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 January 4, 2016 Part 1 24:34 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara LOOKS LIKE RAIN TENNESSEE JED JACK STRAW Part 2 30:57 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara SAMSON AND DELILAH SHIP OF FOOLS Dead and Company 11/7/15 Madison Square Garden, New York City ST. STEPHEN Support for the … Read more
Very nice preview article by Lou Fancher. Blair and I will be at the Lafayette (CA) Library next Thursday, January 7. Here is info about the event. An excerpt: “Capturing the band’s essential aura through the words of band members and their collaborators is riveting, even for readers who don’t claim to be Deadheads. The … Read more
Week of December 28, 2015 Part 1 34:02 Grateful Dead 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbara BERTHA-> GOOD LOVIN’ DIRE WOLF ME AND MY UNCLE-> BIG RIVER BROWN-EYED WOMEN Part 2 21:58 Circles Around the Sun, Interludes for the Dead SCARLOTTA’S MAGNOLIAS Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Deluxe Edition) VISIONS … Read more
Week of December 21, 2015 Part 1 42:24 Grateful Dead 6/28/88 Saratoga (NY) Performing Arts Center SPACE-> I WILL TAKE YOU HOME-> GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD-> I NEED A MIRACLE-> STELLA BLUE-> NOT FADE AWAY Part 2 13:50 Dennis McNally, Jerry on Jerry: The Unpublished Jerry Garcia Interviews Jerry Garcia on playing music … Read more
Deadheads have heard their favorite band’s songs covered by a wide range of other musicians, from cover bands to artists as diverse as Jane’s Addiction and Patti Smith. David Gans has long been an accomplished performer of the Grateful Dead’s songbook, and It’s A Hand-Me-Down gathers thirteen of his most inspired performances in a beautifully sequenced release … Read more
Another “outtake” from This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead by Blair Jackson and David Gans, published November 10, 2015 by Flatiron Books. (You can order a signed copy here.) Blair and I turned in a manuscript that was much, much longer than the publisher expected. Bob Miller, … Read more
Week of December 14, 2015 Part 1 24:04 Dead & Company 11/7/15 Madison Square Garden, New York City HELP ON THE WAY-> SLIPKNOT!-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER Part 2 30:45 Grateful Dead 6/28/88 Saratoga (NY) Performing Arts Center ESTIMATED PROPHET-> CRAZY FINGERS-> DRUMS Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Dead and Company – … Read more
WSDL 90.7 Delmarva Public Radio, Salisbury MD will air the GD Hour Thursdays at 9pm starting January 7!
Week of December 7, 2015 Part 1 32:33 Grateful Dead 6/28/88 Saratoga (NY) Performing Arts Center VICTIM OR THE CRIME FOOLISH HEART Talk Circles Round the Sun, Interludes for the Dead GINGER SAYS Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12 (Deluxe Edition) IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN … Read more
Week of November 30, 2015 Part 1 27:17 Grateful Dead 6/28/88 Saratoga (NY) Performing Arts Center HELL IN A BUCKET-> BERTHA WALKIN’ BLUES CANDYMAN Part 2 28:40 Grateful Dead 6/28/88 Saratoga (NY) Performing Arts Center WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE ROW JIMMY Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead TRUCKIN’ Support for the … Read more