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Grateful Dead Hour no. 1474

Week of December 19, 2016 Part 1 11:36 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band 12/6/87 Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles CA (Round Records) CHRISTMAS TIME’S A-COMIN’ Talk Hart Valley Drifters, Folk Time NINE POUND HAMMER Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, The Survivors Live (Razor & Tie) GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD Part 2 44:19 Grateful Dead 7/1/73 Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City CA MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP ME AND MY UNCLE SUGAREE THE RACE IS ON BROWN EYED WOMEN LOOKS LIKE RAIN DON’T EASE ME IN BIG RIVER
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The new year starts at The Cap with an unbelievable week of music! Wednesday, December 28, O.A.R blends reggae and jam, and on December 30 and 31 it’s Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, one of the most exciting Grateful Dead tributes on the scene. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com Love Some Tea – grown and harvested naturally in Northern Thailand by the Hmong Hilltribe people. These plantation-free teas are flavored by hand, with all natural ingredients. Love Some Tea is sustainable hand-grown tea, and all the founders are Deadheads. The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, inviting you to visit jerrygarcia.com for a download of “Christmas Time’s A-Comin’” by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band and for information on the new release Folk Time by the Hart Valley Drifters. This is the earliest known studio recording of Jerry Garcia, showcasing his folk & bluegrass roots – also featuring Robert Hunter and David Nelson. Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from coast to coast May 27 through July 1. Complete details and ticketing at deadandcompany.com. That’s Dead and Company, on tour from May 27 through July 1.

DG’s Northern California gigs

A most unusual circumstance: several consecutive performances close to home! Details and more future gigs at dgans.com/gigs.html

  • Sunday, December 18, 7:30pm: David Gans and the Broken Angels (Jordan Feinstein, Robin Sylvester, Jeff Hobbs, and Neil Hampton) at McNear’s Mystic Theatre, 23 Petaluma Blvd., Petaluma CA. Book signing/meet’n’greet with DG and Blair Jackson before the show! Dead Again opens. Advance tickets are available .
  • Friday, December 23, 7:30pm: Joe Burke, DG, and Amber Allen at the Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street, San Francisco. No cover! Facebook event.
  • Friday, January 6, 8-10pm: DG and the Broken Angels at Murphy’s Irish Pub, 464 First Street East, Sonoma CA. Jeff Hobbs on sax, violin, etc; Robin Sylvester on bass; Neil Hampton on percussion. No cover!
  • Sunday, January 8, 10am to 2pm: Kensington Farmers’ Market – Colusa Circle, Kensington CA. Free!

Grateful Dead Hour no. 1473

Week of December 12, 2016

Part 1 30:04
Holly Bowling, Better Left Unsung (RPF)
DARK STAR

Part 2 24:53
Grateful Dead rehearsal (date unknown)
LOVELIGHT
Grateful Dead, Fallout from the Phil Zone (Grateful Dead) (3/18/95)
VISIONS OF JOHANNA

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

Love Some Tea – grown and harvested naturally in Northern Thailand by the Hmong Hilltribe people. These plantation-free teas are flavored by hand, with all natural ingredients. Love Some Tea is sustainable hand-grown tea, and all the founders are Deadheads.

The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, getting ready for the New Year with three nights of jamband madness. O.A.R will return to The Cap on December 28, followed by Joe Russo’s Almost Dead on December 30 + 31! December 30 is SOLD OUT, but tickets remain for New Year’s Eve. Events, information, and ticketing at thecapitoltheatre.com.

Rob Catterton, announcing A Grand Piano Tribute to the Grateful Dead, an album of thoughtful and unique solo-piano interpretations of ten Grateful Dead favorites. A Grand Piano Tribute to the Grateful Dead by Rob Catterton is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.

The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, inviting you to visit jerrygarcia.com for a download of “Christmas Time’s A-Comin’” by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band and for information on the new release Folk Time by the Hart Valley Drifters. This is the earliest known studio recording of Jerry Garcia, showcasing his folk & bluegrass roots – also featuring Robert Hunter and David Nelson.