Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1813
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from: Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools! Nutribullet.com Pasta Jay’s in Boulder, Colorado. Pasta Jay’s has been a gathering place for Deadheads in Colorado for more than 30 years, and it’s walking distance from Folsom Field! Pasta Jay’s, 1001 Pearl Street in Boulder. The Rye Bread Music and Arts Festival, July 27 through 30 at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, just north of Albany, New York. Oteil and Friends, North Mississippi Allstars, Cool Cool Cool, Duane Betts, Brown Eyed Women, and many more. Weekend passes are available now at ryebreadfest.com. Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. All your summer tour gear in one place! Lots more information at section119.com/gdh
TONIGHT! Joe Craven, David Gans, and Mookie Siegel
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023 at The Monkey House, 1638 University Avenue, Berkeley
Joe Craven and I have been performing together for more than a year now, in a variety of contexts. For this monthly (-ish) residency at the Monkey House, we’ve been inviting a third party in for shows that mix familiar songs (often in new arrangements) and lots of improvisation.
Mookie Siegel, keyboardist of the David Nelson Band, joined us for a full-band show in Berkeley in April. It was the first time Joe and Mookie had met and jammed, and the connection was a sweet one from the start! So we’ve invited him to join us in the more intimate setting of The Monkey House tonight.
Doors at 7, show 7:30-10pm. Admission is $10-40 sliding scale. Advance tickets are recommended! Email ira@themonkeyhouse.org
Thanks to Bob Minkin for the photo of Mookie!
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1812
Week of June 12, 2023
Part 1 26:54
Dead & Company 5/19/23 The Forum, Inglewood CA
MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP
THEY LOVE EACH OTHER
Part 2 29:00
Dead & Company 5/20/23 The Forum, Inglewood CA
BIRD SONG->
DON’T EASE ME IN
Dead & Company shows are available in a variety of audio and video formats (along with an immense library of other live music!) from nugs.net. And the band is on tour until mid-July, so you cna still catch a show in person or on video!
Support for the GD Hour comes this week from:
The Rye Bread Music and Arts Festival, July 27 through 30 at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds, just north of Albany, New York. Oteil and Friends, North Mississippi Allstars, Cool Cool Cool, Duane Betts, Brown Eyed Women, and many more. Weekend passes are available now at ryebreadfest.com.
Pasta Jay’s in Boulder, Colorado. Pasta Jay’s has been a gathering place for Deadheads in Colorado for more than 30 years, and it’s walking distance from Folsom Field! Pasta Jay’s, 1001 Pearl Street in Boulder.
Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools!
The Jerry Garcia Family and Round Records, announcing GarciaLive vol. 20, showcasing the Jerry Garcia Band’s high-flying June 18th 1982 performance in Cape Cod. GarciaLive Vol. 20 is a 2-CD Set & digital download coming June 30th and available for pre-order now at GarciaFamilyProvisions.com
DG’s daily livestreams: three years and counting!
I haven’t played every single day since April 3, 2020, but I haven’t missed very many! I play most days at 4 pm Pacific, but I am starting earlier on certain days because I am also working for nugs.net on the Dead & Company tour so I need to be finished in time to watch their show!
My performances are streamed live on these platforms:
YouTube
Twitter
Facebook
Streamstock
Tip jar, CDs, signed books, t-shirts, and mugs: perfectible.net
I have played more than 500 different songs (including more than 100 unique improvisations). The top 50 (* = my original songs):
*Blue Roses 161
*The Town That Still Believes in Magic 151
*It’s Gonna Get Better 147
Days Between 137
Box of Rain 130
Scarlet Begonias 123
*Jam 119
*Save Us from the Saved 118
Terrapin Station 113
Brokedown Palace 111
Looks Like Rain 108
*Cassidy’s Cat 105
Wharf Rat 104
*That’s Real Love 104
*Leave Me 102
Sitting in Limbo 102
Friend of the Devil 102
Touch of Grey 101
*River and Drown 100
Pancho and Lefty 99
*Summer By the Bay 98
Ship of Fools 97
Forever 96
Stella Blue 95
*Be Like Earl 92
*An American Family 91
*Travelin’ Man 89
Dark Star 89
Norwegian Wood 88
*Hooker River 85
*Life Is a Jam 85
She Loves You 84
*Like a Dog 83
Bird Song 83
New Speedway Boogie 82
Promised Land 81
Althea 81
Lazy River Road 79
Here Comes Sunshine 79
*The Folk Process 77
*Jacqueline 77
Miss That Car 74
Broken Arrow 74
Black Throated Wind 72
Attics of My Life 72
Mr Soul 70
*Your Movie 70
Down to Eugene 69
*Shove in the Right Direction 69
*The Minstrel 68
Two of those songs are only half mine: “The Town That Still Believes in Magic” was written with Scott Guberman; “Shove in the Right Direction” was written with Lorin Rowan.
“Down to Eugene” was written by Jim Page; “Forever” was written by Ira Marlowe; “Miss That Car” was written by Joe Burke
I’ve gotten some press attention. The San Francisco Chronicle has covered my daily performances, and so has Live for Live Music.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1811
Week of June 5, 2023
Part 1 25:57
Grateful Dead 6/14/84 Red Rocks, Morrison CO
PLAYING IN THE BAND->
BLACK PETER->
THROWING STONES->
NOT FADE AWAY
Part 2 29:38
Grateful Dead 6/14/84 Red Rocks, Morrison CO
US BLUES
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, So What (Acoustic Disc)
SO WHAT (Take 1, 6/4/92)
Grateful Dead 5/13/73 Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines
HE’S GONE
5/13/73 is one of five complete Grateful Dead concert recordings in the boxed set Here Comes Sunshine 1973, available now for pre-order at dead.net
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:
The Rye Bread Music and Arts Festival, July 27 through 30 at the SCAT-a-COKE Fairgrounds, just north of Albany, New York. Oteil and Friends, North Mississippi Allstars, Cool Cool Cool, Duane Betts, Brown Eyed Women, and many more. Weekend passes are available now at ryebreadfest.com.
Our Deadhead friends at Nutribullet, makers of juicers, blenders, and other kitchen tools!
Section 119, offering licensed apparel featuring the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Phish, and other music legends. Have a Deadhead dad in your life? Section 119 has you covered for Fathers Day. Lots more information at section119.com/gdh