT GROW Railroad Earth, Amen Corner THE FORECAST Part 2 26:53 Bob Weir and Ratdog 12/31/08 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA STANDING ON THE MOON-> AT A SIDING-> TERRAPIN FLYER-> TERRAPIN-> I KNOW … Read more
From GDTS TOO: Happy New Year! The Dead, featuring Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti, will play the following shows: Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. Reserved seats are available at $93.00, $69.00 and $53.50 per ticket. Doors open at … Read more
Week of January 12, 2009 Part 1 14:26 Emory Joseph, Fennario: Songs by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter RAMBLE ON ROSE Donna Jean and the Tricksters NO BETTER WAY Grateful Dead, Birth of the Dead THE ONLY TIME IS NOW Part 2 41:59 Grateful Dead 7/13/89 RFK Stadium, Washington DC HELL IN A BUCKET COLD … Read more
I’m putting together this weeks GD Hour archival post for DeadNet, and I did a little research into a wonderful song that David Nelson performs in the show (GDH 585). Look for it here tomorrow morning (Wednesday, January 7). Here’s a video of Pop Wagner performing his song “The Impressionists Two-Step”: The Impressionists Two-Step
Week of January 5, 2009 Part 1 16:45 Boris Garcia 12/10/08 KPFA performance studio, Berkeley CA THE OTHER SIDE (with Mark Karan) MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT (with Peter Rowan) Part 2 39:40 Grateful Dead 6/22/74 Miami Jai-Alai EYES OF THE WORLD-> JAM-> WHARF RAT-> SUGAR MAGNOLIA ~ JOHNNY B. GOODE Boris Garcia is a Philadelphia-based band with … Read more
Bob Minkin has posted a gallery of images from Sweet Music Everywhere, the Rex Foundation‘s 25th anniversary celebration benefit, held December 13, 2008 in San Francisco. Performers included Peter Rowan, The Rowan Brothers, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Crucial Reggae, the Peter Rowan Blue Grass Band, Michael Kang with Panjea, Jackie Greene, The Brass Mafia – and … Read more