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.
From NRPS.net: JOHN “MARMADUKE” DAWSON (1945-2009) John passed away peacefully on July 21, 2009 at the age of 64 in Mexico, where he had retired several years ago. It is with great sadness that we relay this news, and extend our deepest condolences to his family and all his many fans out there. His songs … Read more
Week of July 20, 2009 Part 1 27:38 Introduction Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead 6/30/87 Kingswood Music Theater, Maple, Ontario FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN Part 2 28:02 Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead 6/30/88 Silver Stadium, Rochester NY HE’S GONE Interview: Peter Conners Grateful Dead, Built to Last BLOW AWAY Peter Conners is the author of … Read more
Week of July 13, 2009 Part 1 31:13 Introduction Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 3: Wall of Sound PLAYING IN THE BAND (6/16/74) Part 2 24:42 Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 2 no. 3: Wall of Sound JAM-> THE OTHER ONE (6/18/74) Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from Warner … Read more
Co-host Gary Lambert and I paid tribute to our departed friend Al Feldstein, on “Tales from the Golden Road” (on the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel) June 28. Here’s the audio (14:42 MP3).
Week of July 6, 2009 Part 1 29:52 Introduction Grateful Dead 7/19/74 Selland Arena, Fresno CA WEATHER REPORT PRELUDE-> WEATHER REPORT PART-> LET IT GROW-> ]AM-> SPANISH JAM-> Part 2 26:03 Grateful Dead 7/19/74 Selland Arena, Fresno CA EYES OF THE WORLD-> CHINA DOLL This is one of my favorite hours of 1974, which is … Read more
I’m going through Al‘s WELL posts as time permits, in between my real work ‘n’ stuff. He was a big Bruce Hornsby fan. Here are some of his remarks on the subject: gd.old.148.39: Alan Feldstein (fiddle) Wed 26 Aug 92 09:07 The Bruce/No Bruce question has, unfortunately, been answered by Bruce’s absence. For my ears, … Read more
Week of June 29, 2009 Part 1 24:49 Introduction Interview: David Nelson New Riders of the Purple Sage, Where I Come From WHERE I COME FROM (Radio edit) Interview: David Nelson New Riders of the Purple Sage, Where I Come From BARRACUDA MOON (Radio edit) Interview: David Nelson Bob Dylan, Together Through Life IT’S ALL … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Because live music’s what it’s all about… Jemimah Puddleduck will celebrate the release of Mark Karan’s Walk Through the Fire by playing on David Gans’ Dead to the World show on KPFA on July 1st, 2009, from 8 pm to about 9:30 pm. You can hear the program live on kpfa.org; it … Read more
Week of June 22, 2009 Part 1 42:24 Introduction Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA DRUMS-> SPACE-> THE OTHER ONE-> STELLA BLUE-> LOVELIGHT Part 2 13:42 Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA JUST LIKE TOM THUMB’S BLUES TOUCH OF GREY The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week … Read more
Week of June 15, 2009 Part 1 40:02 Introduction Grateful Dead 11/8/87 Henry J Kaiser, Oakland CA CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER-> I KNOW YOU RIDER-> LOOKS LIKE RAIN-> CRAZY FINGERS-> TRUCKIN’-> DRUMS Part 2 15:23 Interview: Tom Davis The Tom Davis Experience FREE ZONE THE DIFFERENCE Interview: Tom Davis The final installment of the Tom Davis … Read more