Here is the latest news from David Gans, producer and host of the Grateful Dead Hour.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1182
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by: Amarra, the ultrafidelity computer music player for all music enthusiasts. Designed using the same technology in use today by record companies worldwide, Amarra is praised for delivering an analog-like sound from any digital source. More information and demo versions of the software are available at amarraaudio.com Lore Constantine, presenting her solo piano albums Piano Expressions and Piano Impressions, with music by the Grateful Dead (including Terrapin Station, Mountains of the Moon, China Doll) as well as songs from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, and more, plus original compositions. Lore Constantine’s music is available on CD or download at iTunes and CD Baby.
Rubber Souldiers’ big day: June 25
Rubber Souldiers will perform (10 am to noon Pacific Time) on Sedge Thomson’s West Coast Live on the morning of Saturday, June 25, and then we’ll head over to Oakland to play an all-ages show at the wonderful Children’s Fairyland, on the shores of Lake Merritt in Oakland. Please join us for both!
“Attics” from First Fusion
Here is the show-ending “Attics of My Life” from the Bob Weir-Marin Symphony First Fusion benefit, recorded May 7, 2011 by Todd Hinden.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1181
Week of May 9, 2011
Part 1 30:08
Grateful Dead 9/15/90 Madison Square Garden, New York NY
TOUCH OF GREY->
WALKIN’ BLUES
CANDYMAN
MAMA TRIED->
MEXICALI BLUES
Part 2 25:44
Grateful Dead 9/15/90 Madison Square Garden, New York NY
WEST LA FADEAWAY
WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE
Jamasutra, Revolution Down the Road
SHADY GROVE
Jesse McReynolds and friends, from The Wheel – a Celebration of the music of Jerry Garcia
DEEP ELEM BLUES
The Wheel is available as a download or on CD, proceeds going to the Rex Foundation, which was the host and beneficiary of the live concert where it was recorded last December. The David Nelson Band tracks on this set are spectacular; I’ll get some of that music on the air soon, too.
Jamasutra is a French band featuring California guitarist Barry “The Fish” Melton. Check out this this nice article on Melton from the San Francisco Chronicle last month.
We’ll hear the entirety of this 9/15/90 GD concert over the next few weeks. This was Vince Welnick‘s first tour as the GD’s keyboardist, and the first gig of Bruce Hornsby‘s guest stint as pianist with the band.
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by:
Amarra, the ultrafidelity computer music player for all music enthusiasts. Designed using the same technology in use today by record companies worldwide, Amarra is praised for delivering an analog-like sound from any digital source. More information and demo versions of the software are available at amarraaudio.com
Lore Constantine, presenting her solo piano albums Piano Expressions and Piano Impressions, with music by the Grateful Dead (including Terrapin Station, Mountains of the Moon, China Doll) as well as songs from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, and more, plus original compositions. Lore Constantine’s music is available on CD or download at iTunes and CD Baby.
Grateful Dead Hour no. 1180
Week of May 2, 2011
Part 1 37:19
Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 4 no 3 (11/21/73)
WEATHER REPORT SUITE
MISSISSIPPI HALFSTEP->
PLAYING IN THE BAND
Part 2 19:17
The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 2: Let It Rock
LADY SLEEPS
SITTING IN LIMBO
I played the Let It Rock material in celebration of a new biography titled “And on piano… Nicky Hopkins,” by Julian Dawson. I will interview the author soon. Hopkins was in the first incarnation of the Jerry Garcia Band. His health was fragile and he didn’t last long, but when Hopkins was happening, he was a GREAT match for Jerry. Let It Rock documents the best of that brief collaboration.
The Grateful Dead Hour is made possible in part this week by Amarra, the ultrafidelity computer music player for all music enthusiasts. Designed using the same technology in use today by record companies worldwide, Amarra is praised for delivering an analog-like sound from any digital source. More information and demo versions of the software are available at amarraaudio.com