DG returns to Buffalo August 19
Doors open at 3. DG will host SiriusXM’s Tales from the Golden Road from 4 to 6, then play a solo set, followed by the Garcia Preservation Society. Admission is $10. More info at dgans.com/gigs.html
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Originality
There’s a big story in the New Yorker this week, “We Are Alive: Bruce Springsteen at Sixty-Two.” Well worth the read, even if you don’t care for his music. One particular statement by his bandmate Steven Van Zandt caught my eye: For Van Zandt, [Springsteen’s] intensity was a lure. He recognized in Springsteen a drive … Read more
Jim LeBrecht profiled in SF Chronicle
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle has an article about Jim LeBrecht, sound designer at Berkeley Sound Artists. Jim is a good friend and one of the most amazing people I know. The author is Edward Guthmann, also a friend. I was so proud to find them together in the paper today. I knew Jim’s name from … Read more
On tour in the east!
Tonight: A performance at Neverdun Farm in Kennebunkport, Maine (contact me ASAP if you’d like to attend). An starting tomorrow: The Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport CT. Thursday thru Sunday!
Free music in Berkeley July 14 10am-1pm
Saturday, July 14, 10 am to 1 pm: David Gans, Maurice Tani, and The Secret Identities (Mario DeSio and Kenny Dinkin) play for free in the garden next door to Toot Sweets on Gilman Street in Berkeley (right next to the BART tracks).
Gans gig update
DGans in what’s left of July: Thursday, July 12, 5:30-7:30 pm: Sycamore Slough String Band at the Marin Art and Garden Center, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross CA. Adults $10, kids 21 and under free. Advance tickets at www.magc.org or call 415-455-5260 x3 Saturday, July 14, 10 am to 1 pm: DG, Maurice Tani, … Read more
DG and Garrin on the KPFA archive
Garrin Benfield and I played live on KPFA’s Sing Out! with Larry Kelp last night. You can hear it on the KPFA archive – we start a few minutes into the program, after Maddy Streicek’s song. The archive will be up until June 20. We’re promoting our show at the Freight and Salvage tonight, which … Read more
DG and Garrin Benfield at the Freight 6/7 – webcast too!
David Gans performs at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley Thursday, June 7 at 8pm. It’s a co-bill with Garrin Benfield, and we’ll play together at the end of the show. Advance tickets are available here. The event will be webcast via Concert Window (sign up on the day of the show).
Live webcast from the Freight and Salvage Thu 6/7
Garrin Benfield and I will be live-streaming our upcoming concert at the Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, which starts at 8 pm PDT on Thursday, June 7. Wherever you are in the world, you can tune in! You can purchase tickets for $3 the day of the show at www.concertwindow.com/thefreight. The show will not be taped, … Read more
Yarmony Grass Festival in Colorado August 4-5
I am so happy to be part of this amazing lineup!!