Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1527
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Red Roses, Green Gold – A New Show from MWM Live by Michael Norman Mann, featuring the songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. Playing in New York City’s Greenwich Village at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com or RedRosesGreenGold.com. The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. Colorado blues-rockers and H.O.R.D.E. Tour alumni Big Head Todd and The Monsters play The Cap on January 27. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.
DROP THE BONE – CD and bonus disc now available!
Drop the Bone is David Gans‘s new studio album of songs and improvisations, featuring Holly Bowling, Bob Bralove, J Raoul Brody, Jordan Feinstein, Terry Haggerty, Neil Hampton, John Hanes, Joe Kyle Jr., Robin Sylvester, Rubber Souldiers, Eric & Suzy Thompson, and other musicians.
Life Is a Jam
Be Like Earl
Summer By the Bay
River and Drown
Pleased to Meet You, part 2
Your Movie
That Strain We like
Box of Rain
Pancho and Lefty
Quarter to Five (for Tina Loney)
Here Comes the Sun
Drop the Bone is also available on bandcamp and nugs.net
Also available: the Drop the Bone Bonus Disc:
Summer By the Bay (radio edit)
Life Is a Jam (radio edit)
Pancho and Lefty (radio edit)
Be Like Earl (2015 studio demo)
Pleased to Meet You, part 1
Life Is a Jam (alternate take, with jam)
Summer By the Bay (alternate take, with jam)
Profile of Fairyland’s C.J. Hirschfield
I scored a delightful assignment: a profile (with photos) of my dear friend C.J. Hirschfield for the Splash Pad News.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1526
Week of December 18, 2017
Part 1 27:08
Dead & Company 11/25/17 Nationwide Arena, Columbus OH
CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER->
IF I HAD THE WORLD TO GIVE->
I KNOW YOU RIDER
Part 2 28:41
Dead & Company 12/1/17 American Airlines Center, Dallas TX
DEEP ELLEM BLUES
Dead & Company 11/21/17 Capital One Arena, Washington DC
DEAL
David Gans, Drop the Bone (Perfectible Recordings)
SUMMER BY THE BAY
Great to hear the sweet tenor of bassist Oteil Burbridge a little more on this tour. He’s taking the Jerry ballads to wonderful new places! “If I Had the World to Give” appeared on the Dead’s 1978 album Shakedown Street but was only performed live a handful of times by the Dead.
Dead & Company live shows are available in a variety of formats from livedead.co
My new studio album is called Drop the Bone. You can read about it, hear some samples, and download it from bandcamp right now! It’s got eight original songs and jams, plus one GD favorite (“Box of Rain”), the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun,” and the Townes Van Zandt classic “Pancho and Lefty.”
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
Red Roses, Green Gold – A New Show from MWM Live by Michael Norman Mann, featuring the songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. Playing in New York City’s Greenwich Village at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com or RedRosesGreenGold.com.
The Capitol Theatre and Garcia’s in Port Chester, New York. Big Head Todd and the Monsters bring their legendary blues-rock at The Cap on Saturday, January 27. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com
January tour with The Grass Is Dead
Delighted to be hitting the road with The Grass Is Dead in January!
Friday, January 19: Gypsy Sally’s, Washington DC
Saturday, January 20: Rex Theater, Pittsburgh PA
Sunday, January 21: The Winchester, Lakewood OH. Advance tickets here
Wednesday, January 24: Brooklyn Bowl. Advance tickets here
Thursday, January 25: Funk ‘n’ Waffles, Syracuse NY. Advance tickets here
Friday, January 26: Buffalo Iron Works in Buffalo NY. Advance tickets here
More info, and more gigs, here!


