Triple book review
Deadspin looks at Bill Kreutzmann’s Deal, David Browne’s So Many Roads, and our This Is All a Dream We Dreamed The Grateful Dead Literary-Industrial Complex Is A Long, Strange Trip All Its Own
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DG-BJ interview on KPFA
David and Blair, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky on KPFA‘s Bookwaves. Originally broacast 1/14/16. Click here for the extended podcast version.
Book, CD, and gig update
November 10 was the publication date for THIS IS ALL A DREAM WE DREAMED: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD by Blair Jackson and David Gans. You can order a signed (by both authors) copy direct from me And I have TWO new records! Many of you contributed to the Kickstarter campaign for my … Read more
Barry Barnes review
This review was posted as a comment by Barry Barnes, author of Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the Grateful Dead. I thought it deserved a post of its own! I’ve been following David’s musical development for the past 18 years, and I’ve seen him at least once every year as well as … Read more
Buy “You Are Here”
An album of original material. Featuring Mark Karan, Robin Sylvester, Mookie Siegel, Jacob Groopman, J Raoul Brody, Leif Karlstrom, et al. Blue Roses, Desert of Love, Plum Wine/Plum Jam, Therapy Blues, These Apartments, Shut Up and Listen*, Honeydew, Ran Into God * lyrics by Robert Hunter! Also available on Festivalink and iTunes
Buy both CDs
Here’s a link to order the two new CDs together: More info, track lists, etc. here.
“It’s a Hand-Me-Down” in high-res
My new album of Grateful Dead songs, It’s a Hand-Me-Down, is now available in 96-24 from HDTracks! And here’s a link to all the ways to get the album.
It’s a Hand-Me-Down: DG’s GD CD (and download)
David Gans: It’s a Hand-Me-Down An album of “solo electric” interpretations of songs by the Grateful Dead. Tracks: Stagger Lee, Lazy River Road, Ship of Fools-> Loser, Looks Like Rain, Wharf Rat, Stella Blue, Black Peter-> New Speedway Boogie, Deal, Terrapin Station, Attics of My Life, Brokedown Palace Available on Festivalink, Bandcamp, CDBaby, iTunes, and … Read more
SF Chronicle review of TIAADWD
The Chronicle was kind enough to get Chris Willman, a music writer of national stature, to review our book! Aside from a couple of VERY minor quibbles about one paragraph (this is Blair’s fifth GD book, not his third, etc.), this is about as good as we could ever have asked for! If form should … Read more