Grateful Dead Hour

We lost WAER Syracuse NY at the end of June. We’re about to add a new station, WEXT, in Troy NY. Details to come ASAP. GD Hour station list is here.

MSN Music has a nice Bob Weir interview by Alan Light. I appreciated this observation from the intro: What is most interesting about “Three From the Vault” is not the backstory but the sound. It documents the band at an especially intriguing moment: fresh off the releases of “American Beauty” and “Workingman’s Dead,” their two … Read more

Week of July 2, 2007 or later Part 1 31:22 Grateful Dead 4/15/89 The Mecca, Milwaukee WI MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP-> FEEL LIKE A STRANGER-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER-> WALKIN’ BLUES Part 2 25:33 Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Interview: David Dodd Grateful Dead, In the Dark THROWING STONES Interview: David Dodd David Dodd is the creator … Read more

Week of June 25, 2007 Part 1 32:18 Ollabelle 1/20/07 American Beauty Project, New York City UNCLE JOHN’S BAND Interviews (backstage and onstage): Amy Helm, Tony Leone, John Schaefer Ollabelle 1/21/07 American Beauty Project, New York City BROKEDOWN PALACE Ollabelle, Riverside Battle Songs RIVERSIDE REACH FOR LOVE LAST LULLABY Part 2 24:07 Grateful Dead, Three … Read more

Week of June 18, 2007 Part 1 41:00 Interview: Mark Karan Mark Karan Bob Weir, et al., unreleased studio recording ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER Interview: Mark Karan Mark Karan et al., unreleased studio recording LOVE IN VAIN Interview: Mark Karan Jemimah Puddleduck, unreleased studio recording I THINK IT’S GONNA RAIN TODAY Interview: Mark Karan Ratdog … Read more

Week of June 11, 2007 Part 1 28:32 Ratdog 3/19/07 Ram’s Head Live, Baltimore MD WEATHER REPORT SUITE Interview: Mark Karan Part 2 27:53 Interview: Mark Karan Ratdog 3/24/07 Memorial Auditorium, Greensboro NC MONEY FOR GASOLINE Ratdog 3/9/07 Beacon Theater, New York City TENNESSEE JED Interview: Mark Karan Grateful Dead, Three from the Vault (2/19/71) … Read more

I made these Three from the Vault promo clips for Rhino – an audio montage of each disc, with visuals from the CD package and the new DeadNet site. Disc 1 Disc 2

Bob Weir 6/8/75, originally uploaded by dgans.

From DeadNet: Fifteen Years Later, right on time… Three From The Vault A magnificent gem from the band’s historic February ’71, Port Chester, run that closes the loop on the seminal From The Vault series — the series that spawned all Grateful Dead vault releases. A glowing tribute to one of the band’s most prolific … Read more

Rhino is taking pre-orders for Three from the Vault (2/19/71) on the new DeadNet. I’ll be offering a sneak preview of the 2-disc set tonight on Dead to the World (8-10pm PDT on 94.1 fm in northern California, and streaming online at kpfa.org and kfcf.org) You’ll also hear, as promised, set 2 of 5/26/73 at … Read more