A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Mickey Hart, 1985 – photo by Rosie McGee 8×10, matted, signed by the photographer. Auction begins now and ends at noon PST on Wednesday, February 1. Bidding begins at $100. Bid by posting in the comments section below, and please keep coming back to top competing bids! Proceeds go to KPFA
Bob Weir 3/31/94 – photo by John Rottet 5×8, unmounted, signed by the photographer. Auction begins now and ends at noon PST on Wednesday, February 1. Bidding begins at $25. Bid by posting in the comments section below, and please keep coming back to top competing bids! Proceeds go to KPFA
Jerry Garcia 3/30/89 – photo by John Rottet 8×10, unmounted, signed by the photographer. Auction begins now and ends at noon PST on Wednesday, February 1. Bidding begins at $25. Bid by posting in the comments section below, and please keep coming back to top competing bids! Proceeds go to KPFA
Jerry Garcia, interviewed by Bonnie Simmons on KSAN January 23, 1976: Simmons: [A listener asked] whether you plan to do a lot more steel work. Garcia: I don’t think so. The instrument is too difficult for me, frankly. I’d have to play it an awful lt, and I’d need about ten years to get to … Read more
Thursday, August 11, 8:30 pm at the Ashkenas, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley! Doors at 8, show at 8:30. Buy tickets online. From the Ashkenaz web site: Jerome John Garcia would have turned 69 in August. Although his body is gone, Jerry Garcia’s spirit and music have never been more alive. That spirit is the … Read more
Here’s a permanent link to an interview with Mickey Hart in his studio 8/2/11. This was broadcast on KPFA and on the Grateful Dead Hour in August 2011. He talks about his new band, and about “sonification” (in collaboration with George Smoot) of radiotelescope data dating back to The Big Bang, and other fun stuff.
Jeffrey Norman is nearing the end of his marathon mixing project: Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings. I talked with him about it in February, and I stopped in again on June 3 to see how he’s doing. Listen here.
My interview with mastering engineer Dave Glasser has been posted on DeadNet. Dave is mastering the huge and mindblowing boxed set Europe 72: The Complete Recordings. I talked with Dave in his mastering room in Boulder, Colorado on March 26, 2011. Before we started, he sat me down in the sweet spot and played me … Read more
Here is the show-ending “Attics of My Life” from the Bob Weir-Marin Symphony First Fusion benefit, recorded May 7, 2011 by Todd Hinden.
Excellent review by Tyler Blue of the 4/20 theatrical showing of the Grateful Dead Movie. The movie is coming back to theaters on May 5.