A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Heading out to the Mountain Time Zone for eight shows in ten days, and then I play in two bands at the Freight and Salvage on June 21! Saturday, June 8: House concert in Las Vegas NV. Sunday, June 9: Boulder Mesa Cafe, Boulder UT Monday, June 10: Robber’s Roost Book Store, Torrey UT Wednesday, … Read more
Appalachian Jamwich had kind words about my set with the Rumpke Mountain Boys at the Dark Star Jubilee on May 25: Rumpke Mountain Boys surprise everyone by showing up early at the festival to play with David Gans. They play a plucky little “Shakedown Street,” then some David Gans originals that describe his history with … Read more
Short video for “Drop the Bone,” the song I co-wrote with Peter Rowan. It’s on his new CD The Old School.
Friday, May 17, 9pm: Sycamore Slough String Band and Melody Walker at the Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley CA Sunday, May 19: Kuzzinz, 3006 North County Road 25A, Troy OH Tuesday, May 21: Rumpke Mountain Boys and DG at Stanley’s Pub, 323 Stanley Ave., Cincinnati OH. (513) 871-6249 Wednesday, May 22: Rumpke Mountain Boys … Read more
I am so happy to be returning to the Gathering of the Vibes again this year! Advance tickets are available now!
Fellow Traveler: A Rock & Roll Fable by James D. McCallister Fellow Traveler is as worthy a document of the latter-day Grateful Dead experience as any I’ve read, fictional or historical. I think it will work as well for people who aren’t steeped in the Deadhead culture as it does for those who are. McCallister … Read more
Excellent interview with Louis C.K. in the current Rolling Stone (but I can’t find a public URL for it). He says something about how he performs that I think is also a good explanation of why I (and my inspiration, the Grateful Dead) prefer to do it differently every time rather than settle on one … Read more
An instrumental duet with Andy Goessling, from my 2008 CD The Ones That Look the Weirdest Taste the Best, produced by Tim Carbone.
From Sue Kern at KFCF in Fresno: Woody Guthrie’s song, “Deportees,” about the plane that caught fire over Los Gatos canyon, was actually about a crash that occurred in Coalinga, in Fresno County. The 28 Mexican nationals who died were being deported back to Mexico after working in the California fields, and the news accounts at … Read more
A rough mix of an outtake from the first rehearsals of Sycamore Slough String Band, January 2012.