Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1191
Reason and Rhyme is the latest full CD of the Robert Hunter-Jim Lauderdale collaboration, and I’ll say again that Hunter, who just turned 70, is doing amazing work these days. As Jim would say, “I don’t like this CD. I LOVE it!” Before that, one of the last Hunter-Garcia compositions, “Days Between”; this one was a studio rehearsal from the 1999 boxed set So Many Roads (1965-1995). First time I heard this Furthur recording, when the band slowed down the ride coming out of “Deal” I thought it sounded like the groove the Grateful Dead jammed on in those monumental performances of “That’s It for the Other One” in 1969 – and just as I thought that thought, the band rolled right into “The Other One”!
Furthur 6/3/11 is available on CD and via download. Special thanks to gnomesandhobbits.com for getting the music to me so I can get it to you.
Special thanks to Rockmitzvah
“Tales” meet’n’greet at GOTV
Gary Lambert and David Gans, co-hosts of “Tales from the Golden Road” on the SiriusXM Grateful Dead Channel, will hang out at the Grateful Dead/Rhino booth at the Gathering of the Vibes starting at 4pm on Saturday, July 23. Stop by and say hello!
“Tales from the Golden Road” is broadcast live Sundays 4-6 pm ET, with rebroadcasts Mondays 9 am & Wednesdays 1 am ET. The Grateful Dead Channel is 23 on both Sirius and XM.
Grateful Dead Hour returns to Los Angeles!
KCSN 88.5 Northridge CA will broadcast the Grateful Dead Hour Sundays at 5pm starting July 17, 2011. More info here.
The complete Grateful Dead Hour station list is here.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1190
Week of July 11, 2011
Part 1 32:14
Levon Helm, Ramble at the Ryman
THE WEIGHT
Grateful Dead 4/2/89 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
DRUMS->
SPACE->
THE WHEEL
Part 2 24:50
Grateful Dead 4/2/89 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA
DEAR MR. FANTASY->
HEY JUDE->
AROUND AND AROUND->
GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD->
LOVELIGHT
Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from the Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival, July 21 to 24 at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut with Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir, Jane’s Addiction, Elvis Costello, John Butler Trio, Rhythm Devils with Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Steve Kimock & Keller Williams, Dark Star Orchestra, moe., The Levon Helm Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and dozens more. More info at www.govibes.com
Rik Elswit sings my song “Waltzing Across Texas”
On Wednesday, July 6, Steve Noonan come to the KPFA studio to play and talk on Dead to the World. I invited our mutual friend Rik Elswit to join the conversation, and when we invited him to take Steve’s guitar and sing a song for us, he surprised the hell out of me by performing my own song, “Waltzing Across Texas.” Blew my little mind, it did. Listen here.
The show will be available in the KPFA archives until July 20. The first hour is Grateful Dead 4/2/89 set 1; Noonan and Rik are in the second hour.