Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Glide Magazine reviews TIAADWD
…one of the greatest virtues of An Oral History of the Grateful Dead is the palpable way the discourse captures the good-natured whimsy and openness to serendipity at the heart of the band’s formation on through much of their career…
NYSMusic reviews “It’s a Hand-Me-Down”
Review by Neil Benjamin, Jr.
“…Gans strips down some of the Dead’s most cherished songs and serves them up the way he sees them. For a guy with a Ph.D in the Grateful Dead, he’s as qualified as anyone to give an inside perspective at what the Dead’s music means to him.
“The soft and serene tracks are perfect background music for a dinner party or solo reading time. Gans’ voice is unique, but similar enough to Garcia’s that you feel that comfortable peace that came with every word the man sang.”
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1432
Week of February 29, 2016
Part 1 38:29
Grateful Dead 6/8/90 Cal Expo, Sacramento CA
COLD RAIN AND SNOW
WALKIN’ BLUES
EASY TO LOVE YOU
JACKAROE
QUEEN JANE, APPROXIMATELY
HIGH TIME
Part 2 17:14
Infamous Stringdusters 2/19/16 Wonder Ballroom, Portland
JACK STRAW
Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead
EASY WIND
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. On Friday, March 11, come reach for the sky, and keep your eye on the prize as Matisyahu spreads positive messages through music at The Cap. The following evening, Saturday, March 12, The Pink Floyd Experience will recreate a live Pink Floyd spectacular. For events, information, and ticketing visit thecapitoltheatre.com.
Dead and Company – Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – on tour from coast to coast June 10 through July 16. Complete details and ticketing at www.deadandcompany.com.
jambandsonline reviews TIAADWD
Jam Bands Online reviews the book. An excerpt:
Whether long time fan or someone seeking a look inside the history of the band, this book will offer you glimpses into not only who the band was, what they set out to do, how they did it, the ups and downs, the twists and turns, and everything and everyone who made it all work. It paints a picture, colorful and quirky, of a band’s early and humble beginnings, and takes you on their journey from playing in small spaces to the large stage. There is a larger understanding of their reputation for being the major psychedelic jam band throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s, up to Jerry Garcia’s untimely passing.
That explains the barkers and the colored balloons
It occurred to me this morning that all of us Facebook users are living on Neil Young’s “Sugar Mountain.”
Zucker = sugar
Berg = mountain