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.
Week of October 9, 2017 Part 1 10:57 Dead & Company 6/3/17 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View CA CANDYMAN Part 2 44:38 Grateful Dead 8/15/71 Berkeley Community Theater TRUCKIN’-> DRUMS-> THE OTHER ONE-> JAM-> ME AND MY UNCLE-> THE OTHER ONE-> WHARF RAT Continuing with 8/15/71, Grateful Dead at the Berkeley Community Theater. This is exactly … Read more
Nov 12 Joe Chelius Nov 14 Jessica Scott Nov 16 Michelle Daschka
Week of October 2, 2017 Part 1 19:31 Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, GarciaLive Volume 9 (8/11/74) LA LA Part 2 35:08 Grateful Dead 8/15/71 Berkeley Community Theater WHITE RABBIT RIFF PROMISED LAND BIG BOSS MAN CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER ME AND BOBBY McGEE CASEY JONES Continuing with the tape we started … Read more
Interview with Michael Norman Mann, author of the new play “Red Roses, Green Gold,” based on the music of the Grateful Dead. This will air on the GDH the week of October 16, but previews are starting soon so I wanted to get the word out.
Posted here with the writer’s permission: Dear David: Through dead.net, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying archival presentations of your program “The Grateful Dead Hour” while slogging through stuff I have to deal with at the office. The Grateful Dead are 22 years past-tense, and from what I understand, finding their more listenable material requires going even … Read more
Dead & Company ticket giveaway! I’ve got one pair for each show on the upcoming tour. We’re gonna offer them one show at a time. Note: this is admission only. Just a pair of tickets. First show is Sunday, November 12 at Madison Square Garden. If you’d like a pair of tickets to this show, … Read more
Week of September 25, 2017 Part 1 28:20 Dead & Company 6/1/17 Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA TERRAPIN STATION-> DARK STAR Bob Dylan, World Gone Wrong (Columbia) STACK A LEE Part 2 27:27 Grateful Dead 8/15/71 Berkeley Community Theater BIG RAILROAD BLUES PLAYING IN THE BAND MR. CHARLIE CUMBERLAND BLUES SUGAREE Starting in on the … Read more
We knew this was coming. The new owners are taking over at WNKU, and all their current programming – including the GD Hour – will cease after this week. Damn. Cincinnati-area listeners, is there another radio station that might be interested? You still have Ramblin’ Rob’s Greatest Story Ever Told, Thursdays 8-10pm on WAIF 88.3 … Read more
Week of September 18, 2017 Part 1 25:08 Panel discussion 6/10/17 at Folsom Field, Boulder CO Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, and Mickey Hart interviewed by G Brown Gregg Allman, Southern Blood (Rounder) BLACK MUDDY RIVER Part 2 30:37 Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR SUGAR MAGNOLIA SING ME BACK HOME NOT FADE AWAY-> GOIN’ … Read more
Week of September 11, 2017 Part 1 12:54 Dead & Company 5/27/17 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas NV JACK STRAW Part 2 42:39 Grateful Dead 7/25/72 Paramount Theater, Portland OR THE OTHER ONE-> BASS SOLO-> THE OTHER ONE-> WHARF RAT Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from The Capitol Theatre in … Read more