A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans: It’s a Hand-Me-Down (2015) PERF-14 An album of “solo electric” interpretations of songs by the Grateful Dead. Available on Festivalink, Bandcamp, CDBaby, iTunes, etc. CDs also available by mail. Tracks: Stagger Lee, Lazy River Road, Ship of Fools-> Loser, Looks Like Rain, Wharf Rat, Stella Blue, Black Peter-> New Speedway Boogie, Deal, Terrapin … Read more
We mixed a version of “Wharf Rat” without the “f-word,” for radio programmers who would like to play the song. You can download it here. And if you’re a radio broadcaster who would like to hear the rest of It’s a Hand-Me-Down, drop me a note and I’ll hook you up.
Here is what writer Peter Conners (Growing Up Dead, JAMerica) had to say about This Is All a Dream We Dreamed in a review on the book’s amazon page: “When it comes to Grateful Dead experts, you don’t get any more expert than David Gans and Blair Jackson. They’ve used this expertise to create an … Read more
Vanity Fair calls our book “an epic jam”! Use the link below to order a copy of This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead signed by both authors. US addresses only, please! If you’re out of the country, contact me and we’ll work something out.
“There may currently be no better introduction to the Grateful Dead than this superior tome.” Library Journal‘s starred review of This Is All a Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead: This fine oral history joins the list of essential Dead books that includes such titles as Dennis McNally’s A Long Strange … Read more
I have retired from regular hosting of of Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm on KPFA 94.1 fm Berkeley). I sent this letter to the management on October 28: Dear colleagues – I need to step down as the primary host of Dead to the World. I have a book and a CD coming out … Read more
Available in 8×10 or 11×14. Limited edition, signed (by the photographer) and numbered. Update 11/4: No more orders will be taken.
Here’s a link for my European friends to order the CD. 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
Accepting orders now for IT’S A HAND-ME-DOWN, a studio CD of David Gans’ “solo electric” interpretations of Grateful Dead songs. We’ll ship on or before Friday, November 27. US Addresses only Stagger Lee Lazy River Road Ship of Fools-> Loser Looks Like Rain Wharf Rat Stella Blue Black Peter-> New Speedway Boogie Deal Terrapin Station … Read more
Kind words from Debbie Carton, Art & Music Librarian, Berkeley Public Library – where I performed on September 13. “The … rapt audience was completely caught up in Gans’ mix of original compositions, Grateful Dead songs and rock classics (he ended the set with Springsteen’s “Thunder Road”). He has great technical facility as a guitarist, … Read more