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I just got the news I have been waiting for since I don’t remember when: one of our thank-you gifts for the KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon this Saturday will be a download-only Best of the Grateful Dead Hour, volume 2. Grateful Dead 5/19/74 Coliseum, Portland OR TRUCKIN’-> JAM-> NOT FADE AWAY-> GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD … Read more
Very cool!
This was during a rehearsal for “First Fusion,” a collaboration between Bob Weir and the Marin Symphony. The event takes place 5/7/11 and you can read all about it (and get tickets) here.
Sorry for the delay, friends! The annual KPFA Grateful Dead marathon has been set for Saturday, February 19, 9:00 am to 1:00 am. Stay tuned for details.
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists on recording “Row Jimmy” I spent most of my young-adult life with a healthy, if somewhat misdirected, dislike for the Grateful Dead. What was this based on? I don’t know. Bob Weir songs. Songs that eschewed structure in favor of indiscriminate noodling. The ocean of hippies making their way towards Autzen Stadium … Read more
Conversations with the Dead is now available as an e-book!
Posting a request from the author: I’m just in the very beginning stages/brainstorming a book on the concert from 5.8.77. Widely considered to be the best show the band ever played, I’m hoping to gather enough photographs, recollections and other assorted information to turn the book into an oral biography. But of a show, not … Read more
I spent the last two evenings with Dark Star Orchestra at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. Friday night they played 6/7/77, very much in the band’s wheelhouse for all incarnations. But last night they covered some new ground: an April 1969 show that had originally happened in the ballroom right next door to where … Read more
I am seriously into this new CD by 7 Walkers, released today. Deep swampy grooves (Bill Kreutzmann on drums), great singing by Papa Mali, amazing production, and the Robert Hunter lyrics are powerful and rich. Thursday, December 9 Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville CT Friday, December 10 Narrow Center for the Arts Fall River MA Saturday, … Read more