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Week of July 9, 2012 Part 1 20:18 David Nelson Band 1/26/12 Haiku Hideaway, Maui, HI FRIEND OF THE DEVIL-> GIVE ME LOVE Part 2 35:34 Furthur 4/7/12 Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford CT BERTHA BIG RIVER DEAL SUGAR MAGNOLIA Furthur live shows are available from gnomesandhobbits.com. Here’s a direct link to the music featured in this week’s program. Gnomes and Hobbits also have Bob Weir’s solo acoustic shows and the Weir-Robinson-Greene Trio available for download.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour is provided this week by: Rounder Records, presenting Rooster Rag, Little Feat‘s first studio album of new material in 9 years. Rooster Rag features 4 songs co-written with Robert Hunter and is available now at Amazon.com and iTunes. Grateful Dead Game, The Epic Tour, an online game that creates new ways to experience the Grateful Dead. Deadheads are encouraged to create their own customized Dancing Bear and take a virtual trip through Grateful Dead time and space in a digital world inspired by the band’s legacy. More information and registration available at GratefulDeadGame.com. And special thanks to Rock Mitzvah

Find out how you can support the Grateful Dead Hour!

Got word today that our long-time Nashville Affiliate, WRLT (Lightning 100), has made some major changes in format and won’t be carrying the Grateful Dead Hour any more. Very sorry to lose ’em!

The current station list is still quite robust, of course, but it’s a bummer to lose Nashburg.

Week of July 2, 2012

Part 1 15:45
Grateful Dead, So Far
UNCLE JOHN’S BAND->
PLAYING IN THE BAND

Part 2 40:12
Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Len Dell’Amico, Clive Davis 9/14/87
So Far press conference
Grateful Dead, So Far
THROWING STONES

The 1987 video So Far has finally been released on DVD! It’s part of a boxed set titled All the Years Combine

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

The All Good Music Festival July 19–22 at Legend Valley in Central Ohio. The Allman Brothers Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Bob Weir and Bruce Hornsby with Branford Marsalis, Mickey Hart Band, Dark Star Orchestra, Railroad Earth, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Yonder Mountain, and nearly 40 more acts with no overlapping sets. Legend Valley is also the home of Dark Star Orchestra’s Labor Day Weekend festival, the Dark Star Jubilee, with 7 Walkers, Mickey Hart, Keller Williams, and over a dozen more.

Rounder Records, presenting Rooster Rag, Little Feat‘s first studio album of new material in 9 years. Rooster Rag features 4 songs co-written with Robert Hunter and is available now at Amazon.com and iTunes.

The Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival, July 19 to 22 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut with Primus, Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & Bruce Hornsby with special guest Branford Marsalis, 7 Walkers, Mickey Hart Band, Dark Star Orchestra, Yonder Mountain String Band, STS9, The Avett Brothers, Keller Williams and dozens more.

And special thanks to Rock Mitzvah

Week of June 18, 2012

Part 1 43:54
Grateful Dead 9/22/91 Boston Garden
SAMSON AND DELILAH
IKO IKO
LOOKS LIKE RAIN->
HE’S GONE->
NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE->
SPOONFUL

Part 2 11:05
Grateful Dead 9/22/91 Boston Garden
KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from GratefulDeadBooks.com, an online source for all kinds of Grateful Dead merchandise. GratefulDeadBooks.com carries everything Dead-related under the sun. You can find Grateful Dead Books on Facebook for music and good vibes around the clock and around the globe. The love is real at GGratefulDeadBooks.com.

Special thinks to Rock Mitzvah